{"data":{"id":"us-il/705-ilcs-40-1.1","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"705 ILCS 40/1.1","heading":"","body":"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 judge who was appointed after June 30, 1971 by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy existing prior to July 1, 1971 in the office of a former associate judge and whose office was, prior to July 1, 1971, filled by election from a single county or, in the case of Cook County, from one of the 2 units of the county, and not from the circuit at large.","path":["CHAPTER 705 COURTS","Judicial Vacancies Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1836\u0026ChapterID=50\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:40Z","sha256":"7ef811b065dc7a0176751bbcd1bd04c03ef3a5d5d17e0b9eb25008c5cf8a037d","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/705-ilcs-40-0.1","next":"us-il/705-ilcs-40-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}