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92_SB1998
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1 AN ACT concerning counties.
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 Section 4-6001 as follows:
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 inhabitants.
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 (d) In addition to but separate and apart from the
25 compensation provided in this Section, the county clerk of
26 each county, the recorder of each county, and the chief clerk
27 of each county board of election commissioners shall receive
28 an award 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. 90-713, eff. 12-1-98.)