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1     AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing
5 Sections 2, 2f-1, 2f-2, 2f-4, and 2f-5 as follows:
 
6     (705 ILCS 35/2)  (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2)
7     Sec. 2. Circuit judges shall be elected at the general
8 elections and for terms as provided in Article VI of the
9 Illinois Constitution. Ninety-four circuit judges shall be
10 elected in the Circuit of Cook County and 3 circuit judges
11 shall be elected in each of the other circuits, but in circuits
12 other than Cook County containing a population of 230,000 or
13 more inhabitants and in which there is included a county
14 containing a population of 200,000 or more inhabitants, or in
15 circuits other than Cook County containing a population of
16 270,000 or more inhabitants, according to the last preceding
17 federal census and in the circuit where the seat of State
18 government is situated at the time fixed by law for the
19 nomination of judges of the Circuit Court in such circuit and
20 in any circuit which meets the requirements set out in Section
21 2a of this Act, 4 circuit judges shall be elected in the manner
22 provided by law. In circuits other than Cook County in which
23 each county in the circuit has a population of 475,000 or more,
24 4 circuit judges shall be elected in addition to the 4 circuit
25 judges provided for in this Section. In any circuit composed of
26 2 counties having a total population of 350,000 or more, one
27 circuit judge shall be elected in addition to the 4 circuit
28 judges provided for in this Section.
29     Any additional circuit judgeships in the 19th and 22nd
30 judicial circuits resulting by operation of this Section shall
31 be filled, if at all, at the general election in 2006 only as
32 provided in Section 2f-1. Thereafter, however, this Section

 

 

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1 shall not apply to the determination of the number of circuit
2 judgeships in the 19th and 22nd judicial circuits. The number
3 of circuit judgeships in the 19th judicial circuit shall be
4 determined thereafter in accordance with Section 2f-1 and
5 Section 2f-2 and shall be reduced in accordance with those
6 Sections. The number of circuit judgeships in the 22nd judicial
7 circuit shall be determined thereafter in accordance with
8 Section 2f-1 and Section 2f-5 and shall be reduced in
9 accordance with those Sections.
10     Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any other
11 law, the number of at large judgeships of the 12th judicial
12 circuit may be reduced by one or 2 judgeships as provided in
13 subsection (a-10) of Section 2f-4.
14     The several judges of the circuit courts of this State,
15 before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and
16 subscribe the following oath or affirmation, which shall be
17 filed in the office of the Secretary of State:
18     "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I
19 will support the constitution of the United States, and the
20 constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
21 faithfully discharge the duties of judge of.... court,
22 according to the best of my ability."
23     One of the 3 additional circuit judgeships authorized by
24 this amendatory Act in circuits other than Cook County in which
25 each county in the circuit has a population of 475,000 or more
26 may be filled when this Act becomes law. The 2 remaining
27 circuit judgeships in such circuits shall not be filled until
28 on or after July 1, 1977.
29 (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03.)
 
30     (705 ILCS 35/2f-1)
31     Sec. 2f-1. 19th and 22nd judicial circuits.
32     (a) On December 4, 2006, the 19th judicial circuit is
33 divided into the 19th and 22nd judicial circuits as provided in
34 Section 1 of the Circuit Courts Act. This division does not
35 invalidate any action taken by the 19th judicial circuit or any

 

 

