Public Act 095-0782
 
HB5196 Enrolled LRB095 15313 HLH 41301 b

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