Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 5/11/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 578

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 578 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3-9005 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/3-9005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9005)
7     Sec. 3-9005. Powers and duties of State's attorney.
8     (a) The duty of each State's attorney shall be:
9         (1) To commence and prosecute all actions, suits,
10     indictments and prosecutions, civil and criminal, in the
11     circuit court for his county, in which the people of the
12     State or county may be concerned.
13         (2) To prosecute all forfeited bonds and
14     recognizances, and all actions and proceedings for the
15     recovery of debts, revenues, moneys, fines, penalties and
16     forfeitures accruing to the State or his county, or to any
17     school district or road district in his county; also, to
18     prosecute all suits in his county against railroad or
19     transportation companies, which may be prosecuted in the
20     name of the People of the State of Illinois.
21         (3) To commence and prosecute all actions and
22     proceedings brought by any county officer in his official
23     capacity.
24         (4) To defend all actions and proceedings brought

 

 

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1     against his county, or against any county or State officer,
2     in his official capacity, within his county.
3         (5) To attend the examination of all persons brought
4     before any judge on habeas corpus, when the prosecution is
5     in his county.
6         (6) To attend before judges and prosecute charges of
7     felony or misdemeanor, for which the offender is required
8     to be recognized to appear before the circuit court, when
9     in his power so to do.
10         (7) To give his opinion, without fee or reward, to any
11     county officer in his county, upon any question or law
12     relating to any criminal or other matter, in which the
13     people or the county may be concerned.
14         (8) To assist the attorney general whenever it may be
15     necessary, and in cases of appeal from his county to the
16     Supreme Court, to which it is the duty of the attorney
17     general to attend, he shall furnish the attorney general at
18     least 10 days before such is due to be filed, a manuscript
19     of a proposed statement, brief and argument to be printed
20     and filed on behalf of the people, prepared in accordance
21     with the rules of the Supreme Court. However, if such
22     brief, argument or other document is due to be filed by law
23     or order of court within this 10 day period, then the
24     State's attorney shall furnish such as soon as may be
25     reasonable.
26         (9) To pay all moneys received by him in trust, without
27     delay, to the officer who by law is entitled to the custody
28     thereof.
29         (10) To notify, by first class mail, complaining
30     witnesses of the ultimate disposition of the cases arising
31     from an indictment or an information.
32         (11) To perform such other and further duties as may,
33     from time to time, be enjoined on him by law.
34         (12) To appear in all proceedings by collectors of

 

 

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1     taxes against delinquent taxpayers for judgments to sell
2     real estate, and see that all the necessary preliminary
3     steps have been legally taken to make the judgment legal
4     and binding.
5     (b) The State's Attorney of each county shall have
6 authority to appoint one or more special investigators to serve
7 subpoenas, make return of process and conduct investigations
8 which assist the State's Attorney in the performance of his
9 duties. A special investigator shall not carry firearms except
10 with permission of the State's Attorney and only while carrying
11 appropriate identification indicating his employment and in
12 the performance of his assigned duties.
13     Subject to the qualifications set forth in this subsection,
14 special investigators shall be peace officers and shall have
15 all the powers possessed by investigators under the State's
16 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
17     No special investigator employed by the State's Attorney
18 shall have peace officer status or exercise police powers
19 unless he or she successfully completes the basic police
20 training course mandated and approved by the Illinois Law
21 Enforcement Training Standards Board or such board waives the
22 training requirement by reason of the special investigator's
23 prior law enforcement experience or training or both. Any
24 State's Attorney appointing a special investigator shall
25 consult with all affected local police agencies, to the extent
26 consistent with the public interest, if the special
27 investigator is assigned to areas within that agency's
28 jurisdiction.
29     Before a person is appointed as a special investigator, his
30 fingerprints shall be taken and transmitted to the Department
31 of State Police. The Department shall examine its records and
32 submit to the State's Attorney of the county in which the
33 investigator seeks appointment any conviction information
34 concerning the person on file with the Department. No person

 

 

