Bill Text: IL HB3054 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that every circuit court judge shall announce that a person can file a complaint against him or her, prior to calling the first case of the day, and that a person can pick up a form with instructions on filing a complaint from the clerk. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall make available instructions for the filing of a complaint against a judge with the Judicial Inquiry Board. Provides that the clerk shall post within each courtroom a notice that a person may file a complaint against the judge and that instructions for filing a complaint may be obtained from the clerk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0034 [HB3054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3054-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that every circuit court judge shall announce that a person can file a complaint against him or her, prior to calling the first case of the day, and that a person can pick up a form with instructions on filing a complaint from the clerk. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall make available instructions for the filing of a complaint against a judge with the Judicial Inquiry Board. Provides that the clerk shall post within each courtroom a notice that a person may file a complaint against the judge and that instructions for filing a complaint may be obtained from the clerk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0034 [HB3054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3054-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning courts.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 28.5 as follows:
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6 | (705 ILCS 35/28.5 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 28.5. Complaints; information for filing. The clerk | ||||||
8 | shall post in the common areas of the courthouse a notice that | ||||||
9 | a person may file a complaint against the judge that includes | ||||||
10 | contact information for the Judicial Inquiry Board. The | ||||||
11 | Judicial Inquiry Board shall develop a uniform statewide notice | ||||||
12 | and provide the format of the notice to each clerk.
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