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90_SB1716
10 ILCS 5/13-10 from Ch. 46, par. 13-10
10 ILCS 5/13-11 from Ch. 46, par. 13-11
10 ILCS 5/17-30 from Ch. 46, par. 17-30
Amends the Election Code. Increases by $15 the portion
of an election judge's daily compensation paid by the State.
Increases an election judge's maximum daily compensation by
$15.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Sections
2 13-10, 13-11, and 17-30.
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 Sections 13-10, 13-11, and 17-30 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 $90 $75 per day. The compensation of judges of all primaries
16 and all elections not under the jurisdiction of the county
17 clerk, except judges supervising absentee balloting as
18 provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a
19 population of 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60
20 nor more than $90 $75 per day. The compensation of judges of
21 all primaries and all elections under the jurisdiction of the
22 county clerk, except judges supervising absentee balloting as
23 provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a
24 population of 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60
25 nor more than $90 $75 per day. The compensation of judges of
26 all primaries and all elections, except judges supervising
27 absentee ballots as provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act,
28 in counties having a population of at least 600,000 but less
29 than 2,000,000 inhabitants shall be not less than $45 nor
30 more than $90 $75 per day as fixed by the county board of
31 election commissioners of each such county. In addition to
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1 their per day compensation and notwithstanding the
2 limitations thereon stated herein, the judges of election, in
3 all counties with a population of less than 600,000, shall be
4 paid $3 each for each 100 voters or portion thereof, in
5 excess of 200 voters voting for candidates in the election
6 district or precinct wherein the judge is serving, whether a
7 primary or an election is being held. However, no such extra
8 compensation shall be paid to the judges of election in any
9 precinct in which no paper ballots are counted by such judges
10 of election. The 2 judges of election in counties having a
11 population of less than 600,000 who deliver the returns to
12 the county clerk shall each be allowed and paid a sum to be
13 determined by the election authority for such services and an
14 additional sum per mile to be determined by the election
15 authority for every mile necessarily travelled in going to
16 and returning from the office or place to which they deliver
17 the returns. The compensation for mileage shall be
18 consistent with current rates paid for mileage to employees
19 of the county.
20 However, all judges who have been certified by the County
21 Clerk or Board of Election Commissioners as having
22 satisfactorily completed, within the 2 years preceding the
23 day of election, the training course for judges of election,
24 as provided in Sections 13-2.1, 13-2.2 and 14-4.1 of this
25 Act, shall receive additional compensation of not less than
26 $10 nor more than $25 per day in counties of less than
27 600,000 inhabitants, the additional compensation of not less
28 than $10 nor more than $25 per day in counties having a
29 population of at least 600,000 but less than 2,000,000
30 inhabitants as fixed by the county board of election
31 commissioners of each such county, and additional
32 compensation of not less than $20 nor more than $25 per day
33 in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more for
34 primaries and elections not under the jurisdiction of the
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1 county clerk, and additional compensation of not less than
2 $20 nor more than $25 per day in counties having a population
3 of 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections under the
4 jurisdiction of the county clerk.
5 In precincts in which there are tally judges, the
6 compensation of the tally judges shall be 2/3 of that of the
7 judges of election and each holdover judge shall be paid the
8 compensation of a judge of election plus that of a tally
9 judge.
10 Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
11 1998, the portion of an election judge's daily compensation
12 reimbursed by the State Board of Elections is increased by
13 $15.
14 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 87-1241.)
15 (10 ILCS 5/13-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-11)
16 Sec. 13-11. It shall be the duty of the county clerk, on
17 the receipt of the election returns of any general or special
18 election, to make out his certificate, stating the
19 compensation to which the judges of each election may be
20 entitled for their services, and lay the same before the
21 county board at its next session; and the board shall order
22 the compensation aforesaid to be paid out of the county
23 treasury. The State Board of Elections shall reimburse such
24 county in the amount of the increase in compensation provided
25 in Public Acts 81-850 and 81-1149 and by this amendatory Act
26 of 1998.
27 (Source: P.A. 81-850; 81-1149.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/17-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-30)
29 Sec. 17-30. Except as provided herein, each county shall
30 provide for and pay the costs and expenses of all elections
31 within the county other than within the jurisdiction of a
32 municipal Board of Election Commissioners, as well as the
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1 costs expended within the jurisdiction of a municipal Board
2 of Election Commissioners for the registration and canvassing
3 of voters in even-numbered years. Each municipality with the
4 first Board of Election Commissioners established within a
5 county shall provide for and pay the costs and expenses of
6 all elections within the jurisdiction of the Board of
7 Election Commissioners. The State shall reimburse each county
8 and municipality in the amount of the increase in
9 compensation provided in Public Acts 81-850 and 81-1149 and
10 by this amendatory Act of 1998.
11 For each emergency referendum and each special election
12 not conducted at the time of a regular election, each county
13 and municipality responsible for paying for the costs and
14 expenses shall directly pay for or be reimbursed by every
15 other political subdivision for which officers or public
16 questions are on the ballot within the jurisdiction of the
17 election authority of such county or municipality except such
18 costs and expenses as are required to be reimbursed by the
19 State. For each primary election for the nomination of
20 municipal officers held in a municipality with a population
21 of 5000 or less in accordance with Article 7, the county in
22 which such municipality is located shall be reimbursed by the
23 municipality for all costs and expenses attributable to such
24 primary election, except for those costs and expenses
25 required to be reimbursed by the State. Each such political
26 subdivision shall provide for and shall promptly pay such
27 reimbursement of the total costs and expenses of that
28 election attributable to its offices or propositions as the
29 case may be, not including such costs and expenses as are
30 required to be reimbursed by the State.
31 (Source: P.A. 83-1337.)