Bill Text: IL HB1515 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Judicial Vacancies Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1515 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB1515-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Judicial Vacancies Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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6 | (705 ILCS 40/1.1) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.41-1)
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7 | Sec. 1.1.
As used in this Act, the
the term "resident | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | circuit judge" or "resident
judge" refers to a circuit judge | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | who, immediately prior to July 1, 1971,
was an associate judge | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | and who became a circuit judge on July 1, 1971 by
reason of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Transition Schedule of the
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12 | Constitution of 1970 or a circuit judge who was appointed after | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | June 30,
1971 by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy existing | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | prior to July 1,
1971 in the office of a former associate judge | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | and whose office was, prior
to July 1, 1971, filled by election | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | from a single county or, in the case of
Cook County, from one | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | of the 2 units of the county, and not from the
circuit at | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | large. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 88-45.)
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