99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB1796

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

705 ILCS 40/1.1 from Ch. 37, par. 72.41-1

Amends the Judicial Vacancies Act. Makes a technical change in a

Section
concerning definitions.

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A BILL FOR

HB1796

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1 AN ACT concerning courts.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Judicial Vacancies Act is amended by

5 changing Section 1.1 as follows:

6 (705 ILCS 40/1.1) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.41-1)

7 Sec. 1.1. As used in this Act, the~~the~~ term "resident

8 circuit judge" or "resident judge" refers to a circuit judge

9 who, immediately prior to July 1, 1971, was an associate judge

10 and who became a circuit judge on July 1, 1971 by reason of

11 paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Transition Schedule of the

12 Constitution of 1970 or a circuit judge who was appointed after

13 June 30, 1971 by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy existing

14 prior to July 1, 1971 in the office of a former associate judge

15 and whose office was, prior to July 1, 1971, filled by election

16 from a single county or, in the case of Cook County, from one

17 of the 2 units of the county, and not from the circuit at

18 large.

19 (Source: P.A. 88-45.)