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 1                     AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 75

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  75  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Election  Code  is amended by changing
 5    Sections 7-7 and 7-8 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-7)
 7        Sec. 7-7.  For  the  purpose  of  making  nominations  in
 8    certain  instances  as provided in this Article and this Act,
 9    the following committees are authorized and shall  constitute
10    the  central  or managing committees of each political party,
11    viz: A State central committee, a congressional committee for
12    each congressional district, a county central  committee  for
13    each  county,  a  municipal  central committee for each city,
14    incorporated town or village, a ward  committeeman  for  each
15    ward  in cities containing a population of 500,000 or more; a
16    township committeeman for each township or part of a township
17    that lies outside of cities having a population of 200,000 or
18    more, in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or more; a
19    precinct committeeman for each precinct in counties having  a
20    population  of  less  than 2,000,000; a county board district
21    committee  for  each  county  board  district  created  under
22    Division  2-3  of  the  Counties  Code;  a  State's  Attorney
 
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 1    committee for each group of 2 or more counties which  jointly
 2    elect  a  State's  Attorney; a Superintendent of Multi-County
 3    Educational Service Region committee for each group of  2  or
 4    more  counties  which  jointly  elect  a  Superintendent of a
 5    Multi-County  Educational  Service  Region;  and  a  judicial
 6    subcircuit committee  in  a  judicial  circuit  divided  into
 7    subcircuits  Cook County for each judicial subcircuit in that
 8    circuit Cook County.
 9    (Source: P.A. 87-1052.)

10        (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
11        Sec. 7-8.  The State central committee shall be  composed
12    of one or two members from each congressional district in the
13    State and shall be elected as follows:
14                       State Central Committee
15        (a)  Within  30  days  after  the  effective date of this
16    amendatory Act of 1983 the State central  committee  of  each
17    political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
18    which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
19    State central committee of that party.
20        Alternative  A.  At the primary held on the third Tuesday
21    in March  1970,  and  at  the  primary  held  every  4  years
22    thereafter,  each  primary elector may vote for one candidate
23    of his party for member of the State  central  committee  for
24    the   congressional  district  in  which  he  resides.    The
25    candidate receiving the highest  number  of  votes  shall  be
26    declared   elected   State   central  committeeman  from  the
27    district. A political party may, in lieu of the foregoing, by
28    a majority vote of delegates at any State convention of  such
29    party,  determine  to  thereafter  elect  the  State  central
30    committeemen in the manner following:
31        At  the  county  convention  held by such political party
32    State central committeemen  shall  be  elected  in  the  same
33    manner  as  provided  in  this  Article  for  the election of
 
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 1    officers of the county central committee, and  such  election
 2    shall  follow  the election of officers of the county central
 3    committee.   Each  elected   ward,   township   or   precinct
 4    committeeman  shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
 5    voted in his ward, township, part of a township  or  precinct
 6    in  the  last  preceding  primary  election  of his political
 7    party. In the case of a county  lying  partially  within  one
 8    congressional   district   and   partially   within   another
 9    congressional  district,  each  ward,  township  or  precinct
10    committeeman   shall   vote   only   with   respect   to  the
11    congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
12    township  or  precinct  is  located.   In  the  case   of   a
13    congressional   district  which  encompasses  more  than  one
14    county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
15    within the congressional district shall cast as his vote  one
16    vote  for  each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
17    township or precinct in the last preceding  primary  election
18    of  his  political  party  for one candidate of his party for
19    member of the State central committee for  the  congressional
20    district  in which he resides and the Chairman  of the county
21    central committee shall report the results of the election to
22    the State Board of Elections. The State  Board  of  Elections
23    shall  certify  the candidate receiving the highest number of
24    votes   elected   State   central   committeeman   for   that
25    congressional district.
26        The State central committee shall adopt rules to  provide
27    for  and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
28    of members of the State central committee.
29        After the effective date of this amendatory  Act  of  the
30    91st  General  Assembly,  whenever  a  vacancy  occurs in the
31    office of Chairman of a State central committee,  or  at  the
32    end  of  the  term  of  office of Chairman, the State central
33    committee  of  each  political  party   that   has   selected
34    Alternative  A  shall  elect  a  Chairman  who  shall  not be
 
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 1    required to be a member of the State Central Committee.   The
 2    Chairman shall be a registered voter in this State and of the
 3    same political party as the State central committee.
 4        Alternative   B.  Each   congressional  committee  shall,
 5    within 30  days  after  the  adoption  of  this  alternative,
 6    appoint  a  person  of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
 7    member  for  that  congressional  district  to  serve  as  an
 8    additional member of the State central committee until his or
 9    her successor is elected at the general primary  election  in
10    1986.    Each   congressional   committee   shall  make  this
11    appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
12    of this  Section.  In  each  congressional  district  at  the
13    general  primary  election  held  in  1986  and every 4 years
14    thereafter, the male candidate receiving the  highest  number
15    of  votes  of  the  party's male candidates for State central
16    committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the  highest
17    number  of  votes  of the party's female candidates for State
18    central  committeewoman,  shall  be  declared  elected  State
19    central committeeman and State  central  committeewoman  from
20    the  district.   At the general primary election held in 1986
21    and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
22    State central committeemen or  State  central  committeewomen
23    from  a  congressional  district  are  of  the  same sex, the
24    candidate receiving the highest  number  of  votes  shall  be
25    declared  elected  a  State  central  committeeman  or  State
26    central  committeewoman  from the district, and, because of a
27    failure to elect one male and one female to the committee,  a
28    vacancy  shall  be  declared  to  exist  in the office of the
29    second  member  of  the  State  central  committee  from  the
30    district.  This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
31    congressional committee  of  the  political  party,  and  the
32    person  appointed  to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
33    the congressional district and of the sex  opposite  that  of
34    the  committeeman  or  committeewoman  elected at the general
 