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1 shall be appointed as a special investigator if he has been
2 convicted of a felony or other offense involving moral
3 turpitude. A special investigator shall be paid a salary and be
4 reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performing his
5 assigned duties. The county board shall approve the salary and
6 actual expenses and appropriate the salary and expenses in the
7 manner prescribed by law or ordinance.
8     (c) The State's Attorney may request and receive from
9 employers, labor unions, telephone companies, and utility
10 companies location information concerning putative fathers and
11 noncustodial parents for the purpose of establishing a child's
12 paternity or establishing, enforcing, or modifying a child
13 support obligation. In this subsection, "location information"
14 means information about (i) the physical whereabouts of a
15 putative father or noncustodial parent, (ii) the putative
16 father or noncustodial parent's employer, or (iii) the salary,
17 wages, and other compensation paid and the health insurance
18 coverage provided to the putative father or noncustodial parent
19 by the employer of the putative father or noncustodial parent
20 or by a labor union of which the putative father or
21 noncustodial parent is a member.
22     (d) For each State fiscal year, the State's Attorney of
23 Cook County shall appear before the General Assembly and
24 request appropriations to be made from the Capital Litigation
25 Trust Fund to the State Treasurer for the purpose of providing
26 assistance in the prosecution of capital cases in Cook County
27 and for the purpose of providing assistance to the State in
28 post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under Article 122
29 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in relation to
30 petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil
31 Procedure in relation to capital cases. The State's Attorney
32 may appear before the General Assembly at other times during
33 the State's fiscal year to request supplemental appropriations
34 from the Trust Fund to the State Treasurer.

 

 

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1     (e) The State's Attorney shall have the authority to enter
2 into a written agreement with the Department of Revenue for
3 pursuit of civil liability under Section 17-1a of the Criminal
4 Code of 1961 against persons who have issued to the Department
5 checks or other orders in violation of the provisions of
6 paragraph (d) of subsection (B) of Section 17-1 of the Criminal
7 Code of 1961, with the Department to retain the amount owing
8 upon the dishonored check or order along with the dishonored
9 check fee imposed under the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act,
10 with the balance of damages, fees, and costs collected under
11 Section 17-1a of the Criminal Code of 1961 to be retained by
12 the State's Attorney. The agreement shall not affect the
13 allocation of fines and costs imposed in any criminal
14 prosecution.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00; 92-492, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
16     Section 10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
17 amended by changing Section 122-1 as follows:
 
18     (725 ILCS 5/122-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 122-1)
19     Sec. 122-1. Petition in the trial court.
20     (a) Any person imprisoned in the penitentiary may institute
21 a proceeding under this Article if the person asserts that:
22         (1) in the proceedings which resulted in his or her
23     conviction there was a substantial denial of his or her
24     rights under the Constitution of the United States or of
25     the State of Illinois or both; or
26         (2) the death penalty was imposed and there is newly
27     discovered evidence not available to the person at the time
28     of the proceeding that resulted in his or her conviction
29     that establishes a substantial basis to believe that the
30     defendant is actually innocent by clear and convincing
31     evidence.
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1 may be commenced within a reasonable period of time after the
2 person's conviction notwithstanding any other provisions of
3 this Article. In such a proceeding regarding actual innocence,
4 if the court determines the petition is frivolous or is
5 patently without merit, it shall dismiss the petition in a
6 written order, specifying the findings of fact and conclusions
7 of law it made in reaching its decision. Such order of
8 dismissal is a final judgment and shall be served upon the
9 petitioner by certified mail within 10 days of its entry.
10     (b) The proceeding shall be commenced by filing with the
11 clerk of the court in which the conviction took place a
12 petition (together with a copy thereof) verified by affidavit.
13 Petitioner shall also serve another copy upon the State's
14 Attorney by any of the methods provided in Rule 7 of the
15 Supreme Court. The clerk shall docket the petition for
16 consideration by the court pursuant to Section 122-2.1 upon his
17 or her receipt thereof and bring the same promptly to the
18 attention of the court.
19     (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a-5), if
20 the petitioner is under sentence of death and a petition for
21 writ of certiorari is filed, no proceedings under this Article
22 shall be commenced more than 6 months after the conclusion of
23 proceedings in the United States Supreme Court denial of a
24 petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court on
25 direct appeal, or more than 6 months from the date for filing
26 such a petition if none is filed, unless the petitioner alleges
27 facts showing that the delay was not due to his or her culpable
28 negligence. If a petition for certiorari is not filed, no
29 proceedings under this Article shall be commenced more than 6
30 months from the date for filing a certiorari petition, unless
31 the petitioner alleges facts showing that the delay was not due
32 to his or her culpable negligence.
33     When a defendant has a sentence other than death, no
34 proceedings under this Article shall be commenced more than 6

