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90_HB2626
405 ILCS 5/3-101 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-101
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Code. Makes a technical change in a provision providing that
the State's Attorneys of the several counties shall represent
the State in cases regarding admission, transfer, and
discharge procedures for the mentally ill.
LRB9009128SMdv
LRB9009128SMdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Mental Health and Developmental
2 Disabilities Code by changing Section 3-101.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
6 Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-101 as
7 follows:
8 (405 ILCS 5/3-101) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-101)
9 Sec. 3-101. The State's Attorneys of the several
10 counties shall represent the people of the State of Illinois
11 in court proceedings under this Chapter and in proceedings
12 under Section 2-107.1 in their respective counties, shall
13 attend such proceedings either in person or by assistant, and
14 shall ensure that petitions, reports and orders are properly
15 prepared. Nothing herein contained in this Section shall
16 prevent any party from being represented by his own counsel.
17 (Source: P.A. 89-439, eff. 6-1-96.)