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91_SB1974

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Associate Judges Act by changing
 2    Section 2.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The  Associate  Judges  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 2 as follows:

 7        (705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
 8        Sec.  2.  (a)  The  maximum  number  of  associate judges
 9    authorized for  each  circuit  is  one  for  each  35,000  or
10    fraction  thereof  in  population  as  determined by the last
11    preceding  Federal  census,  except  for  circuits   with   a
12    population of more than 3,000,000 where the maximum number of
13    associate  judges  is one for each 29,000 or fraction thereof
14    in population as determined by  the  last  preceding  federal
15    census,  reduced in circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants
16    by the number of  resident  circuit  judges  elected  in  the
17    circuit  in  excess  of  one  per  county.   In  addition, in
18    circuits of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be one
19    additional associate  judge  authorized  for  each  municipal
20    district of the circuit court. The number of associate judges
21    to  be  appointed  in each circuit, not to exceed the maximum
22    authorized, shall be determined from  time  to  time  by  the
23    Circuit   Court.  The  minimum  number  of  associate  judges
24    authorized for any circuit  consisting  of  a  single  county
25    shall   be  14.   The  minimum  number  of  associate  judges
26    authorized for any circuit consisting of 2  counties  with  a
27    combined population of at least 275,000 but less than 300,000
28    shall   be  10.   The  minimum  number  of  associate  judges
29    authorized for any circuit with  a  population  of  at  least
30    303,000  but  not  more than 309,000 shall be 10. The minimum
31    number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with  a
 
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 1    population  of  at  least  329,000, but not more than 335,000
 2    shall  be  11.  The  minimum  number  of   associate   judges
 3    authorized  for  any  circuit  with  a population of at least
 4    173,000 but not more than 177,000 shall be  5.   As  used  in
 5    this  Section,  the  term  "resident  circuit  judge" has the
 6    meaning given it in the Judicial Vacancies Act.
 7        (b)  The maximum number of  associate  judges  authorized
 8    under  subsection (a) for a circuit with a population of more
 9    than  3,000,000  shall  be  reduced  as  provided   in   this
10    subsection (b).  For each vacancy that exists on or occurs on
11    or  after  the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990,
12    that maximum number shall be reduced by one until  the  total
13    number of associate judges authorized under subsection (a) is
14    reduced  by 60.  A vacancy exists or occurs when an associate
15    judge  dies,  resigns,  retires,  is  removed,  or   is   not
16    reappointed  upon  expiration  of  his or her term; a vacancy
17    does not exist or occur at the expiration of a  term  if  the
18    associate judge is reappointed.
19    (Source: P.A.   86-786;  86-1478;  87-145;  87-435;  87-1073;
20    87-1230; 87-1261.)

21        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
22    becoming law.

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