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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0081
Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that each county must adopt standards for the delivery of public defense services. Sets forth certain criteria for the standards.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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SB0081 |
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LRB095 04092 HLH 24130 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 3-4012 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/3-4012 new) |
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| Sec. 3-4012. Public defender; standards. In addition to any |
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| other requirements of this Code, each county must adopt |
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| standards for the delivery of public defense services, whether |
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| those services are provided by contract, assigned counsel, or a |
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| public defender office. The standards must include the |
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| following: compensation of counsel, duties and |
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| responsibilities of counsel, case-load limits and types of |
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| cases, responsibility for expert-witness fees and other costs |
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| associated with representation, administrative expenses, |
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| support services, reports of attorney activity and vouchers, |
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| training, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of attorneys, |
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| substitution of attorneys or assignment of contracts, |
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| limitations on private practice of contract attorneys, |
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| qualifications of attorneys, disposition of client complaints, |
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| cause for termination of contract or removal of attorney, and |
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| nondiscrimination. In the case of a public defender's office |
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| established under Section 3-4003 of this Code, the |
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