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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 4-6001 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/4-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001)
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| Sec. 4-6001. Officers in counties of less than 2,000,000.
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| (a) In all
counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the |
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| compensation of Coroners,
County Treasurers, County Clerks, |
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| Recorders and Auditors shall be
determined under this Section. |
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| The County Board in those counties shall
fix the amount of the |
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| necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other
expenses of |
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| those officers. The compensation of those officers shall be
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| separate from the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and |
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| other
expenses, and such compensation (except for coroners in |
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| those counties with
less than 2,000,000 population in which the |
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| coroner's compensation is set
in accordance with Section |
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| 4-6002) shall be fixed within the following
limits:
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| To each such officer in counties containing less than |
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| 14,000
inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.
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| To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or more
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| inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than |
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| $14,500 per
annum.
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| To each such officer in counties containing 30,000 or more
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| inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than |
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| $15,000 per
annum.
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| To each such officer in counties containing 60,000 or more
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| inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than |
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| $15,000 per
annum.
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| To each such officer in counties containing 100,000 or more
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| inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less than |
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| $16,500 per
annum.
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| To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or more
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| inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less than |
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| $18,000 per
annum.
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| To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or more
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| inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less than |
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| $20,000
per annum.
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| (b) Those officers beginning a term of office before |
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| December 1, 1990
shall be compensated at the rate of their base |
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| salary. "Base
salary" is the compensation paid for each of |
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| those offices,
respectively, before July 1, 1989.
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| (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or after |
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| December 1,
1990 shall be compensated as follows:
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| (1) Beginning December 1, 1990,
base salary plus at |
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| least 3% of base salary.
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| (2) Beginning December 1, 1991,
base salary plus at |
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| least 6% of base salary.
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| (3) Beginning December 1, 1992,
base salary plus at |
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| least 9% of base salary.
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| (4) Beginning December 1, 1993,
base salary plus at |
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| least 12% of base salary.
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| (d) In addition to but separate and apart from the |
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| compensation
provided in this Section, the county clerk of each |
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| county, the recorder of
each county, and
the chief clerk of |
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| each county
board of election commissioners shall receive an |
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| award as follows:
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| (1) $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;
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| (2) $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and
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| (3) $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.
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| The total amount required for such awards
each year shall be |
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| appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board
of |
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| Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump sum |
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| payments
to the several county clerks, recorders, and chief |
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| election clerks.
Beginning
December
1, 1990, this annual award, |
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| and any other award or stipend paid
out of
State funds to |
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| county officers, shall not affect any other compensation
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| provided by law to be paid to county officers.
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| (e) Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may reduce |
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| or otherwise
impair the compensation payable from county funds |
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| to a county officer if
the reduction or impairment is the |
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| result of the county officer receiving
an award or stipend |
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| payable from State funds.
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| (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery, |
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| fuel and other
expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by the |
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| county board, shall be
paid by the county.
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| (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of |
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| fixing
compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon |
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| the last Federal
census immediately previous to the election of |
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| the officer in question
in each county.
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| (h) With respect to an auditor who takes office on or after |
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| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly, the auditor shall receive an annual stipend of $6,500 |
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| per year. The General Assembly shall appropriate the total |
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| amount required for the stipend each year to the Department of |
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| Revenue, and the Department of Revenue shall distribute the |
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| awards in an annual lump sum payment to each county auditor. |
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| The stipend shall be in addition to, but separate and apart |
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| from, the compensation provided in this Section. No county |
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| board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable |
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| from county funds to the auditor if the reduction or impairment |
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| is the result of the auditor receiving an award or stipend |
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| pursuant to this subsection.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-713, eff. 12-1-98.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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