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90_HB3626ham001

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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3626
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  3626  on  page  1,
 3    lines  1  and 2 by replacing "Sections 4-6003" with "Sections
 4    3-10007, 4-6001, 4-6003,"; and
 5    on page  1,  line  6  by  replacing  "Sections  4-6003"  with
 6    "Sections 3-10007, 4-6001, 4-6003,"; and
 7    on page 1, by inserting above line 7 the following:
 8        "(55 ILCS 5/3-10007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-10007)
 9        Sec.  3-10007.   Annual stipend. In addition to all other
10    compensation provided by law, every elected county treasurer,
11    for additional duties mandated by State law, shall receive an
12    annual stipend of (i) $5,000 if his or her term begins before
13    December 1, 1998, (ii) $5,500  after  December  1,  1998  and
14    $6,500 after December 1, 1999 if his or her term begins on or
15    after December 1, 1998 but before December 1, 2000, and (iii)
16    $6,500  if  his  or  her  term  begins  December  1,  2000 or
17    thereafter, to be  annually  appropriated  from  the  General
18    Revenue  Fund  by  the  General Assembly to the Department of
19    Revenue which shall distribute the awards in annual lump  sum
20    payments  to  every  elected  county  treasurer.  This annual
21    stipend shall not affect any other compensation  provided  by
22    law to be paid to elected county treasurers.  No county board
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 1    may  reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from
 2    county funds to an elected county treasurer if such reduction
 3    or impairment is  the  result  of  his  receiving  an  annual
 4    stipend under this Section.
 5    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028; 86-1446.)
 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, the
 9    compensation of Coroners, County Treasurers,  County  Clerks,
10    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
13    other expenses of those officers.  The compensation of  those
14    officers  shall  be  separate  from the necessary clerk hire,
15    stationery, fuel and other expenses,  and  such  compensation
16    (except  for  coroners  in  those  counties  with  less  than
17    2,000,000  population  in which the coroner's compensation is
18    set in accordance with Section 4-6002) shall be fixed  within
19    the following limits:
20        To  each  such  officer  in counties containing less than
21    14,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.
22        To each such officer in  counties  containing  14,000  or
23    more  inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less
24    than $14,500 per annum.
25        To each such officer in  counties  containing  30,000  or
26    more  inhabitants  but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less
27    than $15,000 per annum.
28        To each such officer in  counties  containing  60,000  or
29    more  inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less
30    than $15,000 per annum.
31        To each such officer in counties  containing  100,000  or
32    more  inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less
33    than $16,500 per annum.
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 1        To each such officer in counties  containing  200,000  or
 2    more  inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less
 3    than $18,000 per annum.
 4        To each such officer in counties  containing  300,000  or
 5    more  inhabitants  but  less  than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not
 6    less than $20,000 per annum.
 7        (b)  Those officers beginning a  term  of  office  before
 8    December  1,  1990  shall be compensated at the rate of their
 9    base salary.  "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each
10    of those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
11        (c)  Those officers beginning a  term  of  office  on  or
12    after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
13        (1)  Beginning  December  1,  1990,  base  salary plus at
14    least 3% of base salary.
15        (2)  Beginning December 1,  1991,  base  salary  plus  at
16    least 6% of base salary.
17        (3)  Beginning  December  1,  1992,  base  salary plus at
18    least 9% of base salary.
19        (4)  Beginning December 1,  1993,  base  salary  plus  at
20    least 12% of base salary.
21        (d)  In  addition  to  but  separate  and  apart from the
22    compensation provided in this Section, the  county  clerk  of
23    each  county, the recorder of each county, that does not have
24    a county board of election commissioners and the chief  clerk
25    of  each county board of election commissioners shall receive
26    an award of  $3,500  per  annum  for  the  additional  duties
27    required  of  such  officer by the consolidation of elections
28    law.  as follows:
29        (1)  $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;
30        (2)  $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and
31        (3)  $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.
32    The total amount required for such awards each year shall  be
33    appropriated  by  the  General Assembly to the State Board of
34    Elections which shall distribute the awards  in  annual  lump
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 1    sum  payments  to  the  several county clerks, recorders, and
 2    chief election  clerks.  Beginning  December  1,  1990,  this
 3    annual  award,  and  any  other  award or stipend paid out of
 4    State funds to county officers, shall not  affect  any  other
 5    compensation provided by law to be paid to county officers.
 6        (e)  Beginning  December  1,  1990,  no  county board may
 7    reduce or otherwise  impair  the  compensation  payable  from
 8    county  funds  to  a  county  officer  if  the  reduction  or
 9    impairment  is  the result of the county officer receiving an
10    award or stipend payable from State funds.
11        (f) The compensation, necessary clerk  hire,  stationery,
12    fuel  and  other  expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by
13    the county board, shall be paid by the county.
14        (g) The population of all counties  for  the  purpose  of
15    fixing  compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon
16    the last Federal census immediately previous to the  election
17    of the officer in question in each county.
18    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)".

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