Public Act 093-0972
 
HB0578 Enrolled LRB093 05576 MBS 05668 b

    AN ACT concerning the death penalty.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
3-9005 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/3-9005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9005)
    Sec. 3-9005. Powers and duties of State's attorney.
    (a) The duty of each State's attorney shall be:
        (1) To commence and prosecute all actions, suits,
    indictments and prosecutions, civil and criminal, in the
    circuit court for his county, in which the people of the
    State or county may be concerned.
        (2) To prosecute all forfeited bonds and
    recognizances, and all actions and proceedings for the
    recovery of debts, revenues, moneys, fines, penalties and
    forfeitures accruing to the State or his county, or to any
    school district or road district in his county; also, to
    prosecute all suits in his county against railroad or
    transportation companies, which may be prosecuted in the
    name of the People of the State of Illinois.
        (3) To commence and prosecute all actions and
    proceedings brought by any county officer in his official
    capacity.
        (4) To defend all actions and proceedings brought
    against his county, or against any county or State officer,
    in his official capacity, within his county.
        (5) To attend the examination of all persons brought
    before any judge on habeas corpus, when the prosecution is
    in his county.
        (6) To attend before judges and prosecute charges of
    felony or misdemeanor, for which the offender is required
    to be recognized to appear before the circuit court, when
    in his power so to do.
        (7) To give his opinion, without fee or reward, to any
    county officer in his county, upon any question or law
    relating to any criminal or other matter, in which the
    people or the county may be concerned.
        (8) To assist the attorney general whenever it may be
    necessary, and in cases of appeal from his county to the
    Supreme Court, to which it is the duty of the attorney
    general to attend, he shall furnish the attorney general at
    least 10 days before such is due to be filed, a manuscript
    of a proposed statement, brief and argument to be printed
    and filed on behalf of the people, prepared in accordance
    with the rules of the Supreme Court. However, if such
    brief, argument or other document is due to be filed by law
    or order of court within this 10 day period, then the
    State's attorney shall furnish such as soon as may be
    reasonable.
        (9) To pay all moneys received by him in trust, without
    delay, to the officer who by law is entitled to the custody
    thereof.
        (10) To notify, by first class mail, complaining
    witnesses of the ultimate disposition of the cases arising
    from an indictment or an information.
        (11) To perform such other and further duties as may,
    from time to time, be enjoined on him by law.
        (12) To appear in all proceedings by collectors of
    taxes against delinquent taxpayers for judgments to sell
    real estate, and see that all the necessary preliminary
    steps have been legally taken to make the judgment legal
    and binding.
    (b) The State's Attorney of each county shall have
authority to appoint one or more special investigators to serve
subpoenas, make return of process and conduct investigations
which assist the State's Attorney in the performance of his
duties. A special investigator shall not carry firearms except
with permission of the State's Attorney and only while carrying
appropriate identification indicating his employment and in
the performance of his assigned duties.
    Subject to the qualifications set forth in this subsection,
special investigators shall be peace officers and shall have
all the powers possessed by investigators under the State's
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
    No special investigator employed by the State's Attorney
shall have peace officer status or exercise police powers
unless he or she successfully completes the basic police
training course mandated and approved by the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board or such board waives the
training requirement by reason of the special investigator's
prior law enforcement experience or training or both. Any
State's Attorney appointing a special investigator shall
consult with all affected local police agencies, to the extent
consistent with the public interest, if the special
investigator is assigned to areas within that agency's
jurisdiction.
    Before a person is appointed as a special investigator, his
fingerprints shall be taken and transmitted to the Department
of State Police. The Department shall examine its records and
submit to the State's Attorney of the county in which the
investigator seeks appointment any conviction information
concerning the person on file with the Department. No person
shall be appointed as a special investigator if he has been
convicted of a felony or other offense involving moral
turpitude. A special investigator shall be paid a salary and be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performing his
assigned duties. The county board shall approve the salary and
actual expenses and appropriate the salary and expenses in the
manner prescribed by law or ordinance.
