|
|||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | AN ACT concerning the 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 changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 2f, 2f-2, 2f-4, and 2f-5 as follows:
| ||||||
6 | (705 ILCS 35/2f) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2f)
| ||||||
7 | Sec. 2f. (a) The Circuit of Cook County shall be divided | ||||||
8 | into 15
units to be known as subcircuits. The subcircuits shall | ||||||
9 | be compact,
contiguous, and substantially equal in population.
| ||||||
10 | The General Assembly
shall create the subcircuits by law on or | ||||||
11 | before
July 1, 1991, using population data as determined by the | ||||||
12 | 1990 Federal census.
| ||||||
13 | (b) The 165 resident judges to be elected from the Circuit | ||||||
14 | of Cook
County shall be determined under paragraph (4) of | ||||||
15 | subsection (a) of Section 2 of the
Judicial Vacancies Act.
| ||||||
16 | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional | ||||||
17 | resident judgeships
provided by paragraph (4) of subsection (a) | ||||||
18 | of Section 2 of the Judicial Vacancies Act
and (ii) all | ||||||
19 | vacancies in
resident judgeships existing on or occurring on or | ||||||
20 | after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1990,
with | ||||||
21 | respect to the other resident judgeships of the Circuit
of Cook | ||||||
22 | County, for election from the various subcircuits until there | ||||||
23 | are
11 resident judges to be
elected from each of the 15 | ||||||
24 | subcircuits (for a total of 165). A resident
judgeship | ||||||
25 | authorized before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
| ||||||
26 | 1990 that became vacant and was filled by appointment by the | ||||||
27 | Supreme Court
before that effective date shall be filled by | ||||||
28 | election at the general
election in November of 1992 from the | ||||||
29 | unit of the Circuit of Cook County
within Chicago or the unit | ||||||
30 | of that Circuit outside Chicago, as the case may
be, in which | ||||||
31 | the vacancy occurred.
| ||||||
32 | (d) As soon as practicable after the subcircuits are |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | created by law, the
Supreme Court shall determine by lot a | ||||||
2 | numerical order for the 15
subcircuits. That numerical order | ||||||
3 | shall be the basis for the order in which resident
judgeships | ||||||
4 | are assigned to the subcircuits. After the first round of
| ||||||
5 | assignments, the second and all later rounds shall be based on | ||||||
6 | the same
numerical order. Once a resident judgeship is assigned | ||||||
7 | to a subcircuit,
it shall continue to be assigned to that | ||||||
8 | subcircuit for all purposes.
| ||||||
9 | (e) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall | ||||||
10 | continue to reside
in that subcircuit as long as he or she | ||||||
11 | holds that office , including all terms held as a result of a | ||||||
12 | retention election .
| ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 86-1478.)
| ||||||
14 | (705 ILCS 35/2f-2)
| ||||||
15 | Sec. 2f-2. 19th judicial circuit; subcircuits.
| ||||||
16 | (a) The 19th circuit shall be divided into 6 subcircuits. | ||||||
17 | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | ||||||
18 | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | ||||||
19 | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| ||||||
20 | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | ||||||
21 | numerical order for the 6 subcircuits. That
numerical order | ||||||
22 | shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
| ||||||
23 | are assigned to
the subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is | ||||||
24 | assigned to a subcircuit, it
shall continue to be assigned to | ||||||
25 | that subcircuit for all purposes.
| ||||||
26 | (b) The 19th circuit shall have a total of 6 resident | ||||||
27 | judgeships.
| ||||||
28 | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i)
all vacancies in
| ||||||
29 | resident
judgeships of the 19th circuit existing on or | ||||||
30 | occurring on or after the
effective date of this
amendatory Act
| ||||||
31 | of the 93rd General Assembly and not filled at the 2004 general | ||||||
32 | election
and (ii) the resident judgeships of the 19th
circuit | ||||||
33 | filled at the 2004
general election as those judgeships | ||||||
34 | thereafter become vacant,
for election from the
various
| ||||||
35 | subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | from each
subcircuit.
No resident judge of the 19th circuit | ||||||
2 | serving on
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
3 | 93rd General Assembly shall be
required to change his or her | ||||||
4 | residency in order to continue serving in office
or
to seek | ||||||
5 | retention in office as resident judgeships are allotted by the
| ||||||
6 | Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
| ||||||
7 | (d) A resident judge of a subcircuit must reside in the | ||||||
8 | subcircuit
and must continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as | ||||||
9 | long as he or she holds that office , including all terms held | ||||||
10 | as a result of a retention election .
| ||||||
11 | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 19th circuit | ||||||
12 | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Constitution.
| ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-1040, eff. 9-28-04.)
| ||||||
15 | (705 ILCS 35/2f-4)
| ||||||
16 | Sec. 2f-4. 12th circuit; subcircuits; additional judges.
| ||||||
17 | (a) The 12th circuit shall be divided into 5 subcircuits. | ||||||
18 | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | ||||||
19 | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | ||||||
20 | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| ||||||
21 | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | ||||||
22 | numerical order for the 5 subcircuits. That numerical
order | ||||||
23 | shall
be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships | ||||||
24 | are assigned to the
subcircuits.
