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1     AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section
5 13-10 as follows:
 
6     (10 ILCS 5/13-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 13-10)
7     Sec. 13-10. The compensation of the judges of all primaries
8 and all elections, except judges supervising absentee ballots
9 as provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties of less
10 than 600,000 inhabitants shall be fixed by the respective
11 county boards or boards of election commissioners in all
12 counties and municipalities, but in no case shall such
13 compensation be less than $35 per day. The compensation of
14 judges of all primaries and all elections not under the
15 jurisdiction of the county clerk, except judges supervising
16 absentee balloting as provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act,
17 in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more shall be
18 not less than $60 per day. The compensation of judges of all
19 primaries and all elections under the jurisdiction of the
20 county clerk, except judges supervising absentee balloting as
21 provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a
22 population of 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60 per
23 day. The compensation of judges of all primaries and all

 

 

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1 elections, except judges supervising absentee ballots as
2 provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a
3 population of at least 600,000 but less than 2,000,000
4 inhabitants shall be not less than $45 per day as fixed by the
5 county board of election commissioners of each such county. In
6 addition to their per day compensation and notwithstanding the
7 limitations thereon stated herein, the judges of election, in
8 all counties with a population of less than 600,000, shall be
9 paid $3 each for each 100 voters or portion thereof, in excess
10 of 200 voters voting for candidates in the election district or
11 precinct wherein the judge is serving, whether a primary or an
12 election is being held. However, no such extra compensation
13 shall be paid to the judges of election in any precinct in
14 which no paper ballots are counted by such judges of election.
15 The 2 judges of election in counties having a population of
16 less than 600,000 who deliver the returns to the county clerk
17 shall each be allowed and paid a sum to be determined by the
18 election authority for such services and an additional sum per
19 mile to be determined by the election authority for every mile
20 necessarily travelled in going to and returning from the office
21 or place to which they deliver the returns. The compensation
22 for mileage shall be consistent with current rates paid for
23 mileage to employees of the county.
24     However, all judges who have been certified by the County
25 Clerk or Board of Election Commissioners as having
26 satisfactorily completed, within the 2 years preceding the day

 

 

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1 of election, the training course for judges of election, as
2 provided in Sections 13-2.1, 13-2.2 and 14-4.1 of this Act,
3 shall receive additional compensation of not less than $10 per
4 day in counties of less than 600,000 inhabitants, the
5 additional compensation of not less than $10 per day in
6 counties having a population of at least 600,000 but less than
7 2,000,000 inhabitants as fixed by the county board of election
8 commissioners of each such county, and additional compensation
9 of not less than $20 per day in counties having a population of
10 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections not under the
11 jurisdiction of the county clerk, and additional compensation
12 of not less than $20 per day in counties having a population of
13 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections under the
14 jurisdiction of the county clerk.
15     In precincts in which there are tally judges, the
16 compensation of the tally judges shall be 2/3 of that of the
17 judges of election and each holdover judge shall be paid the
18 compensation of a judge of election plus that of a tally judge.
19     Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
20 1998, the portion of an election judge's daily compensation
21 reimbursed by the State Board of Elections is increased by $15.
22 The increase provided by this amendatory Act of 1998 must be
23 used to increase each judge's compensation and may not be used
24 by the county to reduce its portion of a judge's compensation.
25     Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
26 the 95th General Assembly, the portion of an election judge's

 

 

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1 daily compensation reimbursement by the State Board of
2 Elections is increased by an additional $20. The increase
3 provided by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
4 must be used to increase each judge's compensation and may not
5 be used by the election authority or election jurisdiction to
6 reduce its portion of a judge's compensation.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-672, eff. 7-31-98.)