101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3121

 

Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/110-19 new

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a person who is denied: (1) the right of counsel at the hearing at which bail is determined; (2) a rehearing on the amount or conditions of bail; or (3) bail credits if eligible may maintain a civil action for actual and punitive damages against the county that denied the person those rights, notwithstanding the provisions of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act to the contrary.


LRB101 09690 RLC 54789 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3121LRB101 09690 RLC 54789 b

1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by adding Section 110-19 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/110-19 new)
7    Sec. 110-19. Civil action; denial of rights under Public
8Act 100-1. A person who is denied: (1) the right of counsel at
9the hearing at which bail is determined under Section 110-5 as
10guaranteed by subsection (a-5) of Section 109-1; (2) a
11rehearing on the amount or conditions of bail under subsection
12(a-5) of Section 110-6; or (3) bail credits if eligible under
13Section 110-14 may maintain a civil action for actual and
14punitive damages against the county that denied the person
15those rights, notwithstanding the provisions of the Local
16Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act to
17the contrary.