103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2593

 

Introduced 10/18/2023, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/4-6001  from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001
55 ILCS 5/4-8001.5 new

    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 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 by adding Section 4-8001.5 as
6follows:
 
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 whose
20compensation is set in accordance with subsection (d-5)) shall
21be fixed within the following limits:
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    A home rule county may not regulate salaries in a manner
11inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
12under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
13Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
14units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
15    As used in this subsection, "salary" is exclusive of any
16other compensation or benefits.
17    (e) Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may reduce
18or otherwise impair the compensation payable from county funds
19to a county officer if the reduction or impairment is the
20result of the county officer receiving an award or stipend
21payable from State funds.
22    (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery,
23fuel and other expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by the
24county board, shall be paid by the county.
25    (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of
26fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon

 

 

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1the last Federal census immediately previous to the election
2of the officer in question in each county.
3    (h) With respect to an auditor who takes office on or after
4the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
5Assembly, the auditor shall receive an annual stipend of
6$6,500 per year. The General Assembly shall appropriate the
7total amount required for the stipend each year from the
8Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Department of
9Revenue, and the Department of Revenue shall distribute the
10awards in an annual lump sum payment to each county auditor.
11The stipend shall be in addition to, but separate and apart
12from, the compensation provided in this Section. No county
13board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable
14from county funds to the auditor if the reduction or
15impairment is the result of the auditor receiving an award or
16stipend pursuant to this subsection.
17(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
18    (55 ILCS 5/4-8001.5 new)
19    Sec. 4-8001.5. Treasurer salary.
20    (a) As used in this Section, "salary" is exclusive of any
21other compensation or benefits.
22    (b) The salary of the Cook County Treasurer who is elected
23or appointed after the effective date of this amendatory Act
24of the 103rd General Assembly shall not be less than 80% of the
25salary set for the State's Attorney under Section 4-2001 for

 

 

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1the county in which the county clerk or recorder is elected or
2appointed.
3    (c) The State shall furnish 66 2/3% of the total annual
4salary to be paid to the treasurer. The amounts furnished by
5the State shall be payable monthly by the Department of
6Revenue out of the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund or
7the General Revenue Fund to Cook County. The county shall
8furnish 33 1/3% of the total annual salary.
9    (d) Cook County may not regulate salaries in a manner
10inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
11under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
12Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
13units of powers and functions exercised by the State.