 

 

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1 months after the conclusion of proceedings in the United States
2 Supreme Court denial of the Petition for Leave to Appeal to the
3 Illinois Supreme Court, or more than 6 months from the date for
4 filing such a petition if none is filed, unless the petitioner
5 alleges facts showing that the delay was not due to his or her
6 culpable negligence. If a petition for certiorari is not filed,
7 no proceedings under this Article shall be commenced more than
8 6 months from the date for filing a certiorari petition, unless
9 the petitioner alleges facts showing that the delay was not due
10 to his or her culpable negligence. If a defendant does not file
11 a direct appeal, the post-conviction petition shall be filed no
12 later than 3 years from the date of conviction, unless the
13 petitioner alleges facts showing that the delay was not due to
14 his or her culpable negligence.
15     This limitation does not apply to a petition advancing a
16 claim of actual innocence.
17     (d) A person seeking relief by filing a petition under this
18 Section must specify in the petition or its heading that it is
19 filed under this Section. A trial court that has received a
20 petition complaining of a conviction or sentence that fails to
21 specify in the petition or its heading that it is filed under
22 this Section need not evaluate the petition to determine
23 whether it could otherwise have stated some grounds for relief
24 under this Article.
25     (e) A proceeding under this Article may not be commenced on
26 behalf of a defendant who has been sentenced to death without
27 the written consent of the defendant, unless the defendant,
28 because of a mental or physical condition, is incapable of
29 asserting his or her own claim.
30     (f) Only one petition may be filed by a petitioner under
31 this Article without leave of the court. Leave of court may be
32 granted only if a petitioner demonstrates cause for his or her
33 failure to bring the claim in his or her initial
34 post-conviction proceedings and prejudice results from that

 

 

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1 failure. For purposes of this subsection (f): (1) a prisoner
2 shows cause by identifying an objective factor that impeded his
3 or her ability to raise a specific claim during his or her
4 initial post-conviction proceedings; and (2) a prisoner shows
5 prejudice by demonstrating that the claim not raised during his
6 or her initial post-conviction proceedings so infected the
7 trial that the resulting conviction or sentence violated due
8 process.
9 (Source: P.A. 93-493, eff. 1-1-04; 93-605, eff. 11-19-03;
10 revised 12-9-03.)
 
11     Section 15. The State Appellate Defender Act is amended by
12 changing Section 10 as follows:
 
13     (725 ILCS 105/10)  (from Ch. 38, par. 208-10)
14     Sec. 10. Powers and duties of State Appellate Defender.
15     (a) The State Appellate Defender shall represent indigent
16 persons on appeal in criminal and delinquent minor proceedings,
17 when appointed to do so by a court under a Supreme Court Rule
18 or law of this State.
19     (b) The State Appellate Defender shall submit a budget for
20 the approval of the State Appellate Defender Commission.
21     (c) The State Appellate Defender may:
22         (1) maintain a panel of private attorneys available to
23     serve as counsel on a case basis;
24         (2) establish programs, alone or in conjunction with
25     law schools, for the purpose of utilizing volunteer law
26     students as legal assistants;
27         (3) cooperate and consult with state agencies,
28     professional associations, and other groups concerning the
29     causes of criminal conduct, the rehabilitation and
30     correction of persons charged with and convicted of crime,
31     the administration of criminal justice, and, in counties of
32     less than 1,000,000 population, study, design, develop and

 

 

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1     implement model systems for the delivery of trial level
2     defender services, and make an annual report to the General
3     Assembly;
4         (4) provide investigative services to appointed
5     counsel and county public defenders;
6         (5) in cases in which a death sentence is an authorized
7     disposition, provide trial counsel with the assistance of
8     expert witnesses, investigators, and mitigation
9     specialists from funds appropriated to the State Appellate
10     Defender specifically for that purpose by the General
11     Assembly. The Office of State Appellate Defender shall not
12     be appointed to serve as trial counsel in capital cases.
13     (d) For each State fiscal year, the State Appellate
14 Defender shall appear before the General Assembly and request
15 appropriations to be made from the Capital Litigation Trust
16 Fund to the State Treasurer for the purpose of providing
17 defense assistance in capital cases outside of Cook County and
18 for expenses incurred by the the State Appellate Defender in
19 representing petitioners in capital cases in post-conviction
20 proceedings under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
21 of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401
22 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases and
23 for the representation of those petitioners by attorneys
24 approved by or contracted with the State Appellate Defender.
25 The State Appellate Defender may appear before the General
26 Assembly at other times during the State's fiscal year to
27 request supplemental appropriations from the Trust Fund to the
28 State Treasurer.
29     (e) The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
30 shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the
31 Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
32 Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
33 Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
34 required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization

