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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
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 Section
5 4-6001 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/4-6001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001)
7     Sec. 4-6001. Officers in counties of less than 2,000,000.
8     (a) In all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the
9 compensation of Coroners, County Treasurers, County Clerks,
10 Recorders and Auditors shall be determined under this Section.
11 The County Board in those counties shall fix the amount of the
12 necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses of
13 those officers. The compensation of those officers shall be
14 separate from the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and
15 other expenses, and such compensation (except for coroners in
16 those counties with less than 2,000,000 population in which the
17 coroner's compensation is set in accordance with Section
18 4-6002) shall be fixed within the following limits:
19     To each such officer in counties containing less than
20 14,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.
21     To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or more
22 inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than
23 $14,500 per annum.

 

 

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1     To each such officer in counties containing 30,000 or more
2 inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than
3 $15,000 per annum.
4     To each such officer in counties containing 60,000 or more
5 inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than
6 $15,000 per annum.
7     To each such officer in counties containing 100,000 or more
8 inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less than
9 $16,500 per annum.
10     To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or more
11 inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less than
12 $18,000 per annum.
13     To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or more
14 inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less than
15 $20,000 per annum.
16     (b) Those officers beginning a term of office before
17 December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the rate of their base
18 salary. "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each of
19 those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
20     (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or after
21 December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
22         (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
23     least 3% of base salary.
24         (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
25     least 6% of base salary.
26         (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at

 

 

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1     least 9% of base salary.
2         (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at
3     least 12% of base salary.
4     (d) In addition to but separate and apart from the
5 compensation provided in this Section, the county clerk of each
6 county, the recorder of each county, and the chief clerk of
7 each county board of election commissioners shall receive an
8 award as follows:
9         (1) $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;
10         (2) $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and
11         (3) $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.
12 The total amount required for such awards each year shall be
13 appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board of
14 Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump sum
15 payments to the several county clerks, recorders, and chief
16 election clerks. Beginning December 1, 1990, this annual award,
17 and any other award or stipend paid out of State funds to
18 county officers, shall not affect any other compensation
19 provided by law to be paid to county officers.
20     (e) Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may reduce
21 or otherwise impair the compensation payable from county funds
22 to a county officer if the reduction or impairment is the
23 result of the county officer receiving an award or stipend
24 payable from State funds.
25     (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery,
26 fuel and other expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by the

 

 

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1 county board, shall be paid by the county.
2     (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of
3 fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon
4 the last Federal census immediately previous to the election of
5 the officer in question in each county.
6     (h) With respect to an auditor who takes office on or after
7 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
8 Assembly, the auditor shall receive an annual stipend of $6,500
9 per year. The General Assembly shall appropriate the total
10 amount required for the stipend each year to the Department of
11 Revenue, and the Department of Revenue shall distribute the
12 awards in an annual lump sum payment to each county auditor.
13 The stipend shall be in addition to, but separate and apart
14 from, the compensation provided in this Section. No county
15 board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable
16 from county funds to the auditor if the reduction or impairment
17 is the result of the auditor receiving an award or stipend
18 pursuant to this subsection.
19 (Source: P.A. 90-713, eff. 12-1-98.)
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.