Full Text of HB0046 94th General Assembly
HB0046 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0046
Introduced 1/3/2005, by Rep. William B. Black SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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5 ILCS 290/3 |
from Ch. 53, par. 3 |
5 ILCS 290/3.1 |
from Ch. 53, par. 3.1 |
5 ILCS 290/3.2 |
from Ch. 53, par. 3.2 |
5 ILCS 290/3.3 |
from Ch. 53, par. 3.3 |
5 ILCS 290/3.4 new |
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25 ILCS 120/4 |
from Ch. 63, par. 904 |
25 ILCS 120/5.10 new |
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Amends the Salaries Act and the Compensation Review Act. Provides that the Compensation Review Board shall not recommend the compensation of judges. Authorizes the General Assembly to set the compensation of judges by law. Provides that judges shall not receive cost-of-living adjustments as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, beginning with terms beginning on or after the first Monday in December 2014 (for Supreme Court judges), 2012 (for Appellate Court judges), 2010 (for Circuit Court judges), and 2008 (for associate judges). Permits judges for those terms to receive cost-of-living adjustments provided by law by the General Assembly.
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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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 Salaries Act is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 3, 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 and by adding Section 3.4 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 290/3) (from Ch. 53, par. 3)
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| Sec. 3. Salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court. From July | 8 |
| 1, 1982 through
June 30, 1983,
the annual salary of each judge | 9 |
| of the Supreme Court shall be $66,500,
to be paid out of the | 10 |
| State Treasury. From
On and after July 1,
1983 until the | 11 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 12 |
| Assembly , the annual salary of each judge of the Supreme Court | 13 |
| shall be
$75,000, or as set by the Compensation Review Board, | 14 |
| whichever is greater,
to be paid out of the State Treasury. On | 15 |
| and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th | 16 |
| General Assembly, the annual salary of each judge of the | 17 |
| Supreme Court shall be as provided in Section 3.4, to be paid | 18 |
| out of the State treasury.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
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| (5 ILCS 290/3.1) (from Ch. 53, par. 3.1)
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| Sec. 3.1. Salaries of Judges of the Appellate Court. From | 22 |
| July 1, 1982
through June 30, 1983,
the annual salary of each | 23 |
| judge of the Appellate Court shall be $61,500,
to be paid out | 24 |
| of the State Treasury. From
On and after July 1, 1983 until the | 25 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 26 |
| Assembly ,
the annual salary of each judge of the Appellate | 27 |
| Court shall be
$70,000, or as set by the Compensation Review | 28 |
| Board, whichever is greater,
to be paid out of the State | 29 |
| Treasury. On and after the effective date of this amendatory | 30 |
| Act of the 94th General Assembly, the annual salary of each | 31 |
| judge of the Appellate Court shall be as provided in Section |
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| 3.4, to be paid out of the State treasury.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
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| (5 ILCS 290/3.2) (from Ch. 53, par. 3.2)
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| Sec. 3.2. Salaries of
Judges of the Circuit Court. From | 5 |
| July 1, 1982 through June 30, 1983,
each judge of the Circuit | 6 |
| Court shall receive and be paid out of the
State Treasury an | 7 |
| annual salary of $57,500. From
On and after July 1, 1983 until | 8 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 9 |
| Assembly ,
each judge of the Circuit Court shall receive and be | 10 |
| paid out of the State
Treasury an annual salary of $65,000, or | 11 |
| an amount set by the Compensation
Review Board, whichever is | 12 |
| greater. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 13 |
| of the 94th General Assembly, each judge of the Circuit Court | 14 |
| shall receive and be paid out of the State treasury an annual | 15 |
| salary as provided in Section 3.4. The judges of the Circuit | 16 |
| Court
in the Judicial Court constituted by the First Judicial | 17 |
| District and in
other Judicial circuits composed of a single | 18 |
| county shall each be paid by
the county in which their circuit | 19 |
| lies an additional salary of $500 per
year. Such additional | 20 |
| salary shall be paid in installments by the County
Clerk, at | 21 |
| the end of each half month, by drawing a warrant therefor in
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| favor of each of the judges on the County Treasurer who shall | 23 |
| pay the same
on presentation properly endorsed.
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| The judges of Circuit Courts, other than those of the | 25 |
| Circuit
Court in the Judicial Court constituted by the First | 26 |
| Judicial District and
those in any other Judicial circuit | 27 |
| composed of a single county, shall
each be paid out of the | 28 |
| State Treasury an additional salary of $500 per year.
