Bill Text: IL HB5217 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duties of the Public Defender.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5217 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB5217-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB5217 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/3-4006 from Ch. 34, par. 3-4006
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duties of the Public Defender.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
3-4006 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/3-4006) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-4006)
Sec. 3-4006. Duties of public defender. The The Public
Defender, as directed by the court, shall act as attorney,
without fee, before any court within any county for all persons
who are held in custody or who are charged with the commission
of any criminal offense, and who the court finds are unable to
employ counsel.
The Public Defender shall be the attorney, without fee,
when so appointed by the court under Section 1-20 of the
Juvenile Court Act or Section 1-5 of the Juvenile Court Act of
1987 or by any court under Section 5(b) of the Parental Notice
of Abortion Act of 1983 for any party who the court finds is
financially unable to employ counsel.
Every court shall, with the consent of the defendant and
where the court finds that the rights of the defendant would be
prejudiced by the appointment of the public defender, appoint
counsel other than the public defender, except as otherwise
provided in Section 113-3 of the "Code of Criminal Procedure of

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1963". That counsel shall be compensated as is provided by law.
He shall also, in the case of the conviction of any such
person, prosecute any proceeding in review which in his
judgment the interests of justice require.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)