SB2562 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2562

Introduced 1/13/2010, by Sen. Dan Cronin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/3-4000

from Ch. 34, par. 3-4000

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the need for an effective county public defender system.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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 3-4000 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/3-4000) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-4000)

Sec. 3-4000. Legislative declaration. The The General Assembly recognizes that quality legal representation in criminal and related proceedings is a fundamental right of the people of the State of Illinois and that there should be no distinction in the availability of quality legal representation based upon a person's inability to pay. Therefore, it is the intent of the General Assembly to provide for effective county public defender systems throughout the State and encourage the active and substantial participation of the private bar in the representation of indigent defendants.

(Source: P.A. 87-111.)