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 1    primary election.  Each congressional  committee  shall  make
 2    this  appointment  by  voting  on  the  basis  set  forth  in
 3    paragraph (e) of this Section.
 4        The  Chairman  of  a  State central committee composed as
 5    provided in this Alternative B  must  be  selected  from  the
 6    committee's members.
 7        Except  as  provided for in Alternative A with respect to
 8    the selection of the Chairman of the State central committee,
 9    under both of the foregoing alternatives, the  State  central
10    committee  of  each  political  party  shall  be  composed of
11    members elected or appointed from the  several  congressional
12    districts  of  the  State,  and of no other person or persons
13    whomsoever.  The  members  of  the  State  central  committee
14    shall,  within 30 days after each quadrennial election of the
15    full committee, meet in the city of Springfield and  organize
16    by  electing  a  chairman,  and  may  at such time elect such
17    officers from among their own number (or otherwise), as  they
18    may deem necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the
19    State  central  committee  of the party shall, 10 days before
20    the  meeting,  notify  each  member  of  the  State   central
21    committee  elected  at  the  primary of the time and place of
22    such meeting. In the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the
23    State  central committee, each State central committeeman and
24    State central committeewoman shall have  one  vote  for  each
25    ballot  voted  in  his  or  her congressional district by the
26    primary electors of his or her party at the primary  election
27    immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  State  central
28    committee.  Whenever  a  vacancy  occurs in the State central
29    committee of any political party, the vacancy shall be filled
30    by  appointment  of  the  chairmen  of  the  county   central
31    committees  of  the  political  party of the counties located
32    within the congressional district in which the vacancy occurs
33    and, if applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
34    political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more  inhabitants
 
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 1    located   within   the   congressional   district.    If  the
 2    congressional district  in  which  the  vacancy  occurs  lies
 3    wholly  within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
 4    ward and township committeemen of the political party in that
 5    congressional district shall vote to fill  the  vacancy.   In
 6    voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
 7    committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties
 8    of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each
 9    ballot  voted  in each precinct of the congressional district
10    in which the vacancy exists of his or her  county,  township,
11    or  ward  cast by the primary electors of his or her party at
12    the primary election immediately  preceding  the  meeting  to
13    fill  the vacancy in the State central committee.  The person
14    appointed to fill the vacancy shall  be  a  resident  of  the
15    congressional  district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be
16    a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed  as  provided
17    in  Alternative  B,  shall  be  of the same sex as his or her
18    predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
19    delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
20    return to the election  of  State  central  committeeman  and
21    State central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
22    Any  action  taken by a political party at a State convention
23    in accordance with this Section  shall  be  reported  to  the
24    State  Board  of  Elections  by the chairman and secretary of
25    such convention within 10 days after such action.
26              Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
27        (b)  At the primary held on the third Tuesday  in  March,
28    1972,  and  every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector in
29    cities having a population of 200,000 or over  may  vote  for
30    one candidate of his party in his ward for ward committeeman.
31    Each  candidate  for  ward committeeman must be a resident of
32    and  in  the  ward  where  he  seeks  to  be   elected   ward
33    committeeman.  The  one  having  the  highest number of votes
34    shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such  ward.
 
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 1    At  the  primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
 2    1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary  elector  in
 3    counties  containing  a  population  of  2,000,000  or  more,
 4    outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or more,
 5    may  vote  for  one  candidate  of  his  party  for  township
 6    committeeman.  Each  candidate for township committeeman must
 7    be a resident of and in the township or part  of  a  township
 8    (which  lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
 9    or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000  or
10    more),  and  in which township or part of a township he seeks
11    to be elected  township  committeeman.  The  one  having  the
12    highest  number  of votes shall be such township committeeman
13    of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
14    primary held on the third Tuesday in March, 1970 and every  2
15    years  thereafter,  each  primary elector, except in counties
16    having a population of 2,000,000 or over, may  vote  for  one
17    candidate   of   his  party  in  his  precinct  for  precinct
18    committeeman. Each candidate for precinct  committeeman  must
19    be  a bona fide resident of the precinct where he seeks to be
20    elected precinct committeeman. The  one  having  the  highest
21    number  of  votes shall be such precinct committeeman of such
22    party for such precinct. The official returns of the  primary
23    shall  show  the  name  of the committeeman of each political
24    party.
25        Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen  elected
26    under  the  provisions of this Article shall continue as such
27    committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in  the
28    second   year  after  their  election.  Except  as  otherwise
29    provided  in  this  Section   for   certain   State   central
30    committeemen  who  have  2  year  terms,  all  State  central
31    committeemen,  township  committeemen  and  ward committeemen
32    shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
33    to be held in the fourth year after their election.  However,
34    a  vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
 
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 1    a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the  precinct  in
 2    which  he  was  elected  and such precinct committeeman shall
 3    thereafter neither have nor exercise any  rights,  powers  or
 4    duties  as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
 5    has not been elected or appointed.
 6        (c)  The Multi-Township Central Committee  shall  consist
 7    of   the   precinct   committeemen  of  such  party,  in  the
 8    multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to  Section
 9    2-10  of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
10    purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code.  In
11    the   organization  and  proceedings  of  the  Multi-Township
12    Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall  have  one
13    vote  for  each  ballot  voted in his precinct by the primary
14    electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
15                      County Central Committee
16        (d)  The county central committee of each political party
17    in  each  county  shall  consist  of  the  various   township
18    committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
19    any,  of  such  party  in the county. In the organization and
20    proceedings of the county central  committee,  each  precinct
21    committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
22    precinct  by the primary electors of his party at the primary
23    at which he was elected;  each  township  committeeman  shall
24    have  one  vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
25    of a township as the case may be by the primary  electors  of
26    his  party  at  the  primary  election  for the nomination of
27    candidates for election to the General  Assembly  immediately
28    preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
29    the  organization  and  proceedings  of  the  county  central
30    committee,  each  ward  committeeman  shall have one vote for
31    each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of  his
32    party   at   the  primary  election  for  the  nomination  of
33    candidates for election to the General  Assembly  immediately
34    preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
 
