Full Text of HB3262 103rd General Assembly
HB3262 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB3262 Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 55 ILCS 5/4-6001 | from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001 |
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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 non-home rule 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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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 4-6001 and 4-8002 and the heading of Division 4-8 and | 6 | | by adding Section 4-8001.5 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, | 10 | | the compensation of Coroners,
County Treasurers, County | 11 | | Clerks, 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 other
| 14 | | expenses of those officers. The compensation of those officers | 15 | | shall be
separate from the necessary clerk hire, stationery, | 16 | | fuel and other
expenses, and such compensation (except for | 17 | | coroners in those counties with
less than 2,000,000 population | 18 | | in which the coroner's compensation is set
in accordance with | 19 | | Section 4-6002 and except for county treasurers that is set | 20 | | under subsection (d-5) ) shall be fixed within the following
| 21 | | limits:
| 22 | | To each such officer in counties containing less than | 23 | | 14,000
inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.
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| 1 | | To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or more
| 2 | | inhabitants, 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
| 5 | | inhabitants 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
| 8 | | inhabitants 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 | 11 | | more
inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less | 12 | | than $16,500 per
annum.
| 13 | | To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or | 14 | | more
inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less | 15 | | than $18,000 per
annum.
| 16 | | To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or | 17 | | more
inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less | 18 | | than $20,000
per annum.
| 19 | | (b) Those officers beginning a term of office before | 20 | | December 1, 1990
shall be compensated at the rate of their base | 21 | | salary. "Base
salary" is the compensation paid for each of | 22 | | those offices,
respectively, before July 1, 1989.
| 23 | | (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or after | 24 | | December 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 | 8 | | compensation
provided in this Section, the county clerk of | 9 | | each county, the recorder of
each county, and
the chief clerk | 10 | | of each county
board of election commissioners shall receive | 11 | | an 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.
| 15 | | The total amount required for such awards
each year shall be | 16 | | appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board
of | 17 | | Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump sum | 18 | | payments
to the several county clerks, recorders, and chief | 19 | | election clerks.
Beginning
December
1, 1990, this annual | 20 | | award, and any other award or stipend paid
out of
State funds | 21 | | to county officers, shall not affect any other compensation
| 22 | | provided by law to be paid to county officers. | 23 | | (d-5) The salary of a county treasurer who is elected or | 24 | | appointed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 25 | | the 103rd General Assembly in a non-home rule county shall not | 26 | | be less than 80% of the salary set for the State's Attorney |
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| 1 | | under Section 4-2001 for the county in which the county | 2 | | treasurer is elected or appointed. | 3 | | The State shall furnish 66 2/3% of the total annual salary | 4 | | to be paid to a county treasurer. The amounts furnished by the | 5 | | State shall be payable monthly by the Department of Revenue | 6 | | out of the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund or the | 7 | | General Revenue Fund to the county in which the treasurer is | 8 | | elected or appointed. The county shall furnish 33 1/3% of the | 9 | | total annual salary. | 10 | | As used in this subsection, "salary" is exclusive of any | 11 | | other compensation or benefits.
| 12 | | (e) Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may reduce | 13 | | or otherwise
impair the compensation payable from county funds | 14 | | to a county officer if
the reduction or impairment is the | 15 | | result of the county officer receiving
an award or stipend | 16 | | payable from State funds.
| 17 | | (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery, | 18 | | fuel and other
expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by the | 19 | | county board, shall be
paid by the county.
| 20 | | (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of | 21 | | fixing
compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon | 22 | | the last Federal
census immediately previous to the election | 23 | | of the officer in question
in each county.
| 24 | | (h) With respect to an auditor who takes office on or after | 25 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 26 | | Assembly, the auditor shall receive an annual stipend of |
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| 1 | | $6,500 per year. The General Assembly shall appropriate the | 2 | | total amount required for the stipend each year from the | 3 | | Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Department of | 4 | | Revenue, and the Department of Revenue shall distribute the | 5 | | awards in an annual lump sum payment to each county auditor. | 6 | | The stipend shall be in addition to, but separate and apart | 7 | | from, the compensation provided in this Section. No county | 8 | | board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable | 9 | | from county funds to the auditor if the reduction or | 10 | | impairment is the result of the auditor receiving an award or | 11 | | stipend pursuant to this subsection.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
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