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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4766 Introduced 2/3/2012, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 705 ILCS 40/1.1 | from Ch. 37, par. 72.41-1 |
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Amends the Judicial Vacancies Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning definitions.
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| | HB4766 | | LRB097 17279 AJO 62480 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning courts.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Judicial Vacancies Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (705 ILCS 40/1.1) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.41-1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1.1.
As used in this Act, the
the term "resident |
| 8 | | circuit judge" or "resident
judge" refers to a circuit judge |
| 9 | | who, immediately prior to July 1, 1971,
was an associate judge |
| 10 | | and who became a circuit judge on July 1, 1971 by
reason of |
| 11 | | paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Transition Schedule of the
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| 12 | | Constitution of 1970 or a circuit judge who was appointed after |
| 13 | | June 30,
1971 by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy existing |
| 14 | | prior to July 1,
1971 in the office of a former associate judge |
| 15 | | and whose office was, prior
to July 1, 1971, filled by election |
| 16 | | from a single county or, in the case of
Cook County, from one |
| 17 | | of the 2 units of the county, and not from the
circuit at |
| 18 | | large. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 88-45.)
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