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1 of its judges, officers, employees, or agents before December
2 4, 2006. This division does not affect any person's rights,
3 obligations, or duties, including applicable civil and
4 criminal penalties, arising out of any action taken by the 19th
5 judicial circuit or any of its judges, officers, employees, or
6 agents before December 4, 2006.
7     (b) Of the 7 circuit judgeships elected at large in the
8 19th circuit before the general election in 2006, the Supreme
9 Court shall assign 5 to the 19th circuit and 2 to the 22nd
10 circuit, based on residency of the circuit judges then holding
11 those judgeships. The 5 assigned to the 19th circuit shall
12 continue to be elected at large. The 2 assigned to the 22nd
13 circuit shall continue to be elected at large.
14     (b-5) Except as provided in subsection (b-10), the number
15 of at large judgeships of the 19th judicial circuit shall be
16 the number of at large judgeships assigned to the 19th judicial
17 circuit pursuant to subsection (b) plus only the judgeship
18 designated as vacancy A by the State Board of Elections filled
19 at the 2006 general election. If, before, on, or after the
20 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
21 Assembly, the State Board of Elections has certified or
22 certifies one or more candidates for a judgeship of the 19th
23 judicial circuit designated as vacancy B or C by the State
24 Board of Elections, then all such certifications are revoked
25 and are null and void by operation of law and the names of any
26 such candidates shall not appear upon the 2006 general primary
27 ballot or the 2006 general election ballot for any of those
28 judgeships. Except as provided in subsection (b-10), the number
29 of at large judgeships of the 22nd judicial circuit shall be
30 the number of at large judgeships assigned to the 22nd judicial
31 circuit pursuant to subsection (b) plus only the judgeship
32 designated as vacancy A by the State Board of Elections filled
33 at the 2006 general election. If, before, on, or after the
34 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
35 Assembly, the State Board of Elections has certified or
36 certifies one or more candidates for the judgeship of the 22nd

 

 

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1 judicial circuit designated as vacancy B by the State Board of
2 Elections, then any such certifications are revoked and are
3 null and void by operation of law and the names of any such
4 candidates shall not appear upon the 2006 general primary
5 ballot or the 2006 general election ballot for that judgeship.
6     (b-10) If this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
7 is held unconstitutional and as a result the judgeships
8 designated by the State Board of Elections as vacancies A, B,
9 and C of the 19th judicial circuit are filled at the 2006
10 general election, then the number of at large judgeships of the
11 19th judicial circuit shall be only the number of at large
12 judgeships assigned to the 19th judicial circuit pursuant to
13 subsection (b). If this amendatory Act of the 94th General
14 Assembly is held unconstitutional and as a result the
15 judgeships designated by the State Board of Elections as
16 vacancies A and B of the 22nd judicial circuit are filled at
17 the 2006 general election, then the number of at large
18 judgeships of the 22nd judicial circuit shall be only the
19 number of at large judgeships assigned to the 22nd judicial
20 circuit pursuant to subsection (b).
21     (b-15) If subsection (b-10) applies, then each vacancy
22 occurring in an at large judgeship of the 19th judicial circuit
23 on or after the holding of unconstitutionality shall not be
24 filled by any means and each of those vacant judgeships is
25 abolished, until the number of at large judgeships of the 19th
26 judicial circuit returns to the number of at large judgeships
27 specified for the 19th judicial circuit by subsection (b-10).
28 If subsection (b-10) applies, then each vacancy occurring in an
29 at large judgeship of the 22nd judicial circuit on or after the
30 holding of unconstitutionality shall not be filled by any means
31 and each of those vacant judgeships is abolished, until the
32 number of at large judgeships of the 22nd judicial circuit
33 returns to the number of at large judgeships specified for the
34 22nd judicial circuit by subsection (b-10).
35     (c) The 6 resident judgeships elected from Lake County
36 before the general election in 2006 shall become resident

 

 

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1 judgeships in the 19th circuit on December 4, 2006, and the 3
2 resident judgeships elected from McHenry County before the
3 general election in 2006 shall become resident judgeships in
4 the 22nd circuit on December 4, 2006.
5     (d) On December 4, 2006, the Supreme Court shall allocate
6 the associate judgeships of the 19th circuit before that date
7 between the 19th and 22nd circuits based on the residency of
8 the associate judges; however, the number of associate judges
9 allocated to the 19th circuit shall be no less than the number
10 of associate judges residing in Lake County on March 22, 2004.
11     (e) On December 4, 2006, the Supreme Court shall allocate
12 personnel, books, records, documents, property (real and
13 personal), funds, assets, liabilities, and pending matters
14 concerning the 19th circuit before that date between the 19th
15 and 22nd circuits based on the population and staffing needs of
16 those circuits and the efficient and proper administration of
17 the judicial system. The rights of employees under applicable
18 collective bargaining agreements are not affected by this
19 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
20     (f) The judgeships set forth in this Section include the
21 judgeships authorized under Sections 2g, 2h, and 2j. The
22 judgeships authorized in those Sections are not in addition to
23 those set forth in this Section.
24 (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-1040, eff. 9-28-04.)
 
