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92_HB0829

 
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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 and 2f 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 prior to the effective
11    date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, and
12    for each vacancy that exists on or occurs  on  or  after  the
13    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 92nd General
14    Assembly, that number shall be reduced by one  until  the  94
15    circuit  judges are reduced by 45, and 3 circuit judges shall
16    be elected in each of the other  circuits,  but  in  circuits
17    other  than Cook County containing a population of 230,000 or
18    more inhabitants and in which  there  is  included  a  county
19    containing a population of 200,000 or more inhabitants, or in
20    circuits  other  than  Cook County containing a population of
21    270,000 or more inhabitants, according to the last  preceding
22    federal  census  and  in  the circuit where the seat of State
23    government is situated at the  time  fixed  by  law  for  the
24    nomination of judges of the Circuit Court in such circuit and
25    in  any  circuit  which  meets  the  requirements  set out in
26    Section 2a of this Act, 4 circuit judges shall be elected  in
27    the  manner  provided  by  law.   In circuits other than Cook
28    County in which each county in the circuit has  a  population
29    of  475,000  or  more,  4  circuit judges shall be elected in
30    addition to  the  4  circuit  judges  provided  for  in  this
31    Section.   In  any  circuit  composed  of 2 counties having a
 
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 1    total population of 350,000 or more, one circuit judge  shall
 2    be  elected  in addition to the 4 circuit judges provided for
 3    in this Section.  The several judges of the circuit courts of
 4    this State, before entering upon the duties of their  office,
 5    shall  take  and subscribe the following oath or affirmation,
 6    which shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State:
 7        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
 8    I will support the constitution of the United States, and the
 9    constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
10    faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  judge  of....  court,
11    according to the best of my ability."
12        One  of the 3 additional circuit judgeships authorized by
13    this amendatory Act in circuits other  than  Cook  County  in
14    which  each county in the circuit has a population of 475,000
15    or more may be filled when  this  Act  becomes  law.   The  2
16    remaining  circuit  judgeships  in such circuits shall not be
17    filled until on or after July 1, 1977.
18    (Source: P.A. 86-786; 86-1478.)

19        (705 ILCS 35/2f) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2f)
20        Sec. 2f.  (a) The Circuit of Cook County shall be divided
21    into 15 units to be known as  subcircuits.   The  subcircuits
22    shall  be  compact,  contiguous,  and  substantially equal in
23    population.    The  General   Assembly   shall   create   the
24    subcircuits   by  law  on  or  before  July  1,  1991,  using
25    population data as determined by the 1990 Federal census.
26        (b)  The 255 165 resident judges to be elected  from  the
27    Circuit  of  Cook  County shall be determined under paragraph
28    (4) of subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Judicial  Vacancies
29    Act.
30        (c)  The  Supreme  Court  shall  allot (i) the additional
31    resident judgeships provided by paragraph (4)  of  subsection
32    (a)  of  Section 2 of the Judicial Vacancies Act and (ii) all
33    vacancies in resident judgeships existing on or occurring  on
 
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 1    or  after  February  15,  1991  the  effective  date  of this
 2    amendatory Act of 1990, with respect to  the  other  resident
 3    judgeships  of  the Circuit of Cook County, for election from
 4    the various subcircuits until there are 17 11 resident judges
 5    to be elected from each of the 15 subcircuits (for a total of
 6    255 165).  A resident judgeship  authorized  before  February
 7    15,  1991  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990
 8    that became vacant and  was  filled  by  appointment  by  the
 9    Supreme  Court  before  February  5, 1991 that effective date
10    shall be filled  by  election  at  the  general  election  in
11    November  of 1992 from the unit of the Circuit of Cook County
12    within Chicago or the unit of that Circuit  outside  Chicago,
13    as the case may be, in which the vacancy occurred.
14        (d)  As  soon  as  practicable  after the subcircuits are
15    created by law, the Supreme Court shall determine  by  lot  a
16    numerical order for the 15 subcircuits.  That numerical order
17    shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
18    are  assigned  to  the subcircuits.  After the first round of
19    assignments, the second and all later rounds shall  be  based
20    on  the  same  numerical order.  Once a resident judgeship is
21    assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be assigned to
22    that subcircuit for all purposes.
23        (e)  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.
26    (Source: P.A. 86-1478.)

