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Public Act 92-0017
HB0770 Enrolled LRB9205327RCcd
AN ACT concerning associate judges.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Associate Judges Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
(705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
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 time to time by the
Circuit Court. The minimum number of associate judges
authorized for any circuit consisting of a single county
shall be 14. 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 be 10. The minimum
number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with a
population of at least 329,000, but not more than 335,000
shall be 11. The minimum number of associate judges
authorized for any circuit with a population of at least
173,000 but not more than 177,000 shall be 5. As used in
this Section, the term "resident circuit judge" has the
meaning given it in the Judicial Vacancies Act.
(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 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 reappointed.
(Source: P.A. 86-786; 86-1478; 87-145; 87-435; 87-1073;
87-1230; 87-1261.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 02, 2001.
Approved June 28, 2001.
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