94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1134


 
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. John J. Cullerton - Emil Jones, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













705 ILCS 40/1.1
  from Ch. 37, par. 72.41-1








    Amends the Judicial Vacancies Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning definitions.
















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    AN ACT concerning courts.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Judicial Vacancies Act is amended by 
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changing Section 1.1 as follows:
 



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    (705 ILCS 40/1.1)  (from Ch. 37, par. 72.41-1)



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    Sec. 1.1. As used in this Act, the
the term "resident 
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circuit judge" or "resident
judge" refers to a circuit judge 
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who, immediately prior to July 1, 1971,
was an associate judge 
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and who became a circuit judge on July 1, 1971 by
reason of 
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paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Transition Schedule of the

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Constitution of 1970 or a circuit judge who was appointed after 
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June 30,
1971 by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy existing 
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prior to July 1,
1971 in the office of a former associate judge 
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and whose office was, prior
to July 1, 1971, filled by election 
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from a single county or, in the case of
Cook County, from one 
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of the 2 units of the county, and not from the
circuit at 
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large.
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(Source: P.A. 88-45.)