92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0829
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House Sponsors:
MADIGAN,MJ-DURKIN.

Senate Sponsors:
KLEMM

Short description: 
COOK COUNTY-TRIAL JUDGES                                                   

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Circuit Courts Act, the Judicial  Vacancies  Act,  and      
   the  Associate Judges Act.  Increases the number of resident judges in      
   Cook County from 165 to 255, the new judges to replace vacating judges      
   as vacancies occur in Cook County  circuit  judgeships  and  associate      
   judgeships.  Reduces the number of circuit judges in Cook County by 45      
   as  vacancies occur on and after the effective date of this amendatory      
   Act.  Reduces the number of associate judges in Cook County by  45  as      
   vacancies  occur  on  and  after the effective date of this amendatory      
   Act.  Provides that resident judgeship vacancies shall  be  filled  by      
   appointment by the Supreme Court.                                           
          FISCAL NOTE (Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts)           
          Replacing circuit judge positions with an equal number of re-        
          sident circuit judge positions will have no fiscal impact.           
          However, based on salaries effective July 1, 2001, the addi-         
          tional annual cost for each resident circuit judge position          
          that replaces an associate judge position is $9,299, plus any        
          associated increases in benefit expenses, and the increase in        
          salary expenses for all 45 positions would be $418,455.              
          JUDICIAL NOTE (Adminstrative Office of the Illinois Courts)          
          The bill provides that the new resident circuit judge positions      
          will be filled as vacancies occur in the circuit judge and           
          associate judge positions that would be eliminated. HB 829           
          would neither increase nor decrease the total number of judges       
          in the State.                                                        
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          705 ILCS 35/2f                                                       
        Deletes everything.  Amends the Circuit Courts Act, the  Judicial      
   Vacancies  Act, and the Associate Judges Act.  Makes technical changes      
   in Sections concerning the election of circuit  judges,  vacancies  in      
   the office of judge, and the number of associate judges.                    
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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