Bill Text: IL HB3555 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if it is determined that a person who is charged with committing an offense while confined by the Department of Corrections is indigent and eligible for representation by the public defender, the expense of prosecution shall be paid by the Department (rather than in all cases of prisoner crime committed while the prisoner is confined by the Department the expense of prosecution shall be paid by the Department).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3555 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3555-Introduced.html

---

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3555 Introduced , by Rep. Brian W. Stewart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/3-6-5 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-5
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if it is determined that a person who is charged with committing an offense while confined by the Department of Corrections is indigent and eligible for representation by the public defender, the expense of prosecution shall be paid by the Department (rather than in all cases of prisoner crime committed while the prisoner is confined by the Department the expense of prosecution shall be paid by the Department).
LRB100 11230 RLC 21558 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB3555 LRB100 11230 RLC 21558 b
AN ACT concerning criminal law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 3-6-5 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-6-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-5)
Sec. 3-6-5. Crimes Committed by Persons Confined by the
Department.
When any person is charged with committing an offense while
confined by the Department, cognizance thereof shall be taken
by the circuit court of the county wherein such crime was
committed. Such court shall adjudicate and sentence the person
charged with such crime in the same manner and subject to the
same rules and limitations as are now established by law in
relation to other persons charged with crime. If it is
determined that the person is indigent and eligible for
representation by the public defender, the expense of
prosecution shall be paid by the Department. The expense of
prosecution shall be paid by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)