(55 ILCS 5/5-18003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18003)
    Sec. 5-18003. Powers of Council. The Council is empowered to prepare and cause to be printed any and all drafts of bills intended to carry out its recommendations, as well as any and all reports, memoranda or other papers necessary or incident to the performance of its tasks. Its members, with a view to obtaining information and suggestions which will aid in the attainment of its objects, are authorized to visit and observe the courts of other jurisdictions and to attend meetings of professional bodies and of associations and groups engaged in study or research or other work contributing to the modernization of law or procedure or otherwise looking to better standards of civil or criminal justice.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)