 

 

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1 Act and filing such additional copies with the State Government
2 Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is
3 required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library
4 Act.
5 (Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
6     Section 20. The Capital Crimes Litigation Act is amended by
7 changing Section 15 as follows:
 
8     (725 ILCS 124/15)
9     Sec. 15. Capital Litigation Trust Fund.
10     (a) The Capital Litigation Trust Fund is created as a
11 special fund in the State Treasury. The Trust Fund shall be
12 administered by the State Treasurer to provide moneys for the
13 appropriations to be made, grants to be awarded, and
14 compensation and expenses to be paid under this Act. All
15 interest earned from the investment or deposit of moneys
16 accumulated in the Trust Fund shall, under Section 4.1 of the
17 State Finance Act, be deposited into the Trust Fund.
18     (b) Moneys deposited into the Trust Fund shall not be
19 considered general revenue of the State of Illinois.
20     (c) Moneys deposited into the Trust Fund shall be used
21 exclusively for the purposes of providing funding for the
22 prosecution and defense of capital cases and for providing
23 funding for post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under
24 Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in
25 relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of
26 Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases as provided in
27 this Act and shall not be appropriated, loaned, or in any
28 manner transferred to the General Revenue Fund of the State of
29 Illinois.
30     (d) Every fiscal year the State Treasurer shall transfer
31 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Litigation Trust
32 Fund an amount equal to the full amount of moneys appropriated

 

 

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1 by the General Assembly (both by original and supplemental
2 appropriation), less any unexpended balance from the previous
3 fiscal year, from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund for the
4 specific purpose of making funding available for the
5 prosecution and defense of capital cases and for the litigation
6 expenses associated with post-conviction proceedings in
7 capital cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal
8 Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under
9 Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to
10 capital cases. The Public Defender and State's Attorney in Cook
11 County, the State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys
12 Appellate Prosecutor, and the Attorney General shall make
13 annual requests for appropriations from the Trust Fund.
14         (1) The Public Defender in Cook County shall request
15     appropriations to the State Treasurer for expenses
16     incurred by the Public Defender and for funding for private
17     appointed defense counsel in Cook County.
18         (2) The State's Attorney in Cook County shall request
19     an appropriation to the State Treasurer for expenses
20     incurred by the State's Attorney.
21         (3) The State Appellate Defender shall request a direct
22     appropriation from the Trust Fund for expenses incurred by
23     the State Appellate Defender in providing assistance to
24     trial attorneys under item (c)(5) of Section 10 of the
25     State Appellate Defender Act and for expenses incurred by
26     the State Appellate Defender in representing petitioners
27     in capital cases in post-conviction proceedings under
28     Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and
29     in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the
30     Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases and
31     for the representation of those petitioners by attorneys
32     approved by or contracted with the State Appellate Defender
33     and an appropriation to the State Treasurer for payments
34     from the Trust Fund for the defense of cases in counties

 

 

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1     other than Cook County.
2         (4) The State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor shall
3     request a direct appropriation from the Trust Fund to pay
4     expenses incurred by the State's Attorneys Appellate
5     Prosecutor and an appropriation to the State Treasurer for
6     payments from the Trust Fund for expenses incurred by
7     State's Attorneys in counties other than Cook County.
8         (5) The Attorney General shall request a direct
9     appropriation from the Trust Fund to pay expenses incurred
10     by the Attorney General in assisting the State's Attorneys
11     in counties other than Cook County and to pay for expenses
12     incurred by the Attorney General when the Attorney General
13     is ordered by the presiding judge of the Criminal Division
14     of the Circuit Court of Cook County to prosecute or
15     supervise the prosecution of Cook County cases and for
16     expenses incurred by the Attorney General in representing
17     the State in post-conviction proceedings in capital cases
18     under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
19     and in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of
20     the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases.
21     The Public Defender and State's Attorney in Cook County,
22 the State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys Appellate
23 Prosecutor, and the Attorney General may each request
24 supplemental appropriations from the Trust Fund during the
25 fiscal year.
26     (e) Moneys in the Trust Fund shall be expended only as
27 follows:
28         (1) To pay the State Treasurer's costs to administer
29     the Trust Fund. The amount for this purpose may not exceed
30     5% in any one fiscal year of the amount otherwise
31     appropriated from the Trust Fund in the same fiscal year.
32         (2) To pay the capital litigation expenses of trial
33     defense and post-conviction proceedings in capital cases
34     under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963

