Bill Text: IL SB0185 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning court business.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0520 [SB0185 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0185-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0520 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning courts.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Associate Judges Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 2 as follows:
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(705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Judicial Vacancies Act.
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(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
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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
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reappointed.
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(d) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under
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subsection (a) for the 23rd judicial circuit shall be reduced
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as provided in this subsection (d). Due to the vacancy that
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exists on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
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the 98th General Assembly in the associate judgeship that is
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converted into a resident judgeship under subsection (k) of
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Section 2f-10 of the Circuit Courts Act, the maximum number of
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judges authorized under subsection (a) of this Section shall be
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reduced by one. | ||
(Source: P.A. 98-744, eff. 7-16-14.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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