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 1                       Congressional Committee
 2        (e)  The  congressional  committee  of each party in each
 3    congressional district shall be composed of the  chairmen  of
 4    the  county  central committees of the counties composing the
 5    congressional  district,   except   that   in   congressional
 6    districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
 7    or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
 8    the  county  lines  of  all  of  such  counties, the precinct
 9    committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
10    any, of the  party  representing  the  precincts  within  the
11    limits  of  the  congressional  district,  shall  compose the
12    congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
13    district shall be a  member  and  the  chairman  or,  when  a
14    district  has  2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
15    the congressional committee, but shall not have the right  to
16    vote except in case of a tie.
17        In  the  organization  and  proceedings  of congressional
18    committees composed  of  precinct  committeemen  or  township
19    committeemen   or   ward  committeemen,  or  any  combination
20    thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one  vote  for
21    each  ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
22    his party at the  primary  at  which  he  was  elected,  each
23    township  committeeman  shall  have  one vote for each ballot
24    voted in his township or part of a township as the  case  may
25    be  by  the  primary  electors  of  his  party at the primary
26    election   immediately   preceding   the   meeting   of   the
27    congressional committee, and  each  ward  committeeman  shall
28    have  one  vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
29    ward located in such congressional district  by  the  primary
30    electors  of  his  party  at the primary election immediately
31    preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and  in
32    the  organization and proceedings of congressional committees
33    composed of the chairmen of the county central committees  of
34    the  counties  within  such  district,  each chairman of such
 
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 1    county central committee shall have one vote for each  ballot
 2    voted  in  his county by the primary electors of his party at
 3    the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
 4    congressional committee.
 5                     Judicial District Committee
 6        (f)  The judicial district committee  of  each  political
 7    party  in  each  judicial  district  shall be composed of the
 8    chairman of the county central  committees  of  the  counties
 9    composing the judicial district.
10        In  the organization and proceedings of judicial district
11    committees composed of the chairmen  of  the  county  central
12    committees   of  the  counties  within  such  district,  each
13    chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
14    for each ballot voted in his county by the  primary  electors
15    of  his  party  at the primary election immediately preceding
16    the meeting of the judicial district committee.
17                       Circuit Court Committee
18        (g)  The circuit court committee of each political  party
19    in  each  judicial  circuit  outside  Cook  County  shall  be
20    composed  of the chairmen of the county central committees of
21    the counties composing the judicial circuit.
22        In the organization  and  proceedings  of  circuit  court
23    committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
24    have  one  vote  for  each  ballot voted in his county by the
25    primary  electors  of  his  party  at  the  primary  election
26    immediately  preceding  the  meeting  of  the  circuit  court
27    committee.
28                    Judicial Subcircuit Committee
29        (g-1)  The  judicial   subcircuit   committee   of   each
30    political  party  in  each  judicial subcircuit in a judicial
31    circuit  divided  into  subcircuits  Cook  County  shall   be
32    composed  of  (i)  the  ward and township committeemen of the
33    townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit in Cook
34    County and (ii) the precinct committeemen  of  the  precincts
 
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 1    composing  the  judicial  subcircuit in any county other than
 2    Cook County.
 3        In the organization  and  proceedings  of  each  judicial
 4    subcircuit  committee,  each township committeeman shall have
 5    one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part  of  a
 6    township,  as  the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
 7    the primary electors of his party  at  the  primary  election
 8    immediately  preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
 9    committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
10    each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the  case
11    may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
12    his  party  at the primary election immediately preceding the
13    meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
14                     Municipal Central Committee
15        (h)  The municipal central committee  of  each  political
16    party  shall  be  composed  of the precinct, township or ward
17    committeemen, as the case may be, of such party  representing
18    the  precincts  or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
19    town or  village.  The  voting  strength  of  each  precinct,
20    township  or  ward  committeeman  on  the  municipal  central
21    committee  shall  be  the  same as his voting strength on the
22    county central committee.
23        For political parties, other than a  statewide  political
24    party,  established  only  within a municipality or township,
25    the  municipal  or  township  managing  committee  shall   be
26    composed  of  the  party  officers  of  the local established
27    party.  The party officers of a local established party shall
28    be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the  caucus  for
29    those  municipalities  and townships authorized by statute to
30    nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as  party  officers
31    for  the  purpose  of  filling  vacancies in nomination under
32    Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized  by
33    statute  or  ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
34    primary election, the party officers  shall  be  the  party's
 
