Bill Title: Amends the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act. Provides that the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and all attorneys employed by the Office may also assist State's Attorneys in the discharge of their duties on hearings in post-conviction proceedings. Provides that the Director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor may contract for such investigators (rather than hire no more than 0 investigators) to provide investigative services in criminal cases and tax objection cases for staff counsel and county State's attorneys. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1012 [HB5749 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2012-05-22	58	0	1	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2012-03-29	107	1	1	2	111	Passed	Link	View