    (c) The State's Attorney may request and receive from
employers, labor unions, telephone companies, and utility
companies location information concerning putative fathers and
noncustodial parents for the purpose of establishing a child's
paternity or establishing, enforcing, or modifying a child
support obligation. In this subsection, "location information"
means information about (i) the physical whereabouts of a
putative father or noncustodial parent, (ii) the putative
father or noncustodial parent's employer, or (iii) the salary,
wages, and other compensation paid and the health insurance
coverage provided to the putative father or noncustodial parent
by the employer of the putative father or noncustodial parent
or by a labor union of which the putative father or
noncustodial parent is a member.
    (d) For each State fiscal year, the State's Attorney of
Cook County shall appear before the General Assembly and
request appropriations to be made from the Capital Litigation
Trust Fund to the State Treasurer for the purpose of providing
assistance in the prosecution of capital cases in Cook County
and for the purpose of providing assistance to the State in
post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under Article 122
of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in relation to
petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil
Procedure in relation to capital cases. The State's Attorney
may appear before the General Assembly at other times during
the State's fiscal year to request supplemental appropriations
from the Trust Fund to the State Treasurer.
    (e) The State's Attorney shall have the authority to enter
into a written agreement with the Department of Revenue for
pursuit of civil liability under Section 17-1a of the Criminal
Code of 1961 against persons who have issued to the Department
checks or other orders in violation of the provisions of
paragraph (d) of subsection (B) of Section 17-1 of the Criminal
Code of 1961, with the Department to retain the amount owing
upon the dishonored check or order along with the dishonored
check fee imposed under the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act,
with the balance of damages, fees, and costs collected under
Section 17-1a of the Criminal Code of 1961 to be retained by
the State's Attorney. The agreement shall not affect the
allocation of fines and costs imposed in any criminal
prosecution.
(Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00; 92-492, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
    Section 10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
amended by changing Section 122-1 as follows:
 
    (725 ILCS 5/122-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 122-1)
    Sec. 122-1. Petition in the trial court.
    (a) Any person imprisoned in the penitentiary may institute
a proceeding under this Article if the person asserts that:
        (1) in the proceedings which resulted in his or her
    conviction there was a substantial denial of his or her
    rights under the Constitution of the United States or of
    the State of Illinois or both; or
        (2) the death penalty was imposed and there is newly
    discovered evidence not available to the person at the time
    of the proceeding that resulted in his or her conviction
    that establishes a substantial basis to believe that the
    defendant is actually innocent by clear and convincing
    evidence.
    (a-5) A proceeding under paragraph (2) of subsection (a)
may be commenced within a reasonable period of time after the
person's conviction notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Article. In such a proceeding regarding actual innocence,
if the court determines the petition is frivolous or is
patently without merit, it shall dismiss the petition in a
written order, specifying the findings of fact and conclusions
of law it made in reaching its decision. Such order of
dismissal is a final judgment and shall be served upon the
petitioner by certified mail within 10 days of its entry.
    (b) The proceeding shall be commenced by filing with the
clerk of the court in which the conviction took place a
petition (together with a copy thereof) verified by affidavit.
Petitioner shall also serve another copy upon the State's
Attorney by any of the methods provided in Rule 7 of the
Supreme Court. The clerk shall docket the petition for
consideration by the court pursuant to Section 122-2.1 upon his
or her receipt thereof and bring the same promptly to the
attention of the court.
    (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a-5), if
the petitioner is under sentence of death and a petition for
writ of certiorari is filed, no proceedings under this Article
shall be commenced more than 6 months after the conclusion of
proceedings in the United States Supreme Court denial of a
petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court on
direct appeal, or more than 6 months from the date for filing
such a petition if none is filed, unless the petitioner alleges
facts showing that the delay was not due to his or her culpable
negligence. If a petition for certiorari is not filed, no
proceedings under this Article shall be commenced more than 6
months from the date for filing a certiorari petition, unless
the petitioner alleges facts showing that the delay was not due
to his or her culpable negligence.
    When a defendant has a sentence other than death, no
proceedings under this Article shall be commenced more than 6
months after the conclusion of proceedings in the United States
Supreme Court denial of the Petition for Leave to Appeal to the
Illinois Supreme Court, or more than 6 months from the date for
filing such a petition if none is filed, unless the petitioner
alleges facts showing that the delay was not due to his or her
culpable negligence. If a petition for certiorari is not filed,
no proceedings under this Article shall be commenced more than
6 months from the date for filing a certiorari petition, unless
the petitioner alleges facts showing that the delay was not due
to his or her culpable negligence. If a defendant does not file
a direct appeal, the post-conviction petition shall be filed no
later than 3 years from the date of conviction, unless the
petitioner alleges facts showing that the delay was not due to
his or her culpable negligence.
