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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1752
Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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10 ILCS 5/13-10 |
from Ch. 46, par. 13-10 |
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that the portion of an election judge's daily compensation reimbursed by the State Board of Elections is increased by an additional $20.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning elections.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 13-10 as follows:
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| (10 ILCS 5/13-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-10)
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| Sec. 13-10. The compensation of the judges of all primaries |
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elections, except judges supervising absentee ballots |
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| as provided in
Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties of less |
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| than 600,000
inhabitants shall be fixed by the respective |
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| county boards or boards of
election commissioners in all |
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| counties and municipalities, but in no case
shall such |
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| compensation be less than $35 per day. The
compensation of |
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| judges of all primaries and all elections not under the
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| jurisdiction of the county clerk, except judges supervising |
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| absentee balloting
as provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, |
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| in counties having a population of
2,000,000 or more shall be |
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| not less than $60 per day. The
compensation of judges of all |
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| primaries and all elections under the
jurisdiction of the |
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| county clerk, except judges supervising absentee
balloting as |
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| provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a
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| population of 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60 per |
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| day. The compensation of judges of all primaries and all |
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| elections,
except judges supervising absentee ballots as |
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| provided in Section 19-12.2 of
this Act, in counties having a |
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| population of at least 600,000 but less than
2,000,000 |
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| inhabitants shall be not less than $45 per day
as
fixed by the |
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| county board of election commissioners of each such county. In
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| addition to their per day compensation and notwithstanding the |
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| limitations
thereon stated herein, the judges of election, in |
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| all counties with a
population of less than 600,000, shall be |
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| paid $3 each for each 100 voters or
portion thereof, in excess |
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| of 200 voters voting for candidates in the election
district or |
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| precinct wherein the judge is serving, whether a primary or an
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| election is being held. However, no such extra compensation |
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| shall be paid to
the judges of election in any precinct in |
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| which no paper ballots are counted by
such judges of election. |
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| The 2 judges of election in counties having a
population of |
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| less than 600,000 who deliver the returns to the county clerk
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| shall each be allowed and paid a sum to be determined by the |
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| election authority
for such services and an additional sum per |
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| mile to be determined by the
election authority for every mile |
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| necessarily travelled in going to and
returning from the office |
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| or place to which they deliver the returns. The
compensation |
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| for mileage shall be consistent with current rates paid for
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| mileage to employees of the county.
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| However, all judges who have been certified by the County |
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| Clerk or Board of
Election Commissioners as having |
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| satisfactorily completed, within the 2 years
preceding the day |
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| of election, the training course for judges of election, as
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| provided in Sections 13-2.1, 13-2.2 and 14-4.1 of this Act, |
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| shall receive
additional compensation of not less than $10 per |
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| day in
counties of less than 600,000 inhabitants, the |
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| additional compensation of not
less than $10 per day in |
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| counties having a population of
at
least 600,000 but less than |
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| 2,000,000 inhabitants as fixed by the county board
of election |
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| commissioners of each such county, and additional compensation |
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| of
not less than $20 per day in counties having a population
of |
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| 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections not under the
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| jurisdiction of the county clerk, and additional compensation |
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| of not less
than $20 per day in counties having a population of
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| 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections under the |
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| jurisdiction of the
county clerk.
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| In precincts in which there are tally judges, the |
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| compensation of the
tally judges shall be 2/3 of that of the |
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| judges of election and each
holdover judge shall be paid the |
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| compensation of a judge of election
plus that of a tally judge.
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| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| 1998, the portion
of an election judge's daily compensation |
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| reimbursed by the State Board of
Elections is increased by
$15.
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| The increase provided by this amendatory Act of 1998 must be |
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| used
to increase each judge's compensation and may not be used |
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| by the county to
reduce its portion of a judge's compensation.
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| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, the portion of an election judge's |