95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2751

 

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Robert S. Molaro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 105/6   from Ch. 38, par. 208-6

    Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the commission.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB2751 LRB095 00984 RLC 20986 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Appellate Defender Act is amended by
5 changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6     (725 ILCS 105/6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 208-6)
7     Sec. 6. Powers and and Duties of Commission.
8     (a) 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.
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.
18     (d) The commission shall exercise such other powers and
19 duties as the Supreme Court by rule may provide.
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

 

 

HB2751 - 2 - LRB095 00984 RLC 20986 b

1 may require the State Appellate Defender to submit additional
2 or amended reports on any phase of the operation of his office.
3 (Source: P.A. 77-2633.)