Full Text of HB2625 101st General Assembly
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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 2f, 2f-2, 2f-4, 2f-5, 2f-6, and 2f-9 as follows:
| 6 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2f)
| 7 | | Sec. 2f. (a) The Circuit of Cook County shall be divided | 8 | | into 15
units to be known as subcircuits. The subcircuits shall | 9 | | be compact,
contiguous, and substantially equal in population.
| 10 | | The General Assembly
shall create the subcircuits by law on or | 11 | | before
July 1, 1991, using population data as determined by the | 12 | | 1990 Federal census.
| 13 | | (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the | 14 | | boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the | 15 | | 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 16 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 17 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 18 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 19 | | subsection (d), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 20 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 21 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 22 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 23 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn |
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| 1 | | subcircuit. | 2 | | (b) The 165 resident judges to be elected from the Circuit | 3 | | of Cook
County shall be determined under paragraph (4) of | 4 | | subsection (a) of Section 2 of the
Judicial Vacancies Act.
| 5 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional | 6 | | resident judgeships
provided by paragraph (4) of subsection (a) | 7 | | of Section 2 of the Judicial Vacancies Act
and (ii) all | 8 | | vacancies in
resident judgeships existing on or occurring on or | 9 | | after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1990,
with | 10 | | respect to the other resident judgeships of the Circuit
of Cook | 11 | | County, for election from the various subcircuits until there | 12 | | are
11 resident judges to be
elected from each of the 15 | 13 | | subcircuits (for a total of 165). A resident
judgeship | 14 | | authorized before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
| 15 | | 1990 that became vacant and was filled by appointment by the | 16 | | Supreme Court
before that effective date shall be filled by | 17 | | election at the general
election in November of 1992 from the | 18 | | unit of the Circuit of Cook County
within Chicago or the unit | 19 | | of that Circuit outside Chicago, as the case may
be, in which | 20 | | the vacancy occurred.
| 21 | | (d) As soon as practicable after the subcircuits are | 22 | | created by law, the
Supreme Court shall determine by lot a | 23 | | numerical order for the 15
subcircuits. That numerical order | 24 | | shall be the basis for the order in which resident
judgeships | 25 | | are assigned to the subcircuits. After the first round of
| 26 | | assignments, the second and all later rounds shall be based on |
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| 1 | | the same
numerical order. Once a resident judgeship is assigned | 2 | | to a subcircuit,
it shall continue to be assigned to that | 3 | | subcircuit for all purposes.
| 4 | | (e) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 5 | | continue to reside
in that subcircuit as long as he or she | 6 | | holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 7 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 8 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 9 | | at large thereafter.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07.)
| 11 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-2)
| 12 | | Sec. 2f-2. 19th judicial circuit; subcircuits; additional | 13 | | judges.
| 14 | | (a) The 19th circuit shall be divided into 6 subcircuits. | 15 | | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | 16 | | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | 17 | | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| 18 | | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | 19 | | numerical order for the 6 subcircuits. That
numerical order | 20 | | shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
| 21 | | are assigned to
the subcircuits. The 6 resident judgeships to | 22 | | be assigned that are not added by or converted from at large | 23 | | judgeships as provided in this amendatory Act of the 96th | 24 | | General Assembly shall be assigned to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, | 25 | | 5th, and 6th subcircuits, in that order. The 6 resident |
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| 1 | | judgeships to be assigned that are added by or converted from | 2 | | at large judgeships as provided in this amendatory Act of the | 3 | | 96th General Assembly shall be assigned to the 6th, 5th, 4th, | 4 | | 3rd, 2nd, and 1st subcircuits, in that order. Once a resident | 5 | | judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit, it
shall continue to be | 6 | | assigned to that subcircuit for all purposes.
