Full Text of HB4991 97th General Assembly
HB4991 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB4991 Introduced 2/6/2012, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 705 ILCS 35/2 | from Ch. 37, par. 72.2 | 705 ILCS 35/2a | from Ch. 37, par. 72.2a |
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Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that in the 23rd judicial circuit, there shall be no at large circuit judgeships and only resident circuit judges shall be elected as provided in the Act. Adds the 23rd judicial circuit as an exception, along with Cook County, to the provision that provides that 4 circuit judges shall be elected in any circuit in which there is situated any
State institution providing educational or welfare facilities for more than 25,000 persons. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
| 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 and 2a 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 except as | 12 | | provided in this Section. , but in In circuits other than Cook | 13 | | County containing a population
of 230,000 or more inhabitants | 14 | | and in which there is included a county
containing a population | 15 | | of 200,000 or more inhabitants, or in circuits
other than Cook | 16 | | County containing a population of 270,000 or more
inhabitants, | 17 | | according to the last preceding federal census and in the
| 18 | | circuit where the seat of State government is situated at the | 19 | | time fixed
by law for the nomination of judges of the Circuit | 20 | | Court in such circuit
and in any circuit which meets the | 21 | | requirements set out in Section 2a of
this Act, 4 circuit | 22 | | judges shall be elected in the manner provided by
law. In | 23 | | circuits other than Cook County in which each county in the
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| 1 | | circuit has a population of 475,000 or more, 4 circuit judges | 2 | | shall be
elected in addition to the 4 circuit judges provided | 3 | | for in this
Section. In any circuit composed of 2 counties | 4 | | having a total
population of 350,000 or more, one circuit judge | 5 | | shall be elected in
addition to the 4 circuit judges provided | 6 | | for in this Section.
| 7 | | Any additional circuit judgeships in the 19th and 22nd | 8 | | judicial circuits resulting by operation of this Section shall | 9 | | be filled, if at all, at the general election in 2006 only as | 10 | | provided in Section 2f-1. Thereafter, however, this Section | 11 | | shall not apply to the determination of the number of circuit | 12 | | judgeships in the 19th and 22nd judicial circuits. The number | 13 | | of circuit judgeships in the 19th judicial circuit shall be | 14 | | determined thereafter in accordance with Section 2f-1 and | 15 | | Section 2f-2 and shall be reduced in accordance with those | 16 | | Sections. The number of circuit judgeships in the 22nd judicial | 17 | | circuit shall be determined thereafter in accordance with | 18 | | Section 2f-1 and Section 2f-5 and shall be reduced in | 19 | | accordance with those Sections.
| 20 | | Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any other | 21 | | law, the number
of at large judgeships of the 12th judicial | 22 | | circuit may be reduced as provided in subsections (a-10) and | 23 | | (a-15) of Section 2f-4.
| 24 | | In the 23rd judicial circuit, there shall be no at large | 25 | | circuit judgeships and only resident circuit judges shall be | 26 | | elected as provided in Sections 2f-10 and 2f-11. |
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| 1 | | The
several judges of the circuit courts of this State, | 2 | | before entering upon
the duties of their office, shall take and | 3 | | subscribe the following oath
or affirmation, which shall be | 4 | | filed in the office of the Secretary of
State:
| 5 | | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | 6 | | will
support the constitution of the United States, and the | 7 | | constitution of
the State of Illinois, and that I will | 8 | | faithfully discharge the duties
of judge of.... court, | 9 | | according to the best of my ability."
| 10 | | One of the 3 additional circuit judgeships authorized by
| 11 | | this amendatory Act in circuits other than Cook County in which | 12 | | each
county in the circuit has a population of 475,000 or more | 13 | | may be filled
when this Act becomes law. The 2 remaining | 14 | | circuit
judgeships in such circuits shall not be filled until | 15 | | on or after July
1, 1977.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.)
| 17 | | (705 ILCS 35/2a) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2a)
| 18 | | Sec. 2a.
In any circuit , other than Cook County and the | 19 | | 23rd circuit, in which is situated any
State institution | 20 | | providing educational or welfare facilities for more than
| 21 | | 25,000 persons, 4 circuit judges shall be elected unless that | 22 | | circuit is
entitled to a greater number under Section 2.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 76-2067.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.
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