Senate Sponsors: SYVERSON-BURZYNSKI-MYERS,J-VIVERITO. House Sponsors: SCOTT Short description: JUDGE-ADD 1-17TH CIRCUIT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Authorizes the addition of one circuit judge to be elected at large in the seventeenth judicial circuit. Provides that the additional circuit judgeship shall be filled by appointment until the general election in November of 1998. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Office of the Ill. Courts) Total annual cost to the State will be $162,191, $112,491 for judicial salaries and $49,700 for insurance, travel and court reporters. JUDICIAL NOTE There is a need for an additional circuit judge in the 17th Judicial Circuit. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (DCCA) Fails to create a State mandate. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 4. (House recedes June 1, 1997) Authorizes the addition of one circuit judge elected in the nineteenth judicial circuit who is a resident of and elected from Lake County, one circuit judge elected in the fifth judicial circuit who is a resident of and elected from Vermilion County, and one resident judge elected in the Circuit of Cook County from Chicago to serve in the juvenile division. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. Recommends that the House recede from H-am 4. Recommends that the bill be amended as follows: Deletes reference to: 735 ILCS 5/8-1401 Reinserts the provisions of H-am 4. Adds an additional circuit judge elected at large in the eighteenth judicial circuit. Adds an additional resident judge from the third judicial subcircuit in Cook County. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0526 Last action date: 97-11-18 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status