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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 2 and 2a as follows:
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| 6 | (705 ILCS 35/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2)
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| 7 | Sec. 2. Circuit judges shall be elected at the general | ||||||
| 8 | elections and
for terms as provided in Article VI of the | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois Constitution.
Ninety-four circuit judges shall be | ||||||
| 10 | elected in the Circuit of Cook
County and 3 circuit
judges | ||||||
| 11 | shall be elected in each of the other
circuits except as | ||||||
| 12 | provided in this Section. , but in In circuits other than Cook | ||||||
| 13 | County containing a population
of 230,000 or more inhabitants | ||||||
| 14 | and in which there is included a county
containing a population | ||||||
| 15 | of 200,000 or more inhabitants, or in circuits
other than Cook | ||||||
| 16 | County containing a population of 270,000 or more
inhabitants, | ||||||
| 17 | according to the last preceding federal census and in the
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| 18 | circuit where the seat of State government is situated at the | ||||||
| 19 | time fixed
by law for the nomination of judges of the Circuit | ||||||
| 20 | Court in such circuit
and in any circuit which meets the | ||||||
| 21 | requirements set out in Section 2a of
this Act, 4 circuit | ||||||
| 22 | judges shall be elected in the manner provided by
law. In | ||||||
| 23 | circuits other than Cook County in which each county in the
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| 1 | circuit has a population of 475,000 or more, 4 circuit judges | ||||||
| 2 | shall be
elected in addition to the 4 circuit judges provided | ||||||
| 3 | for in this
Section. In any circuit composed of 2 counties | ||||||
| 4 | having a total
population of 350,000 or more, one circuit judge | ||||||
| 5 | shall be elected in
addition to the 4 circuit judges provided | ||||||
| 6 | for in this Section.
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| 7 | Any additional circuit judgeships in the 19th and 22nd | ||||||
| 8 | judicial circuits resulting by operation of this Section shall | ||||||
| 9 | be filled, if at all, at the general election in 2006 only as | ||||||
| 10 | provided in Section 2f-1. Thereafter, however, this Section | ||||||
| 11 | shall not apply to the determination of the number of circuit | ||||||
| 12 | judgeships in the 19th and 22nd judicial circuits. The number | ||||||
| 13 | of circuit judgeships in the 19th judicial circuit shall be | ||||||
| 14 | determined thereafter in accordance with Section 2f-1 and | ||||||
| 15 | Section 2f-2 and shall be reduced in accordance with those | ||||||
| 16 | Sections. The number of circuit judgeships in the 22nd judicial | ||||||
| 17 | circuit shall be determined thereafter in accordance with | ||||||
| 18 | Section 2f-1 and Section 2f-5 and shall be reduced in | ||||||
| 19 | accordance with those Sections.
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| 20 | Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section or any other | ||||||
| 21 | law, the number
of at large judgeships of the 12th judicial | ||||||
| 22 | circuit may be reduced as provided in subsections (a-10) and | ||||||
| 23 | (a-15) of Section 2f-4.
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| 24 | In the 23rd judicial circuit, there shall be no at large | ||||||
| 25 | circuit judgeships and only resident circuit judges shall be | ||||||
| 26 | elected as provided in Sections 2f-10 and 2f-11. | ||||||
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| 1 | The
several judges of the circuit courts of this State, | ||||||
| 2 | before entering upon
the duties of their office, shall take and | ||||||
| 3 | subscribe the following oath
or affirmation, which shall be | ||||||
| 4 | filed in the office of the Secretary of
State:
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| 5 | "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I | ||||||
| 6 | will
support the constitution of the United States, and the | ||||||
| 7 | constitution of
the State of Illinois, and that I will | ||||||
| 8 | faithfully discharge the duties
of judge of.... court, | ||||||
| 9 | according to the best of my ability."
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| 10 | One of the 3 additional circuit judgeships authorized by
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| 11 | this amendatory Act in circuits other than Cook County in which | ||||||
| 12 | each
county in the circuit has a population of 475,000 or more | ||||||
| 13 | may be filled
when this Act becomes law. The 2 remaining | ||||||
| 14 | circuit
judgeships in such circuits shall not be filled until | ||||||
| 15 | on or after July
1, 1977.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.)
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| 17 | (705 ILCS 35/2a) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2a)
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| 18 | Sec. 2a.
In any circuit, other than Cook County and the | ||||||
| 19 | 23rd circuit, in which is situated any
State institution | ||||||
| 20 | providing educational or welfare facilities for more than
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| 21 | 25,000 persons, 4 circuit judges shall be elected unless that | ||||||
| 22 | circuit is
entitled to a greater number under Section 2.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 76-2067.)
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
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