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91_HB2770eng HB2770 Engrossed LRB9105974DJpr 1 AN ACT concerning the judiciary, amending named Acts. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing 5 Section 1 as follows: 6 (705 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.1) 7 Sec. 1. Circuits. The county of Cook shall be one 8 judicial circuit and the State of Illinois, exclusive of the 9 county of Cook, shall be and is divided into judicial 10 circuits as follows: 11 First Circuit--The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, 12 Massac, Pope, Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline. 13 Second Circuit--The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, 14 Hamilton, Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, 15 Richland, Lawrence and Crawford. 16 Third Circuit--The counties of Madison and Bond. 17 Fourth Circuit--The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, 18 Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian. 19 Fifth Circuit--The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, 20 Cumberland and Coles. 21 Sixth Circuit--The counties of Champaign, Douglas, 22 Moultrie, Macon, DeWitt and Piatt. 23 Seventh Circuit--The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin, 24 Morgan, Scott, Greene and Jersey. 25 Eighth Circuit--The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, 26 Cass, Brown, Pike, Calhoun and Menard. 27 Ninth Circuit--The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, 28 Hancock, McDonough and Fulton. 29 Tenth Circuit--The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, 30 Stark and Tazewell. 31 Eleventh Circuit--The counties of McLean, Livingston, HB2770 Engrossed -2- LRB9105974DJpr 1 Logan, Ford and Woodford. 2 Twelfth Circuit--The county of Will. 3 Thirteenth Circuit--The counties of Bureau, LaSalle and 4 Grundy. 5 Fourteenth Circuit--The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, 6 Whiteside and Henry. 7 Fifteenth Circuit--The counties of JoDaviess, Stephenson, 8 Carroll, Ogle and Lee. 9 Sixteenth Circuit--The counties of Kane, DeKalb and 10 Kendall. 11 Seventeenth Circuit--The counties of Winnebago and Boone. 12 Eighteenth Circuit--The county of DuPage. 13 Nineteenth Circuit--The counties of Lake and McHenry. 14 Twentieth Circuit--The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. 15 Clair, Washington and Perry. 16 Twenty-first Circuit--The counties of Iroquois and 17 Kankakee. 18 (Source: P.A. 84-1030.) 19 Section 10. The Associate Judges Act is amended by 20 changing Section 2 as follows: 21 (705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2) 22 Sec. 2. Number of associate judges. 23 (a) The maximum number of associate judges authorized 24 for each circuit is one for each 35,000 or fraction thereof 25 in population as determined by the last preceding Federal 26 census, except for circuits with a population of more than 27 3,000,000 where the maximum number of associate judges is one 28 for each 29,000 or fraction thereof in population as 29 determined by the last preceding federal census, reduced in 30 circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants by the number of 31 resident circuit judges elected in the circuit in excess of 32 one per county. In addition, in circuits of 1,000,000 or HB2770 Engrossed -3- LRB9105974DJpr 1 more inhabitants, there shall be one additional associate 2 judge authorized for each municipal district of the circuit 3 court. The number of associate judges to be appointed in each 4 circuit, not to exceed the maximum authorized, shall be 5 determined from time to time by the Circuit Court. The 6 minimum number of associate judges authorized for any circuit 7 consisting of a single county shall be 14. The minimum 8 number of associate judges authorized for any circuit 9 consisting of 2 counties with a combined population of at 10 least 275,000 but less than 300,000 shall be 10. The minimum 11 number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with a 12 population of at least 303,000 but not more than 309,000 13 shall be 10. The minimum number of associate judges 14 authorized for any circuit with a population of at least 15 329,000, but not more than 335,000 shall be 11. The minimum 16 number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with a 17 population of at least 173,000 but not more than 177,000 18 shall be 5. As used in this Section, the term "resident 19 circuit judge" has the meaning given it in the Judicial 20 Vacancies Act. 21 (b) The maximum number of associate judges authorized 22 under subsection (a) for a circuit with a population of more 23 than 3,000,000 shall be reduced as provided in this 24 subsection (b). For each vacancy that exists on or occurs on 25 or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, 26 that maximum number shall be reduced by one until the total 27 number of associate judges authorized under subsection (a) is 28 reduced by 60. A vacancy exists or occurs when an associate 29 judge dies, resigns, retires, is removed, or is not 30 reappointed upon expiration of his or her term; a vacancy 31 does not exist or occur at the expiration of a term if the 32 associate judge is reappointed. 33 (Source: P.A. 86-786; 86-1478; 87-145; 87-435; 87-1073; 34 87-1230; 87-1261.)