(705 ILCS 35/2j)
Sec. 2j.
Additional judges.
(a) In addition to the number of circuit judges otherwise authorized by this
Act, there shall be one additional circuit judge elected at large in the
seventeenth judicial circuit.
(b) In addition to the number of circuit judges otherwise authorized by this
Act, there shall be one additional circuit judge elected at large in the
eighteenth judicial circuit.
(c) In addition to the number of circuit judges otherwise authorized by
this Act, there shall be one additional circuit judge elected in the nineteenth
judicial circuit who is a resident of and elected from Lake County.
(d) In addition to the number of circuit judges otherwise authorized by
this Act, there shall be one additional circuit judge elected in the fifth
judicial circuit who is a resident of and elected from Vermilion County.
(e) In addition to the number of circuit judges and resident judges
otherwise authorized by
law, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be one
additional resident judge elected from the unit within Chicago of the
Circuit of Cook County to serve in the juvenile division.
(f) In addition to the number of circuit judges and resident judges
otherwise authorized by law,
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be one additional
resident judge who is a resident of and elected from the third
judicial subcircuit in Cook County.
(g) The additional circuit judgeships, subcircuit judgeships, and resident
judgeship provided by
this Section shall be
filled by appointment until those judgeships are filled by election at the
general election in November of 1998.
(Source: P.A. 90-526, eff. 11-12-97.)
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