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90_SB1602

      705 ILCS 70/4.1           from Ch. 37, par. 654.1
          Amends the  Court  Reporters  Act.   Replaces  provisions
      detailing  the  positions the Supreme Court may authorize the
      chief  judge  of  any  single  county  circuit  to  fill   in
      administering   each  circuit's  court  reporters  staff  and
      itemizing maximum salaries to be paid for each position  with
      a  provision  that  the Supreme Court may authorize the chief
      judge to appoint an administrator of court reporters and such
      other administrative, secretarial, and support staff  as  may
      be necessary.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Court Reporters Act by changing 4.1.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.   The  Court  Reporters  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 4.1 as follows:
 6        (705 ILCS 70/4.1) (from Ch. 37, par. 654.1)
 7        Sec.  4.1.   Appointment  and  Salary  of  Administrative
 8    Personnel.
 9        (a)  The Supreme Court may authorize the chief  judge  of
10    any  single  county circuit in which official court reporting
11    services are centrally  administered,  (1)  to  appoint  from
12    among  the  court  reporters  appointed  in  the  circuit  an
13    Administrator    of    Court   Reporters   and   such   other
14    administrative, secretarial, and  support  staff  as  may  be
15    necessary,  a  Deputy  Administrator of Court Reporters and 2
16    Assistant Administrators of Court Reporters, (2) to designate
17    from among the court reporters appointed in the  circuit  one
18    Reporter Supervisor and one Assistant Reporter Supervisor for
19    each Department and Division of the circuit court, and (3) to
20    appoint  secretarial  and  other  support staff to assist the
21    Administrator.   Each  Administrator,  Deputy  Administrator,
22    Assistant Administrator, Reporter Supervisor,  and  Assistant
23    Reporter  Supervisor shall have an "A" proficiency rating, by
24    examination, as provided in Section 7.
25        (b)  Administrative  personnel   appointed   under   this
26    Section shall be paid by the State.
27        (1)  In  addition  to  their  regular  salary as official
28    court reporters, the administrative personnel appointed under
29    this Section shall  be  paid  such  additional  sums  as  the
30    Supreme  Court  specifies. Such sums shall be included in the
31    pay schedule adopted pursuant to Section  8.  The  additional
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 1    amounts  paid  shall  reflect  the  burden  of administrative
 2    responsibility borne by the administrative personnel and  the
 3    consequent  lack  of  opportunity  to  produce transcripts of
 4    testimony. The additional  amounts  paid  to  such  personnel
 5    shall not exceed the following:
 6             (A)  Administrator  of  Court Reporters: $20,000 per
 7        year;
 8             (B)  Deputy  Administrator   of   Court   Reporters:
 9        $15,000 per year;
10             (C)  Assistant  Administrators  of  Court Reporters:
11        $13,000 per year;
12             (D)  Reporter Supervisors: $10,000 per year.
13             (E)  Assistant  Reporter  Supervisors:  $5,000   per
14        year.
15        (2)  Each  of  the  secretarial  and  other support staff
16    authorized under this Section  shall  be  paid  a  salary  as
17    determined per year by the Supreme Court.
18    (Source: P.A. 86-1378.)
19        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
20    becoming law.

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