093_HB2346

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 1        AN ACT concerning counties.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Counties  Code  is  amended by changing
 5    Sections 3-10007,  4-6001,  4-6002,  4-6003,  and  4-8002  as
 6    follows:

 7        (55 ILCS 5/3-10007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-10007)
 8        Sec.  3-10007.  Annual  stipend. In addition to all other
 9    compensation provided by law, every elected county treasurer,
10    for additional duties mandated by State law, shall receive an
11    annual stipend of (i) $5,000 if his or her term begins before
12    December 1, 1998, (ii) $5,500  after  December  1,  1998  and
13    $6,500 after December 1, 1999 if his or her term begins on or
14    after December 1, 1998 but before December 1, 2000, and (iii)
15    $6,500  if  his  or  her  term  begins  December  1,  2000 or
16    thereafter, to be  annually  appropriated  from  the  General
17    Revenue  Fund  by  the  General Assembly to the Department of
18    Revenue which shall distribute the awards in annual lump  sum
19    payments  to  every  elected  county  treasurer.  This annual
20    stipend shall not affect any other compensation  provided  by
21    law to be paid to elected county treasurers.  No county board
22    may  reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from
23    county funds to an elected county treasurer if such reduction
24    or impairment is  the  result  of  his  receiving  an  annual
25    stipend  under this Section. Notwithstanding any provision to
26    the contrary, upon the expiration of the term of  the  county
27    treasurer in office at the time of the effective date of this
28    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General Assembly, no stipends
29    shall  be  appropriated  by  the  General  Assembly  for  the
30    purposes of this subsection and no  stipends  shall  be  paid
31    under  the  provisions of this subsection to the treasurer of
 
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 1    each county.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-713, eff. 12-1-98.)

 3        (55 ILCS 5/4-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001)
 4        Sec.  4-6001.  Officers  in   counties   of   less   than
 5    2,000,000.
 6        (a)  In  all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants,
 7    the  compensation  of  Coroners,  County  Treasurers,  County
 8    Clerks, Recorders and Auditors shall be determined under this
 9    Section.  The County Board in those counties  shall  fix  the
10    amount  of  the  necessary  clerk  hire, stationery, fuel and
11    other expenses of those officers.  The compensation of  those
12    officers  shall  be  separate  from the necessary clerk hire,
13    stationery, fuel and other expenses,  and  such  compensation
14    (except  for  coroners  in  those  counties  with  less  than
15    2,000,000  population  in which the coroner's compensation is
16    set in accordance with Section 4-6002) shall be fixed  within
17    the following limits:
18        To  each  such  officer  in counties containing less than
19    14,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.
20        To each such officer in  counties  containing  14,000  or
21    more  inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less
22    than $14,500 per annum.
23        To each such officer in  counties  containing  30,000  or
24    more  inhabitants  but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less
25    than $15,000 per annum.
26        To each such officer in  counties  containing  60,000  or
27    more  inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less
28    than $15,000 per annum.
29        To each such officer in counties  containing  100,000  or
30    more  inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less
31    than $16,500 per annum.
32        To each such officer in counties  containing  200,000  or
33    more  inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less
 
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 1    than $18,000 per annum.
 2        To each such officer in counties  containing  300,000  or
 3    more  inhabitants  but  less  than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not
 4    less than $20,000 per annum.
 5        (b)  Those officers beginning a  term  of  office  before
 6    December  1,  1990  shall be compensated at the rate of their
 7    base salary.  "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each
 8    of those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
 9        (c)  Those officers beginning a  term  of  office  on  or
10    after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
11             (1)  Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
12        least 3% of base salary.
13             (2)  Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
14        least 6% of base salary.
15             (3)  Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at
16        least 9% of base salary.
17             (4)  Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at
18        least 12% of base salary.
19        (d)  In  addition  to  but  separate  and  apart from the
20    compensation provided in this Section, the  county  clerk  of
21    each county, the recorder of each county, and the chief clerk
22    of  each county board of election commissioners shall receive
23    an award  as follows:
24             (1)  $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;
25             (2)  $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and
26             (3)  $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.
27        The total amount required for such awards each year shall
28    be appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board of
29    Elections which shall distribute the awards  in  annual  lump
30    sum  payments  to  the  several county clerks, recorders, and
31    chief election  clerks.  Beginning  December  1,  1990,  this
32    annual  award,  and  any  other  award or stipend paid out of
33    State funds to county officers, shall not  affect  any  other
34    compensation provided by law to be paid to county officers.
 
