Bill Text: IL SB3876 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a sheriff's salary in a non-home rule county shall not be less than 80% of the State's Attorney salary for the county in which the sheriff is elected or appointed. Defines "salary". Provides that the State shall furnish 66 2/3% and the county 33 1/3% of the total annual salary to be paid to a sheriff. Prevents a county from decreasing the salary of a sheriff who earns more than 80% of the State's Attorney's salary on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-08 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe [SB3876 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3876-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3876 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Rachelle Crowe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/3-6007.5 new
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a sheriff's salary in a non-home rule county shall not be less than 80% of the State's Attorney salary for the county in which the sheriff is elected or appointed. Defines "salary". Provides that the State shall furnish 66 2/3% and the county 33 1/3% of the total annual salary to be paid to a sheriff. Prevents a county from decreasing the salary of a sheriff who earns more than 80% of the State's Attorney's salary on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
3-6007.5 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/3-6007.5 new)
Sec. 3-6007.5. Sheriff's salary.
(a) As used in this Section, "salary" is exclusive of any
other compensation or benefits.
(b) The salary of the sheriff in a non-home rule county
shall not be less than 80% of the salary set for the State's
Attorney under Section 4-2001 for the county in which the
sheriff is elected or appointed.
(c) The State shall furnish 66 2/3% of the total annual
salary to be paid to a sheriff. Said amounts furnished by the
State shall be payable monthly by the Department of Revenue
out of the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund or the
General Revenue Fund to the county in which the sheriff is
elected or appointed. The county shall furnish 33 1/3% of the
total annual salary.
(d) If, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
102nd General Assembly, the salary of a sheriff is greater
than 80% of the State's Attorney's salary under Section 4-2001

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for the county in which the sheriff is elected or appointed,
that sheriff's salary shall not be reduced.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.