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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1137 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 725 ILCS 105/6 | from Ch. 38, par. 208-6 |
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Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section
concerning the powers and duties of the State Appellate Defender Commission.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1137 | | LRB102 03152 RLC 13165 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Appellate Defender Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (725 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 208-6)
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| 7 | | Sec. 6. Powers and
Duties of Commission. |
| 8 | | (a) The
The commission shall advise the State Appellate |
| 9 | | Defender and may,
subject to rules of the Supreme Court, |
| 10 | | recommend policies for the operation
of the office of State |
| 11 | | Appellate Defender. |
| 12 | | (b) The commission shall approve or modify an operational |
| 13 | | budget
submitted to it by the State Appellate Defender and set |
| 14 | | the number of
employees each year.
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| 15 | | (c) The commission may recommend to the Supreme Court the |
| 16 | | removal of the
State Appellate Defender if the commission has |
| 17 | | reasonable grounds for
making such recommendation.
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| 18 | | (d) The commission shall exercise such other powers and |
| 19 | | duties as the
Supreme Court by rule may provide.
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| 20 | | (e) The State Appellate Defender shall submit reports to |
| 21 | | the commission
on the operation of his office at each |
| 22 | | semi-annual meeting. He shall submit
a comprehensive report to |
| 23 | | the commission at the end of each fiscal year.
The commission |