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 1        Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, upon
 2    the  expiration  of  the  term  of  the  county clerk of each
 3    county, the recorder of each county, and the chief  clerk  of
 4    each  county board of election commissioners in office at the
 5    time of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
 6    General Assembly, no awards  shall  be  appropriated  by  the
 7    General  Assembly  for the purposes of this subsection and no
 8    awards shall be paid under the provisions of this  subsection
 9    to the individuals holding those offices.
10        (e)  Beginning  December  1,  1990,  no  county board may
11    reduce or otherwise  impair  the  compensation  payable  from
12    county  funds  to  a  county  officer  if  the  reduction  or
13    impairment  is  the result of the county officer receiving an
14    award or stipend payable from State funds.
15        (f) The compensation, necessary clerk  hire,  stationery,
16    fuel  and  other  expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by
17    the county board, shall be paid by the county.
18        (g) The population of all counties  for  the  purpose  of
19    fixing  compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon
20    the last Federal census immediately previous to the  election
21    of the officer in question in each county.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-713, eff. 12-1-98.)

23        (55 ILCS 5/4-6002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6002)
24        Sec. 4-6002. Coroners in counties of less than 2,000,000.
25        (a)  The  County  Board,  in  all  counties  of less than
26    2,000,000 inhabitants, shall fix the compensation of Coroners
27    within the limitations fixed  by  this  Division,  and  shall
28    appropriate for their necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel,
29    supplies, and other expenses. The compensation of the Coroner
30    shall  be  fixed  separately  from  his necessary clerk hire,
31    stationery, fuel and other expenses,  and  such  compensation
32    shall be fixed within the following limits:
33        To  each  Coroner  in counties containing less than 5,000
 
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 1    inhabitants, not less than $4,500 per annum.
 2        To each Coroner in  counties  containing  5,000  or  more
 3    inhabitants  but  less than 14,000 inhabitants, not less than
 4    $6,000 per annum.
 5        To each Coroner in counties  containing  14,000  or  more
 6    inhabitants,  but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than
 7    $9,000 per annum.
 8        To each Coroner in counties  containing  30,000  or  more
 9    inhabitants,  but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than
10    $14,000 per annum.
11        To each Coroner in counties  containing  60,000  or  more
12    inhabitants, but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than
13    $15,000 per annum.
14        To  each  Coroner  in counties containing 100,000 or more
15    inhabitants, but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less than
16    $16,500 per annum.
17        To each Coroner in counties containing  200,000  or  more
18    inhabitants, but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less than
19    $18,000 per annum.
20        To  each  Coroner  in counties containing 300,000 or more
21    inhabitants, but less than 2,000,000  inhabitants,  not  less
22    than $20,000 per annum.
23        The  population of all counties for the purpose of fixing
24    compensation, as herein provided, shall  be  based  upon  the
25    last  Federal  census immediately previous to the election of
26    the Coroner in question in each county. This Section does not
27    apply to a county which has abolished the elective office  of
28    coroner.
29        (b)  Those  coroners  beginning  a  term  of office on or
30    after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
31             (1)  Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
32        least 3% of base salary.
33             (2)  Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
34        least 6% of base salary.
 
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 1             (3)  Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at
 2        least 9% of base salary.
 3             (4)  Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at
 4        least 12% of base salary.
 5        "Base salary", as used in this subsection (b), means  the
 6    salary in effect before July 1, 1989.
 7        (c)  In  addition  to,  but  separate and apart from, the
 8    compensation provided in this Section, the  coroner  of  each
 9    county  shall  receive an annual stipend of $6,500 to be paid
10    by the State if his or her term begins on or  after  December
11    1, 2000.
12        Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, upon
13    the  expiration  of  the  term  of the county coroner of each
14    county in office at the time of the effective  date  of  this
15    amendatory  Act of the 93rd General Assembly, no awards shall
16    be appropriated by the General Assembly for the  purposes  of
17    this  subsection  and  no  awards  shall  be  paid  under the
18    provisions of this subsection to the county coroner  of  each
19    county.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-908, eff. 7-7-00.)

