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91_HB4589
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1 AN ACT concerning the compensation of county officers.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-6001, 4-6002, and 4-6003 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/4-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001)
7 Sec. 4-6001. Officers in counties of less than
8 2,000,000.
9 (a) In all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants,
10 the compensation of Coroners, County Treasurers, County
11 Clerks, Recorders and Auditors shall be determined under this
12 Section. The County Board in those counties shall fix the
13 amount of the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and
14 other expenses of those officers. The compensation of those
15 officers shall be separate from the necessary clerk hire,
16 stationery, fuel and other expenses, and such compensation
17 (except for coroners in those counties with less than
18 2,000,000 population in which the coroner's compensation is
19 set in accordance with Section 4-6002) shall be fixed within
20 the following limits:
21 To each such officer in counties containing less than
22 14,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.
23 To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or
24 more inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less
25 than $14,500 per annum.
26 To each such officer in counties containing 30,000 or
27 more inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less
28 than $15,000 per annum.
29 To each such officer in counties containing 60,000 or
30 more inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less
31 than $15,000 per annum.
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1 To each such officer in counties containing 100,000 or
2 more inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less
3 than $16,500 per annum.
4 To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or
5 more inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less
6 than $18,000 per annum.
7 To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or
8 more inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not
9 less than $20,000 per annum.
10 (b) Those officers beginning a term of office before
11 December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the rate of their
12 base salary. "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each
13 of those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
14 (c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or
15 after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
16 (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
17 least 3% of base salary.
18 (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
19 least 6% of base salary.
20 (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at
21 least 9% of base salary.
22 (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at
23 least 12% of base salary.
24 (c-5) The State shall furnish 2/3 of the total annual
25 compensation to be paid to the coroners, treasurers, clerks,
26 recorders, and auditors. The amounts furnished by the State
27 shall be payable monthly from the State treasury to the
28 county.
29 Each county shall furnish 1/3 of the total annual
30 compensation to be paid to the coroner, treasurer, clerk,
31 recorder, and auditor.
32 (d) In addition to but separate and apart from the
33 compensation provided in this Section, the county clerk of
34 each county, the recorder of each county, and the chief clerk
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1 of each county board of election commissioners shall receive
2 an award as follows:
3 (1) $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;
4 (2) $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and
5 (3) $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.
6 The total amount required for such awards each year shall be
7 appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board of
8 Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump
9 sum payments to the several county clerks, recorders, and
10 chief election clerks. Beginning December 1, 1990, this
11 annual award, and any other award or stipend paid out of
12 State funds to county officers, shall not affect any other
13 compensation provided by law to be paid to county officers.
14 (e) Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may
15 reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from
16 county funds to a county officer if the reduction or
17 impairment is the result of the county officer receiving an
18 award or stipend payable from State funds.
19 (f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery,
20 fuel and other expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by
21 the county board, shall be paid by the county.
22 (g) The population of all counties for the purpose of
23 fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon
24 the last Federal census immediately previous to the election
25 of the officer in question in each county.
26 (Source: P.A. 90-713, eff. 12-1-98.)
27 (55 ILCS 5/4-6002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6002)
28 Sec. 4-6002. Coroners in counties of less than 2,000,000.
29 (a) The County Board, in all counties of less than 2,000,000
30 inhabitants, shall fix the compensation of Coroners within
31 the limitations fixed by this Division, and shall appropriate
32 for their necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel, supplies,
33 and other expenses. The compensation of the Coroner shall be
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1 fixed separately from his necessary clerk hire, stationery,
2 fuel and other expenses, and such compensation shall be fixed
3 within the following limits:
4 To each Coroner in counties containing less than 5,000
5 inhabitants, not less than $4,500 per annum.
6 To each Coroner in counties containing 5,000 or more
7 inhabitants but less than 14,000 inhabitants, not less than
8 $6,000 per annum.
9 To each Coroner in counties containing 14,000 or more
10 inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than
11 $9,000 per annum.