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 1    candidates  who  are  nominated  at the primary.  If no party
 2    primary was held because of the provisions  of  Section  7-5,
 3    vacancies  in  nomination  shall  be  filled  by  the party's
 4    remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
 5                               Powers
 6        (i)  Each committee  and  its  officers  shall  have  the
 7    powers  usually  exercised  by  such  committees  and  by the
 8    officers thereof, not inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of
 9    this  Article.  The  several  committees  herein provided for
10    shall not have power to delegate  any  of  their  powers,  or
11    functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
12    shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
13    from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
14        (j)  The  State  central  committee  of a political party
15    which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph  (a)
16    of  this  Section  shall  adopt  a plan to give effect to the
17    delegate selection rules of the national political party  and
18    file  a  copy  of such plan with the State Board of Elections
19    when approved by a national political party.
20        (k)  For the purpose of the designation of a proxy  by  a
21    Congressional  Committee  to vote in place of an absent State
22    central committeeman or committeewoman  at  meetings  of  the
23    State central committee of a political party which elects its
24    members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
25    the  proxy  shall  be  appointed  by the vote of the ward and
26    township committeemen, if any, of  the  wards  and  townships
27    which  lie  entirely  or  partially  within the Congressional
28    District from which the absent State central committeeman  or
29    committeewoman  was  elected  and the vote of the chairmen of
30    the county central committees of  those  counties  which  lie
31    entirely  or partially within that Congressional District and
32    in which there are no ward  or  township  committeemen.  When
33    voting  for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
34    or township committeeman, as the case may be shall  have  one
 
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 1    vote  for  each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
 2    or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by  the
 3    primary  electors of his party at the primary at which he was
 4    elected. However, the absent State  central  committeeman  or
 5    committeewoman  may  designate  a proxy when permitted by the
 6    rules of a  political  party  which  elects  its  members  by
 7    Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
 8    (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98; 91-426, eff. 8-6-99.)

 9        Section 10. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing
10    Sections  1, 2, 2a, and 2b and by adding Sections 2f-1, 2f-2,
11    2f-3, 2f-4, and 2f-5 as follows:

12        (705 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.1)
13        Sec. 1.  Judicial circuits created. The  county  of  Cook
14    shall  be  one  judicial  circuit  and the State of Illinois,
15    exclusive of the county of Cook, shall be and is divided into
16    judicial circuits as follows:
17        First  Circuit--The  counties  of   Alexander,   Pulaski,
18    Massac, Pope, Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline.
19        Second  Circuit--The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White,
20    Hamilton,  Franklin,  Wabash,  Edwards,   Wayne,   Jefferson,
21    Richland, Lawrence and Crawford.
22        Third Circuit--The counties of Madison and Bond.
23        Fourth  Circuit--The  counties  of Clinton, Marion, Clay,
24    Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian.
25        Fifth Circuit--The counties of Vermilion,  Edgar,  Clark,
26    Cumberland and Coles.
27        Sixth   Circuit--The   counties  of  Champaign,  Douglas,
28    Moultrie, Macon, DeWitt and Piatt.
29        Seventh  Circuit--The  counties  of  Sangamon,  Macoupin,
30    Morgan, Scott, Greene and Jersey.
31        Eighth Circuit--The counties of Adams,  Schuyler,  Mason,
32    Cass, Brown, Pike, Calhoun and Menard.
 
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 1        Ninth  Circuit--The  counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson,
 2    Hancock, McDonough and Fulton.
 3        Tenth Circuit--The counties of Peoria, Marshall,  Putnam,
 4    Stark and Tazewell.
 5        Eleventh  Circuit--The  counties  of  McLean, Livingston,
 6    Logan, Ford and Woodford.
 7        Twelfth Circuit--The county of Will.
 8        Thirteenth Circuit--The counties of Bureau,  LaSalle  and
 9    Grundy.
10        Fourteenth  Circuit--The counties of Rock Island, Mercer,
11    Whiteside and Henry.
12        Fifteenth Circuit--The counties of JoDaviess, Stephenson,
13    Carroll, Ogle and Lee.
14        Sixteenth  Circuit--The  counties  of  Kane,  DeKalb  and
15    Kendall.
16        Seventeenth Circuit--The counties of Winnebago and Boone.
17        Eighteenth Circuit--The county of DuPage.
18        Nineteenth Circuit--Before December 4, 2006, the counties
19    of Lake and McHenry. On  and  after  December  4,  2006,  the
20    County of Lake.
21        Twentieth  Circuit--The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St.
22    Clair, Washington and Perry.
23        Twenty-first  Circuit--The  counties  of   Iroquois   and
24    Kankakee.
25        Twenty-second Circuit--On and after December 4, 2006, the
26    County of McHenry.
27    (Source: P.A. 84-1030.)

28        (705 ILCS 35/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2)
29        Sec. 2.  Circuit judges elected at large.
30        (a)  Circuit  judges  shall  be  elected  at  the general
31    elections and for terms as provided  in  Article  VI  of  the
32    Illinois  Constitution.  Ninety-four  circuit judges shall be
33    elected in the Circuit of Cook  County.  Notwithstanding  any
 
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 1    other  provision of this Act or any other law, (i) no circuit
 2    judges shall be elected at large in the 12th, 18th,  or  19th
 3    judicial circuit beginning with the 2006 general election and
 4    (ii)  3  circuit  judges,  including the judgeship authorized
 5    under Section 2f-3, shall be elected at  large  in  the  22nd
 6    judicial circuit beginning with the 2006 general election.
 7        (b)  Three  and 3 circuit judges shall be elected in each
 8    of the other circuits, but in circuits other than Cook County
 9    containing a population of 230,000 or more inhabitants and in
10    which there is included a county containing a  population  of
11    200,000  or  more inhabitants, or in circuits other than Cook
12    County  containing  a   population   of   270,000   or   more
13    inhabitants,  according  to the last preceding federal census
14    and in the circuit where the  seat  of  State  government  is
15    situated  at  the  time  fixed  by  law for the nomination of
16    judges of the Circuit  Court  in  such  circuit  and  in  any
17    circuit which meets the requirements set out in Section 2a of
18    this  Act,  4  circuit  judges shall be elected in the manner
19    provided by law.  In circuits other than Cook County in which
20    each county in the circuit has a  population  of  475,000  or
21    more,  4 circuit judges shall be elected in addition to the 4
22    circuit judges provided for in this Section. In  any  circuit
23    composed  of  2 counties having a total population of 350,000
24    or more, one circuit judge shall be elected  in  addition  to
25    the  4  circuit  judges  provided  for  in this Section. This
26    subsection (b) does not apply to the circuit of  Cook  County
27    or,  on  and after December 4, 2006, to the 12th, 18th, 19th,
28    and 22nd circuits.
29        (c)  The several judges of the  circuit  courts  of  this
30    State, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall
31    take  and  subscribe the following oath or affirmation, which
32    shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State:
33        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
34    I will support the constitution of the United States, and the
 
