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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Associate Judges Act is amended by changing
5Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (705 ILCS 45/2)  (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
7    Sec. 2. (a) The maximum number of associate judges
8authorized for each circuit is the greater of the applicable
9minimum number specified in this Section or one for each 35,000
10or fraction thereof in population as determined by the last
11preceding Federal census, except for circuits with a population
12of more than 3,000,000 where the maximum number of associate
13judges is one for each 29,000 or fraction thereof in population
14as determined by the last preceding federal census, reduced in
15circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants by the number of
16resident circuit judges elected in the circuit in excess of one
17per county. In addition, in circuits of 1,000,000 or more
18inhabitants, there shall be one additional associate judge
19authorized for each municipal district of the circuit court.
20The number of associate judges to be appointed in each circuit,
21not to exceed the maximum authorized, shall be determined from
22time to time by the Circuit Court. The minimum number of
23associate judges authorized for any circuit consisting of a

 

 

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1single county shall be 14, except that the minimum in the 22nd
2circuit shall be 8 and except that the minimum in the 19th
3circuit on and after December 4, 2006 shall be 20. The minimum
4number of associate judges authorized for any circuit
5consisting of 2 counties with a combined population of at least
6275,000 but less than 300,000 shall be 10. The minimum number
7of associate judges authorized for any circuit with a
8population of at least 303,000 but not more than 309,000 shall
9be 10. The minimum number of associate judges authorized for
10any circuit with a population of at least 329,000, but not more
11than 349,999 335,000 shall be 11. The minimum number of
12associate judges authorized for any circuit with a population
13of at least 173,000 shall be 5. As used in this Section, the
14term "resident circuit judge" has the meaning given it in the
15Judicial Vacancies Act.
16    (b) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under
17subsection (a) for a circuit with a population of more than
183,000,000 shall be reduced as provided in this subsection (b).
19For each vacancy that exists on or occurs on or after the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, that maximum
21number shall be reduced by one until the total number of
22associate judges authorized under subsection (a) is reduced by
2360. A vacancy exists or occurs when an associate judge dies,
24resigns, retires, is removed, or is not reappointed upon
25expiration of his or her term; a vacancy does not exist or
26occur at the expiration of a term if the associate judge is

 

 

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1reappointed.
2    (c) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under
3subsection (a) for the 17th judicial circuit shall be reduced
4as provided in this subsection (c). Due to the vacancy that
5exists on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
6the 93rd General Assembly in the associate judgeship that is
7converted into a resident judgeship under subsection (a-10) of
8Section 2f-6 of the Circuit Courts Act, the maximum number of
9judges authorized under subsection (a) of this Section shall be
10reduced by one. A vacancy exists or occurs when an associate
11judge dies, resigns, retires, is removed, or is not reappointed
12upon expiration of his or her term; a vacancy does not exist or
13occur at the expiration of a term if the associate judge is
14reappointed.
15    (d) The maximum number of associate judges authorized under
16subsection (a) for the 23rd judicial circuit shall be reduced
17as provided in this subsection (d). Due to the vacancy that
18exists on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
19the 98th General Assembly in the associate judgeship that is
20converted into a resident judgeship under subsection (k) of
21Section 2f-10 of the Circuit Courts Act, the maximum number of
22judges authorized under subsection (a) of this Section shall be
23reduced by one.
24(Source: P.A. 98-744, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26becoming law.