Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 40 — Judicial Vacancies Act.

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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Judicial Vacancies Act. (Source: P.A. 88-45.)

As used in this Act, the term "resident circuit judge" or "resident judge" refers to a circuit judge who, immediately prior to July 1, 1971, was an associate judge and who became a circuit judge on July 1, 1971 by reason of paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Transition Schedule of the Constitution of 1970 or a circuit j…

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this subsection (a), vacancies in the office of a resident circuit judge in any county or in any unit or subcircuit of any circuit shall not be filled. (1) If in any county of less than 45,000 inhabitants there remains in office no other resident judge…

When a vacancy in the office of a resident circuit judge is filled by election, the election shall be for the appropriate county or unit, and not for the entire circuit

When a vacancy in the office of a resident circuit judge is filled by election, the election shall be for the appropriate county or unit, and not for the entire circuit. (Source: P.A. 77-1814.)

If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable. (Source:…