100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3054

 

Introduced , by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 35/28.5 new

    Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that every circuit court judge shall announce that a person can file a complaint against him or her, prior to calling the first case of the day, and that a person can pick up a form with instructions on filing a complaint from the clerk. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall make available instructions for the filing of a complaint against a judge with the Judicial Inquiry Board. Provides that the clerk shall post within each courtroom a notice that a person may file a complaint against the judge and that instructions for filing a complaint may be obtained from the clerk.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by adding
5Section 28.5 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 35/28.5 new)
7    Sec. 28.5. Complaints; instructions for filing.
8    (a) Every circuit court judge shall announce that a person
9can file a complaint against him or her, prior to calling the
10first case of the day, and that a person can pick up a form with
11instructions on filing a complaint from the clerk.
12    (b) The clerk of the circuit court shall make available
13instructions for the filing of a complaint against a judge with
14the Judicial Inquiry Board.
15    (c) The clerk shall post within each courtroom a notice
16that a person may file a complaint against the judge and that
17instructions for filing a complaint may be obtained from the
18clerk.