Full Text of HB5196 95th General Assembly
HB5196eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| 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 | 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
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| 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:
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| To each such officer in counties containing less than | 20 |
| 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 | 23 |
| $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 | 3 |
| $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 | 6 |
| $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 | 9 |
| $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 | 12 |
| $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 | 15 |
| $20,000
per annum.
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| (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.
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| (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or after | 21 |
| December 1,
1990 shall be compensated as follows:
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| (1) Beginning December 1, 1990,
base salary plus at | 23 |
| least 3% of base salary.
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| (2) Beginning December 1, 1991,
base salary plus at | 25 |
| 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 | 3 |
| least 12% of base salary.
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| (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:
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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 | 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
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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 | 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.
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| (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery, | 26 |
| 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 | 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.
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| (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.
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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 | 21 |
| becoming law.
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