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92_SB2086

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning criminal procedure.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Code  of  Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
 5    amended by changing Section 113-3 as follows:

 6        (725 ILCS 5/113-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 113-3)
 7        Sec. 113-3.  (a) Every person  charged  with  an  offense
 8    shall  be  allowed counsel before pleading to the charge.  If
 9    the defendant desires counsel and has been unable  to  obtain
10    same  before  arraignment  the  court  shall  recess court or
11    continue the cause for a reasonable time to permit  defendant
12    to obtain counsel and consult with him before pleading to the
13    charge. If the accused is a dissolved corporation, and is not
14    represented  by  counsel,  the  court may, in the interest of
15    justice, appoint as  counsel  a  licensed  attorney  of  this
16    State.
17        (b)  In  all  cases,  except  where the penalty is a fine
18    only, if the court determines that the defendant is  indigent
19    and  desires  counsel, the Public Defender shall be appointed
20    as counsel.  If there is no Public Defender in the county  or
21    if  the  defendant  requests  counsel  other  than the Public
22    Defender and the court finds that the rights of the defendant
23    will be prejudiced by the appointment of the Public Defender,
24    the court shall appoint as counsel a licensed attorney at law
25    of this State, except that in a county having a population of
26    2,000,000 or more the Public Defender shall be  appointed  as
27    counsel  in  all  misdemeanor  cases  where  the defendant is
28    indigent  and  desires  counsel  unless  the  case   involves
29    multiple  defendants,  in  which  case  the court may appoint
30    counsel other than the Public  Defender  for  the  additional
31    defendants.  The  court  shall require an affidavit signed by
 
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 1    any defendant who  requests  court-appointed  counsel.   Such
 2    affidavit  shall  be  in  the form established by the Supreme
 3    Court containing  sufficient  information  to  ascertain  the
 4    assets  and  liabilities  of  that  defendant.  The Court may
 5    direct the Clerk of the Circuit Court to assist the defendant
 6    in the completion of the affidavit.  Any person who knowingly
 7    files such affidavit containing false information  concerning
 8    his  assets  and   liabilities  shall be liable to the county
 9    where the case, in which such false affidavit  is  filed,  is
10    pending  for the reasonable value of the services rendered by
11    the public defender or other court-appointed counsel  in  the
12    case  to  the  extent  that  such  services  were unjustly or
13    falsely procured.
14        (c)  Upon  the  filing  with  the  court  of  a  verified
15    statement of services rendered  the  court  shall  order  the
16    county  treasurer of the county of trial to pay counsel other
17    than the Public Defender a reasonable fee.  The  court  shall
18    consider   all  relevant  circumstances,  including  but  not
19    limited to the time spent while court is  in  session,  other
20    time  spent  in  representing  the  defendant,  and  expenses
21    reasonably   incurred   by   counsel.   In  counties  with  a
22    population greater than 2,000,000, the court shall order  the
23    county  treasurer of the county of trial to pay counsel other
24    than the Public Defender a reasonable fee stated in the order
25    and based upon a rate of compensation of not  more  than  $40
26    for  each  hour  spent while court is in session and not more
27    than  $30  for  each  hour  otherwise  spent  representing  a
28    defendant, and such compensation shall not  exceed  $150  for
29    each  defendant represented in misdemeanor cases and $1250 in
30    felony cases, in addition to expenses reasonably incurred  as
31    hereinafter   in  this  Section  provided,  except  that,  in
32    extraordinary circumstances, payment in excess of the  limits
33    herein  stated  may be made if the trial court certifies that
34    such payment is necessary to provide  fair  compensation  for
 
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 1    protracted  representation.   A trial court may entertain the
 2    filing of this verified statement before the  termination  of
 3    the  cause,  and  may  order  the provisional payment of sums
 4    during the pendency of the cause. In capital cases, the court
 5    is not bound by the limitations prescribed in this subsection
 6    (c), but shall pay counsel fees that are reasonably necessary
 7    for the proper conduct of the case.  Fees  in  capital  cases
 8    must  be  in  an  amount equal to the average hourly rate for
 9    counsel in capital cases in the county in which the  case  is
10    tried.
11        (d)  In  capital  cases,  in  addition to counsel, if the
12    court determines that the defendant  is  indigent  the  court
13    may,  upon  the filing with the court of a verified statement
14    of services rendered,  order  the  county  Treasurer  of  the
15    county  of  trial  to  pay  necessary  expert  witnesses  for
16    defendant  reasonable compensation, in an amount equal to the
17    average hourly rate  for  that  type  of  expert  witness  in
18    capital  cases  in  the  county  in  which the case is tried,
19    stated in the order not to exceed $250  for  each  defendant.
20    Upon  payment  of  the ordered expenses, the county treasurer
21    may apply to the State Treasurer for  reimbursement  for  the
22    ordered expenses from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund.
23        (e)  If  the  court  in  any  county  having a population
24    greater than  2,000,000  determines  that  the  defendant  is
25    indigent  the  court may, upon the filing with the court of a
26    verified  statement  of  such  expenses,  order  the   county
27    treasurer  of  the county of trial, in such counties having a
28    population greater than 2,000,000 to pay the general expenses
29    of the trial incurred by the defendant not to exceed $50  for
30    each defendant.
31        (f)  The   provisions   of   this   Section  relating  to
32    appointment of counsel, compensation of counsel, and  payment
33    of   expenses   in   capital  cases  apply  except  when  the
34    compensation  and  expenses  are  being  provided  under  the
 
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 1    Capital Crimes Litigation Act.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00.)

 3        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 4    becoming law.

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