SB0996 Engrossed LRB095 05859 AJO 25950 b

1     AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by adding
5 Section 2.5 as follows:
 
6     (705 ILCS 35/2.5 new)
7     Sec. 2.5. Retention elections. Retention elections for
8 circuit judges shall be conducted at general elections, as
9 provided for herein under Article VI, Section 12 of the
10 Constitution:
11     (a) Circuit judges elected from a subcircuit in a circuit
12 shall run for retention from that subcircuit in the circuit;
13     (b) Circuit judges elected from a county in a circuit shall
14 run for retention from that county in the circuit; and
15     (c) Circuit judges elected at large shall run for retention
16 at large in the circuit.
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.