 

 

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1     and in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of
2     the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases
3     including, but not limited to, DNA testing, including DNA
4     testing under Section 116-3 of the Code of Criminal
5     Procedure of 1963, analysis, and expert testimony,
6     investigatory and other assistance, expert, forensic, and
7     other witnesses, and mitigation specialists, and grants
8     and aid provided to public defenders, appellate defenders,
9     and any attorney approved by or contracted with the State
10     Appellate Defender representing petitioners in
11     post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under Article
12     122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in
13     relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the
14     Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases or
15     assistance to attorneys who have been appointed by the
16     court to represent defendants who are charged with capital
17     crimes.
18         (3) To pay the compensation of trial attorneys, other
19     than public defenders or appellate defenders, who have been
20     appointed by the court to represent defendants who are
21     charged with capital crimes or attorneys approved by or
22     contracted with the State Appellate Defender to represent
23     petitioners in post-conviction proceedings in capital
24     cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
25     of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under Section
26     2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to
27     capital cases.
28         (4) To provide State's Attorneys with funding for
29     capital litigation expenses and for expenses of
30     representing the State in post-conviction proceedings in
31     capital cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal
32     Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under
33     Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation
34     to capital cases including, but not limited to,

 

 

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1     investigatory and other assistance and expert, forensic,
2     and other witnesses necessary to prosecute capital cases.
3     State's Attorneys in any county other than Cook County
4     seeking funding for capital litigation expenses and for
5     expenses of representing the State in post-conviction
6     proceedings in capital cases under Article 122 of the Code
7     of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions
8     filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure
9     in relation to capital cases including, but not limited to,
10     investigatory and other assistance and expert, forensic,
11     or other witnesses under this Section may request that the
12     State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor or the Attorney
13     General, as the case may be, certify the expenses as
14     reasonable, necessary, and appropriate for payment from
15     the Trust Fund, on a form created by the State Treasurer.
16     Upon certification of the expenses and delivery of the
17     certification to the State Treasurer, the Treasurer shall
18     pay the expenses directly from the Capital Litigation Trust
19     Fund if there are sufficient moneys in the Trust Fund to
20     pay the expenses.
21         (5) To provide financial support through the Attorney
22     General pursuant to the Attorney General Act for the
23     several county State's Attorneys outside of Cook County,
24     but shall not be used to increase personnel for the
25     Attorney General's Office, except when the Attorney
26     General is ordered by the presiding judge of the Criminal
27     Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County to prosecute
28     or supervise the prosecution of Cook County cases.
29         (6) To provide financial support through the State's
30     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor pursuant to the State's
31     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act for the several
32     county State's Attorneys outside of Cook County, but shall
33     not be used to increase personnel for the State's Attorneys
34     Appellate Prosecutor.

 

 

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1         (7) To provide financial support to the State Appellate
2     Defender pursuant to the State Appellate Defender Act.
3     Moneys expended from the Trust Fund shall be in addition to
4 county funding for Public Defenders and State's Attorneys, and
5 shall not be used to supplant or reduce ordinary and customary
6 county funding.
7     (f) Moneys in the Trust Fund shall be appropriated to the
8 State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys Appellate
9 Prosecutor, the Attorney General, and the State Treasurer. The
10 State Appellate Defender shall receive an appropriation from
11 the Trust Fund to enable it to provide assistance to appointed
12 defense counsel and attorneys approved by or contracted with
13 the State Appellate Defender to represent petitioners in
14 post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under Article 122
15 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in relation to
16 petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil
17 Procedure in relation to capital cases throughout the State and
18 to Public Defenders in counties other than Cook. The State's
19 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and the Attorney General shall
20 receive appropriations from the Trust Fund to enable them to
21 provide assistance to State's Attorneys in counties other than
22 Cook County and when the Attorney General is ordered by the
23 presiding judge of the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court
24 of Cook County to prosecute or supervise the prosecution of
25 Cook County cases. Moneys shall be appropriated to the State
26 Treasurer to enable the Treasurer (i) to make grants to Cook
27 County, (ii) to pay the expenses of Public Defenders, the State
28 Appellate Defender, the Attorney General, the Office of the
29 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, and State's Attorneys
30 in counties other than Cook County, (iii) to pay the expenses
31 and compensation of appointed defense counsel and attorneys
32 approved by or contracted with the State Appellate Defender to
33 represent petitioners in post-conviction proceedings in
34 capital cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal

