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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2562
Introduced 1/13/2010, by Sen. Dan Cronin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/3-4000 |
from Ch. 34, par. 3-4000 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
need for an effective county public defender system.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2562 |
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LRB096 16652 RLJ 31933 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local 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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 3-4000 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/3-4000) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-4000)
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| Sec. 3-4000. Legislative declaration. The
The General |
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| Assembly recognizes
that quality legal representation in |
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| criminal and related proceedings is a
fundamental right of the |
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| people of the State of Illinois and that there
should be no |
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| distinction in the availability of quality legal
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| representation based upon a person's inability to pay. |
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| Therefore, it is the
intent of the General Assembly to provide |
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| for effective county public
defender systems throughout the |
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| State and encourage the active and
substantial participation of |
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| the private bar in the representation of
indigent defendants. |
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| (Source: P.A. 87-111.)
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