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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2276
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/3-4007 |
from Ch. 34, par. 3-4007 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
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compensation to be paid to the Public Defender.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2276 |
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LRB096 11593 RLJ 22081 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 3-4007 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/3-4007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-4007)
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| Sec. 3-4007. Compensation.
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| (a) The
The public defender
shall be paid out of the county |
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| treasury, and the State treasury as provided
in subsection (b), |
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| as the
sole compensation for his or her services a salary in an
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| amount
fixed by the County Board. When a Public Defender in a |
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| county of 30,000 or
more population
is receiving not less than |
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| 90% of the compensation of the State's Attorney
of such county, |
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| that Public Defender shall not engage in the private
practice |
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| of law. |
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| (b) The State treasury must pay 66 2/3% of the public |
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| defender's annual
salary. If the public defender is employed |
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| full-time in that capacity, his or
her salary must be at least |
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| 90% of that county's State's attorney's annual
compensation. |
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| These amounts furnished by the State shall be payable monthly
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| from
the State treasury to the county in which each Public |
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| Defender is employed.
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| (c) In cases where 2 or more adjoining counties have joined
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