Public Act 101-0477
 
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    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing
Sections 2f, 2f-2, 2f-4, 2f-5, 2f-6, and 2f-9 as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f)  (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2f)
    Sec. 2f. (a) The Circuit of Cook County shall be divided
into 15 units to be known as subcircuits. The subcircuits shall
be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population.
The General Assembly shall create the subcircuits by law on or
before July 1, 1991, using population data as determined by the
1990 Federal census.
    (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the
boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the
2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall
redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial
census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. In accordance with
subsection (d), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit
shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy
in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the
effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the
subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn
subcircuit.
    (b) The 165 resident judges to be elected from the Circuit
of Cook County shall be determined under paragraph (4) of
subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Judicial Vacancies Act.
    (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional
resident judgeships provided by paragraph (4) of subsection (a)
of Section 2 of the Judicial Vacancies Act and (ii) all
vacancies in resident judgeships existing on or occurring on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990, with
respect to the other resident judgeships of the Circuit of Cook
County, for election from the various subcircuits until there
are 11 resident judges to be elected from each of the 15
subcircuits (for a total of 165). A resident judgeship
authorized before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1990 that became vacant and was filled by appointment by the
Supreme Court before that effective date shall be filled by
election at the general election in November of 1992 from the
unit of the Circuit of Cook County within Chicago or the unit
of that Circuit outside Chicago, as the case may be, in which
the vacancy occurred.
    (d) As soon as practicable after the subcircuits are
created by law, the Supreme Court shall determine by lot a
numerical order for the 15 subcircuits. That numerical order
shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
are assigned to the subcircuits. After the first round of
assignments, the second and all later rounds shall be based on
the same numerical order. Once a resident judgeship is assigned
to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be assigned to that
subcircuit for all purposes.
    (e) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall
continue to reside in that subcircuit as long as he or she
holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit
after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered
voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit
at large thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07.)
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f-2)
    Sec. 2f-2. 19th judicial circuit; subcircuits; additional
judges.
    (a) The 19th circuit shall be divided into 6 subcircuits.
The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
shall create the subcircuits, using population data as
determined by the 2000 federal census, and shall determine a
numerical order for the 6 subcircuits. That numerical order
shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
are assigned to the subcircuits. The 6 resident judgeships to
be assigned that are not added by or converted from at large
judgeships as provided in this amendatory Act of the 96th
General Assembly shall be assigned to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
5th, and 6th subcircuits, in that order. The 6 resident
judgeships to be assigned that are added by or converted from
at large judgeships as provided in this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly shall be assigned to the 6th, 5th, 4th,
3rd, 2nd, and 1st subcircuits, in that order. Once a resident
judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be
assigned to that subcircuit for all purposes.
    (a-3) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the
boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the
2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall
redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial
census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. In accordance with
subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit
shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy
in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the
effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the
subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn
subcircuit.
    (a-5) Of the at large judgeships of the 19th judicial
circuit, the first 3 that are or become vacant on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly shall become resident judgeships of the 19th judicial
circuit to be allotted by the Supreme Court under subsection
(c) and filled by election, except that the Supreme Court may
fill those judgeships by appointment for any remainder of a
vacated term until the resident judgeships are filled initially
by election. As used in this subsection, a vacancy does not
include the expiration of a term of an at large judge who seeks
retention in that office at the next term.
    (a-10) The 19th judicial circuit shall have 3 additional
resident judgeships to be allotted by the Supreme Court under
subsection (c). One of the additional resident judgeships shall
be filled by election beginning at the 2010 general election.
Two of the additional resident judgeships shall be filled by
election beginning at the 2012 general election.
    (b) The 19th circuit shall have a total of 12 resident
judgeships (6 resident judgeships existing on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, 3
formerly at large judgeships as provided in subsection (a-5),
and 3 resident judgeships added by subsection (a-10)). The
number of resident judgeships allotted to subcircuits of the
19th judicial circuit pursuant to this Section shall constitute
all the resident judgeships of the 19th judicial circuit.
