HB1137 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1137

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

725 ILCS 105/6

from Ch. 38, par. 208-6

Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the State Appellate Defender Commission.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Appellate Defender Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

(725 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 208-6)

Sec. 6. Powers and Duties of Commission.

(a) The The commission shall advise the State Appellate Defender and may, subject to rules of the Supreme Court, recommend policies for the operation of the office of State Appellate Defender.

(b) The commission shall approve or modify an operational budget submitted to it by the State Appellate Defender and set the number of employees each year.

(c) The commission may recommend to the Supreme Court the removal of the State Appellate Defender if the commission has reasonable grounds for making such recommendation.

(d) The commission shall exercise such other powers and duties as the Supreme Court by rule may provide.

(e) The State Appellate Defender shall submit reports to the commission on the operation of his office at each semi-annual meeting. He shall submit a comprehensive report to the commission at the end of each fiscal year. The commission may require the State Appellate Defender to submit additional or amended reports on any phase of the operation of his office.

(Source: P.A. 77-2633.)