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 1    constitution of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that  I  will
 2    faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  judge  of....  court,
 3    according to the best of my ability."
 4        (d)  One   of   the   3   additional  circuit  judgeships
 5    authorized by this amendatory Act in circuits other than Cook
 6    County in which each county in the circuit has  a  population
 7    of  475,000  or more may be filled when this Act becomes law.
 8    The 2 remaining circuit judgeships in such circuits shall not
 9    be filled until on or after July 1, 1977.
10    (Source: P.A. 86-786; 86-1478.)

11        (705 ILCS 35/2a) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2a)
12        Sec. 2a.  Additional judges; State institutions.  In  any
13    circuit, other than Cook County and, on and after December 4,
14    2006,  other than the 12th, 18th, 19th, and 22nd circuits, in
15    which is situated any State institution providing educational
16    or welfare facilities for more than 25,000 persons, 4 circuit
17    judges shall be elected unless that circuit is entitled to  a
18    greater number under Section 2.
19    (Source: P. A. 76-2067.)

20        (705 ILCS 35/2b) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2b)
21        Sec. 2b.  Additional judges; universities and other State
22    facilities.  In  addition  to  the  number  of circuit judges
23    authorized under Section 2 or Section 2a, whichever number is
24    greater, one additional circuit judge  shall  be  elected  in
25    each  circuit,  other  than  Cook  County  and,  on and after
26    December 4, 2006, other than the 12th, 18th, 19th,  and  22nd
27    circuits,  having a population of 230,000 or more inhabitants
28    in which there is included a county containing  a  population
29    of  200,000 or more inhabitants and in which circuit there is
30    situated one or more State colleges or universities  and  one
31    or  more  State  Mental  Health  Institutions and two or more
32    State Institutions for Juvenile Offenders under the authority
 
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 1    of the Illinois Department  of  Corrections,  each  of  which
 2    institutions  has been in existence for more than 20 years on
 3    the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1970.
 4    (Source: P. A. 76-2022.)

 5        (705 ILCS 35/2f-1 new)
 6        Sec. 2f-1.  19th and 22nd judicial circuits.
 7        (a)  On December 4, 2006, the 19th  judicial  circuit  is
 8    divided  into the 19th and 22nd judicial circuits as provided
 9    in Section 1 of the Circuit Courts Act.  This  division  does
10    not  invalidate any action taken by the 19th judicial circuit
11    or any of its judges, officers, employees, or  agents  before
12    December  4, 2006. This division does not affect any person's
13    rights, obligations, or duties,  including  applicable  civil
14    and  criminal  penalties,  arising out of any action taken by
15    the 19th judicial circuit or any  of  its  judges,  officers,
16    employees, or agents before December 4, 2006.
17        (b)  Of  the 7 circuit judgeships elected at large in the
18    19th circuit before the general election in 2006, the Supreme
19    Court shall assign 5 to the 19th circuit and 2  to  the  22nd
20    circuit,  based  on  residency  of  the  circuit  judges then
21    holding those judgeships. The 5 assigned to the 19th  circuit
22    shall become resident judges as provided in Section 2f-2. The
23    2  assigned  to the 22nd circuit shall continue to be elected
24    at large.
25        (c)  The 6 resident judgeships elected from  Lake  County
26    before  the  general  election  in 2006 shall become resident
27    judgeships in the 19th circuit on December 4, 2006, and the 3
28    resident judgeships elected from McHenry  County  before  the
29    general  election in 2006 shall become resident judgeships in
30    the 22nd circuit on December 4, 2006.
31        (d)  On  December  4,  2006,  the  Supreme  Court   shall
32    allocate  the associate judgeships of the 19th circuit before
33    that date between the 19th and 22nd  circuits  based  on  the
 
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 1    population of those circuits.
 2        (e)  On   December  4,  2006,  the  Supreme  Court  shall
 3    allocate personnel, books, records, documents, property (real
 4    and  personal),  funds,  assets,  liabilities,  and   pending
 5    matters  concerning the 19th circuit before that date between
 6    the 19th and  22nd  circuits  based  on  the  population  and
 7    staffing needs of those circuits and the efficient and proper
 8    administration   of   the  judicial  system.  The  rights  of
 9    employees under applicable collective  bargaining  agreements
10    are  not  affected by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
11    Assembly.
12        (f)  The judgeships set forth in this Section include the
13    judgeships authorized under Sections  2g,  2h,  and  2j.  The
14    judgeships  authorized  in those Sections are not in addition
15    to those set forth in this Section.