    This limitation does not apply to a petition advancing a
claim of actual innocence.
    (d) A person seeking relief by filing a petition under this
Section must specify in the petition or its heading that it is
filed under this Section. A trial court that has received a
petition complaining of a conviction or sentence that fails to
specify in the petition or its heading that it is filed under
this Section need not evaluate the petition to determine
whether it could otherwise have stated some grounds for relief
under this Article.
    (e) A proceeding under this Article may not be commenced on
behalf of a defendant who has been sentenced to death without
the written consent of the defendant, unless the defendant,
because of a mental or physical condition, is incapable of
asserting his or her own claim.
    (f) Only one petition may be filed by a petitioner under
this Article without leave of the court. Leave of court may be
granted only if a petitioner demonstrates cause for his or her
failure to bring the claim in his or her initial
post-conviction proceedings and prejudice results from that
failure. For purposes of this subsection (f): (1) a prisoner
shows cause by identifying an objective factor that impeded his
or her ability to raise a specific claim during his or her
initial post-conviction proceedings; and (2) a prisoner shows
prejudice by demonstrating that the claim not raised during his
or her initial post-conviction proceedings so infected the
trial that the resulting conviction or sentence violated due
process.
(Source: P.A. 93-493, eff. 1-1-04; 93-605, eff. 11-19-03;
revised 12-9-03.)
 
    Section 15. The State Appellate Defender Act is amended by
changing Section 10 as follows:
 
    (725 ILCS 105/10)  (from Ch. 38, par. 208-10)
    Sec. 10. Powers and duties of State Appellate Defender.
    (a) The State Appellate Defender shall represent indigent
persons on appeal in criminal and delinquent minor proceedings,
when appointed to do so by a court under a Supreme Court Rule
or law of this State.
    (b) The State Appellate Defender shall submit a budget for
the approval of the State Appellate Defender Commission.
    (c) The State Appellate Defender may:
        (1) maintain a panel of private attorneys available to
    serve as counsel on a case basis;
        (2) establish programs, alone or in conjunction with
    law schools, for the purpose of utilizing volunteer law
    students as legal assistants;
        (3) cooperate and consult with state agencies,
    professional associations, and other groups concerning the
    causes of criminal conduct, the rehabilitation and
    correction of persons charged with and convicted of crime,
    the administration of criminal justice, and, in counties of
    less than 1,000,000 population, study, design, develop and
    implement model systems for the delivery of trial level
    defender services, and make an annual report to the General
    Assembly;
        (4) provide investigative services to appointed
    counsel and county public defenders;
        (5) in cases in which a death sentence is an authorized
    disposition, provide trial counsel with the assistance of
    expert witnesses, investigators, and mitigation
    specialists from funds appropriated to the State Appellate
    Defender specifically for that purpose by the General
    Assembly. The Office of State Appellate Defender shall not
    be appointed to serve as trial counsel in capital cases.
    (d) For each State fiscal year, the State Appellate
Defender shall appear before the General Assembly and request
appropriations to be made from the Capital Litigation Trust
Fund to the State Treasurer for the purpose of providing
defense assistance in capital cases outside of Cook County and
for expenses incurred by the the State Appellate Defender in
representing petitioners in capital cases in post-conviction
proceedings under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401
of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases and
for the representation of those petitioners by attorneys
approved by or contracted with the State Appellate Defender.
The State Appellate Defender may appear before the General
Assembly at other times during the State's fiscal year to
request supplemental appropriations from the Trust Fund to the
State Treasurer.
    (e) The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the
Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
Act and filing such additional copies with the State Government
Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is
required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library
Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
    Section 20. The Capital Crimes Litigation Act is amended by
changing Section 15 as follows:
 
    (725 ILCS 124/15)
    Sec. 15. Capital Litigation Trust Fund.
