(705 ILCS 70/8) (from Ch. 37, par. 658)
Sec. 8. Salaries.
(a) The salaries of all court reporters shall be
paid by the State. The salary of each
individual court reporter shall be computed from a schedule adopted by the
employer representative. The salary schedule shall
reflect the following relevant
factors: (1) proficiency rating; (2) experience; (3) population of the
area to which a reporter is normally assigned; (3-1) court reporters shall
receive the same annual percentage salary increase as provided to other
State-paid non-judicial employees of the Judicial Branch with equivalent
salaries, except that notwithstanding any other provision of law, salaries of
full time court reporters shall be increased by at least a percentage increase
equivalent to that of the "Employment Cost Index, Wages and Salaries, by
Occupation and Industry Groups, State and Local Government Workers Public
Administration", as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of the
respective July 1st increase date. The increase shall be added to the then
current annual salary and the adjusted salary so determined shall be the annual
salary beginning July 1 of the increase year until July 1 of the next year; (4)
other factors considered relevant by the employer representative.
(b) (Blank).
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(d) (Blank).
(e) The salaries of all official court reporters employed by the State
shall be paid semi-monthly, from moneys appropriated to the Comptroller for that
purpose, on the voucher of the chief judge of the circuit employing the
court reporters. The Comptroller may require all salary claims by part-time reporters to be
substantiated by certificates signed by the reporter and approved by the
chief judge of the circuit.
(f) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 101-581, eff. 1-1-20.)
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