(705 ILCS 21/45)
(This Act has been held unconstitutional)
Sec. 45. General provisions.
(a) All counties, townships, census tracts, block groups, and blocks are those that appear on maps published by the United States Bureau of the Census for the 1990 census. The term "tract(s)" shall mean census tract(s). All judicial districts created by this Act for the purpose of electing judges shall not be altered by operation of any other statute, ordinance, or resolution.
(b)(1) Any part of Cook County that has not been described as included in one of the supreme court judicial districts described in this Act is included within the supreme court judicial district that:
(i) is contiguous to the part; and
(ii) contains the least population of all districts contiguous to the part according to the 1990 decennial census of Cook County.
(2) If any part of Cook County is described in this Act as being in more than one supreme court judicial district, the part is included within the district that:
(i) is one of the districts in which that part is listed in this Act;
(ii) is contiguous to that part; and
(iii) contains the least population according to the 1990 decennial census of Cook County.
(3) If any part of Cook County:
(i) is described in this Act as being in one supreme court judicial district; and
(ii) is entirely surrounded by another supreme court judicial district;
the part shall be incorporated into the district that surrounds the part.
(4) If any part of Cook County:
(i) is described in this Act as being in one supreme court judicial district; and
(ii) is not contiguous to another part of the district;
the part is included with the contiguous supreme court judicial district that contains the least population according to the 1990 decennial census of Cook County.
(c) The State Board of Elections shall prepare and make available to the public a metes and bounds description of the districts created under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-719, eff. 3-7-97.)
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