103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3262

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

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

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the salary (exclusive of any other compensation or benefits) of a county treasurer who is elected or appointed after the effective date of the amendatory Act in a non-home rule county shall not be less than 80% of the salary set for the State's Attorney for the county in which the county treasurer is elected or appointed. Provides that the State shall furnish 66 2/3% of the total annual salary to be paid to a county treasurer, and the county shall furnish 33 1/3% of the total annual salary. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Makes conforming changes.


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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 Counties Code is amended by changing
5Sections 4-6001 and 4-8002 and the heading of Division 4-8 and
6by adding Section 4-8001.5 as follows:
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/4-6001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001)
8    Sec. 4-6001. Officers in counties of less than 2,000,000.
9    (a) In all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants,
10the compensation of Coroners, County Treasurers, County
11Clerks, Recorders and Auditors shall be determined under this
12Section. The County Board in those counties shall fix the
13amount of the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other
14expenses of those officers. The compensation of those officers
15shall be separate from the necessary clerk hire, stationery,
16fuel and other expenses, and such compensation (except for
17coroners in those counties with less than 2,000,000 population
18in which the coroner's compensation is set in accordance with
19Section 4-6002 and except for county treasurers that is set
20under subsection (d-5)) shall be fixed within the following
21limits:
22    To each such officer in counties containing less than
2314,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.

 

 

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1    To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or more
2inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than
3$14,500 per annum.
4    To each such officer in counties containing 30,000 or more
5inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than
6$15,000 per annum.
7    To each such officer in counties containing 60,000 or more
8inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than
9$15,000 per annum.
10    To each such officer in counties containing 100,000 or
11more inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less
12than $16,500 per annum.
13    To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or
14more inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less
15than $18,000 per annum.
16    To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or
17more inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less
18than $20,000 per annum.
19    (b) Those officers beginning a term of office before
20December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the rate of their base
21salary. "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each of
22those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
23    (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or after
24December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
25        (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
26    least 3% of base salary.

 

 

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1        (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
2    least 6% of base salary.
3        (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at
4    least 9% of base salary.
5        (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at
6    least 12% of base salary.
7    (d) In addition to but separate and apart from the
8compensation provided in this Section, the county clerk of
9each county, the recorder of each county, and the chief clerk
10of each county board of election commissioners shall receive
11an award as follows:
12        (1) $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;
13        (2) $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and
14        (3) $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.
15The total amount required for such awards each year shall be
16appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board of
17Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump sum
18payments to the several county clerks, recorders, and chief
19election clerks. Beginning December 1, 1990, this annual
20award, and any other award or stipend paid out of State funds
21to county officers, shall not affect any other compensation
22provided by law to be paid to county officers.
23    (d-5) The salary of a county treasurer who is elected or
24appointed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
25the 103rd General Assembly in a non-home rule county shall not
26be less than 80% of the salary set for the State's Attorney

 

 

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1under Section 4-2001 for the county in which the county
2treasurer is elected or appointed.
3    The State shall furnish 66 2/3% of the total annual salary
4to be paid to a county treasurer. The amounts furnished by the
5State shall be payable monthly by the Department of Revenue
6out of the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund or the
7General Revenue Fund to the county in which the treasurer is
8elected or appointed. The county shall furnish 33 1/3% of the
9total annual salary.
10    As used in this subsection, "salary" is exclusive of any
11other compensation or benefits.
12    (e) Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may reduce
13or otherwise impair the compensation payable from county funds
14to a county officer if the reduction or impairment is the
15result of the county officer receiving an award or stipend
16payable from State funds.
17    (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery,
18fuel and other expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by the
19county board, shall be paid by the county.
20    (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of
21fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon
22the last Federal census immediately previous to the election
23of the officer in question in each county.
24    (h) With respect to an auditor who takes office on or after
25the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
26Assembly, the auditor shall receive an annual stipend of

 

 

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1$6,500 per year. The General Assembly shall appropriate the
2total amount required for the stipend each year from the
3Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Department of
4Revenue, and the Department of Revenue shall distribute the
5awards in an annual lump sum payment to each county auditor.
6The stipend shall be in addition to, but separate and apart
7from, the compensation provided in this Section. No county
8board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable
9from county funds to the auditor if the reduction or
10impairment is the result of the auditor receiving an award or
11stipend pursuant to this subsection.
12(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)