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| The counties in each Judicial circuit, other than the | 30 |
| Circuit Court
in the Judicial Court constituted by the First | 31 |
| Judicial District and any
Judicial circuit composed of a single | 32 |
| county, shall reimburse the State
Treasury for each additional | 33 |
| $500 salary paid to judges of their
Circuit Courts. The sums to | 34 |
| be paid by the counties in each such circuit
shall be computed | 35 |
| by the Supreme Court and
shall be apportioned among those |
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| counties in accordance with their
respective populations | 2 |
| compared with the total population of all
counties within the | 3 |
| same circuit. The population of each county shall
be determined | 4 |
| by the last federal census immediately preceding such
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| reimbursement. Each county shall pay its portion of | 6 |
| reimbursement not
later than the last day of March in the year | 7 |
| immediately following such
additional salary payment by the | 8 |
| State.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1028; 86-1447.)
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| (5 ILCS 290/3.3) (from Ch. 53, par. 3.3)
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| Sec. 3.3. Salaries of Associate Judges of the Circuit | 12 |
| Court.
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| (a) In Judicial Circuits each associate judge shall be paid | 14 |
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of the State Treasury an annual salary as follows: from | 15 |
| July 1, 1982 through
June 30, 1983, $52,500; from
on and after
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| July 1, 1983 until the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 17 |
| the 94th General Assembly , $60,000, or an amount
set by the | 18 |
| Compensation Review Board, whichever
is greater ; on and after | 19 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 20 |
| Assembly, as provided in Section 3.4 . In such judicial circuits | 21 |
| which are composed of a
single county, each associate judge | 22 |
| shall be paid by the county in which
such circuit lies an | 23 |
| additional salary of $500 per year. Such additional
salary | 24 |
| shall be paid in installments by the County Clerk, at the end | 25 |
| of
each half month, by drawing a warrant therefor in favor of | 26 |
| each of the
associate judges on the County Treasurer who shall | 27 |
| pay the same on
presentation properly endorsed.
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| (b) In the Judicial Circuit constituted by the First | 29 |
| Judicial District,
each associate judge shall be paid out of | 30 |
| the State
Treasury an annual salary as follows: from July 1, | 31 |
| 1982 through June 30,
1983, $52,500; from
on and after July 1, | 32 |
| 1983 until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 33 |
| 94th General Assembly , $60,000, or an amount set by
the | 34 |
| Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater ; on and after | 35 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
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| Assembly, as provided in Section 3.4 .
In addition to this | 2 |
| annual amount, each such associate judge
shall be paid by the | 3 |
| county in which such Circuit lies, an additional
salary of $500 | 4 |
| per year. Such additional salary shall be paid in
installments | 5 |
| by the County Clerk, at the end of each half month, by drawing
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| a warrant therefor in favor of each of the judges on the County | 7 |
| Treasurer
who shall pay the same on presentation properly | 8 |
| endorsed.
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| Associate judges, other than those of the Circuit
Court in | 10 |
| the Judicial Court constituted by the First Judicial District | 11 |
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those in any other Judicial circuit composed of a single | 12 |
| county, shall
each be paid out of the State Treasury an | 13 |
| additional salary of $500 per year.
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| The counties in each Judicial circuit, other than the | 15 |
| Circuit Court
in the Judicial Court constituted by the First | 16 |
| Judicial District and any
Judicial circuit composed of a single | 17 |
| county, shall reimburse the State
Treasury for each additional | 18 |
| $500 salary paid to associate judges of their
Circuit Courts. | 19 |
| The sums to be paid by the counties in each such circuit
shall | 20 |
| be computed by the Supreme Court and
shall be apportioned among | 21 |
| those counties in accordance with their
respective populations | 22 |
| compared with the total population of all
counties within the | 23 |
| same circuit. The population of each county shall
be determined | 24 |
| by the last federal census immediately preceding such
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| reimbursement. Each county shall pay its portion of | 26 |
| reimbursement not
later than the last day of March in the year | 27 |
| immediately following such
additional salary payment by the | 28 |
| State.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1028; 86-1447.)
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| (5 ILCS 290/3.4 new)
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| Sec. 3.4. Salaries of judges. | 32 |
| (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 33 |
| of the 94th General Assembly, the annual compensation of judges | 34 |
| shall be the amount in effect on the effective date of this | 35 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly except as provided |
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| in this Section and unless a different amount is set by the | 2 |
| General Assembly by law. | 3 |
| (b) With respect to terms of Illinois Supreme Court judges | 4 |
| beginning before the first Monday in December 2014, those | 5 |
| judges shall receive cost-of-living adjustments to their | 6 |
| compensation as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of | 7 |
| the 86th General Assembly. Beginning with terms beginning on or | 8 |
| after the first Monday in December 2014, Illinois Supreme Court | 9 |
| judges shall receive only those cost-of-living adjustments | 10 |
| provided by the General Assembly by law enacted after the | 11 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 12 |
| Assembly.
