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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1360 Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Brian W. Stewart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 730 ILCS 5/3-6-5 | from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-5 |
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if it is determined that a person who is charged with committing an offense while confined by the Department of Corrections is indigent and eligible for representation by the public defender, the expense of the defense shall be paid by the Department (rather than in all cases of prisoner crime committed while the prisoner is confined by the Department the expense of prosecution
shall be paid by the Department).
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| | SB1360 | | LRB101 09038 SLF 54131 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3-6-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-6-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-6-5. Crimes Committed by Persons Confined by the |
| 8 | | Department.
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| 9 | | When any person is charged with committing an offense while |
| 10 | | confined by
the Department, cognizance thereof shall be taken |
| 11 | | by the circuit court of
the county wherein such crime was |
| 12 | | committed. Such court shall adjudicate
and sentence the person |
| 13 | | charged with such crime in the same manner and
subject to the |
| 14 | | same rules and limitations as are now established by law in
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| 15 | | relation to other persons charged with crime. If it is |
| 16 | | determined that the person is indigent and eligible for |
| 17 | | representation by the public defender, the expense of the |
| 18 | | defense shall be paid by the Department. The expense of |
| 19 | | prosecution
shall be paid by the Department.
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| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 77-2097.)
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