(70 ILCS 1210/33) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 113)
Sec. 33.
Whenever the Attorney General or the State's attorney for the
county in which an offense under this Act is alleged to have been committed
shall refuse to prosecute the person or persons alleged to have committed
such an offense, or shall fail to prosecute such person or persons after
the lapse of 30 days from the date the alleged offense is
brought to his or her attention, then any taxpayer may apply to the
circuit court of such county for the appointment of a special
attorney to conduct a prosecution of such person or persons and upon such
application the court
may appoint some competent attorney to prosecute the person or persons
alleged to have committed the offense and the special attorney so appointed
shall have the same power and authority in relation to any prosecution for
violation of this Act against such person or persons as the Attorney
General or the State's attorney would have had in prosecuting any violation
of this Act, and such special attorney shall conduct and control such
prosecution unless he or she request the aid of other prosecuting officers.
(Source: P.A. 83-334.)
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