27        Section 10.  The Judicial Vacancies  Act  is  amended  by
28    changing Section 2 as follows:

29        (705 ILCS 40/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.42)
30        Sec.  2.   (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (1), (2),
31    (3) and (4) of this subsection (a), vacancies in  the  office
32    of  a  resident circuit judge in any county or in any unit or
 
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 1    subcircuit of any circuit shall not be filled.
 2             (1)  If  in  any  county   of   less   than   45,000
 3        inhabitants  there  remains  in  office no other resident
 4        judge following the occurrence of a vacancy, such vacancy
 5        shall be filled.
 6             (2)  If in any county of 45,000  or  more  but  less
 7        than  60,000 inhabitants there remains in office only one
 8        resident judge following the  occurrence  of  a  vacancy,
 9        such vacancy shall be filled.
10             (3)  If in any county of 60,000 or more inhabitants,
11        other  than the County of Cook, there remain in office no
12        more than 2 resident judges following the occurrence of a
13        vacancy, such vacancy shall be filled.
14             (4)  The County of Cook shall have 255 165  resident
15        judges on and after the effective date of this amendatory
16        Act of the 92nd General Assembly 1990.  Of those resident
17        judgeships,  (i)  56  shall  be  those  authorized before
18        February 15, 1991 the effective date of  this  amendatory
19        Act  of  1990 from the unit of the Circuit of Cook County
20        within Chicago, (ii) 27 shall be those authorized  before
21        February  15,  1991 the effective date of this amendatory
22        Act of 1990 from the unit of the Circuit of  Cook  County
23        outside  Chicago,  (iii)  12 shall be additional resident
24        judgeships first  elected  at  the  general  election  in
25        November  of  1992,  (iv) 10 shall be additional resident
26        judgeships first  elected  at  the  general  election  in
27        November of 1994, and (v) 60 shall be additional resident
28        judgeships  to  be authorized one each for each reduction
29        upon vacancy in the office  of  associate  judge  in  the
30        Circuit  of Cook County as those vacancies exist or occur
31        on and after February 15, 1991,  the  effective  date  of
32        this  amendatory  Act  of 1990 and as those vacancies are
33        determined under subsection  (b)  of  Section  2  of  the
34        Associate  Judges Act until the total resident judgeships
 
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 1        authorized under this item (v) is 60, (vi)  45  shall  be
 2        additional  resident judgeships to be authorized one each
 3        for  each  reduction  upon  vacancy  in  the  office   of
 4        associate  judge  in  the Circuit of Cook County as those
 5        vacancies exist or occur on and after the effective  date
 6        of  this  amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and
 7        as those vacancies are determined under subsection (b) of
 8        Section 2 of the Associate Judges  Act  until  the  total
 9        resident  judgeships  authorized  under this item (vi) is
10        45, and (vii) 45 shall be additional resident  judgeships
11        to be authorized one each for each reduction upon vacancy
12        in  the  office  of  circuit judge in the Circuit of Cook
13        County as those vacancies exist or occur on and after the
14        effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
15        Assembly and as  those  vacancies  are  determined  under
16        Section  2  of  the  Circuit  Courts  Act until the total
17        resident judgeships authorized under this item  (vii)  is
18        45.  Seven  of  the  12  additional  resident  judgeships
19        provided  in  item  (iii) may be filled by appointment by
20        the Supreme Court during the period beginning on February
21        15, 1991 the effective date of  this  amendatory  Act  of
22        1990  and  ending  60 days before the primary election in
23        March of 1992;  those  judicial  appointees  shall  serve
24        until  the first Monday in December of 1992.  Five of the
25        12 additional resident judgeships provided in item  (iii)
26        may  be filled by appointment by the Supreme Court during
27        the period beginning July 1,  1991  and  ending  60  days
28        before  the  primary  election  in  March  of 1992; those
29        judicial appointees shall serve until the first Monday in
30        December of 1992.  Five of  the  10  additional  resident
31        judgeships  provided  in  item  (iv)  may  be  filled  by
32        appointment  by  the  Supreme  Court  during  the  period
33        beginning  July  1,  1992  and  ending 60 days before the
34        primary  election  in  March  of  1994;  those   judicial
 
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 1        appointees shall serve until the first Monday in December
 2        of  1994.   The remaining 5 of the 10 additional resident
 3        judgeships  provided  in  item  (iv)  may  be  filled  by
 4        appointment  by  the  Supreme  Court  during  the  period
 5        beginning July 1, 1993 and  ending  60  days  before  the
 6        primary   election  in  March  of  1994;  those  judicial
 7        appointees shall serve until the first Monday in December
 8        1994.  The additional resident  judgeships  created  upon
 9        vacancy in the office of associate judge provided in item
10        (v)  may  be  filled  by appointment by the Supreme Court
11        beginning  on  February  15,  1991,  and  the  additional
12        resident judgeships created upon vacancy in the office of
13        associate judge provided in item (vi) and in  the  office
14        of the circuit judge provided in item (vii) may be filled
15        by  appointment  by  the  Supreme  Court beginning on the
16        effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
17        Assembly the effective date of  this  amendatory  Act  of
18        1990;  but no additional resident judgeships created upon
19        vacancy in the office of associate judge provided in item
20        (v) shall be filled during the 59 day period  before  the
21        next  primary election to nominate judges. The Circuit of
22        Cook County shall be divided into units to  be  known  as
23        subcircuits  as  provided  in  Section  2f of the Circuit
24        Courts Act.  A vacancy in the office of resident judge of
25        the Circuit of Cook County existing on or occurring on or
26        after February  15,  1991  the  effective  date  of  this
27        amendatory   Act   of  1990,  but  before  the  date  the
28        subcircuits are  created  by  law,  shall  be  filled  by
29        appointment  by  the  Supreme  Court from the unit within
30        Chicago or the unit outside Chicago, as the case may  be,
31        in  which  the vacancy occurs and filled by election from
32        the subcircuit to which it is allotted under  Section  2f
33        of  the  Circuit  Courts Act.  A vacancy in the office of
34        resident judge of the Circuit of Cook County existing  on
 
