97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0896
 
Introduced 01/31/11, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 



705 ILCS 35/1  from Ch. 37, par. 72.1

    Amends the Circuit Courts Act.  Makes a
technical change in a Section concerning the judicial circuits.



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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 changing 
5Section 1 as follows:
 



6    (705 ILCS 35/1)  (from Ch. 37, par. 72.1)



7    Sec. 1. Judicial circuits created. The
The county of Cook 
8shall be one
judicial circuit and the State of
Illinois, 
9exclusive of the county of Cook, shall be and is divided into

10judicial circuits as follows:
11    First Circuit--The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, 
12Pope,
Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline.

13    Second Circuit--The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, 
14Hamilton,
Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, 
15Richland, Lawrence and
Crawford.

16    Third Circuit--The counties of Madison and Bond.

17    Fourth Circuit--The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, 
18Fayette,
Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian.

19    Fifth Circuit--The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, 
20Cumberland and
Coles.

21    Sixth Circuit--The counties of Champaign, Douglas, 
22Moultrie, Macon,
DeWitt and Piatt.

23    Seventh Circuit--The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin, 
 
 
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1Morgan, Scott,
Greene and Jersey.

2    Eighth Circuit--The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, 
3Cass, Brown,
Pike, Calhoun and Menard.

4    Ninth Circuit--The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, 
5Hancock,
McDonough and Fulton.

6    Tenth Circuit--The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, 
7Stark and
Tazewell.

8    Eleventh Circuit--The counties of McLean,
Livingston, 
9Logan, Ford and
Woodford.

10    Twelfth Circuit--The county of Will.

11    Thirteenth Circuit--The counties of Bureau, LaSalle and 
12Grundy.

13    Fourteenth Circuit--The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, 
14Whiteside and
Henry.

15    Fifteenth Circuit--The counties of JoDaviess, Stephenson, 
16Carroll, Ogle
and Lee.

17    Sixteenth Circuit--The counties of Kane, DeKalb and 
18Kendall.

19    Seventeenth Circuit--The counties of Winnebago and Boone.

20    Eighteenth Circuit--The county of DuPage.

21    Nineteenth Circuit--Before December 4, 2006, the counties 
22of Lake and
McHenry. On and after December 4, 2006, the County 
23of Lake.

24    Twentieth Circuit--The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. 
25Clair,
Washington and Perry.

26    Twenty-first Circuit--The counties of Iroquois and 
 
 
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1Kankakee.

2    Twenty-second Circuit--On and after December 4, 2006, the 
3County of
McHenry.

4(Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03.)