16        (705 ILCS 35/2f-2 new)
17        Sec.   2f-2.  19th   judicial    circuit;    subcircuits;
18    additional judges.
19        (a)  The   19th   circuit   shall   be   divided  into  4
20    subcircuits.  The subcircuits shall be  compact,  contiguous,
21    and  substantially equal in population.  The General Assembly
22    shall create the subcircuits by law on or before  January  1,
23    2005, using population data as determined by the 2000 federal
24    census.
25        (b)  The  19th  circuit  shall have 5 additional resident
26    judgeships, the 5 at large circuit  judgeships  shall  become
27    resident  judgeships,  which  together  with 6 other resident
28    judgeships  will  total  16  resident  judgeships.    The   5
29    additional resident judgeships created by this amendatory Act
30    of the 93rd General Assembly shall each be filled by election
31    beginning  at the general election in 2006.  The 5 additional
32    resident judgeships created by this  amendatory  Act  of  the
33    93rd  General  Assembly  shall  not  be filled by appointment
 
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 1    before the 2006 general election.
 2        (c)  The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the  additional  5
 3    resident  judgeships  created  by  this amendatory Act of the
 4    93rd General Assembly, (ii) all  vacancies  in  resident  and
 5    circuit  at  large  judgeships existing on or occurring on or
 6    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  the  93rd
 7    General Assembly and not filled at the 2004 general election,
 8    with  respect  to the other resident and the circuit at large
 9    judgeships of the nineteenth circuit, and (iii) the  resident
10    and  circuit  at  large  judgeships of the nineteenth circuit
11    filled at the  2004  general  election  as  those  judgeships
12    thereafter  become  vacant,  for  election  from  the various
13    subcircuits until there are 4 resident judges to  be  elected
14    from each of 4 subcircuits.
15        (d)  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  subcircuits  are
16    created  by  law,  the Supreme Court shall determine by lot a
17    numerical order for the 4 subcircuits.  That numerical  order
18    shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
19    are  assigned  to  the subcircuits.  After the first round of
20    assignments, the second and all later rounds shall  be  based
21    on  the  same  numerical order.  Once a resident judgeship is
22    assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be assigned to
23    that subcircuit for all purposes.
24        (e)  A resident judge of a subcircuit must reside in  the
25    subcircuit  and must continue to reside in that subcircuit as
26    long as he or she holds that office.
27        (f)  Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 19th circuit
28    shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI  of  the
29    Illinois Constitution.

30        (705 ILCS 35/2f-3 new)
31        Sec.   2f-3.  Additional  circuit  judge;  22nd  judicial
32    circuit.
33        (a)  In  addition  to  the  number  of   circuit   judges
 
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 1    otherwise   authorized  by  this  Act,  there  shall  be  one
 2    additional judge in the 22nd circuit who shall be a  resident
 3    of and elected from the circuit at large.
 4        (b)  The  additional  judgeship  created  by this Section
 5    shall be filled beginning with the 2006 general election  and
 6    shall not be filled by appointment before then.

 7        (705 ILCS 35/2f-4 new)
 8        Sec. 2f-4.  12th circuit; subcircuits; additional judges.
 9        (a)  The   12th   circuit   shall   be   divided  into  5
10    subcircuits.  The subcircuits shall be  compact,  contiguous,
11    and  substantially equal in population.  The General Assembly
12    shall create the subcircuits by law on or before  January  1,
13    2005, using population data as determined by the 2000 federal
14    census.
15        (a-5)  The  12th  circuit's 4 at large circuit judgeships
16    shall be allotted as 12th circuit resident  judgeships  under
17    subsection  (c)  as each at large judgeship becomes vacant on
18    or after the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  the
19    93rd  General  Assembly or upon the conclusion of the term of
20    an at large judge elected before the 2006 general election.
21        (b)  The 12th circuit shall have  4  additional  resident
22    judgeships, as well as its 2 existing resident judgeships and
23    4  former  at  large  judgeships,  for a total of 10 resident
24    judgeships.  The 4 additional resident judgeships created  by
25    this  amendatory  Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall each
26    be filled by election beginning at the  general  election  in
27    2006.   The  4 additional resident judgeships created by this
28    amendatory Act of the 93rd  General  Assembly  shall  not  be
29    filled by appointment before the 2006 general election.
30        (c)  The  Supreme  Court shall allot (i) the additional 4
31    resident judgeships created by this  amendatory  Act  of  the
32    93rd   General  Assembly,  (ii)  all  vacancies  in  resident
33    judgeships existing on or occurring on or after the effective
 
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 1    date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly  and
 2    not  filled at the 2004 general election, with respect to the
 3    other resident judgeships of  the  12th  circuit,  (iii)  the
 4    resident  judgeships  of  the 12th circuit filled at the 2004
 5    general  election  as  those  judgeships  thereafter   become
 6    vacant,  and (iv) the at large judgeships of the 12th circuit
 7    as  they  become  resident  judgeships  in  accordance   with
 8    subsection  (a-5),  for election from the various subcircuits
 9    until there are 2 resident judges to be elected from each  of
10    the 5 subcircuits.
11        (d)  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  subcircuits  are
12    created  by  law,  the Supreme Court shall determine by lot a
13    numerical order for the 5 subcircuits.  That numerical  order
14    shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
15    are  assigned  to  the  subcircuits. After the first round of
16    assignments, the second round shall  be  based  on  the  same
17    numerical  order.  Once a resident judgeship is assigned to a
18    subcircuit,  it  shall  continue  to  be  assigned  to   that
19    subcircuit for all purposes.
20        (e)  A  resident judge of a subcircuit must reside in the
21    subcircuit and must continue to reside in that subcircuit  as
22    long as he or she holds that office.
23        (f)  Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 12th circuit
24    shall  be  filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
25    Illinois Constitution.

