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Public Act 099-0520
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AN ACT concerning courts.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Associate Judges Act is amended by changing |
Section 2 as follows:
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(705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
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Sec. 2. (a) The maximum number of associate judges |
authorized for each
circuit is the greater of the applicable |
minimum number specified in this
Section or one for each 35,000 |
or fraction thereof in population as
determined
by the last |
preceding Federal census, except for circuits with a population |
of
more than 3,000,000 where the maximum number of associate |
judges is one for
each 29,000 or fraction thereof in population |
as determined by the last
preceding federal census, reduced in |
circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants
by the number of |
resident circuit judges elected in the circuit in excess of
one |
per county. In addition, in circuits of 1,000,000 or more |
inhabitants,
there shall be one additional associate judge |
authorized for each
municipal
district of the circuit court. |
The number of associate judges to be appointed
in each circuit, |
not to exceed the maximum authorized, shall be
determined from
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time to time by the Circuit Court. The minimum number of |
associate judges
authorized for any circuit consisting of a |
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single county shall be
14, except that the minimum in the 22nd |
circuit shall be 8 and except that the minimum in the 19th |
circuit on and after December 4, 2006 shall be 20. The
minimum |
number of associate judges authorized for any circuit |
consisting of 2
counties with a combined population of at least |
275,000 but less than 300,000
shall be 10. The minimum number |
of associate judges authorized
for any circuit
with a |
population of at least 303,000 but not more than 309,000 shall
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be 10.
The minimum number of associate judges authorized for |
any circuit with a
population of at least 329,000, but not more |
than 349,999 335,000 shall be
11. The
minimum number of |
associate judges authorized for any circuit with a population
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of at least 173,000 shall be 5. As
used in this
Section, the |
term "resident circuit judge" has the meaning given it in the
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Judicial Vacancies Act.
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(b) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under |
subsection
(a) for a circuit with a population of more than |
3,000,000 shall
be reduced
as provided in this subsection (b). |
For each vacancy that exists on or
occurs on or after the |
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, that
maximum |
number shall be reduced by one until the total number of
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associate
judges authorized under subsection (a) is reduced by |
60. A vacancy exists
or occurs when an associate judge dies, |
resigns, retires, is removed, or is
not reappointed upon |
expiration of his or her term; a vacancy does not
exist or |
occur at the expiration of a term if the associate judge is
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reappointed. |
(c) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under |
subsection (a) for the 17th judicial circuit shall be reduced |
as provided in this subsection (c). Due to the vacancy that |
exists on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
the 93rd General Assembly in the associate judgeship that is |
converted into a resident judgeship under subsection (a-10) of |
Section 2f-6 of the Circuit Courts Act, the maximum number of |
judges authorized under subsection (a) of this Section shall be |
reduced by one. A vacancy exists
or occurs when an associate |
judge dies, resigns, retires, is removed, or is
not reappointed |
upon expiration of his or her term; a vacancy does not
exist or |
occur at the expiration of a term if the associate judge is
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reappointed.
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(d) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under
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subsection (a) for the 23rd judicial circuit shall be reduced
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as provided in this subsection (d). Due to the vacancy that
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exists on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
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the 98th General Assembly in the associate judgeship that is
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converted into a resident judgeship under subsection (k) of
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Section 2f-10 of the Circuit Courts Act, the maximum number of
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judges authorized under subsection (a) of this Section shall be
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reduced by one. |
(Source: P.A. 98-744, eff. 7-16-14.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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