    (a) The Capital Litigation Trust Fund is created as a
special fund in the State Treasury. The Trust Fund shall be
administered by the State Treasurer to provide moneys for the
appropriations to be made, grants to be awarded, and
compensation and expenses to be paid under this Act. All
interest earned from the investment or deposit of moneys
accumulated in the Trust Fund shall, under Section 4.1 of the
State Finance Act, be deposited into the Trust Fund.
    (b) Moneys deposited into the Trust Fund shall not be
considered general revenue of the State of Illinois.
    (c) Moneys deposited into the Trust Fund shall be used
exclusively for the purposes of providing funding for the
prosecution and defense of capital cases and for providing
funding for post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under
Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in
relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of
Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases as provided in
this Act and shall not be appropriated, loaned, or in any
manner transferred to the General Revenue Fund of the State of
Illinois.
    (d) Every fiscal year the State Treasurer shall transfer
from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Litigation Trust
Fund an amount equal to the full amount of moneys appropriated
by the General Assembly (both by original and supplemental
appropriation), less any unexpended balance from the previous
fiscal year, from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund for the
specific purpose of making funding available for the
prosecution and defense of capital cases and for the litigation
expenses associated with post-conviction proceedings in
capital cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under
Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to
capital cases. The Public Defender and State's Attorney in Cook
County, the State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor, and the Attorney General shall make
annual requests for appropriations from the Trust Fund.
        (1) The Public Defender in Cook County shall request
    appropriations to the State Treasurer for expenses
    incurred by the Public Defender and for funding for private
    appointed defense counsel in Cook County.
        (2) The State's Attorney in Cook County shall request
    an appropriation to the State Treasurer for expenses
    incurred by the State's Attorney.
        (3) The State Appellate Defender shall request a direct
    appropriation from the Trust Fund for expenses incurred by
    the State Appellate Defender in providing assistance to
    trial attorneys under item (c)(5) of Section 10 of the
    State Appellate Defender Act and for expenses incurred by
    the State Appellate Defender in representing petitioners
    in capital cases in post-conviction proceedings under
    Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and
    in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the
    Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases and
    for the representation of those petitioners by attorneys
    approved by or contracted with the State Appellate Defender
    and an appropriation to the State Treasurer for payments
    from the Trust Fund for the defense of cases in counties
    other than Cook County.
        (4) The State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor shall
    request a direct appropriation from the Trust Fund to pay
    expenses incurred by the State's Attorneys Appellate
    Prosecutor and an appropriation to the State Treasurer for
    payments from the Trust Fund for expenses incurred by
    State's Attorneys in counties other than Cook County.
        (5) The Attorney General shall request a direct
    appropriation from the Trust Fund to pay expenses incurred
    by the Attorney General in assisting the State's Attorneys
    in counties other than Cook County and to pay for expenses
    incurred by the Attorney General when the Attorney General
    is ordered by the presiding judge of the Criminal Division
    of the Circuit Court of Cook County to prosecute or
    supervise the prosecution of Cook County cases and for
    expenses incurred by the Attorney General in representing
    the State in post-conviction proceedings in capital cases
    under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
    and in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of
    the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases.
    The Public Defender and State's Attorney in Cook County,
the State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor, and the Attorney General may each request
supplemental appropriations from the Trust Fund during the
fiscal year.
    (e) Moneys in the Trust Fund shall be expended only as
follows:
        (1) To pay the State Treasurer's costs to administer
    the Trust Fund. The amount for this purpose may not exceed
    5% in any one fiscal year of the amount otherwise
    appropriated from the Trust Fund in the same fiscal year.
        (2) To pay the capital litigation expenses of trial
    defense and post-conviction proceedings in capital cases
    under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
    and in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of
    the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases
    including, but not limited to, DNA testing, including DNA
    testing under Section 116-3 of the Code of Criminal
    Procedure of 1963, analysis, and expert testimony,
    investigatory and other assistance, expert, forensic, and
    other witnesses, and mitigation specialists, and grants
    and aid provided to public defenders, appellate defenders,
    and any attorney approved by or contracted with the State
    Appellate Defender representing petitioners in
    post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under Article
    122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in
    relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the
    Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases or
    assistance to attorneys who have been appointed by the
    court to represent defendants who are charged with capital
    crimes.