    (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) all vacancies in
resident judgeships of the 19th circuit existing on or
occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 93rd General Assembly and not filled at the 2004 general
election, (ii) the resident judgeships of the 19th circuit
filled at the 2004 general election as those judgeships
thereafter become vacant, (iii) the 3 formerly at large
judgeships described in subsection (a-5) as they become
available, and (iv) the 3 resident judgeships added by
subsection (a-10), for election from the various subcircuits
until there are 2 resident judges to be elected from each
subcircuit. No resident judge of the 19th circuit serving on
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly shall be required to change his or her residency in
order to continue serving in office or to seek retention in
office as resident judgeships are allotted by the Supreme Court
in accordance with this Section.
    (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall
continue to reside in that subcircuit as long as he or she
holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit
after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered
voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit
at large thereafter.
    (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 19th circuit
shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07; 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.)
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f-4)
    Sec. 2f-4. 12th circuit; subcircuits; additional judges.
    (a) The 12th circuit shall be divided into 5 subcircuits.
The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
shall create the subcircuits, using population data as
determined by the 2000 federal census, and shall determine a
numerical order for the 5 subcircuits. That numerical order
shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
are assigned to the subcircuits. The 5 resident judgeships to
be assigned after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly shall be assigned to the 3rd, 4th,
5th, 1st, and 2nd subcircuits, in that order. Once a resident
judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be
assigned to that subcircuit for all purposes.
    (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the
boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the
2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall
redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial
census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. In accordance with
subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit
shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy
in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the
effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the
subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn
subcircuit.
    (a-10) The first vacancy in the 12th judicial circuit's 10
existing circuit judgeships (8 at large and 2 resident), but
not in the additional judgeships described in subsections (b)
and (b-5), that exists on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall not be
filled, by appointment or election, and that judgeship is
eliminated. Of the 12th judicial circuit's 10 existing circuit
judgeships (8 at large and 2 resident), but not the additional
judgeships described in subsections (b) and (b-5), the second
to be vacant or become vacant on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be
allotted as a 12th circuit resident judgeship under subsection
(c).
    (a-15) Of the at large judgeships of the 12th judicial
circuit not affected by subsection (a-10), the first 2 that are
or become vacant on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall become
resident judgeships of the 12th judicial circuit to be allotted
by the Supreme Court under subsection (c) and filled by
election, except that the Supreme Court may fill those
judgeships by appointment for any remainder of a vacated term
until the resident judgeships are filled initially by election.
    (a-20) As used in subsections (a-10) and (a-15), a vacancy
does not include the expiration of a term of an at large or
resident judge who seeks retention in that office at the next
term.
    (b) The 12th circuit shall have 6 additional resident
judgeships, as well as its existing resident judgeship as
established in subsection (a-10), and existing at large
judgeships, for a total of 15 judgeships available to be
allotted under subsection (c) to the 10 subcircuit resident
judgeships. The additional resident judgeship created by
Public Act 93-541 shall be filled by election beginning at the
general election in 2006. The 2 additional resident judgeships
created by this amendatory Act of 2004 shall be filled by
election beginning at the general election in 2008. The
additional resident judgeships created by this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly shall be filled by election
beginning at the general election in 2010. After the
subcircuits are created by law, the Supreme Court may fill by
appointment the additional resident judgeships created by
Public Act 93-541, this amendatory Act of 2004, and this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly until the 2006,
2008, or 2010 general election, as the case may be.
    (b-5) In addition to the number of circuit judges and
resident judges otherwise authorized by law, and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on April
1, 2006 there shall be one additional resident judge who is a
resident of and elected from the fourth judicial subcircuit of
the 12th judicial circuit. That additional resident judgeship
may be filled by appointment by the Supreme Court until filled
by election at the general election in 2008, regardless of
whether the judgeships for subcircuits 1, 2, and 3 have been
filled.