25     (705 ILCS 35/2f-2)
26     Sec. 2f-2. 19th judicial circuit; subcircuits.
27     (a) The 19th circuit shall be divided into 6 subcircuits.
28 The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
29 substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
30 shall create the subcircuits, using population data as
31 determined by the 2000 federal census, and shall determine a
32 numerical order for the 6 subcircuits. That numerical order
33 shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
34 are assigned to the subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is
35 assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be assigned to

 

 

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1 that subcircuit for all purposes.
2     (b) The 19th circuit shall have a total of 6 resident
3 judgeships. The number of resident judgeships allotted to
4 subcircuits of the 19th judicial circuit pursuant to this
5 Section shall constitute all the resident judgeships of the
6 19th judicial circuit.
7     (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) all vacancies in
8 resident judgeships of the 19th circuit existing on or
9 occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
10 of the 93rd General Assembly and not filled at the 2004 general
11 election and (ii) the resident judgeships of the 19th circuit
12 filled at the 2004 general election as those judgeships
13 thereafter become vacant, for election from the various
14 subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected
15 from each subcircuit. No resident judge of the 19th circuit
16 serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
17 93rd General Assembly shall be required to change his or her
18 residency in order to continue serving in office or to seek
19 retention in office as resident judgeships are allotted by the
20 Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
21     (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall
22 continue to reside in that subcircuit as long as he or she
23 holds that office.
24     (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 19th circuit
25 shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
26 Illinois Constitution.
27 (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-1040, eff. 9-28-04;
28 93-1102, eff. 4-7-05.)
 
29     (705 ILCS 35/2f-4)
30     Sec. 2f-4. 12th circuit; subcircuits; additional judges.
31     (a) The 12th circuit shall be divided into 5 subcircuits.
32 The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
33 substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
34 shall create the subcircuits, using population data as
35 determined by the 2000 federal census, and shall determine a

 

 

