Full Text of HB4991 97th General Assembly
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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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