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90_SB0931
705 ILCS 35/2 from Ch. 37, par. 72.2
Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Adds a heading to Section
relating to the election of circuit judges. Increases from 94
to 95, the number of circuit judges to be elected in the
circuit of Cook County.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Circuit Courts 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 Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing
6 Section 2 as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 35/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2)
8 Sec. 2. Election of circuit judges. Circuit judges
9 shall be elected at the general elections and for terms as
10 provided in Article VI of the Illinois Constitution.
11 Ninety-five Ninety-four circuit judges shall be elected in
12 the Circuit of Cook County and 3 circuit judges shall be
13 elected in each of the other circuits, but in circuits other
14 than Cook County containing a population of 230,000 or more
15 inhabitants and in which there is included a county
16 containing a population of 200,000 or more inhabitants, or in
17 circuits other than Cook County containing a population of
18 270,000 or more inhabitants, according to the last preceding
19 federal census and in the circuit where the seat of State
20 government is situated at the time fixed by law for the
21 nomination of judges of the Circuit Court in such circuit and
22 in any circuit which meets the requirements set out in
23 Section 2a of this Act, 4 circuit judges shall be elected in
24 the manner provided by law. In circuits other than Cook
25 County in which each county in the circuit has a population
26 of 475,000 or more, 4 circuit judges shall be elected in
27 addition to the 4 circuit judges provided for in this
28 Section. In any circuit composed of 2 counties having a
29 total population of 350,000 or more, one circuit judge shall
30 be elected in addition to the 4 circuit judges provided for
31 in this Section. The several judges of the circuit courts of
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1 this State, before entering upon the duties of their office,
2 shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation,
3 which shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State:
4 "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
5 I will support the constitution of the United States, and the
6 constitution of the State of Illinois, and that I will
7 faithfully discharge the duties of judge of.... court,
8 according to the best of my ability."
9 One of the 3 additional circuit judgeships authorized by
10 this amendatory Act in circuits other than Cook County in
11 which each county in the circuit has a population of 475,000
12 or more may be filled when this Act becomes law. The 2
13 remaining circuit judgeships in such circuits shall not be
14 filled until on or after July 1, 1977.
15 (Source: P.A. 86-786; 86-1478.)