Public Act 095-0893
 
SB2657 Enrolled LRB095 05408 RCE 25498 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee
Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 3929/2)
    Sec. 2. Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee.
    (a) There is created the Capital Punishment Reform Study
Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee,
consisting of 15 members appointed as follows:
        (1) Three members appointed by the President of the
    Senate;
        (2) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the
    Senate;
        (3) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House
    of Representatives;
        (4) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the
    House of Representatives;
        (5) One member appointed by the Attorney General;
        (6) One member appointed by the Governor;
        (7) One member appointed by the Cook County State's
    Attorney;
        (8) One member appointed by the Office of the Cook
    County Public Defender;
        (9) One member appointed by the Office of the State
    Appellate Defender; and
        (10) One member appointed by the office of the State's
    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor.
    (b) The Committee shall study the impact of the various
reforms to the capital punishment system enacted by the 93rd
General Assembly and annually report to the General Assembly on
the effects of these reforms. Each report shall include:
        (1) The impact of the reforms on the issue of
    uniformity and proportionality in the application of the
    death penalty including, but not limited to, the tracking
    of data related to whether the reforms have eliminated the
    statistically significant differences in sentencing
    related to the geographic location of the homicide and the
    race of the victim found by the Governor's Commission on
    Capital Punishment in its report issued on April 15, 2002.
        (2) The implementation of training for police,
    prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges as recommended
    by the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment.
        (3) The impact of the various reforms on the quality of
    evidence used during capital prosecutions.
        (4) The quality of representation provided by defense
    counsel to defendants in capital prosecutions.
        (5) The impact of the various reforms on the costs
    associated with the administration of the Illinois capital
    punishment system.
    (c) The Committee shall hold hearings on a periodic basis
to receive testimony from the public regarding the manner in
which reforms have impacted the capital punishment system.
    (d) The Committee shall submit its final report to the
General Assembly no later than December 31, 2009 5 years after
the effective date of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-605, eff. 11-19-03.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/22/2008