705 ILCS 35/2j

(a) In addition to the number of circuit judges otherwise authorized by this Act, there shall be one additional circuit judge elected at large in the seventeenth judicial circuit. (b) In addition to the number of circuit judges otherwise authorized by this Act, there shall be one additional circuit judge elected at large in the eighteenth judicial circuit. (c) In addition to the number of circuit judges otherwise authorized by this Act, there shall be one additional circuit judge elected in the nineteenth judicial circuit who is a resident of and elected from Lake County. (d) In addition to the number of circuit judges otherwise authorized by this Act, there shall be one additional circuit judge elected in the fifth judicial circuit who is a resident of and elected from Vermilion County. (e) In addition to the number of circuit judges and resident judges otherwise authorized by law, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be one additional resident judge elected from the unit within Chicago of the Circuit of Cook County to serve in the juvenile division. (f) In addition to the number of circuit judges and resident judges otherwise authorized by law, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be one additional resident judge who is a resident of and elected from the third judicial subcircuit in Cook County. (g) The additional circuit judgeships, subcircuit judgeships, and resident judgeship provided by this Section shall be filled by appointment until those judgeships are filled by election at the general election in November of 1998.