102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB2195

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 185/50 new
725 ILCS 185/51 new
725 ILCS 185/52 new
725 ILCS 185/60 new
725 ILCS 185/61 new
725 ILCS 185/62 new
725 ILCS 185/70 new
725 ILCS 185/71 new
725 ILCS 185/72 new

    Amends the Pretrial Services Act. Creates the Public Defender Pretrial Grant Program. Determines which counties and circuit courts are eligible for the program. Provides for the administration of the program. Creates the Pretrial Data Collection Grant Program. Determines which counties and circuit courts are eligible for the program Provides for the administration of the program. Effective Immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Pretrial Services Act is amended by adding
5Sections 50, 51, 52, 60, 61, 62, 70, 71, and 72 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 185/50 new)
7    Sec. 50. Public Defender Pretrial Grant Program.
8    (a) There is created a Public Defender Pretrial Grant
9Program. The purpose of this grant program is to assist
10circuit courts and counties in implementing Sections 109-1 and
11110-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, which
12requires counsel at pretrial hearings.
13    (b)The Public Defender Pretrial Grant Program is to be
14administered by the Administrative Office of the Illinois
15Courts, under the direction of the Illinois Supreme Court.
16    (c) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall
17request funds for this grant program in addition to its annual
18appropriation. The Administrative Office of the Illinois
19Courts may also seek contributions and grants to supplement
20all State funds appropriated for this grant program.
 
21    (725 ILCS 185/51 new)
22    Sec. 51. Eligible counties and circuit courts.

 

 

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1    (a) Any county that has not employed a full-time public
2defender on or before January 1, 2021 is eligible to apply for
3a grant under this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
4Assembly. Additionally, the Administrative Office of the
5Illinois Courts may also establish a county population
6threshold for grant eligibility and workload or caseload
7guidelines for grant eligibility.
8    (b) The costs of training programs established by the
9Illinois Judicial College for public defenders with respect to
10pretrial and pretrial cases may be included in the Public
11Defender Pretrial Grant Program if sufficient funding is made
12available.
13    (c) The application for the grant shall be made by the
14Chief Judge of the Circuit in which the county is located. The
15Chief Judge shall administer the grant locally. Any group of
16eligible counties within the same circuit court may jointly
17apply for a Public Defender Pretrial Grant.
 
18    (725 ILCS 185/52 new)
19    Sec. 52. Public Defender Pretrial Grant Program
20administration.
21    (a) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may
22adopt rules for the administration of the Public Defender
23Pretrial Grant Program. The rules shall be in effect only
24after they are approved by the Supreme Court.
25    (b) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall

 

 

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1publish grant guidelines, rules, and grant application forms
2on the agency's World Wide Web site.
3    (c) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may
4work with any law school to establish internship programs and
5mentoring programs for the training of law students and
6lawyers in representing individuals in pretrial release
7hearings. The Supreme Court may authorize law students with a
8provisional license to practice law to represent individuals
9seeking pretrial release.
 
10    (725 ILCS 185/60 new)
11    Sec. 60. Pretrial Court Reminder Notification Grant
12Program.
13    (a) There is hereby created a Pretrial Court Reminder
14Notification Grant Program. The purpose of this grant program
15is to assist circuit courts and counties implementing the
16pretrial provisions of Public Act 100-1 and the pretrial and
17No Cash Bail provisions enacted by the 102nd General Assembly.
18    (b)The Pretrial Court Reminder Notification Grant Program
19is to be administered by the Administrative Office of the
20Illinois Courts, under the direction of the Illinois Supreme
21Court.
22    (c) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall
23request funds for this grant program in addition to its annual
24appropriation. The Administrative Office of the Illinois
25Courts may also seek contributions and grants to supplement

 

 

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1all State funds appropriated for this grant program.
 
2    (725 ILCS 185/61 new)
3    Sec. 61. Eligible counties and circuit courts.
4    (a) As of January 1, 2021, any county or circuit court is
5eligible to apply for a Pretrial Court Reminder Notification
6Grant under this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
7Additionally, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
8may also establish a county population threshold for grant
9eligibility and caseload guidelines for grant eligibility.
10    (b) The costs of training programs established by the
11Illinois Judicial College for with respect to pretrial and
12pretrial caseloads may be included in the Pretrial Court
13Reminder Notification Grant Program, if sufficient funding is
14made available.
15    (c) The application for the grant shall be made by the
16Chief Judge of the Circuit in which the county is located. Such
17Chief Judge shall administer the grant locally. Any group of
18eligible counties within the same circuit court may jointly
19apply for a Pretrial Court Reminder Notification Grant.
 
20    (725 ILCS 185/62 new)
21    Sec. 62. Pretrial Court Reminder Notification Grant
22Program Administration.
23    (a) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may
24promulgate rules for the administration of the Pretrial Court

 

 

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1Reminder Notification Grant Program. The rules shall be in
2effect only after they are approved by the Supreme Court.
3    (b) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall
4publish grant guidelines, rules, and grant application forms
5on the agency's World Wide Web site.
6    (c) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may
7establish uniform provisions, minimum hardware and software
8components for establishing and maintaining a Pretrial Court
9Reminder Notification system, and maintain a list of approved
10vendors meeting sufficient standards to design, implement or
11support a Pretrial Release Court Reminder Notification system
12by the circuit court or county applicant.
 
13    (725 ILCS 185/70 new)
14    Sec. 70. Pretrial Data Collection Grant Program.
15    (a) There is hereby created a Pretrial Data Collection
16Grant Program. The purpose of this grant program is to assist
17circuit courts and counties for startup costs and costs
18implementing pretrial data collection and reporting in Section
197.7 of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act.
20    (b)The Pretrial Data Collection Grant Program is to be
21administered by the Administrative Office of the Illinois
22Courts, under the direction of the Illinois Supreme Court.
23    (c) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall
24request funds for this grant program in addition to its annual
25appropriation. The Administrative Office of the Illinois

 

 

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1Courts may also seek contributions and grants to supplement
2all State funds appropriated for this grant program.
 
3    (725 ILCS 185/71 new)
4    Sec. 71. Eligible counties and circuit courts.
5    (a) As of January 1, 2021, any county or circuit court is
6eligible to apply for a Pretrial Data Collection Grant under
7this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
8Additionally, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
9may also establish a county population threshold for grant
10eligibility and caseload guidelines for grant eligibility.
11    (b) The costs of training programs established by the
12Illinois Judicial College with respect to data collection for
13Pretrial and bail caseloads may be included in the Pretrial
14Data Collection Grant Program, if sufficient funding is made
15available.
16    (c) The application for the grant shall be made by the
17Chief Judge of the Circuit in which the county is located. Such
18Chief Judge shall administer the grant locally. Any group of
19eligible counties within the same circuit court may jointly
20apply for a Pretrial Release Court Reminder Notification
21Grant.
 
22    (725 ILCS 185/72 new)
23    Sec. 72. Pretrial Data Collection Grant Program
24administration.

 

 

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1    (a) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may
2promulgate rules for the administration of the Pretrial Data
3Collection Grant Program. The rules shall be in effect only
4after they are approved by the Supreme Court.
5    (b) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall
6publish grant guidelines, rules, and grant application forms
7on the agency's World Wide Web site.
8    (c) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts may
9establish uniform provisions, minimum hardware and software
10components for establishing and maintaining a Pretrial Data
11Collection system, and maintain a list of approved vendors
12meeting sufficient standards to design, implement or support a
13Pretrial Data Collection Grant system by the circuit court or
14county applicant.
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.