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91_HB3798

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to courts.

 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 2 as follows:

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

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