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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0551 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 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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| | HB0551 | | LRB097 03378 KMW 43415 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 3-4007 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-4007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-4007)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-4007. Compensation.
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| 8 | | (a) The
The public defender
shall be paid out of the county |
| 9 | | treasury, and the State treasury as provided
in subsection (b), |
| 10 | | as the
sole compensation for his or her services a salary in an
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| 11 | | amount
fixed by the County Board. When a Public Defender in a |
| 12 | | county of 30,000 or
more population
is receiving not less than |
| 13 | | 90% of the compensation of the State's Attorney
of such county, |
| 14 | | that Public Defender shall not engage in the private
practice |
| 15 | | of law. |
| 16 | | (b) The State treasury must pay 66 2/3% of the public |
| 17 | | defender's annual
salary. If the public defender is employed |
| 18 | | full-time in that capacity, his or
her salary must be at least |
| 19 | | 90% of that county's State's attorney's annual
compensation. |
| 20 | | These amounts furnished by the State shall be payable monthly
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| 21 | | from
the State treasury to the county in which each Public |
| 22 | | Defender is employed.
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| 23 | | (c) In cases where 2 or more adjoining counties have joined
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