96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1947


 
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Constance A. Howard
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



705 ILCS 35/1
  from Ch. 37, par. 72.1








    Amends the Circuit Courts Act.  Makes a
technical change in a Section concerning the judicial circuits.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning courts.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing 
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Section 1 as follows:
 



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    (705 ILCS 35/1)  (from Ch. 37, par. 72.1)



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    Sec. 1. Judicial circuits created. The
The county of Cook 
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shall be one
judicial circuit and the State of
Illinois, 
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exclusive of the county of Cook, shall be and is divided into

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judicial circuits as follows:
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    First Circuit--The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, 
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Pope,
Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline.

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    Second Circuit--The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, 
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Hamilton,
Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, 
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Richland, Lawrence and
Crawford.

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    Third Circuit--The counties of Madison and Bond.

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    Fourth Circuit--The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, 
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Fayette,
Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian.

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    Fifth Circuit--The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, 
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Cumberland and
Coles.

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    Sixth Circuit--The counties of Champaign, Douglas, 
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Moultrie, Macon,
DeWitt and Piatt.

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    Seventh Circuit--The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin, 
 


 






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Morgan, Scott,
Greene and Jersey.

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    Eighth Circuit--The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, 
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Cass, Brown,
Pike, Calhoun and Menard.

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    Ninth Circuit--The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, 
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Hancock,
McDonough and Fulton.

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    Tenth Circuit--The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, 
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Stark and
Tazewell.

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    Eleventh Circuit--The counties of McLean,
Livingston, 
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Logan, Ford and
Woodford.

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    Twelfth Circuit--The county of Will.

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    Thirteenth Circuit--The counties of Bureau, LaSalle and 
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Grundy.

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    Fourteenth Circuit--The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, 
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Whiteside and
Henry.

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    Fifteenth Circuit--The counties of JoDaviess, Stephenson, 
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Carroll, Ogle
and Lee.

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    Sixteenth Circuit--The counties of Kane, DeKalb and 
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Kendall.

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    Seventeenth Circuit--The counties of Winnebago and Boone.

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    Eighteenth Circuit--The county of DuPage.

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    Nineteenth Circuit--Before December 4, 2006, the counties 
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of Lake and
McHenry. On and after December 4, 2006, the County 
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of Lake.

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    Twentieth Circuit--The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. 
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Clair,
Washington and Perry.

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    Twenty-first Circuit--The counties of Iroquois and 
 


 






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Kankakee.

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    Twenty-second Circuit--On and after December 4, 2006, the 
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County of
McHenry.

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(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03.)