| 7 | | (a-3) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the | 8 | | boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the | 9 | | 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 10 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 11 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 12 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 13 | | subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 14 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 15 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 16 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 17 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 18 | | subcircuit. | 19 | | (a-5) Of the at large judgeships of the 19th judicial | 20 | | circuit, the first 3 that are or become vacant on or after the | 21 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 22 | | Assembly shall become resident judgeships of the 19th judicial | 23 | | circuit to be allotted by the Supreme Court under subsection | 24 | | (c) and filled by election, except that the Supreme Court may | 25 | | fill those judgeships by appointment for any remainder of a | 26 | | vacated term until the resident judgeships are filled initially |
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| 1 | | by election. As used in this subsection, a vacancy does not | 2 | | include the expiration of a term of an at large judge who seeks | 3 | | retention in that office at the next term. | 4 | | (a-10) The 19th judicial circuit shall have 3 additional | 5 | | resident judgeships to be allotted by the Supreme Court under | 6 | | subsection (c). One of the additional resident judgeships shall | 7 | | be filled by election beginning at the 2010 general election. | 8 | | Two of the additional resident judgeships shall be filled by | 9 | | election beginning at the 2012 general election. | 10 | | (b) The 19th circuit shall have a total of 12 resident | 11 | | judgeships (6 resident judgeships existing on the effective | 12 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, 3 | 13 | | formerly at large judgeships as provided in subsection (a-5), | 14 | | and 3 resident judgeships added by subsection (a-10)). The | 15 | | number of resident judgeships allotted to subcircuits of the | 16 | | 19th judicial circuit pursuant to this Section shall constitute | 17 | | all the resident judgeships of the 19th judicial circuit.
| 18 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i)
all vacancies in
| 19 | | resident
judgeships of the 19th circuit existing on or | 20 | | occurring on or after the
effective date of this
amendatory Act
| 21 | | of the 93rd General Assembly and not filled at the 2004 general | 22 | | election,
(ii) the resident judgeships of the 19th
circuit | 23 | | filled at the 2004
general election as those judgeships | 24 | | thereafter become vacant,
(iii) the 3 formerly at large | 25 | | judgeships described in subsection (a-5) as they become | 26 | | available, and (iv) the 3 resident judgeships added by |
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| 1 | | subsection (a-10), for election from the
various
subcircuits | 2 | | until there are 2 resident judges to be elected from each
| 3 | | subcircuit.
No resident judge of the 19th circuit serving on
| 4 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | 5 | | Assembly shall be
required to change his or her residency in | 6 | | order to continue serving in office
or
to seek retention in | 7 | | office as resident judgeships are allotted by the
Supreme Court | 8 | | in accordance with this Section.
| 9 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 10 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 11 | | holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 12 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 13 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 14 | | at large thereafter.
| 15 | | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 19th circuit | 16 | | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | 17 | | Illinois Constitution.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07; 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.)
| 19 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-4)
| 20 | | Sec. 2f-4. 12th circuit; subcircuits; additional judges.
| 21 | | (a) The 12th circuit shall be divided into 5 subcircuits. | 22 | | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | 23 | | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | 24 | | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| 25 | | 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.
The 5 resident judgeships to | 4 | | be assigned after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 5 | | the 96th General Assembly shall be assigned to the 3rd, 4th, | 6 | | 5th, 1st, and 2nd subcircuits, in that order. Once a resident | 7 | | judgeship is
assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be
| 8 | | assigned to
that subcircuit for all purposes.
| 9 | | (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the | 10 | | boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the | 11 | | 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 12 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 13 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 14 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 15 | | subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 16 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 17 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 18 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 19 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 20 | | subcircuit. | 21 | | (a-10) The first vacancy in the 12th judicial circuit's 10 | 22 | | existing circuit judgeships (8 at large and 2 resident), but | 23 | | not in the additional judgeships described in subsections (b) | 24 | | and (b-5), that exists on or after the effective date of this | 25 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall not be | 26 | | filled, by appointment or election, and that judgeship is |
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| 1 | | eliminated. Of the 12th judicial circuit's 10 existing circuit | 2 | | judgeships (8 at large and 2 resident), but not the additional | 3 | | judgeships described in subsections (b) and (b-5), the second | 4 | | to be vacant or become vacant on or after the effective date of | 5 | | this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be | 6 | | allotted as a 12th circuit resident judgeship under subsection | 7 | | (c). | 8 | | (a-15) Of the at large judgeships of the 12th judicial | 9 | | circuit not affected by subsection (a-10), the first 2 that are | 10 | | or become vacant on or after the effective date of this | 11 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall become | 12 | | resident judgeships of the 12th judicial circuit to be allotted | 13 | | by the Supreme Court under subsection (c) and filled by | 14 | | election, except that the Supreme Court may fill those | 15 | | judgeships by appointment for any remainder of a vacated term | 16 | | until the resident judgeships are filled initially by election. | 17 | | (a-20) As used in subsections (a-10) and (a-15), a vacancy | 18 | | does not include the
expiration of a term of an at large or | 19 | | resident judge who seeks
retention in that office at the next | 20 | | term.
