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90_HB2811

      55 ILCS 5/4-6001          from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001
          Amends the Counties Code.  Provides that the county clerk
      of each county, the recorder of each county,  and  the  chief
      clerk of each county board of election commissioners (now the
      county clerk of each county that does not have a county board
      of  election commissioners and the chief clerk of each county
      board of election commissioners) shall receive  an  award  of
      $4,500  per year after January 1, 1998, $5,500 per year after
      January 1, 1999, and $6,500 per year after  January  1,  2000
      (now  of  $3,500 per annum for the additional duties required
      of such officers by  the  consolidation  of  elections  law).
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Counties Code by changing Section
 2    4-6001.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Counties  Code  is amended by changing
 6    Section 4-6001 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,  the
10    compensation  of  Coroners, County Treasurers, County Clerks,
11    Recorders  and  Auditors  shall  be  determined  under   this
12    Section.   The  County  Board in those counties shall fix the
13    amount of the necessary  clerk  hire,  stationery,  fuel  and
14    other  expenses of those officers.  The compensation of those
15    officers shall be separate from  the  necessary  clerk  hire,
16    stationery,  fuel  and  other expenses, and such compensation
17    (except  for  coroners  in  those  counties  with  less  than
18    2,000,000 population in which the coroner's  compensation  is
19    set  in accordance with Section 4-6002) shall be fixed within
20    the following limits:
21        To each such officer in  counties  containing  less  than
22    14,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.
23        To  each  such  officer  in counties containing 14,000 or
24    more inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not  less
25    than $14,500 per annum.
26        To  each  such  officer  in counties containing 30,000 or
27    more inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants,  not  less
28    than $15,000 per annum.
29        To  each  such  officer  in counties containing 60,000 or
30    more inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not  less
31    than $15,000 per annum.
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 1        To  each  such  officer in counties containing 100,000 or
 2    more inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not  less
 3    than $16,500 per annum.
 4        To  each  such  officer in counties containing 200,000 or
 5    more inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not  less
 6    than $18,000 per annum.
 7        To  each  such  officer in counties containing 300,000 or
 8    more inhabitants but less  than  2,000,000  inhabitants,  not
 9    less than $20,000 per annum.
10        (b)  Those  officers  beginning  a  term of office before
11    December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the  rate  of  their
12    base salary.  "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each
13    of those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
14        (c)  Those  officers  beginning  a  term  of office on or
15    after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
16        (1)  Beginning December 1,  1990,  base  salary  plus  at
17    least 3% of base salary.
18        (2)  Beginning  December  1,  1991,  base  salary plus at
19    least 6% of base salary.
20        (3)  Beginning December 1,  1992,  base  salary  plus  at
21    least 9% of base salary.
22        (4)  Beginning  December  1,  1993,  base  salary plus at
23    least 12% of base salary.
24        (d) In addition  to  but  separate  and  apart  from  the
25    compensation  provided  in  this Section, the county clerk of
26    each county, the recorder of each county, that does not  have
27    a  county board of election commissioners and the chief clerk
28    of each county board of election commissioners shall  receive
29    an  award  of  $3,500  per  annum  for  the additional duties
30    required of such officer by the  consolidation  of  elections
31    law.  as follows:
32        (1)  $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;
33        (2)  $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and
34        (3)  $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.
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 1    The  total amount required for such awards each year shall be
 2    appropriated by the General Assembly to the  State  Board  of
 3    Elections  which  shall  distribute the awards in annual lump
 4    sum payments to the several  county  clerks,  recorders,  and
 5    chief  election  clerks.  Beginning  December  1,  1990, this
 6    annual award, and any other award  or  stipend  paid  out  of
 7    State  funds  to  county officers, shall not affect any other
 8    compensation provided by law to be paid to county officers.
 9        (e)  Beginning December 1,  1990,  no  county  board  may
10    reduce  or  otherwise  impair  the  compensation payable from
11    county  funds  to  a  county  officer  if  the  reduction  or
12    impairment is the result of the county officer  receiving  an
13    award or stipend payable from State funds.
14        (f)  The  compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery,
15    fuel and other expenses of the county auditor,  as  fixed  by
16    the county board, shall be paid by the county.
17        (g)  The  population  of  all counties for the purpose of
18    fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based  upon
19    the  last Federal census immediately previous to the election
20    of the officer in question in each county.
21    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
22        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
23    becoming law.

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