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91_SB1974
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1 AN ACT to amend the Associate Judges Act by changing
2 Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Associate Judges Act is amended by
6 changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2)
8 Sec. 2. (a) The maximum number of associate judges
9 authorized for each circuit is one for each 35,000 or
10 fraction thereof in population as determined by the last
11 preceding Federal census, except for circuits with a
12 population of more than 3,000,000 where the maximum number of
13 associate judges is one for each 29,000 or fraction thereof
14 in population as determined by the last preceding federal
15 census, reduced in circuits of less than 200,000 inhabitants
16 by the number of resident circuit judges elected in the
17 circuit in excess of one per county. In addition, in
18 circuits of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, there shall be one
19 additional associate judge authorized for each municipal
20 district of the circuit court. The number of associate judges
21 to be appointed in each circuit, not to exceed the maximum
22 authorized, shall be determined from time to time by the
23 Circuit Court. The minimum number of associate judges
24 authorized for any circuit consisting of a single county
25 shall be 14. The minimum number of associate judges
26 authorized for any circuit consisting of 2 counties with a
27 combined population of at least 275,000 but less than 300,000
28 shall be 10. The minimum number of associate judges
29 authorized for any circuit with a population of at least
30 303,000 but not more than 309,000 shall be 10. The minimum
31 number of associate judges authorized for any circuit with a
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1 population of at least 329,000, but not more than 335,000
2 shall be 11. The minimum number of associate judges
3 authorized for any circuit with a population of at least
4 173,000 but not more than 177,000 shall be 5. As used in
5 this Section, the term "resident circuit judge" has the
6 meaning given it in the Judicial Vacancies Act.
7 (b) The maximum number of associate judges authorized
8 under subsection (a) for a circuit with a population of more
9 than 3,000,000 shall be reduced as provided in this
10 subsection (b). For each vacancy that exists on or occurs on
11 or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990,
12 that maximum number shall be reduced by one until the total
13 number of associate judges authorized under subsection (a) is
14 reduced by 60. A vacancy exists or occurs when an associate
15 judge dies, resigns, retires, is removed, or is not
16 reappointed upon expiration of his or her term; a vacancy
17 does not exist or occur at the expiration of a term if the
18 associate judge is reappointed.
19 (Source: P.A. 86-786; 86-1478; 87-145; 87-435; 87-1073;
20 87-1230; 87-1261.)
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.