Public Act 90-0526 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0526
SB473 Enrolled LRB9002535KDks
AN ACT to amend the Circuit Courts Act by adding Section
2j.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by adding
Section 2j as follows:
(705 ILCS 35/2j new)
Sec. 2j. Additional judges.
(a) In addition to the number of circuit judges
otherwise authorized by this Act, there shall be one
additional circuit judge elected at large in the seventeenth
judicial circuit.
(b) In addition to the number of circuit judges
otherwise authorized by this Act, there shall be one
additional circuit judge elected at large in the eighteenth
judicial circuit.
(c) In addition to the number of circuit judges
otherwise authorized by this Act, there shall be one
additional circuit judge elected in the nineteenth judicial
circuit who is a resident of and elected from Lake County.
(d) In addition to the number of circuit judges
otherwise authorized by this Act, there shall be one
additional circuit judge elected in the fifth judicial
circuit who is a resident of and elected from Vermilion
County.
(e) In addition to the number of circuit judges and
resident judges otherwise authorized by law, and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be
one additional resident judge elected from the unit within
Chicago of the Circuit of Cook County to serve in the
juvenile division.
(f) In addition to the number of circuit judges and
resident judges otherwise authorized by law, and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be
one additional resident judge who is a resident of and
elected from the third judicial subcircuit in Cook County.
(g) The additional circuit judgeships, subcircuit
judgeships, and resident judgeship provided by this Section
shall be filled by appointment until those judgeships are
filled by election at the general election in November of
1998.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.