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                                     LRB093 04396 RLC 14505 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1281

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1281,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by inserting after the enacting clause the following:

 4        "Section  1.  Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
 5    Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee Act.

 6        Section 2. Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee.
 7        (a)  There is created the Capital Punishment Reform Study
 8    Committee,  hereinafter  referred  to   as   the   Committee,
 9    consisting of 15 members appointed as follows:
10             (1)  Three members appointed by the President of the
11        Senate;
12             (2)  Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of
13        the Senate;
14             (3)  Three  members  appointed by the Speaker of the
15        House of  Representatives;
16             (4)  Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of
17        the House of   Representatives;
18             (5)  One member appointed by the Attorney General;
19             (6)  One member appointed by the Governor;
20             (7)  One member appointed by the Cook County State's
21        Attorney;
22             (8)  One member appointed by the Office of the  Cook
 
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 1        County Public  Defender; and
 2             (9)  One member appointed by the Office of the State
 3        Appellate Defender.
 4        (b)  The  Committee shall study the impact of the various
 5    reforms to the capital punishment system enacted by the  93rd
 6    General  Assembly and annually report to the General Assembly
 7    on the effects of these reforms. Each report shall include:
 8             (1)  The impact of  the  reforms  on  the  issue  of
 9        uniformity  and proportionality in the application of the
10        death penalty including, but not limited to, the tracking
11        of data related to whether the  reforms  have  eliminated
12        the  statistically  significant differences in sentencing
13        related to the geographic location of  the  homicide  and
14        the race of the victim found by the Governor's Commission
15        on  Capital  Punishment in its report issued on April 15,
16        2002.
17             (2)  The  implementation  of  training  for  police,
18        prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges as recommended
19        by the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment.
20             (3)  The  impact  of  the  various  reforms  on  the
21        quality of evidence used during capital prosecutions.
22             (4)  The  quality  of  representation  provided   by
23        defense counsel to defendants in capital prosecutions.
24             (5)  The  impact of the various reforms on the costs
25        associated with the      administration of  the  Illinois
26        capital punishment system.
27        (c)  The  Committee  shall  hold  hearings  on a periodic
28    basis to receive testimony  from  the  public  regarding  the
29    manner  in which reforms have impacted the capital punishment
30    system.
31        (d)  The Committee shall submit its final report  to  the
32    General  Assembly  no  later than 5 years after the effective
33    date of this Act.".