Public Act 101-0477
 
HB2625 EnrolledLRB101 08501 LNS 53578 b


  
    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.)