Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1796
Illinois General Assembly

Previous General Assemblies

Full Text of HB1796  99th General Assembly

HB1796 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1796

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
705 ILCS 40/1.1  from Ch. 37, par. 72.41-1

    Amends the Judicial Vacancies Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.


LRB099 06396 HEP 26466 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1796LRB099 06396 HEP 26466 b

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