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Sen. Doris Turner
Filed: 5/30/2025
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1823
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1823, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
| 4 | | following:
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| 5 | | "Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing |
| 6 | | Section 2f-14 as follows:
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| 7 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-14) |
| 8 | | Sec. 2f-14. 6th judicial circuit; resident judgeships. |
| 9 | | (a) The at-large judgeships of the 6th judicial circuit |
| 10 | | existing on January 7, 2022 shall be converted to resident |
| 11 | | judgeships as provided in this subsection as those judgeships |
| 12 | | are or become vacant. When a vacancy occurs in an at-large |
| 13 | | judgeship of the 6th judicial circuit, the at-large judgeship |
| 14 | | shall be converted to a resident judgeship for either |
| 15 | | Champaign County or Macon County, depending on which of those |
| 16 | | 2 counties the incumbent at-large circuit judge resided in |
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| 1 | | when the incumbent judge was elected. The first 3 that become |
| 2 | | vacant after January 7, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act |
| 3 | | 102-693) shall be converted to resident judgeships elected |
| 4 | | from Champaign County. The remaining two at-large judgeships |
| 5 | | that become vacant shall be converted to resident judgeships |
| 6 | | elected from Macon County. Thereafter, persons elected to |
| 7 | | those resident judgeships shall be residents of the county |
| 8 | | which elects them. |
| 9 | | (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly not to create |
| 10 | | any additional judgeships in the 6th judicial circuit by |
| 11 | | Public Act 102-693 and this amendatory Act of the 102nd |
| 12 | | General Assembly. Notwithstanding any other provision of law |
| 13 | | to the contrary, the conversion of at-large judgeships to |
| 14 | | resident judgeships under subsection (a) of this Section shall |
| 15 | | not entitle the 6th judicial circuit to any additional circuit |
| 16 | | judgeships elected at-large. |
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 102-693, eff. 1-7-22; 102-1126, eff. 2-10-23.)
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| 18 | | Section 10. The Associate Judges Act is amended by adding |
| 19 | | Section 2.6 as follows:
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| 20 | | (705 ILCS 45/2.6 new) |
| 21 | | Sec. 2.6. Additional associate judge; 7th circuit. In |
| 22 | | addition to the number of associate judges authorized under |
| 23 | | Sections 2 and 2.1, there shall be one additional associate |
| 24 | | judge appointed in the 7th circuit and assigned to Sangamon |