12 To each Coroner in counties containing 30,000 or more
13 inhabitants, but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than
14 $14,000 per annum.
15 To each Coroner in counties containing 60,000 or more
16 inhabitants, but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than
17 $15,000 per annum.
18 To each Coroner in counties containing 100,000 or more
19 inhabitants, but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less than
20 $16,500 per annum.
21 To each Coroner in counties containing 200,000 or more
22 inhabitants, but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less than
23 $18,000 per annum.
24 To each Coroner in counties containing 300,000 or more
25 inhabitants, but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less
26 than $20,000 per annum.
27 The population of all counties for the purpose of fixing
28 compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon the
29 last Federal census immediately previous to the election of
30 the Coroner in question in each county. This Section does not
31 apply to a county which has abolished the elective office of
32 coroner.
33 (b) Those coroners beginning a term of office on or
34 after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
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1 (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
2 least 3% of base salary.
3 (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
4 least 6% of base salary.
5 (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at
6 least 9% of base salary.
7 (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at
8 least 12% of base salary.
9 "Base salary", as used in this subsection (b), means the
10 salary in effect before July 1, 1989.
11 (c) The State shall furnish 2/3 of the total annual
12 compensation to be paid to each coroner. The amounts
13 furnished by the State shall be payable monthly from the
14 State treasury to the county.
15 Each county shall furnish 1/3 of the total annual
16 compensation to be paid to the coroner.
17 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
18 (55 ILCS 5/4-6003) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6003)
19 Sec. 4-6003. Compensation of sheriffs for certain
20 expenses in counties of less than 2,000,000.
21 (a) The County Board, in all counties of less than
22 2,000,000 inhabitants, shall fix the compensation of
23 sheriffs, with the amount of their necessary clerk hire,
24 stationery, fuel and other expenses. The county shall supply
25 the sheriff with all necessary uniforms, guns and ammunition.
26 The compensation of each such officer shall be fixed
27 separately from his necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel
28 and other expenses, and such compensation shall be fixed
29 within the following limits:
30 To each such sheriff in counties containing less than
31 10,000 inhabitants, not less than $27,000 per annum.
32 To each such sheriff in counties containing 10,000 or
33 more inhabitants but less than 20,000 inhabitants, not less
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1 than $31,000 per annum.
2 To each such sheriff in counties containing 20,000 or
3 more inhabitants but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less
4 than $34,000 per annum.
5 To each such sheriff in counties containing 30,000 or
6 more inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less
7 than $37,000 per annum.
8 To each such sheriff in counties containing 60,000 or
9 more inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less
10 than $40,000 per annum.
11 To each such sheriff in counties containing 100,000 or
12 more inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not
13 less than $43,000 per annum.
14 The population of each county for the purpose of fixing
15 compensation as herein provided, shall be based upon the last
16 Federal census immediately previous to the election of the
17 sheriff in question in such county.
18 (b) Those sheriffs beginning a term of office before
19 December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the rate of their
20 base salary. "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each
21 of those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
22 (c) Those sheriffs beginning a term of office on or
23 after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
24 (1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
25 least 3% of base salary.
26 (2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
27 least 6% of base salary.
28 (3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at
29 least 9% of base salary.
30 (4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at
31 least 12% of base salary.
32 (c-5) The State shall furnish 2/3 of the total annual
33 compensation to be paid to the sheriffs. The amounts
34 furnished by the State shall be payable monthly from the
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1 State treasury to the county.
2 Each county shall furnish 1/3 of the total annual
3 compensation to be paid to the sheriff.
4 (d) In addition to the salary provided for in
5 subsections (a), (b), and (c), beginning December 1, 1998,
6 each sheriff for their additional duties imposed by other
7 statutes or laws shall receive an annual stipend to be paid
8 by the State in the amount of $6,500.
9 (e) No county board may reduce or otherwise impair the
10 compensation payable from county funds to a sheriff if the
11 reduction or impairment is the result of the sheriff
12 receiving an award or stipend payable from State funds.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-713, eff. 12-1-98.)