26        (705 ILCS 35/2f-5 new)
27        Sec. 2f-5.  18th circuit; subcircuits; additional judges.
28        (a)  The  18th  circuit   shall   be   divided   into   6
29    subcircuits.   The  subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous,
30    and substantially equal in population.  The General  Assembly
31    shall  create  the subcircuits by law on or before January 1,
32    2005, using population data as determined by the 2000 federal
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 1        (a-5)  The 18th circuit's 12 at large circuit  judgeships
 2    shall  be  allotted as 18th circuit resident judgeships under
 3    subsection (c) as each  at  large  judgeship  becomes  vacant
 4    after  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
 5    General Assembly or upon the conclusion of the term of an  at
 6    large judge elected before the 2006 general election.
 7        (b)  The  18th  circuit  shall have 4 additional resident
 8    judgeships, as well as its 2 existing resident judgeships and
 9    12 former at large judgeships, for a  total  of  18  resident
10    judgeships.   The 4 additional resident judgeships created by
11    this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly  shall  each
12    be  filled  by  election beginning at the general election in
13    2006.  The 4 additional resident judgeships created  by  this
14    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General Assembly shall not be
15    filled by appointment before the 2006 general election.
16        (c)  The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the  additional  4
17    resident  judgeships  created  by  this amendatory Act of the
18    93rd  General  Assembly,  (ii)  all  vacancies  in   resident
19    judgeships existing on or occurring on or after the effective
20    date  of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and
21    not filled at the 2004 general election, with respect to  the
22    other  resident  judgeships  of  the  18th circuit, (iii) the
23    resident judgeships of the 18th circuit filled  at  the  2004
24    general   election  as  those  judgeships  thereafter  become
25    vacant, and (iv) all at large judgeships of the 18th  circuit
26    as   they  become  resident  judgeships  in  accordance  with
27    subsection (a-5), for election from the  various  subcircuits
28    until  there are 3 resident judges to be elected from each of
29    6 subcircuits.
30        (d)  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  subcircuits  are
31    created by law, the Supreme Court shall determine  by  lot  a
32    numerical  order for the 6 subcircuits.  That numerical order
33    shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
34    are assigned to the subcircuits. After  the  first  round  of
 
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 1    assignments,  the  second  and third rounds shall be based on
 2    the same  numerical  order.  Once  a  resident  judgeship  is
 3    assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be assigned to
 4    that subcircuit for all purposes.
 5        (e)  A  resident judge of a subcircuit must reside in the
 6    subcircuit and must continue to reside in that subcircuit  as
 7    long as he or she holds that office.
 8        (f)  Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 18th circuit
 9    shall  be  filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
10    Illinois Constitution.

11        Section 15.  The Judicial Vacancies  Act  is  amended  by
12    changing Section 2 as follows:

13        (705 ILCS 40/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.42)
14        Sec.  2.  (a)  Except as provided in paragraphs (1), (2),
15    (3), and (4), and (5) of this subsection  (a),  vacancies  in
16    the  office  of  a resident circuit judge in any county or in
17    any unit or subcircuit of any circuit shall not be filled.
18             (1)  If  in  any  county   of   less   than   45,000
19        inhabitants  there  remains  in  office no other resident
20        judge following the occurrence of a vacancy, such vacancy
21        shall be filled.
22             (2)  If in any county of 45,000  or  more  but  less
23        than  60,000 inhabitants there remains in office only one
24        resident judge following the  occurrence  of  a  vacancy,
25        such vacancy shall be filled.
26             (3)  If in any county of 60,000 or more inhabitants,
27        other than the County of Cook or as provided in paragraph
28        (5),  there  remain  in  office  no  more than 2 resident
29        judges  following  the  occurrence  of  a  vacancy,  such
30        vacancy shall be filled.
31             (4)  The County of  Cook  shall  have  165  resident
32        judges on and after the effective date of this amendatory
 
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 1        Act  of 1990.  Of those resident judgeships, (i) 56 shall
 2        be those authorized before the  effective  date  of  this
 3        amendatory  Act  of  1990 from the unit of the Circuit of
 4        Cook County  within  Chicago,  (ii)  27  shall  be  those
 5        authorized  before  the effective date of this amendatory
 6        Act of 1990 from the unit of the Circuit of  Cook  County
 7        outside  Chicago,  (iii)  12 shall be additional resident
 8        judgeships first  elected  at  the  general  election  in
 9        November  of  1992,  (iv) 10 shall be additional resident
10        judgeships first  elected  at  the  general  election  in
11        November of 1994, and (v) 60 shall be additional resident
12        judgeships  to  be authorized one each for each reduction
13        upon vacancy in the office  of  associate  judge  in  the
14        Circuit  of Cook County as those vacancies exist or occur
15        on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
16        1990  and  as  those  vacancies  are   determined   under
17        subsection  (b)  of Section 2 of the Associate Judges Act
18        until the total resident judgeships authorized under this
19        item (v) is 60.  Seven  of  the  12  additional  resident
20        judgeships  provided  in  item  (iii)  may  be  filled by
21        appointment  by  the  Supreme  Court  during  the  period
22        beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
23        1990 and ending 60 days before the  primary  election  in
24        March  of  1992;  those  judicial  appointees shall serve
25        until the first Monday in December of 1992.  Five of  the
26        12  additional resident judgeships provided in item (iii)
27        may be filled by appointment by the Supreme Court  during
28        the  period  beginning  July  1,  1991 and ending 60 days
29        before the primary  election  in  March  of  1992;  those
30        judicial appointees shall serve until the first Monday in
31        December  of  1992.   Five  of the 10 additional resident
32        judgeships  provided  in  item  (iv)  may  be  filled  by
33        appointment  by  the  Supreme  Court  during  the  period
34        beginning July 1, 1992 and  ending  60  days  before  the
 
