Bill Text: IL SB3221 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Deletes language providing that certain at-large judgeships of the 6th judicial circuit shall be converted, as they become vacant, to resident judgeships elected from Champaign County and resident judgeships elected from Macon County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Chapin Rose [SB3221 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3221-Introduced.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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2f-14 as follows:
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6 | (705 ILCS 35/2f-14) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2f-14. 6th judicial circuit; resident judgeships. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The at-large judgeships of the 6th judicial circuit | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | existing on January 7, 2022 shall be converted to resident | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | judgeships as provided in this subsection as those judgeships | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | are or become vacant. The first 3 that become vacant after | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | January 7, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-693) | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall be converted to resident judgeships elected from | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Champaign County. The remaining two at-large judgeships that | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | become vacant shall be converted to resident judgeships | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | elected from Macon County. Thereafter, persons elected to | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | those resident judgeships shall be residents of the county | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | which elects them. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly not to create | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | any additional judgeships in the 6th judicial circuit by | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Public Act 102-693 and this amendatory Act of the 102nd | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | General Assembly. Notwithstanding any other provision of law | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | to the contrary, the conversion of at-large judgeships to |
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