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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3563

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3563 as follows:
 3    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 4    following:

 5        "Section  1.  Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
 6    Career Criminal Justice Attorney Retention Act.

 7        Section 5.  As used in this Act:
 8        "Eligible attorney" means an  attorney  who  is  employed
 9    full-time  as an assistant State's attorney, assistant public
10    defender, assistant appellate defender,  assistant  appellate
11    prosecutor, non-supervisory legal aid attorney, and assistant
12    attorney  general  whose application under Section 10 of this
13    Act has been accepted and authorized by the  State  Treasurer
14    to receive assistance to encourage retention by professionals
15    in the criminal justice system.
16        "Education  expenses"  means  the cumulative total of the
17    eligible attorney's cost of attendance at any law  school  at
18    which  the  attorney completed course work required to obtain
19    his or her law degree.

20        Section  10.  Stipend.  Beginning  2  years   after   the
21    effective date of this Act, an eligible attorney may apply to
 
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 1    the State Treasurer on forms furnished by the State Treasurer
 2    for an annual stipend for education expenses.
 3        To  be  accepted for a stipend, an eligible attorney must
 4    meet the following qualifications:
 5             (a)  the attorney is currently licensed to  practice
 6        law in the State of Illinois;
 7             (b)  the  attorney  signs  a  statement  agreeing to
 8        remain in his or her present employment for at least  one
 9        year after receiving the stipend;
10             (c)  the  attorney  has been employed as an eligible
11        attorney for the previous 2 years before applying;
12             (d)  the attorney submits either (i)  proof  of  the
13        amount  of  outstanding student loans and the creditor to
14        whom repayment is due  or  (ii)  an  affidavit  that  the
15        attorney has no outstanding student loans.
16        An eligible attorney must apply each year for a stipend.
17        The  amount  of  the  annual stipend is $3,500 and may be
18    received by an eligible attorney for 5 years.
19        If the eligible attorney's application indicates that  he
20    or  she  has  outstanding  student loans, the payment must be
21    made directly to the creditor to whom repayment  is  due.  If
22    the  eligible attorney's application indicates that he or she
23    has no outstanding student loans, the payment must be made to
24    the  eligible  attorney  as  reimbursement  for  his  or  her
25    educational  expenses.  If  the  amount  of  the  outstanding
26    student loans is less than the annual stipend, the amount  of
27    the  stipend  not  paid  to  the creditor must be paid to the
28    eligible attorney.
29        The amount of the annual stipend shall  be  adjusted  for
30    inflation  each  July 1 using the Consumer Price Index of the
31    Bureau of Labor Standards of the U.S. Department of Labor.
32        If an eligible attorney receives a stipend or  a  stipend
33    is  payed  on  his  or  her  behalf  and  resigns  his or her
34    position, the eligible  attorney  must  repay  to  the  State
 
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 1    1/12th  of  the  amount  of the annual stipend for each month
 2    left in the stipend year that he or she was not  an  eligible
 3    attorney.

 4        Section  15.  Funding.   The  General Assembly shall make
 5    appropriations to the State  Treasurer  for  annual  stipends
 6    under this Act.

 7        Section 20.  Rules.  The State Treasurer must adopt rules
 8    for the implementation of this Act.

 9        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
10    becoming law.".

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