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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3080
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3080 on page 1,
3 line 1, by deleting "assessor's"; and
4 on page 2, immediately below line 24, by inserting the
5 following:
6 "Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
7 Section 4-6001 as follows:
8 (55 ILCS 5/4-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001)
9 Sec. 4-6001. Officers in counties of less than
10 2,000,000.
11 (a) In all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants,
12 the compensation of Coroners, County Treasurers, County
13 Clerks, Recorders and Auditors shall be determined under this
14 Section. The County Board in those counties shall fix the
15 amount of the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and
16 other expenses of those officers. The compensation of those
17 officers shall be separate from the necessary clerk hire,
18 stationery, fuel and other expenses, and such compensation
19 (except for coroners in those counties with less than
20 2,000,000 population in which the coroner's compensation is
21 set in accordance with Section 4-6002) shall be fixed within
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1 the following limits:
2 To each such officer in counties containing less than
3 14,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.
4 To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or
5 more inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less
6 than $14,500 per annum.
7 To each such officer in counties containing 30,000 or
8 more inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less
9 than $15,000 per annum.
10 To each such officer in counties containing 60,000 or
11 more inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less
12 than $15,000 per annum.
13 To each such officer in counties containing 100,000 or
14 more inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less
15 than $16,500 per annum.
16 To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or
17 more inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less
18 than $18,000 per annum.
19 To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or
20 more inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not
21 less than $20,000 per annum.
22 (b) Those officers beginning a term of office before
23 December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the rate of their
24 base salary. "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each
25 of those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
26 (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or
27 after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
28 (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
29 least 3% of base salary.
30 (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
31 least 6% of base salary.
32 (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at
33 least 9% of base salary.
34 (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at
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1 least 12% of base salary.
2 (d) In addition to but separate and apart from the
3 compensation provided in this Section, the county clerk of
4 each county, the recorder of each county, and the chief clerk
5 of each county board of election commissioners shall receive
6 an award as follows:
7 (1) $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;
8 (2) $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and
9 (3) $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.
10 The total amount required for such awards each year shall be
11 appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board of
12 Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump
13 sum payments to the several county clerks, recorders, and
14 chief election clerks. Beginning December 1, 1990, this
15 annual award, and any other award or stipend paid out of
16 State funds to county officers, shall not affect any other
17 compensation provided by law to be paid to county officers.
18 (d-5) In addition to but separate and apart from the
19 compensation provided in this Section, the county auditor of
20 each county shall receive an award of $6,500 per year after
21 January 1, 2005. The total amount required for such awards
22 each year shall be appropriated by the General Assembly to
23 the State Board of Elections which shall distribute the
24 awards in annual lump sum payments to the several county
25 auditors. This annual award, and any other award or stipend
26 paid out of State funds to county officers, shall not affect
27 any other compensation provided by law to be paid to county
28 officers.
29 (e) Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may
30 reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from
31 county funds to a county officer if the reduction or
32 impairment is the result of the county officer receiving an
33 award or stipend payable from State funds.
34 (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery,
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1 fuel and other expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by
2 the county board, shall be paid by the county.
3 (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of
4 fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon
5 the last Federal census immediately previous to the election
6 of the officer in question in each county.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-713, eff. 12-1-98.)
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Section and Section 10
9 take effect upon becoming law.".