Bill Text: IL HB2576 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Removes language providing for the compensation of Clerks of the Circuit Court. Provides instead that the salary of a clerk of the circuit court elected or appointed after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be set as a percentage of the salary of Judges of the Circuit Court and shall be in the following amounts: in counties where the population is less than 14,000, 55%; in counties where the population is 14,001 to 30,000, 60%; in counties where the population is 30,001 to 60,000, 65%; in counties where the population is 60,001 to 100,000, 70%; in counties where the population is 100,001 to 200,000, 75%; in counties where the population is 200,001 to 300,000, 80%; in counties where the population is 300,001 to 3,000,000, 85%; and in counties where the population is over 3,000,000, 90%. Requires the State to furnish 66 2/3% of the total annual salary to be paid to a clerk of the circuit court, and the county to furnish 33 1/3% of the total annual salary. Provides that if, on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the salary of a clerk is greater than the percentage of the circuit judges salary in the provisions, that circuit clerk's salary shall not be reduced.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-5)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella [HB2576 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2576-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 27.3 as follows:
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6 | (705 ILCS 105/27.3) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3)
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7 | Sec. 27.3. Compensation.
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8 | (a) The salary of a clerk of the circuit court elected or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | appointed after the effective date of this amendatory act of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the 103rd General Assembly shall be set as a percentage of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | salary of Judges of the Circuit Court as defined in Section 3.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | of the Salaries Act. The The county board shall provide the
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13 | compensation of Clerks of
the Circuit Court, and the amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | necessary for clerk hire, stationery,
fuel and other expenses. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Beginning December 1, 1989, the compensation
per annum for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Clerks of the Circuit Court shall be as follows:
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17 | In counties where the population is:
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3 | As used in this Section, "salary" is exclusive of any | |||||||||
4 | other compensation or benefit. | |||||||||
5 | (a-1) The State shall furnish 66 2/3% of the total annual | |||||||||
6 | salary to be paid to a clerk of the circuit court. The county | |||||||||
7 | shall furnish 33 1/3% of the total annual salary. If, on the | |||||||||
8 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | |||||||||
9 | Assembly, the salary of a clerk is greater than the salary set | |||||||||
10 | forth in this Section, that circuit clerk's salary shall not | |||||||||
11 | be reduced. | |||||||||
12 | (b) (Blank). In counties in which the population is | |||||||||
13 | 3,000,000 or less,
"base salary" is the compensation paid for | |||||||||
14 | each Clerk of the Circuit Court,
respectively, before July 1, | |||||||||
15 | 1989.
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16 | (c) (Blank). The Clerks of the Circuit Court, in counties | |||||||||
17 | in which the population
is 3,000,000 or less, shall be | |||||||||
18 | compensated as follows:
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19 | (1) Beginning December 1, 1989,
base salary plus at | |||||||||
20 | least 3% of base salary.
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21 | (2) Beginning December 1, 1990,
base salary plus at | |||||||||
22 | least 6% of base salary.
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23 | (3) Beginning December 1, 1991,
base salary plus at | |||||||||
24 | least 9% of base salary.
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25 | (4) Beginning December 1, 1992,
base salary plus at | |||||||||
26 | least 12% of base salary.
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1 | (d) In addition to the compensation provided by the county | ||||||
2 | board, each
Clerk of the Circuit Court shall receive an award | ||||||
3 | from
the State for the additional duties imposed by Sections | ||||||
4 | 5-9-1 and 5-9-1.2
of the Unified Code of Corrections, Section | ||||||
5 | 10 of the Violent Crime Victims
Assistance Act, and
other
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6 | laws, in the
following amount:
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7 | (1) $3,500 per year before January 1, 1997.
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8 | (2) $4,500 per year beginning January 1, 1997.
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9 | (3) $5,500 per year beginning January 1, 1998.
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10 | (4) $6,500 per year beginning January 1, 1999.
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11 | The total
amount required for such awards shall be | ||||||
12 | appropriated each year by the
General Assembly to the Supreme | ||||||
13 | Court, which shall distribute such awards
in annual lump sum | ||||||
14 | payments to the Clerks of the Circuit Court in all
counties. | ||||||
15 | This annual award, and any other award or stipend paid out of
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16 | State funds to the Clerks of the Circuit Court, shall not | ||||||
17 | affect any other
compensation provided by law to be paid to | ||||||
18 | Clerks of the Circuit Court.
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19 | (e) (Blank).
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20 | (f) No county board may reduce or otherwise impair the | ||||||
21 | compensation
payable from county funds to a Clerk of the | ||||||
22 | Circuit Court if the reduction or
impairment is the result of | ||||||
23 | the Clerk of the Circuit Court receiving an
award or stipend | ||||||
24 | payable from State funds.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19 .)
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