(a)The township or district collector shall be allowed a commission of 2% of all moneys collected by him or her, to be paid out of the respective moneys collected. From that commission, the township or district collector shall be allowed the following amounts of compensation for his or her services:
(1)In counties of the first class, 2.2% on the first $100,000 collected in the aggregate.
(2)In counties of the second class, 1.5% on the first $200,000 collected and 0.3% on the next $1,000,000 collected in the aggregate.
(3)In counties of the third class, 2.2% on the first $200,000 collected and 1.4% on the next $600,000 collected in the aggregate.
(b)In addition, the township or district collector in townships other than townships whose corporate limits are coextensive with cities or vi
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(a) The township or district collector shall be allowed a commission of 2% of all moneys collected by him or her, to be paid out of the respective moneys collected. From that commission, the township or district collector shall be allowed the following amounts of compensation for his or her services: (1) In counties of the first class, 2.2% on the first $100,000 collected in the aggregate. (2) In counties of the second class, 1.5% on the first $200,000 collected and 0.3% on the next $1,000,000 collected in the aggregate. (3) In counties of the third class, 2.2% on the first $200,000 collected and 1.4% on the next $600,000 collected in the aggregate. (b) In addition, the township or district collector in townships other than townships whose corporate limits are coextensive with cities or villages shall be allowed, from the commission allowed under subsection (a), an amount sufficient to pay his or her expenses necessarily incurred in the collection of taxes, including office expenses, employees' salaries, and other necessary expenses. This amount is payable only if the collector has submitted his or her annual budget to the township board and the board has approved it. (c) After payment of the amounts described in subsections (a) and (b) to the township or district collector as compensation for his or her services, the excess of the commission allowed shall be paid into the township treasury, except that in a township comprised of only one village or city whose corporate limits are coextensive with the corporate limits of the township, the excess shall be paid into the village or city treasury. The township or village board or city council may allow, to the township or district collector of a township whose corporate limits are co-extensive with the corporate limits of a city or village, expense money to cover costs of collection out of the excess commission.