Once a resident judgeship is
| ||||||
25 | assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be
assigned to
| ||||||
26 | that subcircuit for all purposes.
| ||||||
27 | (a-10) Of the 12th circuit's 10 existing circuit judgeships | ||||||
28 | (8 at large and
2 resident), 2 shall be allotted as 12th | ||||||
29 | circuit resident judgeships under
subsection (c) as the first 2 | ||||||
30 | of any of those at large and resident judgeships
become vacant | ||||||
31 | on or after August 18, 2003. As used in this subsection, a | ||||||
32 | vacancy does not include the
expiration of a term of an at | ||||||
33 | large or resident judge who seeks
retention in that office at | ||||||
34 | the next term.
| ||||||
35 | (b) The 12th circuit shall have 3 additional resident |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | judgeships, as well
as
its 2 existing resident judgeships, and | ||||||
2 | 8 at large judgeships, for a
total of 13 judgeships available | ||||||
3 | to be allotted to the 5 subcircuit resident
judgeships. The
| ||||||
4 | additional resident
judgeship created
by Public Act 93-541 | ||||||
5 | shall be filled by election beginning at the
general
election | ||||||
6 | in
2006. The 2 additional resident judgeships created by this | ||||||
7 | amendatory Act of 2004 shall be filled by election beginning at | ||||||
8 | the general election in 2008. After the subcircuits are created | ||||||
9 | by
law, the Supreme Court may fill by appointment the | ||||||
10 | additional resident judgeships created by Public Act 93-541 and
| ||||||
11 | this
amendatory Act of 2004 until the 2006 or 2008
general
| ||||||
12 | election, as the case may be.
| ||||||
13 | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional | ||||||
14 | resident judgeships
of the 12th circuit created by Public Act | ||||||
15 | 93-541 and this amendatory Act of 2004, and (ii)
the first 2 | ||||||
16 | vacancies in the at large and resident judgeships of the 12th
| ||||||
17 | circuit as provided in subsection (a-10),
for election from the
| ||||||
18 | various
subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be | ||||||
19 | elected from each
subcircuit. No at large or resident judge of | ||||||
20 | the 12th circuit serving on
August 18, 2003 shall be
required | ||||||
21 | to change his or her residency in order to continue serving in | ||||||
22 | office
or
to seek retention in office as at large or resident | ||||||
23 | judgeships are allotted by
the
Supreme Court in accordance with | ||||||
24 | this Section.
| ||||||
25 | (d) A resident judge of a subcircuit must reside in the | ||||||
26 | subcircuit
and must continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as | ||||||
27 | long as he or she holds that office , including all terms held | ||||||
28 | as a result of a retention election .
| ||||||
29 | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 12th circuit | ||||||
30 | shall be filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | ||||||
31 | Illinois Constitution.
| ||||||
32 | (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-1040, eff. 9-28-04.)
| ||||||
33 | (705 ILCS 35/2f-5)
| ||||||
34 | Sec. 2f-5. 22nd circuit; subcircuits.
| ||||||
35 | (a) The 22nd circuit shall be divided into 3 subcircuits. |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | The
subcircuits shall be
compact, contiguous, and | ||||||
2 | substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law | ||||||
3 | shall
create the subcircuits, using population
data as
| ||||||
4 | determined by the 2000 federal census, and
shall determine a | ||||||
5 | numerical order for the 3 subcircuits. That numerical
order | ||||||
6 | shall
be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships | ||||||
7 | are assigned to the
subcircuits.
Once a resident judgeship is
| ||||||
8 | assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be
assigned to
| ||||||
9 | that subcircuit for all purposes.
| ||||||
10 | (b) The 22nd circuit shall have a total of 3 resident | ||||||
11 | judgeships.
| ||||||
12 | (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i)
all vacancies in
| ||||||
13 | resident
judgeships of the 22nd circuit existing on or | ||||||
14 | occurring on or after the
effective date of this
amendatory Act
| ||||||
15 | of the 93rd General Assembly and not filled at the 2004 general | ||||||
16 | election
and (ii) the resident
judgeships of the 22nd circuit | ||||||
17 | filled at the 2004 general election as
those judgeships | ||||||
18 | thereafter become vacant,
for election from the
various
| ||||||
19 | subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected | ||||||
20 | from each
subcircuit.
No resident judge of the 22nd circuit | ||||||
21 | serving on
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
22 | 93rd General Assembly shall be
required to change his or her | ||||||
23 | residency in order to continue serving in office
or
to seek | ||||||
24 | retention in office as resident judgeships are allotted by the
| ||||||
25 | Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
| ||||||
26 | (d) A resident judge of a subcircuit must reside in the | ||||||
27 | subcircuit
and must continue to reside in
that
subcircuit as | ||||||
28 | long as he or she holds that office , including all terms held | ||||||
29 | as a result of a retention election .
| ||||||
30 | (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 22nd circuit | ||||||
31 | shall be
filled
in the manner provided in Article VI of the | ||||||
32 | Illinois Constitution.
| ||||||
33 | (Source: P.A. 93-541, eff. 8-18-03; 93-1040, eff. 9-28-04.)
| ||||||
34 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
35 | becoming law.
|