| 21 | | (b) The 12th circuit shall have 6 additional resident | 22 | | judgeships, as well
as
its existing resident judgeship as | 23 | | established in subsection (a-10), and existing at large | 24 | | judgeships, for a
total of 15 judgeships available to be | 25 | | allotted under subsection (c)
to the 10 subcircuit resident
| 26 | | judgeships. The
additional resident
judgeship created
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| 1 | | Public Act 93-541 shall be filled by election beginning at the
| 2 | | general
election in
2006. The 2 additional resident judgeships | 3 | | created by this amendatory Act of 2004 shall be filled by | 4 | | election beginning at the general election in 2008. The | 5 | | additional resident judgeships created by this amendatory Act | 6 | | of the 96th General Assembly shall be filled by election | 7 | | beginning at the general election in 2010. After the | 8 | | subcircuits are created by
law, the Supreme Court may fill by | 9 | | appointment the additional resident judgeships created by | 10 | | Public Act 93-541,
this
amendatory Act of 2004, and this | 11 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly until the 2006, | 12 | | 2008, or 2010
general
election, as the case may be.
| 13 | | (b-5) In addition to the number of circuit judges and | 14 | | resident judges otherwise authorized by law, and | 15 | | notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on April | 16 | | 1, 2006 there shall be one additional resident judge who is a | 17 | | resident of and elected from the fourth judicial subcircuit of | 18 | | the 12th judicial circuit. That additional resident judgeship | 19 | | may be filled by appointment by the Supreme Court until filled | 20 | | by election at the general election in 2008, regardless of | 21 | | whether the judgeships for subcircuits 1, 2, and 3 have been | 22 | | filled. | 23 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional | 24 | | resident judgeships
of the 12th circuit created by Public Act | 25 | | 93-541, this amendatory Act of 2004, and this amendatory Act of | 26 | | the 96th General Assembly, (ii)
the second vacancy in the at |
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| 1 | | large and resident judgeships of the 12th
circuit as provided | 2 | | in subsection (a-10),
and (iii) the 2 formerly at large | 3 | | judgeships described in subsection (a-15) as they become | 4 | | available, for election from the
various
subcircuits until, | 5 | | with the additional judge of the fourth subcircuit described in | 6 | | subsection (b-5), there are 2 resident judges to be elected | 7 | | from each
subcircuit. No at large or resident judge of the 12th | 8 | | circuit serving on
August 18, 2003 shall be
required to change | 9 | | his or her residency in order to continue serving in office
or
| 10 | | to seek retention in office as at large or resident judgeships | 11 | | are allotted by
the
Supreme Court in accordance with this | 12 | | Section.
| 13 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 14 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 15 | | holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 16 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 17 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 18 | | at large thereafter.
| 19 | | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 12th circuit | 20 | | shall be filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | 21 | | Illinois Constitution, except as otherwise provided in this | 22 | | Section.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07; 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.)
| 24 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-5)
| 25 | | Sec. 2f-5. 22nd circuit; subcircuits; additional resident |
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| 1 | | judgeship.
| 2 | | (a) The 22nd circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits. | 3 | | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | 4 | | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | 5 | | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| 6 | | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | 7 | | numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That numerical
order | 8 | | shall
be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships | 9 | | are assigned to the
subcircuits.
