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90_SB1716 10 ILCS 5/13-10 from Ch. 46, par. 13-10 10 ILCS 5/13-11 from Ch. 46, par. 13-11 10 ILCS 5/17-30 from Ch. 46, par. 17-30 Amends the Election Code. Increases by $15 the portion of an election judge's daily compensation paid by the State. Increases an election judge's maximum daily compensation by $15. LRB9010232JMmb LRB9010232JMmb 1 AN ACT to amend the Election Code by changing Sections 2 13-10, 13-11, and 17-30. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing 6 Sections 13-10, 13-11, and 17-30 as follows: 7 (10 ILCS 5/13-10) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-10) 8 Sec. 13-10. The compensation of the judges of all 9 primaries and all elections, except judges supervising 10 absentee ballots as provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, 11 in counties of less than 600,000 inhabitants shall be fixed 12 by the respective county boards or boards of election 13 commissioners in all counties and municipalities, but in no 14 case shall such compensation be less than $35 nor more than 15 $90$75per day. The compensation of judges of all primaries 16 and all elections not under the jurisdiction of the county 17 clerk, except judges supervising absentee balloting as 18 provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a 19 population of 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60 20 nor more than $90$75per day. The compensation of judges of 21 all primaries and all elections under the jurisdiction of the 22 county clerk, except judges supervising absentee balloting as 23 provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, in counties having a 24 population of 2,000,000 or more shall be not less than $60 25 nor more than $90$75per day. The compensation of judges of 26 all primaries and all elections, except judges supervising 27 absentee ballots as provided in Section 19-12.2 of this Act, 28 in counties having a population of at least 600,000 but less 29 than 2,000,000 inhabitants shall be not less than $45 nor 30 more than $90$75per day as fixed by the county board of 31 election commissioners of each such county. In addition to -2- LRB9010232JMmb 1 their per day compensation and notwithstanding the 2 limitations thereon stated herein, the judges of election, in 3 all counties with a population of less than 600,000, shall be 4 paid $3 each for each 100 voters or portion thereof, in 5 excess of 200 voters voting for candidates in the election 6 district or precinct wherein the judge is serving, whether a 7 primary or an election is being held. However, no such extra 8 compensation shall be paid to the judges of election in any 9 precinct in which no paper ballots are counted by such judges 10 of election. The 2 judges of election in counties having a 11 population of less than 600,000 who deliver the returns to 12 the county clerk shall each be allowed and paid a sum to be 13 determined by the election authority for such services and an 14 additional sum per mile to be determined by the election 15 authority for every mile necessarily travelled in going to 16 and returning from the office or place to which they deliver 17 the returns. The compensation for mileage shall be 18 consistent with current rates paid for mileage to employees 19 of the county. 20 However, all judges who have been certified by the County 21 Clerk or Board of Election Commissioners as having 22 satisfactorily completed, within the 2 years preceding the 23 day of election, the training course for judges of election, 24 as provided in Sections 13-2.1, 13-2.2 and 14-4.1 of this 25 Act, shall receive additional compensation of not less than 26 $10 nor more than $25 per day in counties of less than 27 600,000 inhabitants, the additional compensation of not less 28 than $10 nor more than $25 per day in counties having a 29 population of at least 600,000 but less than 2,000,000 30 inhabitants as fixed by the county board of election 31 commissioners of each such county, and additional 32 compensation of not less than $20 nor more than $25 per day 33 in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more for 34 primaries and elections not under the jurisdiction of the -3- LRB9010232JMmb 1 county clerk, and additional compensation of not less than 2 $20 nor more than $25 per day in counties having a population 3 of 2,000,000 or more for primaries and elections under the 4 jurisdiction of the county clerk. 5 In precincts in which there are tally judges, the 6 compensation of the tally judges shall be 2/3 of that of the 7 judges of election and each holdover judge shall be paid the 8 compensation of a judge of election plus that of a tally 9 judge. 10 Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 11 1998, the portion of an election judge's daily compensation 12 reimbursed by the State Board of Elections is increased by 13 $15. 14 (Source: P.A. 87-1052; 87-1241.) 15 (10 ILCS 5/13-11) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-11) 16 Sec. 13-11. It shall be the duty of the county clerk, on 17 the receipt of the election returns of any general or special 18 election, to make out his certificate, stating the 19 compensation to which the judges of each election may be 20 entitled for their services, and lay the same before the 21 county board at its next session; and the board shall order 22 the compensation aforesaid to be paid out of the county 23 treasury. The State Board of Elections shall reimburse such 24 county in the amount of the increase in compensation provided 25 in Public Acts 81-850 and 81-1149 and by this amendatory Act 26 of 1998. 27 (Source: P.A. 81-850; 81-1149.) 28 (10 ILCS 5/17-30) (from Ch. 46, par. 17-30) 29 Sec. 17-30. Except as provided herein, each county shall 30 provide for and pay the costs and expenses of all elections 31 within the county other than within the jurisdiction of a 32 municipal Board of Election Commissioners, as well as the -4- LRB9010232JMmb 1 costs expended within the jurisdiction of a municipal Board 2 of Election Commissioners for the registration and canvassing 3 of voters in even-numbered years. Each municipality with the 4 first Board of Election Commissioners established within a 5 county shall provide for and pay the costs and expenses of 6 all elections within the jurisdiction of the Board of 7 Election Commissioners. The State shall reimburse each county 8 and municipality in the amount of the increase in 9 compensation provided in Public Acts 81-850 and 81-1149 and 10 by this amendatory Act of 1998. 11 For each emergency referendum and each special election 12 not conducted at the time of a regular election, each county 13 and municipality responsible for paying for the costs and 14 expenses shall directly pay for or be reimbursed by every 15 other political subdivision for which officers or public 16 questions are on the ballot within the jurisdiction of the 17 election authority of such county or municipality except such 18 costs and expenses as are required to be reimbursed by the 19 State. For each primary election for the nomination of 20 municipal officers held in a municipality with a population 21 of 5000 or less in accordance with Article 7, the county in 22 which such municipality is located shall be reimbursed by the 23 municipality for all costs and expenses attributable to such 24 primary election, except for those costs and expenses 25 required to be reimbursed by the State. Each such political 26 subdivision shall provide for and shall promptly pay such 27 reimbursement of the total costs and expenses of that 28 election attributable to its offices or propositions as the 29 case may be, not including such costs and expenses as are 30 required to be reimbursed by the State. 31 (Source: P.A. 83-1337.)