102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5367

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/4-2003  from Ch. 34, par. 4-2003

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that an assistant State's Attorney shall be named in writing by the State's Attorney of the county (rather than assistant State's Attorneys are to be named by the State's Attorney of the county). Provides that, when the public interest so requires special assistant State's Attorneys in any county, the number of such special assistants shall be determined by the county board and the salaries of such special assistants shall be fixed by the State's Attorney subject to budgetary limitations established by the county board and paid out of the county treasury in quarterly annual installments on the order of the county board on the treasurer of said county. Provides that the special assistant State's Attorneys shall be named in writing by the State's Attorney of the county, and, when so appointed, shall take the oath of office in the same manner as State's Attorneys and shall be under the supervision of the State's Attorney (rather than the State's Attorney may appoint qualified attorneys to assist as Special Assistant State's Attorneys when the public interest so requires). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 4-2003 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/4-2003)  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-2003)
7    Sec. 4-2003. Assistants.
8    (a) Except as provided in Section 4-2001, where assistant
9State's Attorneys are required in any county, the number of
10such assistants shall be determined by the county board, and
11the salaries of such assistants shall be fixed by the State's
12Attorney subject to budgetary limitations established by the
13county board and paid out of the county treasury in quarterly
14annual installments, on the order of the county board on the
15treasurer of said county. Such assistant State's Attorneys
16shall are to be named in writing by the State's Attorney of the
17county, and when so appointed shall take the oath of office in
18the same manner as State's Attorneys and shall be under the
19supervision of the State's Attorney.
20    (b) Except as provided in Section 4-2001 and subsection
21(a) of this Section, when the public interest so requires
22special assistant State's Attorneys in any county, the number
23of such special assistants shall be determined by the county

 

 

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1board and the salaries of such special assistants shall be
2fixed by the State's Attorney subject to budgetary limitations
3established by the county board and paid out of the county
4treasury in quarterly annual installments on the order of the
5county board on the treasurer of said county. The special
6assistant State's Attorneys shall be named in writing by the
7State's Attorney of the county, and, when so appointed, shall
8take the oath of office in the same manner as State's Attorneys
9and shall be under the supervision of the State's Attorney.
10The State's Attorney may appoint qualified attorneys to assist
11as Special Assistant State's Attorneys when the public
12interest so requires.
13(Source: P.A. 100-669, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.