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 1        primary   election  in  March  of  1994;  those  judicial
 2        appointees shall serve until the first Monday in December
 3        of 1994.  The remaining 5 of the 10  additional  resident
 4        judgeships  provided  in  item  (iv)  may  be  filled  by
 5        appointment  by  the  Supreme  Court  during  the  period
 6        beginning  July  1,  1993  and  ending 60 days before the
 7        primary  election  in  March  of  1994;  those   judicial
 8        appointees shall serve until the first Monday in December
 9        1994.   The  additional  resident judgeships created upon
10        vacancy in the office of associate judge provided in item
11        (v) may be filled by appointment  by  the  Supreme  Court
12        beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
13        1990;  but no additional resident judgeships created upon
14        vacancy in the office of associate judge provided in item
15        (v) shall be filled during the 59 day period  before  the
16        next  primary election to nominate judges. The Circuit of
17        Cook County shall be divided into units to  be  known  as
18        subcircuits  as  provided  in  Section  2f of the Circuit
19        Courts Act.  A vacancy in the office of resident judge of
20        the Circuit of Cook County existing on or occurring on or
21        after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  1990,
22        but  before  the date the subcircuits are created by law,
23        shall be filled by appointment by the Supreme Court  from
24        the  unit  within Chicago or the unit outside Chicago, as
25        the case may be, in which the vacancy occurs  and  filled
26        by  election  from the subcircuit to which it is allotted
27        under Section 2f of the Circuit Courts Act.  A vacancy in
28        the office of resident  judge  of  the  Circuit  of  Cook
29        County  existing on or occurring on or after the date the
30        subcircuits  are  created  by  law  shall  be  filled  by
31        appointment by the Supreme Court and by election from the
32        subcircuit to which it is allotted under  Section  2f  of
33        the Circuit Courts Act.
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 1        22nd judicial circuits are as  provided  in  Sections  2,
 2        2f-1,  2f-2,  2f-3,  2f-4, and 2f-5 of the Circuit Courts
 3        Act.
 4        (b)  Nothing in paragraphs (2) or (3) of  subsection  (a)
 5    of  this  Section  shall be construed to require or permit in
 6    any county a greater number of  resident  judges  than  there
 7    were resident associate judges on January 1, 1967.
 8        (c)  Vacancies  authorized to be filled by this Section 2
 9    shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI  of  the
10    Constitution.
11        (d)  A  person  appointed to fill a vacancy in the office
12    of circuit judge shall be, at  the  time  of  appointment,  a
13    resident  of  the  subcircuit  from  which  the  person whose
14    vacancy is being filled was elected if the  vacancy  occurred
15    in  a  circuit  divided  into  subcircuits Cook County.  If a
16    vacancy in the office of circuit judge occurred in a  circuit
17    not divided into subcircuits other than Cook County, a person
18    appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  shall  be,  at the time of
19    appointment, a resident of the circuit from which the  person
20    whose  vacancy  is  being  filled  was  elected.    Except as
21    provided in Sections 2, 2f-1, 2f-2, 2f-3, 2f-4, and  2f-5  of
22    the  Circuit  Courts Act, if a vacancy occurred in the office
23    of a resident circuit judge, a person appointed to  fill  the
24    vacancy  shall  be, at the time of appointment, a resident of
25    the county from which  the  person  whose  vacancy  is  being
26    filled was elected.
27    (Source: P.A. 90-342, eff. 8-8-97.)

28        Section  20.  The  Associate  Judges  Act  is  amended by
29    changing Section 2 as follows:

30        (705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
31        Sec. 2.  (a)  The  maximum  number  of  associate  judges
32    authorized  for each circuit is the greater of the applicable
 
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 1    minimum number specified in this  Section  or  one  for  each
 2    35,000 or fraction thereof in population as determined by the
 3    last  preceding  Federal  census,  except for circuits with a
 4    population of more than 3,000,000 where the maximum number of
 5    associate judges is one for each 29,000 or  fraction  thereof
 6    in  population  as  determined  by the last preceding federal
 7    census, reduced in circuits of less than 200,000  inhabitants
 8    by  the  number  of  resident  circuit  judges elected in the
 9    circuit in  excess  of  one  per  county.   In  addition,  in
10    circuits of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be one
11    additional  associate  judge  authorized  for  each municipal
12    district of the circuit court. The number of associate judges
13    to be appointed in each circuit, not to  exceed  the  maximum
14    authorized,  shall  be  determined  from  time to time by the
15    Circuit  Court.  The  minimum  number  of  associate   judges
16    authorized  for  any  circuit  consisting  of a single county
17    shall be 14, except that the  minimum  in  the  22nd  circuit
18    shall   be   8.   The  minimum  number  of  associate  judges
19    authorized for any circuit consisting of 2  counties  with  a
20    combined population of at least 275,000 but less than 300,000
21    shall   be  10.   The  minimum  number  of  associate  judges
22    authorized for any circuit with  a  population  of  at  least
23    303,000  but  not  more than 309,000 shall be 10. The minimum
24    number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with  a
25    population  of  at  least  329,000, but not more than 335,000
26    shall  be  11.  The  minimum  number  of   associate   judges
27    authorized  for  any  circuit  with  a population of at least
28    173,000 shall be 5.   As  used  in  this  Section,  the  term
29    "resident  circuit  judge"  has  the  meaning given it in the
30    Judicial Vacancies Act.
31        (b)  The maximum number of  associate  judges  authorized
32    under  subsection (a) for a circuit with a population of more
33    than  3,000,000  shall  be  reduced  as  provided   in   this
34    subsection (b).  For each vacancy that exists on or occurs on
 
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 1    or  after  the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990,
 2    that maximum number shall be reduced by one until  the  total
 3    number of associate judges authorized under subsection (a) is
 4    reduced  by 60.  A vacancy exists or occurs when an associate
 5    judge  dies,  resigns,  retires,  is  removed,  or   is   not
 6    reappointed  upon  expiration  of  his or her term; a vacancy
 7    does not exist or occur at the expiration of a  term  if  the
 8    associate judge is reappointed.
 9    (Source: P.A. 92-17, eff. 6-28-01.)

10        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
11    becoming law.".