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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2770
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2770 as follows:
3 by replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning the judiciary, amending named Acts.";
5 and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by
9 changing Section 1 as follows:
10 (705 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.1)
11 Sec. 1. Circuits. The county of Cook shall be one
12 judicial circuit and the State of Illinois, exclusive of the
13 county of Cook, shall be and is divided into judicial
14 circuits as follows:
15 First Circuit--The counties of Alexander, Pulaski,
16 Massac, Pope, Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline.
17 Second Circuit--The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White,
18 Hamilton, Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson,
19 Richland, Lawrence and Crawford.
20 Third Circuit--The counties of Madison and Bond.
21 Fourth Circuit--The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay,
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1 Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian.
2 Fifth Circuit--The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark,
3 Cumberland and Coles.
4 Sixth Circuit--The counties of Champaign, Douglas,
5 Moultrie, Macon, DeWitt and Piatt.
6 Seventh Circuit--The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin,
7 Morgan, Scott, Greene and Jersey.
8 Eighth Circuit--The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason,
9 Cass, Brown, Pike, Calhoun and Menard.
10 Ninth Circuit--The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson,
11 Hancock, McDonough and Fulton.
12 Tenth Circuit--The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam,
13 Stark and Tazewell.
14 Eleventh Circuit--The counties of McLean, Livingston,
15 Logan, Ford and Woodford.
16 Twelfth Circuit--The county of Will.
17 Thirteenth Circuit--The counties of Bureau, LaSalle and
18 Grundy.
19 Fourteenth Circuit--The counties of Rock Island, Mercer,
20 Whiteside and Henry.
21 Fifteenth Circuit--The counties of JoDaviess, Stephenson,
22 Carroll, Ogle and Lee.
23 Sixteenth Circuit--The counties of Kane, DeKalb and
24 Kendall.
25 Seventeenth Circuit--The counties of Winnebago and Boone.
26 Eighteenth Circuit--The county of DuPage.
27 Nineteenth Circuit--The counties of Lake and McHenry.
28 Twentieth Circuit--The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St.
29 Clair, Washington and Perry.
30 Twenty-first Circuit--The counties of Iroquois and
31 Kankakee.
32 (Source: P.A. 84-1030.)
33 Section 10. The Associate Judges Act is amended by
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1 changing Section 2 as follows:
2 (705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
3 Sec. 2. Number of associate judges.
4 (a) The maximum number of associate judges authorized
5 for each circuit is one for each 35,000 or fraction thereof
6 in population as determined by the last preceding Federal
7 census, except for circuits with a population of more than
8 3,000,000 where the maximum number of associate judges is one
9 for each 29,000 or fraction thereof in population as
10 determined by the last preceding federal census, reduced in
11 circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants by the number of
12 resident circuit judges elected in the circuit in excess of
13 one per county. In addition, in circuits of 1,000,000 or
14 more inhabitants, there shall be one additional associate
15 judge authorized for each municipal district of the circuit
16 court. The number of associate judges to be appointed in each
17 circuit, not to exceed the maximum authorized, shall be
18 determined from time to time by the Circuit Court. The
19 minimum number of associate judges authorized for any circuit
20 consisting of a single county shall be 14. The minimum
21 number of associate judges authorized for any circuit
22 consisting of 2 counties with a combined population of at
23 least 275,000 but less than 300,000 shall be 10. The minimum
24 number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with a
25 population of at least 303,000 but not more than 309,000
26 shall be 10. The minimum number of associate judges
27 authorized for any circuit with a population of at least
28 329,000, but not more than 335,000 shall be 11. The minimum
29 number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with a
30 population of at least 173,000 but not more than 177,000
31 shall be 5. As used in this Section, the term "resident
32 circuit judge" has the meaning given it in the Judicial
33 Vacancies Act.
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1 (b) The maximum number of associate judges authorized
2 under subsection (a) for a circuit with a population of more
3 than 3,000,000 shall be reduced as provided in this
4 subsection (b). For each vacancy that exists on or occurs on
5 or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990,
6 that maximum number shall be reduced by one until the total
7 number of associate judges authorized under subsection (a) is
8 reduced by 60. A vacancy exists or occurs when an associate
9 judge dies, resigns, retires, is removed, or is not
10 reappointed upon expiration of his or her term; a vacancy
11 does not exist or occur at the expiration of a term if the
12 associate judge is reappointed.
13 (Source: P.A. 86-786; 86-1478; 87-145; 87-435; 87-1073;
14 87-1230; 87-1261.)".