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705 ILCS 70/4.1 from Ch. 37, par. 654.1
Amends the Court Reporters Act. Replaces provisions
detailing the positions the Supreme Court may authorize the
chief judge of any single county circuit to fill in
administering each circuit's court reporters staff and
itemizing maximum salaries to be paid for each position with
a provision that the Supreme Court may authorize the chief
judge to appoint an administrator of court reporters and such
other administrative, secretarial, and support staff as may
be necessary. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Court Reporters Act by changing
2 Section 4.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Court Reporters Act is amended by
6 changing Section 4.1 as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 70/4.1) (from Ch. 37, par. 654.1)
8 Sec. 4.1. Appointment and Salary of Administrative
9 Personnel.
10 (a) The Supreme Court may authorize the chief judge of
11 any single county circuit in which official court reporting
12 services are centrally administered, (1) to appoint from
13 among the court reporters appointed in the circuit an
14 Administrator of Court Reporters and such other
15 administrative, secretarial, and support staff as may be
16 necessary, a Deputy Administrator of Court Reporters and 2
17 Assistant Administrators of Court Reporters, (2) to designate
18 from among the court reporters appointed in the circuit one
19 Reporter Supervisor and one Assistant Reporter Supervisor for
20 each Department and Division of the circuit court, and (3) to
21 appoint secretarial and other support staff to assist the
22 Administrator. Each Administrator, Deputy Administrator,
23 Assistant Administrator, Reporter Supervisor, and Assistant
24 Reporter Supervisor shall have an "A" proficiency rating, by
25 examination, as provided in Section 7.
26 (b) Administrative personnel appointed under this
27 Section shall be paid by the State.
28 (1) In addition to their regular salary as official
29 court reporters, the administrative personnel appointed under
30 this Section shall be paid such additional sums as the
31 Supreme Court specifies. Such sums shall be included in the
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1 pay schedule adopted pursuant to Section 8. The additional
2 amounts paid shall reflect the burden of administrative
3 responsibility borne by the administrative personnel and the
4 consequent lack of opportunity to produce transcripts of
5 testimony. The additional amounts paid to such personnel
6 shall not exceed the following:
7 (A) Administrator of Court Reporters: $20,000 per
8 year;
9 (B) Deputy Administrator of Court Reporters:
10 $15,000 per year;
11 (C) Assistant Administrators of Court Reporters:
12 $13,000 per year;
13 (D) Reporter Supervisors: $10,000 per year.
14 (E) Assistant Reporter Supervisors: $5,000 per
15 year.
16 (2) Each of the secretarial and other support staff
17 authorized under this Section shall be paid a salary as
18 determined per year by the Supreme Court.
19 (Source: P.A. 86-1378.)
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.