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ARTICLE VI THE JUDICIARY. SECTION 7. JUDICIAL CIRCUITS
(a) The State shall be divided into Judicial Circuits
consisting of one or more counties. The First Judicial
District shall constitute a Judicial Circuit. The Judicial
Circuits within the other Judicial Districts shall be as
provided by law. Circuits composed of more than one county
shall be compact and of contiguous counties. The General
Assembly by law may provide for the division of a circuit for
the purpose of selection of Circuit Judges and for the
selection of Circuit Judges from the circuit at large.
(b) Each Judicial Circuit shall have one Circuit Court
with such number of Circuit Judges as provided by law. Unless
otherwise provided by law, there shall be at least one
Circuit Judge from each county. In the First Judicial
District, unless otherwise provided by law, Cook County,
Chicago, and the area outside Chicago shall be separate units
for the selection of Circuit Judges, with at least twelve
chosen at large from the area outside Chicago and at least
thirty-six chosen at large from Chicago.
(c) Circuit Judges in each circuit shall select by
secret ballot a Chief Judge from their number to serve at
their pleasure. Subject to the authority of the Supreme
Court, the Chief Judge shall have general administrative
authority over his court, including authority to provide for
divisions, general or specialized, and for appropriate times
and places of holding court.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
