Bill Text: IL SB0115 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county's full-time public defender must be paid an annual salary that is at least 100% (rather than 90%) of the county State's attorney's annual compensation. Requires the State to pay 100% (rather than 66 2/3%) of the public defender's annual salary. Prohibits a public defender for a county of 30,000 or more inhabitants from engaging in the private practice of law if the public defender is receiving not less than 100% (rather than 90%) of the compensation of the State's attorney of that county. Effective July 1, 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0115 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0115-Introduced.html
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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 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 public defender
shall be paid out of the county | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | treasury, and, subject to appropriation, shall be paid by the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Department of Revenue out of the Personal Property Tax | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Replacement Fund or the General Revenue Fund as provided
in | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | subsection (b), as the
sole compensation for his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | services a salary in an
amount
fixed by the County Board. When | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | a Public Defender in a county of 30,000 or
more population
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15 | receiving not less than 100% 90% of the compensation of the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | State's Attorney
of such county, that Public Defender shall | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | not engage in the private
practice of law.
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18 | (b) The State must pay 100% 66 2/3% of the public | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | defender's annual
salary. If the public defender is employed | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | full-time in that capacity, his or
her salary must be at least | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | 100% 90% of that county's State's attorney's annual
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22 | compensation. Subject to appropriation, these amounts | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | furnished by the State shall be payable monthly
by
the |
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1 | Department of Revenue out of the Personal Property Tax | ||||||
2 | Replacement Fund or the General Revenue Fund to the county in | ||||||
3 | which each Public Defender is employed.
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4 | (c) In cases where 2 or more adjoining counties have | ||||||
5 | joined
to form a common office of Public Defender, the salary | ||||||
6 | of the Public
Defender shall be set and paid as provided by a | ||||||
7 | joint resolution of the
various county boards involved.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
10 | 2023.
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