Once a resident judgeship is
| 10 | | assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be
assigned to
| 11 | | that subcircuit for all purposes.
| 12 | | (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the | 13 | | boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the | 14 | | 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 15 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 16 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 17 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 18 | | subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 19 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 20 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 21 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 22 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 23 | | subcircuit. | 24 | | (b) Other than the resident judgeship added by this | 25 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the 22nd circuit | 26 | | shall have one additional resident judgeship, as well as its 3 |
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| 1 | | existing resident judgeships, for a total of 4 resident | 2 | | judgeships to be allotted to the 4 subcircuit resident | 3 | | judgeships. The additional resident judgeship created by this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be filled by | 5 | | election beginning at the general election in 2006 and shall | 6 | | not be filled by appointment before the general election in | 7 | | 2006.
The number of resident judgeships allotted to subcircuits | 8 | | of the 22nd judicial circuit pursuant to this Section, and the | 9 | | resident judgeship added by this amendatory Act of the 96th | 10 | | General Assembly, shall constitute all the resident judgeships | 11 | | of the 22nd judicial circuit.
| 12 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i)
all eligible | 13 | | vacancies in
resident
judgeships of the 22nd circuit existing | 14 | | on or occurring on or after August 18, 2003 and not filled at | 15 | | the 2004 general election, (ii) the resident
judgeships of the | 16 | | 22nd circuit filled at the 2004 general election as
those | 17 | | judgeships thereafter become vacant,
and (iii) the additional | 18 | | resident judgeship of the 22nd circuit created by this | 19 | | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, for election from | 20 | | the
various
subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be | 21 | | elected from each
subcircuit.
No resident judge of the 22nd | 22 | | circuit serving on
August 18, 2003 shall be
required to change | 23 | | his or her residency in order to continue serving in office
or
| 24 | | to seek retention in office as resident judgeships are allotted | 25 | | by the
Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
| 26 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall |
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| 1 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 2 | | holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 3 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 4 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 5 | | at large thereafter.
| 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. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07; 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.)
| 10 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-6) | 11 | | Sec. 2f-6. 17th judicial circuit; subcircuits. | 12 | | (a) The 17th circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits. | 13 | | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | 14 | | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | 15 | | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| 16 | | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | 17 | | numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That
numerical order | 18 | | shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
| 19 | | are assigned to
the subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is | 20 | | assigned to a subcircuit, it
shall continue to be assigned to | 21 | | that subcircuit for all purposes.
| 22 | | (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the | 23 | | boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the | 24 | | 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 25 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial |
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| 1 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 2 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 3 | | subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 4 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 5 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 6 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 7 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 8 | | subcircuit. | 9 | | (a-10) Of the 17th circuit's 9 circuit judgeships existing | 10 | | on April 7, 2005 (6 at large and
3 resident), but not including | 11 | | the one resident judgeship added by this amendatory Act of the | 12 | | 96th General Assembly, the 3 resident judgeships shall be | 13 | | allotted as 17th circuit resident judgeships under
subsection | 14 | | (c) as those resident judgeships
are or become vacant on or | 15 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 16 | | General Assembly. Of the 17th circuit's associate judgeships, | 17 | | the first associate judgeship that is or becomes vacant on or | 18 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 19 | | General Assembly shall become a resident judgeship of the 17th | 20 | | circuit to be allotted by the Supreme Court under subsection | 21 | | (c) as a resident subcircuit judgeship. These resident | 22 | | judgeships, and the one resident judgeship added by this | 23 | | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall constitute | 24 | | all of the resident judgeships of the 17th circuit. As used in | 25 | | this subsection, a vacancy does not include the
expiration of a | 26 | | term of a resident judge who seeks
retention in that office at |
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| 1 | | the next term. A vacancy does not exist or occur at the | 2 | | expiration of an associate judge's term if the associate judge | 3 | | is reappointed.
| 4 | | (b) The 17th circuit shall have a total of 4 judgeships (3 | 5 | | resident judgeships existing on April 7, 2005 and one associate | 6 | | judgeship), but not including the one resident judgeship added | 7 | | by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, available | 8 | | to be allotted to the 4 subcircuit resident judgeships.
| 9 | | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the 3 resident
| 10 | | judgeships of the 17th circuit existing on April 7, 2005 as | 11 | | they are or become vacant as provided in subsection (a-10) and | 12 | | (ii) the one associate judgeship converted into a resident | 13 | | judgeship of the 17th circuit as it is or becomes vacant as | 14 | | provided in subsection (a-10),
for election from the
various
| 15 | | subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected | 16 | | from each
subcircuit.
