093_HB0960sam001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 960
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 960 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Associate Judges Act is amended by
5 changing Section 2 as follows:
6 (705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
7 Sec. 2. (a) The maximum number of associate judges
8 authorized for each circuit is the greater of the applicable
9 minimum number specified in this Section or one for each
10 35,000 or fraction thereof in population as determined by the
11 last preceding Federal census, except for circuits with a
12 population of more than 3,000,000 where the maximum number of
13 associate judges is one for each 29,000 or fraction thereof
14 in population as determined by the last preceding federal
15 census, reduced in circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants
16 by the number of resident circuit judges elected in the
17 circuit in excess of one per county. In addition, in
18 circuits of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be one
19 additional associate judge authorized for each municipal
20 district of the circuit court. The number of associate judges
21 to be appointed in each circuit, not to exceed the maximum
22 authorized, shall be determined from time to time by the
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1 Circuit Court. The minimum number of associate judges
2 authorized for any circuit consisting of a single county
3 shall be 14, except that the minimum in the 22nd circuit
4 shall be 8. The minimum number of associate judges
5 authorized for any circuit consisting of 2 counties with a
6 combined population of at least 275,000 but less than 300,000
7 shall be 10. The minimum number of associate judges
8 authorized for any circuit with a population of at least
9 303,000 but not more than 309,000 shall be 10. The minimum
10 number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with a
11 population of at least 329,000, but not more than 335,000
12 shall be 11. The minimum number of associate judges
13 authorized for any circuit with a population of at least
14 173,000 shall be 5. As used in this Section, the term
15 "resident circuit judge" has the meaning given it in the
16 Judicial Vacancies Act.
17 (b) The maximum number of associate judges authorized
18 under subsection (a) for a circuit with a population of more
19 than 3,000,000 shall be reduced as provided in this
20 subsection (b). For each vacancy that exists on or occurs on
21 or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990,
22 that maximum number shall be reduced by one until the total
23 number of associate judges authorized under subsection (a) is
24 reduced by 60. A vacancy exists or occurs when an associate
25 judge dies, resigns, retires, is removed, or is not
26 reappointed upon expiration of his or her term; a vacancy
27 does not exist or occur at the expiration of a term if the
28 associate judge is reappointed.
29 (c) The maximum number of associate judges authorized
30 under subsection (a) for the 12th judicial circuit, which is
31 one associate judge for each 35,000 or fraction thereof of
32 population as determined by the last preceding federal
33 census, shall be reduced as provided in this subsection (c).
34 For each vacancy that exists on or occurs after August 18,
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1 2003 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
2 General Assembly, that maximum number shall be reduced by one
3 until the total number of associate judges authorized under
4 subsection (a) is reduced by 2. At no time shall the number
5 of associate judges be reduced below the minimum number of
6 associate judgeships authorized under subsection (a). A
7 vacancy exists or occurs when (i) a new associate judgeship
8 has been authorized under subsection (a) for the 12th
9 judicial circuit, but has not been filled by appointment or
10 (ii) an associate judge dies, resigns, retires, is removed,
11 or is not reappointed upon expiration of his or her term. A
12 vacancy does not exist or occur at the expiration of a term
13 if the associate judge is reappointed.
14 (Source: P.A. 92-17, eff. 6-28-01; 93-541, eff. 8-18-03.)
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.".