        (3) To pay the compensation of trial attorneys, other
    than public defenders or appellate defenders, who have been
    appointed by the court to represent defendants who are
    charged with capital crimes or attorneys approved by or
    contracted with the State Appellate Defender to represent
    petitioners in post-conviction proceedings in capital
    cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
    of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under Section
    2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to
    capital cases.
        (4) To provide State's Attorneys with funding for
    capital litigation expenses and for expenses of
    representing the State in post-conviction proceedings in
    capital cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal
    Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under
    Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation
    to capital cases including, but not limited to,
    investigatory and other assistance and expert, forensic,
    and other witnesses necessary to prosecute capital cases.
    State's Attorneys in any county other than Cook County
    seeking funding for capital litigation expenses and for
    expenses of representing the State in post-conviction
    proceedings in capital cases under Article 122 of the Code
    of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions
    filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure
    in relation to capital cases including, but not limited to,
    investigatory and other assistance and expert, forensic,
    or other witnesses under this Section may request that the
    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor or the Attorney
    General, as the case may be, certify the expenses as
    reasonable, necessary, and appropriate for payment from
    the Trust Fund, on a form created by the State Treasurer.
    Upon certification of the expenses and delivery of the
    certification to the State Treasurer, the Treasurer shall
    pay the expenses directly from the Capital Litigation Trust
    Fund if there are sufficient moneys in the Trust Fund to
    pay the expenses.
        (5) To provide financial support through the Attorney
    General pursuant to the Attorney General Act for the
    several county State's Attorneys outside of Cook County,
    but shall not be used to increase personnel for the
    Attorney General's Office, except when the Attorney
    General is ordered by the presiding judge of the Criminal
    Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County to prosecute
    or supervise the prosecution of Cook County cases.
        (6) To provide financial support through the State's
    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor pursuant to the State's
    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act for the several
    county State's Attorneys outside of Cook County, but shall
    not be used to increase personnel for the State's Attorneys
    Appellate Prosecutor.
        (7) To provide financial support to the State Appellate
    Defender pursuant to the State Appellate Defender Act.
    Moneys expended from the Trust Fund shall be in addition to
county funding for Public Defenders and State's Attorneys, and
shall not be used to supplant or reduce ordinary and customary
county funding.
    (f) Moneys in the Trust Fund shall be appropriated to the
State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor, the Attorney General, and the State Treasurer. The
State Appellate Defender shall receive an appropriation from
the Trust Fund to enable it to provide assistance to appointed
defense counsel and attorneys approved by or contracted with
the State Appellate Defender to represent petitioners in
post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under Article 122
of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in relation to
petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil
Procedure in relation to capital cases throughout the State and
to Public Defenders in counties other than Cook. The State's
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and the Attorney General shall
receive appropriations from the Trust Fund to enable them to
provide assistance to State's Attorneys in counties other than
Cook County and when the Attorney General is ordered by the
presiding judge of the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court
of Cook County to prosecute or supervise the prosecution of
Cook County cases. Moneys shall be appropriated to the State
Treasurer to enable the Treasurer (i) to make grants to Cook
County, (ii) to pay the expenses of Public Defenders, the State
Appellate Defender, the Attorney General, the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, and State's Attorneys
in counties other than Cook County, (iii) to pay the expenses
and compensation of appointed defense counsel and attorneys
approved by or contracted with the State Appellate Defender to
represent petitioners in post-conviction proceedings in
capital cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under
Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to
capital cases in counties other than Cook County, and (iv) to
pay the costs of administering the Trust Fund. All expenditures
and grants made from the Trust Fund shall be subject to audit
by the Auditor General.
    (g) For Cook County, grants from the Trust Fund shall be
made and administered as follows:
        (1) For each State fiscal year, the State's Attorney
    and Public Defender must each make a separate application
    to the State Treasurer for capital litigation grants.
        (2) The State Treasurer shall establish rules and
    procedures for grant applications. The rules shall require
    the Cook County Treasurer as the grant recipient to report
    on a periodic basis to the State Treasurer how much of the
    grant has been expended, how much of the grant is
    remaining, and the purposes for which the grant has been
    used. The rules may also require the Cook County Treasurer
    to certify on a periodic basis that expenditures of the
    funds have been made for expenses that are reasonable,
    necessary, and appropriate for payment from the Trust Fund.