21        (55 ILCS 5/4-6003) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6003)
22        Sec.   4-6003.  Compensation   of  sheriffs  for  certain
23    expenses in counties of less than 2,000,000.
24        (a)  The County Board,  in  all  counties  of  less  than
25    2,000,000   inhabitants,   shall   fix  the  compensation  of
26    sheriffs, with the amount  of  their  necessary  clerk  hire,
27    stationery, fuel and other expenses.  The county shall supply
28    the sheriff with all necessary uniforms, guns and ammunition.
29    The   compensation  of  each  such  officer  shall  be  fixed
30    separately from his necessary clerk  hire,  stationery,  fuel
31    and  other expenses.  Beginning immediately, no county with a
32    population  under  2,000,000   may   reduce   the   rate   of
33    compensation  of  its  sheriff below the rate of compensation
 
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 1    that it was actually paying to its sheriff on January 1, 2002
 2    or the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd
 3    General Assembly, whichever is greater.
 4        (b)  In  addition  to  the requirement of subsection (a),
 5    the rate of compensation payable to the sheriff by the county
 6    shall not be less than the following:
 7        To each such sheriff in  counties  containing  less  than
 8    10,000 inhabitants, not less than $27,000 per annum.
 9        To  each  such  sheriff  in counties containing 10,000 or
10    more inhabitants but less than 20,000 inhabitants,  not  less
11    than $31,000 per annum.
12        To  each  such  sheriff  in counties containing 20,000 or
13    more inhabitants but less than 30,000 inhabitants,  not  less
14    than $34,000 per annum.
15        To  each  such  sheriff  in counties containing 30,000 or
16    more inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants,  not  less
17    than $37,000 per annum.
18        To  each  such  sheriff  in counties containing 60,000 or
19    more inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not  less
20    than $40,000 per annum.
21        To  each  such  sheriff in counties containing 100,000 or
22    more inhabitants but less  than  2,000,000  inhabitants,  not
23    less than $43,000 per annum.
24        The  population  of each county for the purpose of fixing
25    compensation as herein provided, shall be based upon the last
26    federal census immediately previous to the  election  of  the
27    sheriff in question in such county.
28        (c)  (Blank).
29        (d)  In   addition   to   the   salary  provided  for  in
30    subsections (a), (b), and (c), beginning  December  1,  1998,
31    each  sheriff,  for  his  or her additional duties imposed by
32    other statutes or laws, shall receive an annual stipend to be
33    paid by the State in the amount of $6,500.
34        Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, upon
 
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 1    the expiration of the term of  the  county  sheriff  of  each
 2    county  in  office  at the time of the effective date of this
 3    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, no awards  shall
 4    be  appropriated  by the General Assembly for the purposes of
 5    this subsection  and  no  awards  shall  be  paid  under  the
 6    provisions  of  this subsection to the county sheriff of each
 7    county.
 8        (e)  No county board may reduce or otherwise  impair  the
 9    compensation  payable  from  county funds to a sheriff if the
10    reduction  or  impairment  is  the  result  of  the   sheriff
11    receiving an award or stipend payable from State funds.
12    (Source: P.A. 92-616, eff. 7-8-02.)

13        (55 ILCS 5/4-8002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-8002)
14        Sec.  4-8002.  Additional  compensation  of  sheriff  and
15    recorder.
16        (a)  In addition to any salary otherwise provided by law,
17    beginning  December  1,  1998, the sheriff of Cook County for
18    his or her additional duties imposed  by  other  statutes  or
19    laws  shall receive an annual stipend to be paid by the State
20    in the amount of $6,500.  The county board shall  not  reduce
21    or  otherwise  impair  the  compensation  payable from county
22    funds to the sheriff if the reduction or  impairment  is  the
23    result  of the sheriff receiving a stipend payable from State
24    funds.
25        Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, upon
26    the expiration of the term of the sheriff of Cook  County  in
27    office  at  the time of the effective date of this amendatory
28    Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly,  no  awards  shall  be
29    appropriated by the General Assembly for the purposes of this
30    subsection and no awards shall be paid under  the  provisions
31    of this subsection to the sheriff of Cook County.
32        (b)  In addition to any salary otherwise provided by law,
33    beginning  December  1,  2000,  the recorder of deeds of Cook
 
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 1    County for his or her additional duties imposed by law  shall
 2    receive  an  annual  stipend  to  be  paid by the State in an
 3    amount equal to the stipend paid to each  recorder  in  other
 4    counties under subsection (d) of Section 4-6001 of this Code.
 5    The  county  board  may  not  reduce  or otherwise impair the
 6    compensation payable from county funds  to  the  recorder  of
 7    deeds  if  the  reduction  or impairment is the result of the
 8    recorder of deeds receiving  a  stipend  payable  from  State
 9    funds.
10        Notwithstanding  any  provision to the contrary, upon the
11    expiration of the term of  the  recorder  of  deeds  of  Cook
12    County  in  office  at the time of the effective date of this
13    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, no awards  shall
14    be  appropriated  by the General Assembly for the purposes of
15    this subsection  and  no  awards  shall  be  paid  under  the
16    provisions  of  this  subsection  to the recorder of deeds of
17    Cook County.
18    (Source: P.A. 90-713, eff. 12-1-98; 91-908, eff. 7-7-00.)