Illinois House Bill 3318 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that if and only if the provisions of Senate Bill 3539 of the 96th General Assembly become law, creates the First Degree Murder Litigation Act. Provides that if an indigent defendant is charged with first degree murder and the State's Attorney has not filed a certificate indicating he or she will seek a plea negotiation to reduce the charges from first degree murder to a lesser offense or stated on the record in open court that he or she will seek a plea negotiation to reduce the charges from first degree murder to a lesser offense, the trial court shall immediately appoint the Public Defender, or such other qualified attorney or attorneys as the Illinois Supreme Court shall by rule provide, to represent the defendant. If the Public Defender is appointed he or she shall immediately assign the attorney or attorneys to represent the defendant. Provides that the assigned attorneys shall meet the qualifications as the Supreme Court shall by rule provide. Provides that the assigned attorneys shall receive compensation at a rate not to exceed $125 per hour, adjusted annually for inflation. Creates the First Degree Murder Litigation Trust Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that money deposited into the Trust Fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes of providing funding for the pre-trial, trial, and post-conviction review in the prosecution and defense of first degree murder cases and shall not be appropriated, loaned, or in any manner transferred to the General Revenue Fund of the State of Illinois. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.

FIRST DEGREE MURDER

Rep. Bill Mitchell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2011-03-17	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-28	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2011-02-24	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-24	House	First Reading
2011-02-24	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bill Mitchell

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	105	5.786	New Code	See Bill Text
5	140	7.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	3-4006.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	3-9005	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	105	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
725	5	113-3	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3318&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB3318.htm