(705 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 78, par. 24)
Sec. 1.
(a) In every county of this State now containing, or which may
hereafter
contain more than 75,000 inhabitants, and in any other county with a
population less than 3,000,000 in which the
county board by resolution determines that jury commissioners shall be
appointed, the circuit judges in the circuit of which the county is a part,
or a majority of them, shall choose 3 competent and discreet electors, who
shall not be so chosen on account of party affiliations, who shall be known
as jury commissioners. Such commissioners shall, in counties now containing
the required number of inhabitants, be chosen on the first Monday of July,
1897, and in counties hereafter containing the required number of
inhabitants such commissioners shall be chosen on the first Monday of July,
after it shall have been determined by the last preceding national census
that the inhabitants of such county are of the number required or after the
county board by resolution determines that jury commissioners shall be
appointed, as the case may be. Of the first 3 so chosen, one shall hold his
office for one year, one for 2 years and one for 3 years, to be determined
by lot, and every year thereafter one such officer shall be chosen for the
term of 3 years. Each of such commissioners, before entering upon the
duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to an oath of office before
one of such judges, and shall execute a bond to the People of the State of
Illinois in such sums and with such sureties as shall be required by such
judge and be, by him, approved, conditioned for the faithful discharge of
his duties as such commissioner during his term of office. The majority of
the Circuit judges herein referred to may remove either of such
commissioners, assigning reasons therefor, and fill all vacancies occurring
in the office of any such commissioners by death, resignation or removal.
(b) In counties with a population of at least 3,000,000, the chief judge
of the circuit of that county may discontinue the appointment of jury
commissioners for that county. If the chief judge of a circuit in a county
with
a population of at least 3,000,000 discontinues the appointments of the jury
commissioners, the functions of the jury commissioners may be performed by a
jury administrator.
The jury commissioners in office at the time of the
discontinuance shall complete their terms of office and shall discharge their
duties and responsibilities as assigned by the chief judge of that circuit.
(Source: P.A. 90-481, eff. 1-1-98.)
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