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| (c) With respect to terms of Illinois Appellate Court | 14 |
| judges beginning before the first Monday in December 2012, | 15 |
| those judges shall receive cost-of-living adjustments to their | 16 |
| compensation as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of | 17 |
| the 86th General Assembly. Beginning with terms beginning on or | 18 |
| after the first Monday in December 2012, Illinois Appellate | 19 |
| Court judges shall receive only those cost-of-living | 20 |
| adjustments provided by the General Assembly by law enacted | 21 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th | 22 |
| General Assembly.
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| (d) With respect to terms of Illinois Circuit Court judges | 24 |
| beginning before the first Monday in December 2010, those | 25 |
| judges shall receive cost-of-living adjustments to their | 26 |
| compensation as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of | 27 |
| the 86th General Assembly. Beginning with terms beginning on or | 28 |
| after the first Monday in December 2010, Illinois Circuit Court | 29 |
| judges shall receive only those cost-of-living adjustments | 30 |
| provided by the General Assembly by law enacted after the | 31 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 32 |
| Assembly.
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| (e) With respect to terms of Illinois associate judges | 34 |
| beginning before the first Monday in December 2008, those | 35 |
| judges shall receive cost-of-living adjustments to their | 36 |
| compensation as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of |
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| the 86th General Assembly. Beginning with terms beginning on or | 2 |
| after the first Monday in December 2008, Illinois associate | 3 |
| judges shall receive only those cost-of-living adjustments | 4 |
| provided by the General Assembly by law enacted after the | 5 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 6 |
| Assembly. | 7 |
| (f) As used in this Section, "terms" includes terms | 8 |
| resulting both from election and from retention.
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| Section 10. The Compensation Review Act is amended by | 10 |
| changing Section 4 and adding Section 5.10 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 904)
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| Sec. 4. Meetings of the Board; determining compensation; | 13 |
| public hearings;
reports. The Board shall meet as often as may | 14 |
| be necessary and shall
determine, upon a vote requiring
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| least 7 affirmative votes, the compensation for members of
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| General Assembly, judges, other than the county supplement,
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| State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, the | 18 |
| elected
constitutional officers of State government, and
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| certain appointed officers of State government.
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| In determining the compensation for each office, the | 21 |
| Compensation
Review Board shall consider the following | 22 |
| factors:
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| (a) the skill required,
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| (b) the time required,
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| (c) the opportunity for other earned income,
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| (d) the value of public services as performed in | 27 |
| comparable states,
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| (e) the value of such services as performed in the | 29 |
| private sector in
Illinois and comparable states based on | 30 |
| the responsibility and discretion
required in the office,
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| (f) the average consumer prices commonly known as the | 32 |
| cost of living,
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| (g) the overall compensation presently received by the | 34 |
| public officials
and all other benefits received,
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| (h) the interests and welfare of the public and the | 2 |
| financial ability of
the State to meet those costs, and
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| (i) such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, | 4 |
| which are
normally or traditionally taken into | 5 |
| consideration in the determination of
such compensation.
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| The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to filing its
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| report.
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| At the public hearings, the Board shall allow interested | 9 |
| persons to present
their views and comments. The Board may | 10 |
| prescribe reasonable rules for
the conduct of public hearings, | 11 |
| to prevent undue repetition. The meetings
of the Board are | 12 |
| subject to the Open Meetings Act.
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| The Board shall file an initial report with the House of | 14 |
| Representatives,
the Senate, the Comptroller and the Secretary | 15 |
| of State. Subsequent reports
shall be filed therewith before | 16 |
| April 1 in each even-numbered
year thereafter stating the | 17 |
| annual salary for members of the General Assembly,
the elected | 18 |
| State constitutional officers and certain appointed State | 19 |
| officers
and compensated employees and members of certain State | 20 |
| departments, agencies,
boards and commissions whose terms | 21 |
| begin in the next calendar year; the annual
salary for State's | 22 |
| attorneys; and the annual salary for the Auditor General and
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| for Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court and Associate | 24 |
| judges . If the
report increases the annual salary of judges,
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| State's attorneys , and the
Auditor General, such increase shall | 26 |
| take effect as soon as the time period
for disapproval or | 27 |
| reduction, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5, has
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| expired.
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| The salaries in the report or as reduced by the General | 30 |
| Assembly, other
than for judges, State's attorneys , and the | 31 |
| Auditor General, shall take
effect as provided by law.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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| (25 ILCS 120/5.10 new)
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| Sec. 5.10. Compensation of judges. The Compensation Review | 35 |
| Board shall not recommend the compensation of judges.
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