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Introduced Session

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.

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Jay Hoffman (D)*,  Dan Didech (D),  Jackie Haas (R),  Norine Hammond (R),  Gregg Johnson (D),  Stephanie Kifowit (D),  Joyce Mason (D),  Tony McCombie (R),  Bob Morgan (D),  Suzanne Ness (D),  Wayne Rosenthal (R),  Justin Slaughter (D),  Ryan Spain (R),  Dave Vella (D), 

Session Sine Die (on 01/07/2025)

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