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1 numerical order for the 5 subcircuits. That numerical order
2 shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
3 are assigned to the subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is
4 assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be assigned to
5 that subcircuit for all purposes.
6     (a-10) The first vacancy in the 12th judicial circuit's 10
7 existing circuit judgeships (8 at large and 2 resident), but
8 not in the additional judgeships described in subsections (b)
9 and (b-5), that exists on or after the effective date of this
10 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall not be
11 filled, by appointment or election, and that judgeship is
12 eliminated. Of the 12th judicial circuit's 10 existing circuit
13 judgeships (8 at large and 2 resident), but not the additional
14 judgeships described in subsections (b) and (b-5), the second
15 to be vacant or become vacant on or after the effective date of
16 this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be
17 allotted as a 12th circuit resident judgeship under subsection
18 (c). Of the 12th circuit's 10 existing circuit judgeships (8 at
19 large and 2 resident), 2 shall be allotted as 12th circuit
20 resident judgeships under subsection (c) as the first 2 of any
21 of those at large and resident judgeships become vacant on or
22 after August 18, 2003. As used in this subsection, a vacancy
23 does not include the expiration of a term of an at large or
24 resident judge who seeks retention in that office at the next
25 term.
26     (b) The 12th circuit shall have 3 additional resident
27 judgeships, as well as its 2 existing resident judgeship or
28 judgeships, and existing 8 at large judgeships, for a total of
29 12 13 judgeships available to be allotted under subsection (c)
30 to the 5 subcircuit resident judgeships. The additional
31 resident judgeship created by Public Act 93-541 shall be filled
32 by election beginning at the general election in 2006. The 2
33 additional resident judgeships created by this amendatory Act
34 of 2004 shall be filled by election beginning at the general
35 election in 2008. After the subcircuits are created by law, the
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1 judgeships created by Public Act 93-541 and this amendatory Act
2 of 2004 until the 2006 or 2008 general election, as the case
3 may be.
4     (b-5) In addition to the number of circuit judges and
5 resident judges otherwise authorized by law, and
6 notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on April
7 1, 2006 there shall be one additional resident judge who is a
8 resident of and elected from the fourth judicial subcircuit of
9 the 12th judicial circuit. That additional resident judgeship
10 may be filled by appointment by the Supreme Court until filled
11 by election at the general election in 2008, regardless of
12 whether the judgeships for subcircuits 1, 2, and 3 have been
13 filled.
14     (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional
15 resident judgeships of the 12th circuit created by Public Act
16 93-541 and this amendatory Act of 2004, and (ii) the second
17 vacancy first 2 vacancies in the at large and resident
18 judgeships of the 12th circuit as provided in subsection
19 (a-10), for election from the various subcircuits until, with
20 the additional judge of the fourth subcircuit described in
21 subsection (b-5), there is one resident judge to be elected
22 from each subcircuit. No at large or resident judge of the 12th
23 circuit serving on August 18, 2003 shall be required to change
24 his or her residency in order to continue serving in office or
25 to seek retention in office as at large or resident judgeships
26 are allotted by the Supreme Court in accordance with this
27 Section.
28     (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall
29 continue to reside in that subcircuit as long as he or she
30 holds that office.
31     (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 12th circuit
32 shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
33 Illinois Constitution.
34 (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-1040, eff. 9-28-04;
35 93-1102, eff. 4-7-05.)
 

 

 

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1     (705 ILCS 35/2f-5)
2     Sec. 2f-5. 22nd circuit; subcircuits; additional resident
3 judgeship.
4     (a) The 22nd circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits.
5 The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
6 substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
7 shall create the subcircuits, using population data as
8 determined by the 2000 federal census, and shall determine a
9 numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That numerical order
10 shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
11 are assigned to the subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is
12 assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be assigned to
13 that subcircuit for all purposes.
14     (b) The 22nd circuit shall have one additional resident
15 judgeship, as well as its 3 existing resident judgeships, for a
16 total of 4 resident judgeships to be allotted to the 4
17 subcircuit resident judgeships. The additional resident
18 judgeship created by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
19 Assembly shall be filled by election beginning at the general
20 election in 2006 and shall not be filled by appointment before
21 the general election in 2006. The number of resident judgeships
22 allotted to subcircuits of the 22nd judicial circuit pursuant
23 to this Section shall constitute all the resident judgeships of
24 the 22nd judicial circuit.
25     (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) all vacancies in
26 resident judgeships of the 22nd circuit existing on or
27 occurring on or after August 18, 2003 and not filled at the
28 2004 general election, (ii) the resident judgeships of the 22nd
29 circuit filled at the 2004 general election as those judgeships
30 thereafter become vacant, and (iii) the additional resident
31 judgeship of the 22nd circuit created by this amendatory Act of
32 the 93rd General Assembly, for election from the various
33 subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected
34 from each subcircuit. No resident judge of the 22nd circuit
35 serving on August 18, 2003 shall be required to change his or
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1 retention in office as resident judgeships are allotted by the
2 Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
3     (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall
4 continue to reside in that subcircuit as long as he or she
5 holds that office.
6     (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 22nd circuit
7 shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
8 Illinois Constitution.
9 (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-1040, eff. 9-28-04;
10 93-1102, eff. 4-7-05.)
 
11     Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
12 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.