093_SB1885
LRB093 11058 LRD 11761 b
1 AN ACT in relation to civil rights.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Attorney General Act is amended by adding
5 Section 6.6 as follows:
6 (15 ILCS 205/6.6 new)
7 Sec. 6.6. Office of Civil Rights.
8 (a) There is hereby created within the criminal division
9 of the Office of the Attorney General an Office of Civil
10 Rights, which is empowered to investigate official misconduct
11 by prosecutors as provided in this Section. The Office of
12 Civil Rights shall have the duty to investigate and bring
13 criminal charges against a prosecutor who does not carry out
14 his or her official duties by failing to prosecute a case
15 when there is substantial evidence warranting the prosecution
16 of the case.
17 (b) The Office of Civil Rights may initiate
18 investigations of prosecutors under this Section and may
19 respond to allegations of prosecutorial misconduct by private
20 citizens and citizens groups. A person who refers an
21 allegation of misconduct or provides testimony or other
22 assistance to the Office of Civil Rights under this Section
23 shall not be subject to discrimination in employment or other
24 retaliation as a result of that referral or other assistance.
25 (c) For the purpose of this Section, the term
26 "prosecutor" means the Attorney General, an attorney employed
27 by the Office of the Attorney General, a state's attorney, or
28 an attorney who is employed by a state's attorney.