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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2f-6 and by adding Section 2k as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (705 ILCS 35/2f-6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2f-6. 17th judicial circuit; subcircuits. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The 17th circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
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12 | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That
numerical order | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
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15 | are assigned to
the subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | assigned to a subcircuit, it
shall continue to be assigned to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | that subcircuit for all purposes.
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18 | (a-10) Of the 17th circuit's 9 existing circuit judgeships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | existing on April 7, 2005 (6 at large and
3 resident), but not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | including the one resident judgeship added by this amendatory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Act of the 96th General Assembly, the 3 resident judgeships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | shall be allotted as 17th circuit resident judgeships under
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23 | subsection (c) as those resident judgeships
are or become |
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1 | vacant on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
2 | the 93rd General Assembly. Of the 17th circuit's associate | ||||||
3 | judgeships, the first associate judgeship that is or becomes | ||||||
4 | vacant on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
5 | the 93rd General Assembly shall become a resident judgeship of | ||||||
6 | the 17th circuit to be allotted by the Supreme Court under | ||||||
7 | subsection (c) as a resident subcircuit judgeship. These | ||||||
8 | resident judgeships , and the one resident judgeship added by | ||||||
9 | this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall | ||||||
10 | constitute all of the resident judgeships of the 17th circuit. | ||||||
11 | As used in this subsection, a vacancy does not include the
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12 | expiration of a term of a resident judge who seeks
retention in | ||||||
13 | that office at the next term. A vacancy does not exist or occur | ||||||
14 | at the expiration of an associate judge's term if the associate | ||||||
15 | judge is reappointed.
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16 | (b) The 17th circuit shall have a total of 4 judgeships (3 | ||||||
17 | resident judgeships existing on April 7, 2005 and one associate | ||||||
18 | judgeship ) , but not including the one resident judgeship added | ||||||
19 | by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, available | ||||||
20 | to be allotted to the 4 subcircuit resident judgeships.
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21 | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the 3 resident
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22 | judgeships of the 17th circuit existing on April 7, 2005 as | ||||||
23 | they are or become vacant as provided in subsection (a-10) and | ||||||
24 | (ii) the one associate judgeship converted into a resident | ||||||
25 | judgeship of the 17th circuit as it is or becomes vacant as | ||||||
26 | provided in subsection (a-10),
for election from the
various
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1 | subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected | ||||||
2 | from each
subcircuit.
No resident or associate judge of the | ||||||
3 | 17th circuit serving on
the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
4 | Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be
required to change | ||||||
5 | his or her residency in order to continue serving in office
or
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6 | to seek retention or reappointment in office as resident | ||||||
7 | judgeships are allotted by the
Supreme Court in accordance with | ||||||
8 | this Section.
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9 | (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | ||||||
10 | continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as long as he or she | ||||||
11 | holds that office.
A resident judge elected from a subcircuit | ||||||
12 | after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered | ||||||
13 | voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit | ||||||
14 | at large thereafter.
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15 | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 17th circuit | ||||||
16 | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Constitution.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07.) | ||||||
19 | (705 ILCS 35/2k new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 2k. Additional 17th circuit resident judge. In | ||||||
21 | addition to the number of circuit judges otherwise authorized | ||||||
22 | by this Act, there shall be one additional judge elected in the | ||||||
23 | 17th judicial circuit who shall be a resident of and elected | ||||||
24 | from Boone County. The additional resident circuit judgeship | ||||||
25 | created by this Section may be filled by appointment by the |
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1 | Illinois Supreme Court until the judgeship is filled by | ||||||
2 | election beginning at the 2010 general election. The judgeship | ||||||
3 | provided by this Section shall not be a subcircuit judgeship. A | ||||||
4 | resident judge elected from Boone County under this Section | ||||||
5 | must continue to reside in Boone County as long as he or she | ||||||
6 | holds that office.
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
8 | 2009.
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