Public Act 093-1040
 
SB2287 Enrolled LRB093 19324 LCB 45060 b

    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
    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 changing
Sections 2f-1, 2f-2, 2f-4, and 2f-5 as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f-1)
    Sec. 2f-1. 19th and 22nd judicial circuits.
    (a) On December 4, 2006, the 19th judicial circuit is
divided into the 19th and 22nd judicial circuits as provided in
Section 1 of the Circuit Courts Act. This division does not
invalidate any action taken by the 19th judicial circuit or any
of its judges, officers, employees, or agents before December
4, 2006. This division does not affect any person's rights,
obligations, or duties, including applicable civil and
criminal penalties, arising out of any action taken by the 19th
judicial circuit or any of its judges, officers, employees, or
agents before December 4, 2006.
    (b) Of the 7 circuit judgeships elected at large in the
19th circuit before the general election in 2006, the Supreme
Court shall assign 5 to the 19th circuit and 2 to the 22nd
circuit, based on residency of the circuit judges then holding
those judgeships. The 5 assigned to the 19th circuit shall
continue to be elected at large. The 2 assigned to the 22nd
circuit shall continue to be elected at large.
    (c) The 6 resident judgeships elected from Lake County
before the general election in 2006 shall become resident
judgeships in the 19th circuit on December 4, 2006, and the 3
resident judgeships elected from McHenry County before the
general election in 2006 shall become resident judgeships in
the 22nd circuit on December 4, 2006.
    (d) On December 4, 2006, the Supreme Court shall allocate
the associate judgeships of the 19th circuit before that date
between the 19th and 22nd circuits based on the residency of
the associate judges; however, the number of associate judges
allocated to the 19th circuit shall be no less than the number
of associate judges residing in Lake County on March 22, 2004
population of those circuits.
    (e) On December 4, 2006, the Supreme Court shall allocate
personnel, books, records, documents, property (real and
personal), funds, assets, liabilities, and pending matters
concerning the 19th circuit before that date between the 19th
and 22nd circuits based on the population and staffing needs of
those circuits and the efficient and proper administration of
the judicial system. The rights of employees under applicable
collective bargaining agreements are not affected by this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
    (f) The judgeships set forth in this Section include the
judgeships authorized under Sections 2g, 2h, and 2j. The
judgeships authorized in those Sections are not in addition to
those set forth in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03.)
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f-2)
    Sec. 2f-2. 19th judicial circuit; subcircuits.
    (a) The 19th circuit shall be divided into 6 subcircuits.
The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
shall create the subcircuits on or before February 1, 2004,
using population data as determined by the 2000 federal census,
and shall determine a numerical order for the 6 subcircuits.
That numerical order shall be the basis for the order in which
resident judgeships are assigned to the subcircuits. Once a
resident judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit, it shall
continue to be assigned to that subcircuit for all purposes.
    (b) The 19th circuit shall have a total of 6 resident
judgeships.
    (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) all vacancies in
resident judgeships of the 19th circuit existing on or
occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 93rd General Assembly and not filled at the 2004 general
election and (ii) the resident judgeships of the 19th circuit
filled at the 2004 general election as those judgeships
thereafter become vacant, for election from the various
subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected
from each subcircuit. No resident judge of the 19th circuit
serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
93rd General Assembly shall be required to change his or her
residency in order to continue serving in office or to seek
retention in office as resident judgeships are allotted by the
Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
    (d) A resident judge of a subcircuit must reside in the
subcircuit and must continue to reside in that subcircuit as
long as he or she holds that office.
    (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 19th circuit
shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03.)
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f-4)
    Sec. 2f-4. 12th circuit; subcircuits; additional judges.
    (a) The 12th circuit shall be divided into 5 subcircuits.
The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
shall create the subcircuits on or before February 1, 2004,
using population data as determined by the 2000 federal census,
and shall determine a numerical order for the 5 subcircuits.
That numerical order shall be the basis for the order in which
resident judgeships are assigned to the subcircuits. Once a
resident judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit, it shall
continue to be assigned to that subcircuit for all purposes.
    (a-5) Two of the 12th circuit's associate judgeships shall
be allotted as 12th circuit resident judgeships under
