101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4228

 

Introduced 1/27/2020, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 145/2
55 ILCS 5/4-6001  from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001

    Amends the Local Government Officer Compensation Act. Provides that the compensation of county elected officers shall be fixed by ordinance or resolution of the county board or board of county commissioners. Provides that in the ordinance or resolution fixing the compensation of county elected officers, the county board shall separately list each stipend an elected officer is expected to receive in addition to the compensation to be paid by the county. Amends the Counties Code. Removes a subsection providing that 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. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Local Government Officer Compensation Act is
5amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 145/2)
7    Sec. 2. Time and manner of fixing compensation.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
9compensation of elected officers of school districts and units
10of local government, including home rule units, which
11compensation is to be fixed by that school district or unit of
12local government, shall be fixed at least 180 days before the
13beginning of the terms of the officers whose compensation is to
14be fixed.
15    (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the
16compensation of county elected officers shall be fixed by
17ordinance or resolution of the county board or the board of
18county commissioners. In the ordinance or resolution fixing the
19compensation of county elected officers under subsection (a),
20the county board shall separately list each stipend an elected
21officer is expected to receive in addition to the compensation
22to be paid by the county. The stipends listed shall include,
23but are not limited to, stipends expected to be received under:

 

 

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1        Section 3-40 of the Property Tax Code.
2        Section 4-20 of the Property Tax Code.
3        Section 3-10007 of the Counties Code.
4        Section 4-2001 of the Counties Code.
5        Section 4-6001 of the Counties Code.
6        Section 4-6002 of the Counties Code.
7        Section 4-6003 of the Counties Code.
8        Section 4-8002 of the Counties Code.
9        Section 27.3 of the Clerks of Courts Act.
10(Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)
 
11    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
12Section 4-6001 as follows:
 
13    (55 ILCS 5/4-6001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001)
14    Sec. 4-6001. Officers in counties of less than 2,000,000.
15    (a) In all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the
16compensation of Coroners, County Treasurers, County Clerks,
17Recorders and Auditors shall be determined under this Section.
18The County Board in those counties shall fix the amount of the
19necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses of
20those officers. The compensation of those officers shall be
21separate from the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and
22other expenses, and such compensation (except for coroners in
23those counties with less than 2,000,000 population in which the
24coroner's compensation is set in accordance with Section

 

 

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14-6002) shall be fixed within the following limits:
2    To each such officer in counties containing less than
314,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.
4    To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or more
5inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than
6$14,500 per annum.
7    To each such officer in counties containing 30,000 or more
8inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than
9$15,000 per annum.
10    To each such officer in counties containing 60,000 or more
11inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than
12$15,000 per annum.
13    To each such officer in counties containing 100,000 or more
14inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less than
15$16,500 per annum.
16    To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or more
17inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less than
18$18,000 per annum.
19    To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or more
20inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less than
21$20,000 per annum.
22    (b) Those officers beginning a term of office before
23December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the rate of their base
24salary. "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each of
25those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
26    (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or after

 

 

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1December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
2        (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
3    least 3% of base salary.
4        (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
5    least 6% of base salary.
6        (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at
7    least 9% of base salary.
8        (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at
9    least 12% of base salary.
10    (d) In addition to but separate and apart from the
11compensation provided in this Section, the county clerk of each
12county, the recorder of each county, and the chief clerk of
13each county board of election commissioners shall receive an
14award as follows:
15        (1) $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;
16        (2) $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and
17        (3) $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.
18The total amount required for such awards each year shall be
19appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board of
20Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump sum
21payments to the several county clerks, recorders, and chief
22election clerks. Beginning December 1, 1990, this annual award,
23and any other award or stipend paid out of State funds to
24county officers, shall not affect any other compensation
25provided by law to be paid to county officers.
26    (e) (Blank). Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board

 

 

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1may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from
2county funds to a county officer if the reduction or impairment
3is the result of the county officer receiving an award or
4stipend payable from State funds.
5    (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery,
6fuel and other expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by the
7county board, shall be paid by the county.
8    (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of
9fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon
10the last Federal census immediately previous to the election of
11the officer in question in each county.
12    (h) With respect to an auditor who takes office on or after
13the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
14Assembly, the auditor shall receive an annual stipend of $6,500
15per year. The General Assembly shall appropriate the total
16amount required for the stipend each year from the Personal
17Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Department of Revenue, and
18the Department of Revenue shall distribute the awards in an
19annual lump sum payment to each county auditor. The stipend
20shall be in addition to, but separate and apart from, the
21compensation provided in this Section. No county board may
22reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from county
23funds to the auditor if the reduction or impairment is the
24result of the auditor receiving an award or stipend pursuant to
25this subsection.
26(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.