        (3) The State Treasurer shall make the grants to the
    Cook County Treasurer as soon as possible after the
    beginning of the State fiscal year.
        (4) The State's Attorney or Public Defender may apply
    for supplemental grants during the fiscal year.
        (5) Grant moneys shall be paid to the Cook County
    Treasurer in block grants and held in separate accounts for
    the State's Attorney, the Public Defender, and court
    appointed defense counsel other than the Cook County Public
    Defender, respectively, for the designated fiscal year,
    and are not subject to county appropriation.
        (6) Expenditure of grant moneys under this subsection
    (g) is subject to audit by the Auditor General.
        (7) The Cook County Treasurer shall immediately make
    payment from the appropriate separate account in the county
    treasury for capital litigation expenses to the State's
    Attorney, Public Defender, or court appointed defense
    counsel other than the Public Defender, as the case may be,
    upon order of the State's Attorney, Public Defender or the
    court, respectively.
    (h) If a defendant in a capital case in Cook County is
represented by court appointed counsel other than the Cook
County Public Defender, the appointed counsel shall petition
the court for an order directing the Cook County Treasurer to
pay the court appointed counsel's reasonable and necessary
compensation and capital litigation expenses from grant moneys
provided from the Trust Fund. These petitions shall be
considered in camera. Orders denying petitions for
compensation or expenses are final. Counsel may not petition
for expenses that may have been provided or compensated by the
State Appellate Defender under item (c)(5) of Section 10 of the
State Appellate Defender Act.
    (i) In counties other than Cook County, and when the
Attorney General is ordered by the presiding judge of the
Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County to
prosecute or supervise the prosecution of Cook County cases,
and excluding capital litigation expenses or services that may
have been provided by the State Appellate Defender under item
(c)(5) of Section 10 of the State Appellate Defender Act:
        (1) Upon certification by the circuit court, on a form
    created by the State Treasurer, that all or a portion of
    the expenses are reasonable, necessary, and appropriate
    for payment from the Trust Fund and the court's delivery of
    the certification to the Treasurer, the Treasurer shall pay
    the certified expenses of Public Defenders and the State
    Appellate Defender from the money appropriated to the
    Treasurer for capital litigation expenses of Public
    Defenders and post-conviction proceeding expenses in
    capital cases of the State Appellate Defender and expenses
    in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the
    Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases in any
    county other than Cook County, if there are sufficient
    moneys in the Trust Fund to pay the expenses.
        (2) If a defendant in a capital case is represented by
    court appointed counsel other than the Public Defender, the
    appointed counsel shall petition the court to certify
    compensation and capital litigation expenses including,
    but not limited to, investigatory and other assistance,
    expert, forensic, and other witnesses, and mitigation
    specialists as reasonable, necessary, and appropriate for
    payment from the Trust Fund. If a petitioner in a capital
    case who has filed a petition for post-conviction relief
    under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
    or a petition under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil
    Procedure in relation to capital cases is represented by an
    attorney approved by or contracted with the State Appellate
    Defender other than the State Appellate Defender, that
    attorney shall petition the court to certify compensation
    and litigation expenses of post-conviction proceedings
    under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
    or in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of
    the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases.
    Upon certification on a form created by the State Treasurer
    of all or a portion of the compensation and expenses
    certified as reasonable, necessary, and appropriate for
    payment from the Trust Fund and the court's delivery of the
    certification to the Treasurer, the State Treasurer shall
    pay the certified compensation and expenses from the money
    appropriated to the Treasurer for that purpose, if there
    are sufficient moneys in the Trust Fund to make those
    payments.
        (3) A petition for capital litigation expenses or
    post-conviction proceeding expenses or expenses incurred
    in filing a petition under Section 2-1401 of the Code of
    Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases under this
    subsection shall be considered in camera. Orders denying
    petitions for compensation or expenses are final.
    (j) If the Trust Fund is discontinued or dissolved by an
Act of the General Assembly or by operation of law, any balance
remaining in the Trust Fund shall be returned to the General
Revenue Fund after deduction of administrative costs, any other
provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
(Source: P.A. 93-127, eff. 1-1-04; 93-605, eff. 11-19-03;
revised 12-9-03.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.