Full Text of HB0995 103rd General Assembly
HB0995ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Daniel Didech Filed: 3/3/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 995
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 995 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Educational Credit for Election Judges Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "institution | 7 | | of higher education" means the University of Illinois, | 8 | | Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, | 9 | | Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, | 10 | | Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, | 11 | | Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, a | 12 | | public community college that is included in the definition of | 13 | | "community colleges" under Section 1-2 of the Public Community | 14 | | College Act, or any institution that receives funds under | 15 | | Section 35 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. Policy. Before June 1, 2024, each institution | 2 | | of higher education shall adopt a policy regarding its | 3 | | awarding of academic credit or a non-credit alternative for | 4 | | election judges. The policy shall apply to any individual who | 5 | | has been an election judge while enrolled in the institution | 6 | | of higher education. | 7 | | Section 15. Policy review. Each institution of higher | 8 | | education shall submit its policy for awarding academic credit | 9 | | or a non-credit alternative for election judges to the Board | 10 | | of Higher Education or the Illinois Community College Board, | 11 | | as appropriate, before June 30, 2024 and within 60 days after | 12 | | any changes to the policy thereafter. | 13 | | Section 90. The Election Code is amended by changing | 14 | | Section 13-10 as follows:
| 15 | | (10 ILCS 5/13-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-10)
| 16 | | Sec. 13-10. The compensation of the judges of all | 17 | | primaries and all
elections, except judges supervising vote by | 18 | | mail ballots as provided in
Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in | 19 | | counties of less than 600,000
inhabitants shall be fixed by | 20 | | the respective county boards or boards of
election | 21 | | commissioners in all counties and municipalities, but in no | 22 | | case
shall such compensation be less than $35 per day. The
| 23 | | compensation of judges of all primaries and all elections not |
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| 1 | | under the
jurisdiction of the county clerk, except judges | 2 | | supervising vote by mail balloting
as provided in Section | 3 | | 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a population of
| 4 | | 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60 per day. The
| 5 | | compensation of judges of all primaries and all elections | 6 | | under the
jurisdiction of the county clerk, except judges | 7 | | supervising vote by mail
balloting as provided in Section | 8 | | 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a
population of | 9 | | 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60 per day. The | 10 | | compensation of judges of all primaries and all elections,
| 11 | | except judges supervising vote by mail ballots as provided in | 12 | | Section 19-12.2 of
this Act, in counties having a population | 13 | | of at least 600,000 but less than
2,000,000 inhabitants shall | 14 | | be not less than $45 per day
as
fixed by the county board of | 15 | | election commissioners of each such county. In
addition to | 16 | | their per day compensation and notwithstanding the limitations
| 17 | | thereon stated herein, the judges of election, in all counties | 18 | | with a
population of less than 600,000, shall be paid $3 each | 19 | | for each 100 voters or
portion thereof, in excess of 200 voters | 20 | | voting for candidates in the election
district or precinct | 21 | | wherein the judge is serving, whether a primary or an
election | 22 | | is being held. However, no such extra compensation shall be | 23 | | paid to
the judges of election in any precinct in which no | 24 | | paper ballots are counted by
such judges of election. The 2 | 25 | | judges of election in counties having a
population of less | 26 | | than 600,000 who deliver the returns to the county clerk
shall |
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| 1 | | each be allowed and paid a sum to be determined by the election | 2 | | authority
for such services and an additional sum per mile to | 3 | | be determined by the
election authority for every mile | 4 | | necessarily travelled in going to and
returning from the | 5 | | office or place to which they deliver the returns. The
| 6 | | compensation for mileage shall be consistent with current | 7 | | rates paid for
mileage to employees of the county.
| 8 | | However, all judges who have been certified by the County | 9 | | Clerk or Board of
Election Commissioners as having | 10 | | satisfactorily completed, within the 2 years
preceding the day | 11 | | of election, the training course for judges of election, as
| 12 | | provided in Sections 13-2.1, 13-2.2 and 14-4.1 of this Act, | 13 | | shall receive
additional compensation of not less than $10 per | 14 | | day in
counties of less than 600,000 inhabitants, the | 15 | | additional compensation of not
less than $10 per day in | 16 | | counties having a population of
at
least 600,000 but less than | 17 | | 2,000,000 inhabitants as fixed by the county board
of election | 18 | | commissioners of each such county, and additional compensation | 19 | | of
not less than $20 per day in counties having a population
of | 20 | | 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections not under the
| 21 | | jurisdiction of the county clerk, and additional compensation | 22 | | of not less
than $20 per day in counties having a population of
| 23 | | 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections under the | 24 | | jurisdiction of the
county clerk.
| 25 | | In precincts in which there are tally judges, the | 26 | | compensation of the
tally judges shall be 2/3 of that of the |
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| 1 | | judges of election and each
holdover judge shall be paid the | 2 | | compensation of a judge of election
plus that of a tally judge.
| 3 | | Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 4 | | 1998, the portion
of an election judge's daily compensation | 5 | | reimbursed by the State Board of
Elections is increased by
| 6 | | $15.
The increase provided by this amendatory Act of 1998 must | 7 | | be used
to increase each judge's compensation and may not be | 8 | | used by the county to
reduce its portion of a judge's | 9 | | compensation.
| 10 | | Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 11 | | the 95th General Assembly, the portion of an election judge's | 12 | | daily compensation reimbursement by the State Board of | 13 | | Elections is increased by an additional $20. The increase | 14 | | provided by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly | 15 | | must be used to increase each judge's compensation and may not | 16 | | be used by the election authority or election jurisdiction to | 17 | | reduce its portion of a judge's compensation.
| 18 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | 19 | | contrary, an election judge receiving academic credit pursuant | 20 | | to the Educational Credit for Election Judges Act may not | 21 | | receive any compensation under this Section. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1171, eff. 6-1-15 .)".
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