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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 13-10 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/13-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-10)
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7 | Sec. 13-10. The compensation of the judges of all primaries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | and all
elections, except judges supervising absentee ballots | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | as provided in
Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties of less | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | than 600,000
inhabitants shall be fixed by the respective | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | county boards or boards of
election commissioners in all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | counties and municipalities, but in no case
shall such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | compensation be less than $35 per day. The
compensation of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | judges of all primaries and all elections not under the
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15 | jurisdiction of the county clerk, except judges supervising | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | absentee balloting
as provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | in counties having a population of
2,000,000 or more shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | not less than $60 per day. The
compensation of judges of all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | primaries and all elections under the
jurisdiction of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | county clerk, except judges supervising absentee
balloting as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a
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22 | population of 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60 per | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | day. The compensation of judges of all primaries and all |
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1 | elections,
except judges supervising absentee ballots as | ||||||
2 | provided in Section 19-12.2 of
this Act, in counties having a | ||||||
3 | population of at least 600,000 but less than
2,000,000 | ||||||
4 | inhabitants shall be not less than $45 per day
as
fixed by the | ||||||
5 | county board of election commissioners of each such county. In
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6 | addition to their per day compensation and notwithstanding the | ||||||
7 | limitations
thereon stated herein, the judges of election, in | ||||||
8 | all counties with a
population of less than 600,000, shall be | ||||||
9 | paid $3 each for each 100 voters or
portion thereof, in excess | ||||||
10 | of 200 voters voting for candidates in the election
district or | ||||||
11 | precinct wherein the judge is serving, whether a primary or an
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12 | election is being held. However, no such extra compensation | ||||||
13 | shall be paid to
the judges of election in any precinct in | ||||||
14 | which no paper ballots are counted by
such judges of election. | ||||||
15 | The 2 judges of election in counties having a
population of | ||||||
16 | less than 600,000 who deliver the returns to the county clerk
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17 | shall each be allowed and paid a sum to be determined by the | ||||||
18 | election authority
for such services and an additional sum per | ||||||
19 | mile to be determined by the
election authority for every mile | ||||||
20 | necessarily travelled in going to and
returning from the office | ||||||
21 | or place to which they deliver the returns. The
compensation | ||||||
22 | for mileage shall be consistent with current rates paid for
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23 | mileage to employees of the county.
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24 | However, all judges who have been certified by the County | ||||||
25 | Clerk or Board of
Election Commissioners as having | ||||||
26 | satisfactorily completed, within the 2 years
preceding the day |
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1 | of election, the training course for judges of election, as
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2 | provided in Sections 13-2.1, 13-2.2 and 14-4.1 of this Act, | ||||||
3 | shall receive
additional compensation of not less than $10 per | ||||||
4 | day in
counties of less than 600,000 inhabitants, the | ||||||
5 | additional compensation of not
less than $10 per day in | ||||||
6 | counties having a population of
at
least 600,000 but less than | ||||||
7 | 2,000,000 inhabitants as fixed by the county board
of election | ||||||
8 | commissioners of each such county, and additional compensation | ||||||
9 | of
not less than $20 per day in counties having a population
of | ||||||
10 | 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections not under the
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11 | jurisdiction of the county clerk, and additional compensation | ||||||
12 | of not less
than $20 per day in counties having a population of
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13 | 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections under the | ||||||
14 | jurisdiction of the
county clerk.
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15 | In precincts in which there are tally judges, the | ||||||
16 | compensation of the
tally judges shall be 2/3 of that of the | ||||||
17 | judges of election and each
holdover judge shall be paid the | ||||||
18 | compensation of a judge of election
plus that of a tally judge.
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19 | Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
20 | 1998, the portion
of an election judge's daily compensation | ||||||
21 | reimbursed by the State Board of
Elections is increased by
$15.
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22 | The increase provided by this amendatory Act of 1998 must be | ||||||
23 | used
to increase each judge's compensation and may not be used | ||||||
24 | by the county to
reduce its portion of a judge's compensation.
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25 | Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
26 | the 95th General Assembly, the portion of an election judge's |
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1 | daily compensation reimbursement by the State Board of | ||||||
2 | Elections is increased by an additional $20.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)
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