Full Text of HB5287 103rd General Assembly
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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 | | Section 4-6001 as follows: | 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/4-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001) | 7 | | Sec. 4-6001. Officers in counties of less than 2,000,000. | 8 | | (a) In all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, | 9 | | the compensation of Coroners, County Treasurers, County | 10 | | Clerks, Recorders and Auditors shall be determined under this | 11 | | Section. The County Board in those counties shall fix the | 12 | | amount of the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other | 13 | | expenses of those officers. The compensation of those officers | 14 | | shall be separate from the necessary clerk hire, stationery, | 15 | | fuel and other expenses, and such compensation (except for | 16 | | coroners in those counties with less than 2,000,000 population | 17 | | in which the coroner's compensation is set in accordance with | 18 | | Section 4-6002) shall be fixed within the following limits: | 19 | | To each such officer in counties containing less than | 20 | | 14,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum. | 21 | | To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or more | 22 | | inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than | 23 | | $14,500 per annum. |
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| 1 | | To each such officer in counties containing 30,000 or more | 2 | | inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than | 3 | | $15,000 per annum. | 4 | | To each such officer in counties containing 60,000 or more | 5 | | inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than | 6 | | $15,000 per annum. | 7 | | To each such officer in counties containing 100,000 or | 8 | | more inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less | 9 | | than $16,500 per annum. | 10 | | To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or | 11 | | more inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less | 12 | | than $18,000 per annum. | 13 | | To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or | 14 | | more inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less | 15 | | than $20,000 per annum. | 16 | | (b) Those officers beginning a term of office before | 17 | | December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the rate of their base | 18 | | salary. "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each of | 19 | | those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989. | 20 | | (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or after | 21 | | December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows: | 22 | | (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at | 23 | | least 3% of base salary. | 24 | | (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at | 25 | | least 6% of base salary. | 26 | | (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at |
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| 1 | | least 9% of base salary. | 2 | | (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at | 3 | | least 12% of base salary. | 4 | | (d) In addition to but separate and apart from the | 5 | | compensation provided in this Section, the county clerk of | 6 | | each county, the recorder of each county, and the chief clerk | 7 | | of each county board of election commissioners shall receive | 8 | | an award as follows: | 9 | | (1) $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998; | 10 | | (2) $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and | 11 | | (3) $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000. | 12 | | The total amount required for such awards each year shall be | 13 | | appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board of | 14 | | Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump sum | 15 | | payments to the several county clerks, recorders, and chief | 16 | | election clerks. Beginning December 1, 1990, this annual | 17 | | award, and any other award or stipend paid out of State funds | 18 | | to county officers, shall not affect any other compensation | 19 | | provided by law to be paid to county officers. | 20 | | For State fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2024, | 21 | | the State Board of Elections shall remit to each county the | 22 | | amount required for the stipend under this subsection. That | 23 | | money shall be deposited by the county treasurer into a fund | 24 | | dedicated for that purpose. The county payroll clerk shall pay | 25 | | the stipend as required by this subsection within 10 business | 26 | | days after those funds are deposited into the county fund. The |
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| 1 | | stipend shall not be considered part of the recipient's base | 2 | | compensation and must be remitted to the recipient in addition | 3 | | to the recipient's annual salary or compensation. Beginning | 4 | | July 1, 2024, the county shall be responsible for the State and | 5 | | federal income tax reporting and withholding as well as the | 6 | | employer contributions under the Illinois Pension Code on the | 7 | | stipend under this subsection. | 8 | | (e) Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may reduce | 9 | | or otherwise impair the compensation payable from county funds | 10 | | to a county officer if the reduction or impairment is the | 11 | | result of the county officer receiving an award or stipend | 12 | | payable from State funds. | 13 | | (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery, | 14 | | fuel and other expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by the | 15 | | county board, shall be paid by the county. | 16 | | (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of | 17 | | fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon | 18 | | the last Federal census immediately previous to the election | 19 | | of the officer in question in each county. | 20 | | (h) With respect to an auditor who takes office on or after | 21 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 22 | | Assembly, the auditor shall receive an annual stipend of | 23 | | $6,500 per year. The General Assembly shall appropriate the | 24 | | total amount required for the stipend each year from the | 25 | | Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Department of | 26 | | Revenue, and the Department of Revenue shall distribute the |
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| 1 | | awards in an annual lump sum payment to each county auditor. | 2 | | The stipend shall be in addition to, but separate and apart | 3 | | from, the compensation provided in this Section. No county | 4 | | board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable | 5 | | from county funds to the auditor if the reduction or | 6 | | impairment is the result of the auditor receiving an award or | 7 | | stipend pursuant to this subsection. | 8 | | Except as provided under subsection (d), for For State | 9 | | fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, the | 10 | | Department shall remit to each county the amount required for | 11 | | the stipend under this Section. That money shall be deposited | 12 | | by the county treasurer into a fund dedicated for that | 13 | | purpose. The county payroll clerk shall pay the stipend to the | 14 | | auditor within 10 business days after those funds are | 15 | | deposited into the county fund. The stipend shall not be | 16 | | considered part of the auditor's base compensation and must be | 17 | | remitted to the auditor in addition to the auditor's annual | 18 | | salary or compensation. Beginning July 1, 2023, the county | 19 | | shall be responsible for the State and federal income tax | 20 | | reporting and withholding as well as the employer | 21 | | contributions under the Illinois Pension Code on the stipend | 22 | | under this Section. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 103-318, eff. 7-28-23.) | 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law. |
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