    (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the additional
resident judgeships of the 12th circuit created by Public Act
93-541, this amendatory Act of 2004, and this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly, (ii) the second vacancy in the at
large and resident judgeships of the 12th circuit as provided
in subsection (a-10), and (iii) the 2 formerly at large
judgeships described in subsection (a-15) as they become
available, for election from the various subcircuits until,
with the additional judge of the fourth subcircuit described in
subsection (b-5), there are 2 resident judges to be elected
from each subcircuit. No at large or resident judge of the 12th
circuit serving on August 18, 2003 shall be required to change
his or her residency in order to continue serving in office or
to seek retention in office as at large or resident judgeships
are allotted by the Supreme Court in accordance with this
Section.
    (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall
continue to reside in that subcircuit as long as he or she
holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit
after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered
voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit
at large thereafter.
    (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 12th circuit
shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
Illinois Constitution, except as otherwise provided in this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07; 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.)
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f-5)
    Sec. 2f-5. 22nd circuit; subcircuits; additional resident
judgeship.
    (a) The 22nd circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits.
The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
shall create the subcircuits, using population data as
determined by the 2000 federal census, and shall determine a
numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That numerical order
shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
are assigned to the subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is
assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be assigned to
that subcircuit for all purposes.
    (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the
boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the
2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall
redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial
census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. In accordance with
subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit
shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy
in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the
effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the
subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn
subcircuit.
    (b) Other than the resident judgeship added by this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the 22nd circuit
shall have one additional resident judgeship, as well as its 3
existing resident judgeships, for a total of 4 resident
judgeships to be allotted to the 4 subcircuit resident
judgeships. The additional resident judgeship created by this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be filled by
election beginning at the general election in 2006 and shall
not be filled by appointment before the general election in
2006. The number of resident judgeships allotted to subcircuits
of the 22nd judicial circuit pursuant to this Section, and the
resident judgeship added by this amendatory Act of the 96th
General Assembly, shall constitute all the resident judgeships
of the 22nd judicial circuit.
    (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) all eligible
vacancies in resident judgeships of the 22nd circuit existing
on or occurring on or after August 18, 2003 and not filled at
the 2004 general election, (ii) the resident judgeships of the
22nd circuit filled at the 2004 general election as those
judgeships thereafter become vacant, and (iii) the additional
resident judgeship of the 22nd circuit created by this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, for election from
the various subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be
elected from each subcircuit. No resident judge of the 22nd
circuit serving on August 18, 2003 shall be required to change
his or her residency in order to continue serving in office or
to seek retention in office as resident judgeships are allotted
by the Supreme Court in accordance with this Section.
    (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall
continue to reside in that subcircuit as long as he or she
holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit
after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered
voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit
at large thereafter.
    (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 22nd circuit
shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07; 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.)
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f-6)
    Sec. 2f-6. 17th judicial circuit; subcircuits.
    (a) The 17th circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits.
The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. The General Assembly by law
shall create the subcircuits, using population data as
determined by the 2000 federal census, and shall determine a
numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That numerical order
shall be the basis for the order in which resident judgeships
are assigned to the subcircuits. Once a resident judgeship is
assigned to a subcircuit, it shall continue to be assigned to
that subcircuit for all purposes.
    (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the
boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the
2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall
redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial
census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. In accordance with
subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit
shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy
in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the
effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the
subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn
subcircuit.
    (a-10) Of the 17th circuit's 9 circuit judgeships existing
on April 7, 2005 (6 at large and 3 resident), but not including
the one resident judgeship added by this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly, the 3 resident judgeships shall be
allotted as 17th circuit resident judgeships under subsection
(c) as those resident judgeships are or become vacant on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly. Of the 17th circuit's associate judgeships,
the first associate judgeship that is or becomes vacant on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly shall become a resident judgeship of the 17th
circuit to be allotted by the Supreme Court under subsection
(c) as a resident subcircuit judgeship. These resident
judgeships, and the one resident judgeship added by this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall constitute
all of the resident judgeships of the 17th circuit. As used in
this subsection, a vacancy does not include the expiration of a
term of a resident judge who seeks retention in that office at
the next term. A vacancy does not exist or occur at the
expiration of an associate judge's term if the associate judge
is reappointed.
