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90_HB2817
10 ILCS 5/13-10 from Ch. 46, par. 13-10
Amends the Election Code. Deletes provisions that set
the maximum amount of compensation for judges of election.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Section
2 13-10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
6 Section 13-10 as follows:
7 (10 ILCS 5/13-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-10)
8 Sec. 13-10. The compensation of the judges of all
9 primaries and all elections, except judges supervising
10 absentee ballots as provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act,
11 in counties of less than 600,000 inhabitants shall be fixed
12 by the respective county boards or boards of election
13 commissioners in all counties and municipalities, but in no
14 case shall such compensation be less than $35 nor more than
15 $75 per day. The compensation of judges of all primaries and
16 all elections not under the jurisdiction of the county clerk,
17 except judges supervising absentee balloting as provided in
18 Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a population
19 of 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60 nor more than
20 $75 per day. The compensation of judges of all primaries and
21 all elections under the jurisdiction of the county clerk,
22 except judges supervising absentee balloting as provided in
23 Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a population
24 of 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60 nor more than
25 $75 per day. The compensation of judges of all primaries and
26 all elections, except judges supervising absentee ballots as
27 provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a
28 population of at least 600,000 but less than 2,000,000
29 inhabitants shall be not less than $45 nor more than $75 per
30 day as fixed by the county board of election commissioners of
31 each such county. In addition to their per day compensation
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1 and notwithstanding the limitations thereon stated herein,
2 the judges of election, in all counties with a population of
3 less than 600,000, shall be paid $3 each for each 100 voters
4 or portion thereof, in excess of 200 voters voting for
5 candidates in the election district or precinct wherein the
6 judge is serving, whether a primary or an election is being
7 held. However, no such extra compensation shall be paid to
8 the judges of election in any precinct in which no paper
9 ballots are counted by such judges of election. The 2 judges
10 of election in counties having a population of less than
11 600,000 who deliver the returns to the county clerk shall
12 each be allowed and paid a sum to be determined by the
13 election authority for such services and an additional sum
14 per mile to be determined by the election authority for every
15 mile necessarily travelled in going to and returning from the
16 office or place to which they deliver the returns. The
17 compensation for mileage shall be consistent with current
18 rates paid for mileage to employees of the county.
19 However, all judges who have been certified by the County
20 Clerk or Board of Election Commissioners as having
21 satisfactorily completed, within the 2 years preceding the
22 day of election, the training course for judges of election,
23 as provided in Sections 13-2.1, 13-2.2 and 14-4.1 of this
24 Act, shall receive additional compensation of not less than
25 $10 nor more than $25 per day in counties of less than
26 600,000 inhabitants, the additional compensation of not less
27 than $10 nor more than $25 per day in counties having a
28 population of at least 600,000 but less than 2,000,000
29 inhabitants as fixed by the county board of election
30 commissioners of each such county, and additional
31 compensation of not less than $20 nor more than $25 per day
32 in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more for
33 primaries and elections not under the jurisdiction of the
34 county clerk, and additional compensation of not less than
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1 $20 nor more than $25 per day in counties having a population
2 of 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections under the
3 jurisdiction of the county clerk.
4 In precincts in which there are tally judges, the
5 compensation of the tally judges shall be 2/3 of that of the
6 judges of election and each holdover judge shall be paid the
7 compensation of a judge of election plus that of a tally
8 judge.
9 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 87-1241.)