No resident or associate judge of the | 17 | | 17th circuit serving on
the effective date of this amendatory | 18 | | Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be
required to change | 19 | | his or her residency in order to continue serving in office
or
| 20 | | to seek retention or reappointment in office as resident | 21 | | judgeships are allotted by the
Supreme Court in accordance with | 22 | | this Section.
| 23 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 24 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 25 | | holds that office.
A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 26 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered |
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| 1 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 2 | | at large thereafter.
| 3 | | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 17th circuit | 4 | | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | 5 | | Illinois Constitution.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07; 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.) | 7 | | (705 ILCS 35/2f-9) | 8 | | Sec. 2f-9. 16th judicial circuit; subcircuits. | 9 | | (a) The 16th circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits. | 10 | | Subcircuits 1, 2, and 4 of the 16th circuit in existence on | 11 | | April 15, 2011 shall continue to use their established | 12 | | boundaries in the new 16th circuit as of December 3, 2012. | 13 | | Subcircuit 3 in existence on April 15, 2011 shall continue to | 14 | | use its established boundary until December 3, 2012. For a | 15 | | judge elected to subcircuit 3 as of April 15, 2011, the current | 16 | | boundaries in existence as of April 15, 2011 shall continue | 17 | | until the conclusion of the existing term of office, following | 18 | | the 2012 general election, and upon the conclusion of the | 19 | | existing term of office, the new boundary shall go into effect. | 20 | | The new boundary for subcircuit 3 shall contain and be made up | 21 | | of the following townships in the County of Kane, excluding the | 22 | | portions of the townships currently served by subcircuit 1, 2, | 23 | | or 4: Aurora, Blackberry, Big Rock, Burlington, Campton, | 24 | | Dundee, Elgin, Hampshire, Kaneville, Plato, Rutland, Sugar | 25 | | Grove, and Virgil. The
subcircuits shall be
compact, |
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| 1 | | contiguous, and substantially equal in population. The General
| 2 | | Assembly by law shall
create the subcircuits, using population
| 3 | | data as
determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall | 4 | | determine a numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That
| 5 | | numerical order shall be the basis for the order in which | 6 | | resident judgeships
are assigned to
the subcircuits. Once a | 7 | | resident judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit, it
shall | 8 | | continue to be assigned to that subcircuit for all purposes.
| 9 | | (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the | 10 | | boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the | 11 | | 2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall | 12 | | redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial | 13 | | census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and | 14 | | substantially equal in population. In accordance with | 15 | | subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit | 16 | | shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy | 17 | | in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the | 18 | | effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the | 19 | | subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn | 20 | | subcircuit. | 21 | | (b) (Blank).
| 22 | | (c) No resident judge of the 16th circuit serving on
the | 23 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | 24 | | Assembly shall be
required to change his or her residency in | 25 | | order to continue serving in office
or
to seek retention in | 26 | | office as judgeships are allotted by the
Supreme Court in |
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| 1 | | accordance with this Section.
No resident judge elected from a | 2 | | subcircuit serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 3 | | of the 97th General Assembly shall be required to change his or | 4 | | her residency in order to continue serving in or to seek | 5 | | retention in office until the 2012 general election, or until | 6 | | the conclusion of the existing term. | 7 | | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | 8 | | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | 9 | | holds that office.
A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 10 | | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | 11 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 12 | | at large thereafter.
A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | 13 | | after January 1, 2011, must retain residency as a registered | 14 | | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | 15 | | at large thereafter. | 16 | | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 16th circuit | 17 | | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | 18 | | Illinois Constitution.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 96-108, eff. 7-30-09; 97-585, eff. 8-26-11.)
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