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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 829

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  829  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning courts."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section  5.   The  Circuit  Courts  Act  is  amended  by
 8    changing Section 2 as follows:

 9        (705 ILCS 35/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2)
10        Sec. 2.  Circuit judges; election; oath.  Circuit  judges
11    shall  be  elected  at the general elections and for terms as
12    provided  in  Article  VI  of  the   Illinois   Constitution.
13    Ninety-four circuit judges shall be elected in the Circuit of
14    Cook  County and 3 circuit judges shall be elected in each of
15    the other circuits, but in circuits other  than  Cook  County
16    containing a population of 230,000 or more inhabitants and in
17    which  there  is included a county containing a population of
18    200,000 or more inhabitants, or in circuits other  than  Cook
19    County   containing   a   population   of   270,000  or  more
20    inhabitants, according to the last preceding  federal  census
21    and  in  the  circuit  where  the seat of State government is
 
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 1    situated at the time fixed  by  law  for  the  nomination  of
 2    judges  of  the  Circuit  Court  in  such  circuit and in any
 3    circuit which meets the requirements set out in Section 2a of
 4    this Act, 4 circuit judges shall be  elected  in  the  manner
 5    provided by law.  In circuits other than Cook County in which
 6    each  county  in  the  circuit has a population of 475,000 or
 7    more, 4 circuit judges shall be elected in addition to the  4
 8    circuit  judges provided for in this Section.  In any circuit
 9    composed of 2 counties having a total population  of  350,000
10    or  more,  one  circuit judge shall be elected in addition to
11    the 4 circuit judges  provided  for  in  this  Section.   The
12    several  judges  of  the circuit courts of this State, before
13    entering upon the duties of  their  office,  shall  take  and
14    subscribe  the  following oath or affirmation, which shall be
15    filed in the office of the Secretary of State:
16        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
17    I will support the constitution of the United States, and the
18    constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
19    faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  judge  of....  court,
20    according to the best of my ability."
21        One  of the 3 additional circuit judgeships authorized by
22    this amendatory Act in circuits other  than  Cook  County  in
23    which  each county in the circuit has a population of 475,000
24    or more may be filled when  this  Act  becomes  law.   The  2
25    remaining  circuit  judgeships  in such circuits shall not be
26    filled until on or after July 1, 1977.
27    (Source: P.A. 86-786; 86-1478.)

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

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

 4        Section 15.  The  Associate  Judges  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 2 as follows:

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

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