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| Public Act 103-0109 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Right to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings | ||||
Act is amended by changing Sections 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 99 as | ||||
follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 4112/15) | ||||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2024)
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Sec. 15. Task Force on Counsel in Immigration Proceedings. | ||||
(a) The Task Force on Counsel in Immigration Proceedings | ||||
is established. | ||||
(b) The Task Force shall consist of the following 7 | ||||
members: | ||||
(1) the Governor, or his or her designee; | ||||
(2) the President of the Senate, or his or her | ||||
designee; | ||||
(3) the Minority Leader of the Senate, or his or her | ||||
designee; | ||||
(4) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or | ||||
his or her designee; | ||||
(5) the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||
Representatives, or his or her designee; | ||||
(6) the Attorney General, or his or her designee; and | ||||
(7) the Secretary of Human Services, or his or her | ||
designee. | ||
(c) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||
compensation. | ||
(d) The Department of Human Services shall provide | ||
administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||
(e) The Task Force shall investigate the implementation of | ||
universal representation for covered individuals in | ||
immigration removal proceedings as described in subsection (f) | ||
of Section 5. The Task Force investigation shall include, but | ||
is not limited to, the following matters: | ||
(1) the estimated number of covered individuals facing | ||
a covered proceeding; | ||
(2) the current infrastructure for providing | ||
independent, competent, and zealous legal representation | ||
in a covered proceeding; | ||
(3) the additional resources, including salaries and | ||
benefits for attorneys and support staff, training, | ||
supervision, and material resources that would need to be | ||
added to the existing infrastructure described in | ||
paragraph (2) in order to provide independent, competent, | ||
and zealous legal representation for the number of covered | ||
individuals described in paragraph (1), including | ||
mechanisms for subcontracted relationships with | ||
independent experts and social service providers; | ||
(4) the estimated annual cost of the additional | ||
resources described in paragraph (3);
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(5) funding sources, public and private, that are or | ||
would be available to pay for the additional resources | ||
described in paragraph (3); and | ||
(6) the estimated annual cost of bond payment support | ||
needed for covered individuals facing a covered | ||
proceeding, and the feasibility of a State-sponsored bond | ||
fund for those individuals. | ||
(f) In order for the Governor and General Assembly to | ||
evaluate different scopes of legal representation in | ||
immigration court proceedings, the Task Force investigation | ||
described in subsection (e) shall provide additional findings | ||
in the following categories: | ||
(1) State domiciliary versus non-State domiciliary | ||
covered individuals, and, among the State domiciliary | ||
covered individuals, the regions of residence within the | ||
State; | ||
(2) household income above and below 250% of the | ||
federal poverty line; | ||
(3) type of proceedings in which the covered | ||
individuals need legal representation; and | ||
(4) current percentages of covered individuals in | ||
covered proceedings with and without legal representation. | ||
(g) The Task Force shall submit a report of its findings in | ||
the investigation described in subsection (e) and its | ||
recommendations for how to fully provide legal representation | ||
for covered individuals facing covered proceedings no later | ||
than July 1, 2024 2023.
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(Source: P.A. 102-827, eff. 5-13-22.) | ||
(20 ILCS 4112/20) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2024)
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Sec. 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2025 2024.
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(Source: P.A. 102-827, eff. 5-13-22.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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