subsection (c) as those associate judgeships are converted to
resident judgeships in accordance with Section 2 of the
Associate Judges Act.
    (a-10) Of the 12th circuit's 10 existing circuit judgeships
(8 at large and 2 resident), 2 shall be allotted as 12th
circuit resident judgeships under subsection (c) as the first 2
of any of those at large and resident judgeships become vacant
on or after August 18, 2003 the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. As used in this
subsection, a vacancy does not include the expiration of a term
of an at large or resident judge who seeks retention in that
office at the next term.
    (b) The 12th circuit shall have 3 one additional resident
judgeships judgeship, as well as its 2 existing resident
judgeships, and 8 at large judgeships, and 2 former associate
judgeships, for a total of 13 judgeships available to be
allotted to the 5 subcircuit resident judgeships. The
additional resident judgeship created by Public Act 93-541 this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be filled by
election beginning at the general election in 2006. The 2
additional resident judgeships created by this amendatory Act
of 2004 shall be filled by election beginning at the general
election in 2008. After the subcircuits are created by law, the
Supreme Court may shall fill by appointment the additional
resident judgeships judgeship created by Public Act 93-541 and
this amendatory Act of 2004 the 93rd General Assembly until the
2006 or 2008 general election, as the case may be.
    (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional
resident judgeships judgeship of the 12th circuit created by
Public Act 93-541 and this amendatory Act of 2004 the 93rd
General Assembly, and (ii) the first 2 vacancies in the at
large and resident judgeships of the 12th circuit as provided
in subsection (a-10), and (iii) 2 associate judgeships of the
12th circuit as they are converted to resident judgeships as
provided in subsection (a-5), for election from the various
subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected
from each subcircuit. No at large or resident judge of the 12th
circuit serving on August 18, 2003 the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be required
to change his or her residency in order to continue serving in
office or to seek retention in office as at large or resident
judgeships are allotted by the Supreme Court in accordance with
this Section.
    (d) A resident judge of a subcircuit must reside in the
subcircuit and must continue to reside in that subcircuit as
long as he or she holds that office.
    (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 12th circuit
shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03.)
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f-5)
    Sec. 2f-5. 22nd circuit; subcircuits.
    (a) The 22nd circuit shall be divided into 3 subcircuits.
The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
shall create the subcircuits on or before February 1, 2004,
using population data as determined by the 2000 federal census,
and shall determine a numerical order for the 3 subcircuits.
That numerical order shall be the basis for the order in which
resident judgeships are assigned to the subcircuits. Once a
resident judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit, it shall
continue to be assigned to that subcircuit for all purposes.
    (b) The 22nd circuit shall have a total of 3 resident
judgeships.
    (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) all vacancies in
resident judgeships of the 22nd circuit existing on or
occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 93rd General Assembly and not filled at the 2004 general
election and (ii) the resident judgeships of the 22nd circuit
filled at the 2004 general election as those judgeships
thereafter become vacant, for election from the various
subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected
from each subcircuit. No resident judge of the 22nd circuit
serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
93rd General Assembly shall be required to change his or her
residency in order to continue serving in office or to seek
retention in office as resident judgeships are allotted by the
Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
    (d) A resident judge of a subcircuit must reside in the
subcircuit and must continue to reside in that subcircuit as
long as he or she holds that office.
    (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 22nd circuit
shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03.)
 
    Section 10. 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 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
reappointed.
    (c) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under
subsection (a) for the 12th judicial circuit shall be reduced
as provided in this subsection (c). For each vacancy that
exists on or occurs after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 93rd General Assembly, that maximum number shall be
reduced by one until the total number of associate judges
authorized under subsection (a) is reduced by 2. A vacancy
exists or occurs when (i) a new associate judgeship has been
authorized under subsection (a) for the 12th judicial circuit,
but has not been filled by appointment or (ii) 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.
(Source: P.A. 92-17, eff. 6-28-01; 93-541, eff. 8-18-03.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.