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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 Associate Judges Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2. (a) The maximum number of associate judges |
| 8 | | authorized for each
circuit is the greater of the applicable |
| 9 | | minimum number specified in this
Section or one for each 35,000 |
| 10 | | or fraction thereof in population as
determined
by the last |
| 11 | | preceding Federal census, except for circuits with a population |
| 12 | | of
more than 3,000,000 where the maximum number of associate |
| 13 | | judges is one for
each 29,000 or fraction thereof in population |
| 14 | | as determined by the last
preceding federal census, reduced in |
| 15 | | circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants
by the number of |
| 16 | | resident circuit judges elected in the circuit in excess of
one |
| 17 | | per county. In addition, in circuits of 1,000,000 or more |
| 18 | | inhabitants,
there shall be one additional associate judge |
| 19 | | authorized for each
municipal
district of the circuit court. |
| 20 | | The number of associate judges to be appointed
in each circuit, |
| 21 | | not to exceed the maximum authorized, shall be
determined from
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| 22 | | time to time by the Circuit Court. The minimum number of |
| 23 | | associate judges
authorized for any circuit consisting of a |
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| 1 | | single county shall be
14, except that the minimum in the 22nd |
| 2 | | circuit shall be 8 and except that the minimum in the 19th |
| 3 | | circuit on and after December 4, 2006 shall be 20. The
minimum |
| 4 | | number of associate judges authorized for any circuit |
| 5 | | consisting of 2
counties with a combined population of at least |
| 6 | | 275,000 but less than 300,000
shall be 10. The minimum number |
| 7 | | of associate judges authorized
for any circuit
with a |
| 8 | | population of at least 303,000 but not more than 309,000 shall
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| 9 | | be 10.
The minimum number of associate judges authorized for |
| 10 | | any circuit with a
population of at least 329,000, but not more |
| 11 | | than 349,999 335,000 shall be
11. The
minimum number of |
| 12 | | associate judges authorized for any circuit with a population
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| 13 | | of at least 173,000 shall be 5. As
used in this
Section, the |
| 14 | | term "resident circuit judge" has the meaning given it in the
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| 15 | | Judicial Vacancies Act.
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| 16 | | (b) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under |
| 17 | | subsection
(a) for a circuit with a population of more than |
| 18 | | 3,000,000 shall
be reduced
as provided in this subsection (b). |
| 19 | | For each vacancy that exists on or
occurs on or after the |
| 20 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, that
maximum |
| 21 | | number shall be reduced by one until the total number of
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| 22 | | associate
judges authorized under subsection (a) is reduced by |
| 23 | | 60. A vacancy exists
or occurs when an associate judge dies, |
| 24 | | resigns, retires, is removed, or is
not reappointed upon |
| 25 | | expiration of his or her term; a vacancy does not
exist or |
| 26 | | occur at the expiration of a term if the associate judge is
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| 1 | | reappointed. |
| 2 | | (c) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under |
| 3 | | subsection (a) for the 17th judicial circuit shall be reduced |
| 4 | | as provided in this subsection (c). Due to the vacancy that |
| 5 | | exists on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
| 6 | | the 93rd General Assembly in the associate judgeship that is |
| 7 | | converted into a resident judgeship under subsection (a-10) of |
| 8 | | Section 2f-6 of the Circuit Courts Act, the maximum number of |
| 9 | | judges authorized under subsection (a) of this Section shall be |
| 10 | | reduced by one. A vacancy exists
or occurs when an associate |
| 11 | | judge dies, resigns, retires, is removed, or is
not reappointed |
| 12 | | upon expiration of his or her term; a vacancy does not
exist or |
| 13 | | occur at the expiration of a term if the associate judge is
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| 14 | | reappointed.
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| 15 | | (d) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under
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| 16 | | subsection (a) for the 23rd judicial circuit shall be reduced
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| 17 | | as provided in this subsection (d). Due to the vacancy that
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| 18 | | exists on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
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| 19 | | the 98th General Assembly in the associate judgeship that is
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| 20 | | converted into a resident judgeship under subsection (k) of
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| 21 | | Section 2f-10 of the Circuit Courts Act, the maximum number of
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| 22 | | judges authorized under subsection (a) of this Section shall be
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| 23 | | reduced by one. |
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 98-744, eff. 7-16-14.)
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| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 26 | | becoming law.
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