(70 ILCS 1215/36) (from Ch. 24 1/2, par. 149)
Sec. 36.
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 a
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 the 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 request the aid of other prosecuting attorneys.
(Source: P.A. 83-334.)
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