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 1        or  occurring  on  or  after the date the subcircuits are
 2        created by law shall be  filled  by  appointment  by  the
 3        Supreme  Court  and  by  election  from the subcircuit to
 4        which it is allotted under  Section  2f  of  the  Circuit
 5        Courts Act.
 6        (b)  Nothing  in  paragraphs (2) or (3) of subsection (a)
 7    of this Section shall be construed to require  or  permit  in
 8    any  county  a  greater  number of resident judges than there
 9    were resident associate judges on January 1, 1967.
10        (c)  Vacancies authorized to be filled by this Section  2
11    shall  be  filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
12    Constitution.
13        (d)  A person appointed to fill a vacancy in  the  office
14    of  circuit  judge  shall  be,  at the time of appointment, a
15    resident of  the  subcircuit  from  which  the  person  whose
16    vacancy  is  being filled was elected if the vacancy occurred
17    in Cook County.  If a vacancy in the office of circuit  judge
18    occurred  in  a  circuit  other  than  Cook  County, a person
19    appointed to fill the  vacancy  shall  be,  at  the  time  of
20    appointment,  a resident of the circuit from which the person
21    whose vacancy is being filled  was  elected.   If  a  vacancy
22    occurred  in the office of a resident circuit judge, a person
23    appointed to fill the  vacancy  shall  be,  at  the  time  of
24    appointment,  a  resident of the county from which the person
25    whose vacancy is being filled was elected.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-342, eff. 8-8-97.)

27        Section 15.  The  Associate  Judges  Act  is  amended  by
28    changing Section 2 as follows:

29        (705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
30        Sec.  2.  (a)  The  maximum  number  of  associate judges
31    authorized for  each  circuit  is  one  for  each  35,000  or
32    fraction  thereof  in  population  as  determined by the last
 
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 1    preceding  Federal  census,  except  for  circuits   with   a
 2    population of more than 3,000,000 where the maximum number of
 3    associate  judges  is one for each 29,000 or fraction thereof
 4    in population as determined by  the  last  preceding  federal
 5    census,  reduced in circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants
 6    by the number of  resident  circuit  judges  elected  in  the
 7    circuit  in  excess  of  one  per  county.   In  addition, in
 8    circuits of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be one
 9    additional associate  judge  authorized  for  each  municipal
10    district of the circuit court. The number of associate judges
11    to  be  appointed  in each circuit, not to exceed the maximum
12    authorized, shall be determined from  time  to  time  by  the
13    Circuit   Court.  The  minimum  number  of  associate  judges
14    authorized for any circuit  consisting  of  a  single  county
15    shall   be  14.   The  minimum  number  of  associate  judges
16    authorized for any circuit consisting of 2  counties  with  a
17    combined population of at least 275,000 but less than 300,000
18    shall   be  10.   The  minimum  number  of  associate  judges
19    authorized for any circuit with  a  population  of  at  least
20    303,000  but  not  more than 309,000 shall be 10. The minimum
21    number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with  a
22    population  of  at  least  329,000, but not more than 335,000
23    shall  be  11.  The  minimum  number  of   associate   judges
24    authorized  for  any  circuit  with  a population of at least
25    173,000 but not more than 177,000 shall be  5.   As  used  in
26    this  Section,  the  term  "resident  circuit  judge" has the
27    meaning given it in the Judicial Vacancies Act.
28        (b)  The maximum number of  associate  judges  authorized
29    under  subsection (a) for a circuit with a population of more
30    than  3,000,000  shall  be  reduced  as  provided   in   this
31    subsection (b).  For each vacancy that exists on or occurs on
32    or  after  February  15,  1991  the  effective  date  of this
33    amendatory Act of 1990, that maximum number shall be  reduced
34    by  one until the total number of associate judges authorized
 
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 1    under subsection (a) is reduced by 60. Additionally, for each
 2    vacancy that exists on or occurs on or  after  the  effective
 3    date  of  this  amendatory  Act of the 92nd General Assembly,
 4    that maximum number shall be reduced by one until  the  total
 5    number of associate judges authorized under subsection (a) is
 6    reduced  by  45. A vacancy exists or occurs when an associate
 7    judge  dies,  resigns,  retires,  is  removed,  or   is   not
 8    reappointed  upon  expiration  of  his or her term; a vacancy
 9    does not exist or occur at the expiration of a  term  if  the
10    associate judge is reappointed.
11    (Source: P.A.   86-786;  86-1478;  87-145;  87-435;  87-1073;
12    87-1230; 87-1261.)

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