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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 549
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 549 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning public defenders."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
8 Section 3-4007 as follows:
9 (55 ILCS 5/3-4007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-4007)
10 Sec. 3-4007. Compensation.
11 (a) The public defender shall be paid out of the county
12 treasury, and the State treasury as provided in subsection
13 (b), as the sole compensation for his or her services a
14 salary in an such amount as shall be fixed by the County
15 Board. which salary in counties of less than 500,000
16 population but in excess of 100,000 shall not be less than
17 40% nor more than 100% of the compensation of the State's
18 Attorneys of such counties and in counties of 100,000 or less
19 population shall not be less than 25% nor more than 100% of
20 the compensation of the State's Attorneys of such counties.
21 When a Public Defender in a county of 30,000 or more
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1 population is receiving not less than 90% of the compensation
2 of the State's Attorney of such county, that Public Defender
3 shall not engage in the private practice of law.
4 (b) The State treasury must pay 66 2/3% of the public
5 defender's annual salary. If the public defender is employed
6 full-time in that capacity, his or her salary must be at
7 least 90% of that county's State's attorney's annual
8 compensation.
9 (c) In cases where 2 or more adjoining counties have
10 joined to form a common office of Public Defender, the salary
11 of the Public Defender shall be set and paid as provided by a
12 joint resolution of the various county boards involved.
13 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)".