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HB5535 • 2026
DRAINAGE COMMISSIONER PAY
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DRAINAGE COMMISSIONER PAY
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Second Reading - Short Debate
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee ; 011-000-000
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik
DRAINAGE COMMISSIONER PAY
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Full Text of HB5535 Home Legislation Full Text HB5535 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB5535 Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 70 ILCS 605/4-13 from Ch. 42, par. 4-13 Amends the Illinois Drainage Code. Provides that each commissioner of a drainage district shall receive for the commissioner's services either (i) a sum not to exceed $30 per day for each day the commissioner is actually engaged in the business of the commissioner's office or (ii) a fixed monthly payment in an amount that is set by the county board and that does not exceed $30 multiplied by the number of business days in the applicable month (rather than a sum not to exceed $30 per day for each day the commissioner is actually engaged in the business of the commissioner's office). LRB104 19797 RTM 33247 b A BILL FOR HB5535 LRB104 19797 RTM 33247 b 1 AN ACT concerning local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Drainage Code is amended by 5 changing Section 4-13 as follows: 6 (70 ILCS 605/4-13) (from Ch. 42, par. 4-13) 7 Sec. 4-13. Pay of commissioners. 8 (a) Each commissioner shall receive for the commissioner's 9 his services either (i) a sum not to exceed $30 per day for 10 each day the commissioner he is actually engaged in the 11 business of the commissioner's his office or (ii) a fixed 12 monthly payment in an amount that is set by the county board 13 and that does not exceed $30 multiplied by the number of 14 business days in the applicable month. In addition, the 15 commissioner , and he shall be reimbursed for the 16 commissioner's his necessary traveling and other expenses 17 incurred in the performance of the commissioner's his duties. 18 Each commissioner shall present to the court an itemized 19 account, under oath, of his claim for services and expenses, 20 which shall be audited by the court and certified by it to the 21 treasurer of the district for payment. 22 (b) The changes this amendatory Act of the 104th General 23 Assembly makes to the compensation of commissioners only apply HB5535 - 2 - LRB104 19797 RTM 33247 b 1 to commissioners that begin their terms after the effective 2 date this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly. 3 (Source: P.A. 86-1266.) Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. 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