    (b) The 17th circuit shall have a total of 4 judgeships (3
resident judgeships existing on April 7, 2005 and one associate
judgeship), but not including the one resident judgeship added
by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, available
to be allotted to the 4 subcircuit resident judgeships.
    (c) The Supreme Court shall allot (i) the 3 resident
judgeships of the 17th circuit existing on April 7, 2005 as
they are or become vacant as provided in subsection (a-10) and
(ii) the one associate judgeship converted into a resident
judgeship of the 17th circuit as it is or becomes vacant as
provided in subsection (a-10), for election from the various
subcircuits until there is one resident judge to be elected
from each subcircuit. No resident or associate judge of the
17th circuit serving on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be required to change
his or her residency in order to continue serving in office or
to seek retention or reappointment in office as resident
judgeships are allotted by the Supreme Court in accordance with
this Section.
    (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall
continue to reside in that subcircuit as long as he or she
holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit
after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered
voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit
at large thereafter.
    (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 17th circuit
shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 95-610, eff. 9-11-07; 96-108, eff. 7-30-09.)
 
    (705 ILCS 35/2f-9)
    Sec. 2f-9. 16th judicial circuit; subcircuits.
    (a) The 16th circuit shall be divided into 4 subcircuits.
Subcircuits 1, 2, and 4 of the 16th circuit in existence on
April 15, 2011 shall continue to use their established
boundaries in the new 16th circuit as of December 3, 2012.
Subcircuit 3 in existence on April 15, 2011 shall continue to
use its established boundary until December 3, 2012. For a
judge elected to subcircuit 3 as of April 15, 2011, the current
boundaries in existence as of April 15, 2011 shall continue
until the conclusion of the existing term of office, following
the 2012 general election, and upon the conclusion of the
existing term of office, the new boundary shall go into effect.
The new boundary for subcircuit 3 shall contain and be made up
of the following townships in the County of Kane, excluding the
portions of the townships currently served by subcircuit 1, 2,
or 4: Aurora, Blackberry, Big Rock, Burlington, Campton,
Dundee, Elgin, Hampshire, Kaneville, Plato, Rutland, Sugar
Grove, and Virgil. The subcircuits shall be compact,
contiguous, and substantially equal in population. The General
Assembly by law shall create the subcircuits, using population
data as determined by the 2000 federal census, and shall
determine a numerical order for the 4 subcircuits. That
numerical order shall be the basis for the order in which
resident judgeships are assigned to the subcircuits. Once a
resident judgeship is assigned to a subcircuit, it shall
continue to be assigned to that subcircuit for all purposes.
    (a-5) In 2021, the General Assembly shall redraw the
boundaries of the subcircuits to reflect the results of the
2020 federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall
redraw the subcircuit boundaries after every federal decennial
census. The subcircuits shall be compact, contiguous, and
substantially equal in population. In accordance with
subsection (a), a resident judgeship assigned to a subcircuit
shall continue to be assigned to that subcircuit. Any vacancy
in a resident judgeship existing on or occurring after the
effective date of a law redrawing the boundaries of the
subcircuits shall be filled by a resident of the redrawn
subcircuit.
    (b) (Blank).
    (c) No resident judge of the 16th circuit serving on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly shall be required to change his or her residency in
order to continue serving in office or to seek retention in
office as judgeships are allotted by the Supreme Court in
accordance with this Section. No resident judge elected from a
subcircuit serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 97th General Assembly shall be required to change his or
her residency in order to continue serving in or to seek
retention in office until the 2012 general election, or until
the conclusion of the existing term.
    (d) A resident judge elected from a subcircuit shall
continue to reside in that subcircuit as long as he or she
holds that office. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit
after January 1, 2008, must retain residency as a registered
voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit
at large thereafter. A resident judge elected from a subcircuit
after January 1, 2011, must retain residency as a registered
voter in the subcircuit to run for retention from the circuit
at large thereafter.
    (e) Vacancies in resident judgeships of the 16th circuit
shall be filled in the manner provided in Article VI of the
Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 96-108, eff. 7-30-09; 97-585, eff. 8-26-11.)