Public Act 099-0520
Public Act 0520 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 099-0520
| | SB0185 Enrolled | LRB099 03363 RLC 23371 b |
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| AN ACT concerning courts.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Associate Judges Act is amended by changing | Section 2 as follows:
| (705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
| Sec. 2. (a) The maximum number of associate judges | authorized for each
circuit is the greater of the applicable | minimum number specified in this
Section or one for each 35,000 | or fraction thereof in population as
determined
by the last | preceding Federal census, except for circuits with a population | of
more than 3,000,000 where the maximum number of associate | judges is one for
each 29,000 or fraction thereof in population | as determined by the last
preceding federal census, reduced in | circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants
by the number of | resident circuit judges elected in the circuit in excess of
one | per county. In addition, in circuits of 1,000,000 or more | inhabitants,
there shall be one additional associate judge | authorized for each
municipal
district of the circuit court. | The number of associate judges to be appointed
in each circuit, | not to exceed the maximum authorized, shall be
determined from
| time to time by the Circuit Court. The minimum number of | associate judges
authorized for any circuit consisting of a |
| single county shall be
14, except that the minimum in the 22nd | circuit shall be 8 and except that the minimum in the 19th | circuit on and after December 4, 2006 shall be 20. The
minimum | number of associate judges authorized for any circuit | consisting of 2
counties with a combined population of at least | 275,000 but less than 300,000
shall be 10. The minimum number | of associate judges authorized
for any circuit
with a | population of at least 303,000 but not more than 309,000 shall
| be 10.
The minimum number of associate judges authorized for | any circuit with a
population of at least 329,000, but not more | than 349,999 335,000 shall be
11. The
minimum number of | associate judges authorized for any circuit with a population
| of at least 173,000 shall be 5. As
used in this
Section, the | term "resident circuit judge" has the meaning given it in the
| Judicial Vacancies Act.
| (b) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under | subsection
(a) for a circuit with a population of more than | 3,000,000 shall
be reduced
as provided in this subsection (b). | For each vacancy that exists on or
occurs on or after the | effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, that
maximum | number shall be reduced by one until the total number of
| associate
judges authorized under subsection (a) is reduced by | 60. A vacancy exists
or occurs when an associate judge dies, | resigns, retires, is removed, or is
not reappointed upon | expiration of his or her term; a vacancy does not
exist or | occur at the expiration of a term if the associate judge is
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| reappointed. | (c) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under | subsection (a) for the 17th judicial circuit shall be reduced | as provided in this subsection (c). Due to the vacancy that | exists on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | the 93rd General Assembly in the associate judgeship that is | converted into a resident judgeship under subsection (a-10) of | Section 2f-6 of the Circuit Courts Act, the maximum number of | judges authorized under subsection (a) of this Section shall be | reduced by one. A vacancy exists
or occurs when an associate | judge dies, resigns, retires, is removed, or is
not reappointed | upon expiration of his or her term; a vacancy does not
exist or | occur at the expiration of a term if the associate judge is
| reappointed.
| (d) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under
| subsection (a) for the 23rd judicial circuit shall be reduced
| as provided in this subsection (d). Due to the vacancy that
| exists on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
| the 98th General Assembly in the associate judgeship that is
| converted into a resident judgeship under subsection (k) of
| Section 2f-10 of the Circuit Courts Act, the maximum number of
| judges authorized under subsection (a) of this Section shall be
| reduced by one. | (Source: P.A. 98-744, eff. 7-16-14.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 6/30/2016
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