Bill Text: IL HB3495 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Clerks of the Courts Act. Provides that in addition to the compensation provided by the county board, each clerk of the circuit court shall receive an award of $35,000 annually from the State for the additional duties imposed by Public Act 101-652. This stipend must be adjusted annually to reflect the annual cost of living adjustment in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits that are applicable.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-06-05 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver [HB3495 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3495-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3495 Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
705 ILCS 105/27.3 from Ch. 25, par. 27.3
Amends the Clerks of the Courts Act. Provides that in addition to the compensation provided by the county board, each clerk of the circuit court shall receive an award of $35,000 annually from the State for the additional duties imposed by Public Act 101-652. This stipend must be adjusted annually to reflect the annual cost of living adjustment in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits that are applicable.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning the courts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Clerks of Courts Act is amended by changing
Section 27.3 as follows:
(705 ILCS 105/27.3) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.3)
Sec. 27.3. Compensation.
(a) The county board shall provide the compensation of
Clerks of the Circuit Court, and the amount necessary for
clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses. Beginning
December 1, 1989, the compensation per annum for Clerks of the
Circuit Court shall be as follows:
In counties where the population is:
Less than 14,000....................... at least $13,500
14,001-30,000.......................... at least $14,500
30,001-60,000.......................... at least $15,000
60,001-100,000......................... at least $15,000
100,001-200,000........................ at least $16,500
200,001-300,000........................ at least $18,000
300,001- 3,000,000..................... at least $20,000
Over 3,000,000......................... at least $55,000
(b) In counties in which the population is 3,000,000 or
less, "base salary" is the compensation paid for each Clerk of

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the Circuit Court, respectively, before July 1, 1989.
(c) The Clerks of the Circuit Court, in counties in which
the population is 3,000,000 or less, shall be compensated as
follows:
(1) Beginning December 1, 1989, base salary plus at
least 3% of base salary.
(2) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at
least 6% of base salary.
(3) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at
least 9% of base salary.
(4) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at
least 12% of base salary.
(d) In addition to the compensation provided by the county
board, each Clerk of the Circuit Court shall receive an award
from the State for the additional duties imposed by Sections
5-9-1 and 5-9-1.2 of the Unified Code of Corrections, Section
10 of the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act, and other
laws, in the following amount:
(1) $3,500 per year before January 1, 1997.
(2) $4,500 per year beginning January 1, 1997.
(3) $5,500 per year beginning January 1, 1998.
(4) $6,500 per year beginning January 1, 1999.
Judicial Stipend. In addition to the compensation provided
by the county board, each Clerk of the Circuit Court shall
receive an award of $35,000 annually from the State for the
additional duties imposed by Public Act 101-652. This stipend

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must be adjusted annually to reflect the annual cost of living
adjustment in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income
benefits that are applicable.
The total amount required for such awards shall be
appropriated each year by the General Assembly to the Supreme
Court, which shall distribute such awards in annual lump sum
payments to the Clerks of the Circuit Court in all counties.
This annual award, and any other award or stipend paid out of
State funds to the Clerks of the Circuit Court, shall not
affect any other compensation provided by law to be paid to
Clerks of the Circuit Court.
(e) (Blank).
(f) No county board may reduce or otherwise impair the
compensation payable from county funds to a Clerk of the
Circuit Court if the reduction or impairment is the result of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court receiving an award or stipend
payable from State funds.
(Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)