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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1956
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Constance A. Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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A BILL FOR
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HB1956 |
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LRB096 05282 AJO 15348 b |
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| AN ACT concerning courts.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Judicial Vacancies Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 1.1 as follows:
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| (705 ILCS 40/1.1) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.41-1)
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| Sec. 1.1.
As used in this Act, the
the term "resident |
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| circuit judge" or "resident
judge" refers to a circuit judge |
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| who, immediately prior to July 1, 1971,
was an associate judge |
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| and who became a circuit judge on July 1, 1971 by
reason of |
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| paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Transition Schedule of the
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| Constitution of 1970 or a circuit judge who was appointed after |
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| June 30,
1971 by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy existing |
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| prior to July 1,
1971 in the office of a former associate judge |
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| and whose office was, prior
to July 1, 1971, filled by election |
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| from a single county or, in the case of
Cook County, from one |
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| of the 2 units of the county, and not from the
circuit at |
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| large. |
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| (Source: P.A. 88-45.)
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