 

 

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1 Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under
2 Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to
3 capital cases in counties other than Cook County, and (iv) to
4 pay the costs of administering the Trust Fund. All expenditures
5 and grants made from the Trust Fund shall be subject to audit
6 by the Auditor General.
7     (g) For Cook County, grants from the Trust Fund shall be
8 made and administered as follows:
9         (1) For each State fiscal year, the State's Attorney
10     and Public Defender must each make a separate application
11     to the State Treasurer for capital litigation grants.
12         (2) The State Treasurer shall establish rules and
13     procedures for grant applications. The rules shall require
14     the Cook County Treasurer as the grant recipient to report
15     on a periodic basis to the State Treasurer how much of the
16     grant has been expended, how much of the grant is
17     remaining, and the purposes for which the grant has been
18     used. The rules may also require the Cook County Treasurer
19     to certify on a periodic basis that expenditures of the
20     funds have been made for expenses that are reasonable,
21     necessary, and appropriate for payment from the Trust Fund.
22         (3) The State Treasurer shall make the grants to the
23     Cook County Treasurer as soon as possible after the
24     beginning of the State fiscal year.
25         (4) The State's Attorney or Public Defender may apply
26     for supplemental grants during the fiscal year.
27         (5) Grant moneys shall be paid to the Cook County
28     Treasurer in block grants and held in separate accounts for
29     the State's Attorney, the Public Defender, and court
30     appointed defense counsel other than the Cook County Public
31     Defender, respectively, for the designated fiscal year,
32     and are not subject to county appropriation.
33         (6) Expenditure of grant moneys under this subsection
34     (g) is subject to audit by the Auditor General.

 

 

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1         (7) The Cook County Treasurer shall immediately make
2     payment from the appropriate separate account in the county
3     treasury for capital litigation expenses to the State's
4     Attorney, Public Defender, or court appointed defense
5     counsel other than the Public Defender, as the case may be,
6     upon order of the State's Attorney, Public Defender or the
7     court, respectively.
8     (h) If a defendant in a capital case in Cook County is
9 represented by court appointed counsel other than the Cook
10 County Public Defender, the appointed counsel shall petition
11 the court for an order directing the Cook County Treasurer to
12 pay the court appointed counsel's reasonable and necessary
13 compensation and capital litigation expenses from grant moneys
14 provided from the Trust Fund. These petitions shall be
15 considered in camera. Orders denying petitions for
16 compensation or expenses are final. Counsel may not petition
17 for expenses that may have been provided or compensated by the
18 State Appellate Defender under item (c)(5) of Section 10 of the
19 State Appellate Defender Act.
20     (i) In counties other than Cook County, and when the
21 Attorney General is ordered by the presiding judge of the
22 Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County to
23 prosecute or supervise the prosecution of Cook County cases,
24 and excluding capital litigation expenses or services that may
25 have been provided by the State Appellate Defender under item
26 (c)(5) of Section 10 of the State Appellate Defender Act:
27         (1) Upon certification by the circuit court, on a form
28     created by the State Treasurer, that all or a portion of
29     the expenses are reasonable, necessary, and appropriate
30     for payment from the Trust Fund and the court's delivery of
31     the certification to the Treasurer, the Treasurer shall pay
32     the certified expenses of Public Defenders and the State
33     Appellate Defender from the money appropriated to the
34     Treasurer for capital litigation expenses of Public

 

 

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1     Defenders and post-conviction proceeding expenses in
2     capital cases of the State Appellate Defender and expenses
3     in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the
4     Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases in any
5     county other than Cook County, if there are sufficient
6     moneys in the Trust Fund to pay the expenses.
7         (2) If a defendant in a capital case is represented by
8     court appointed counsel other than the Public Defender, the
9     appointed counsel shall petition the court to certify
10     compensation and capital litigation expenses including,
11     but not limited to, investigatory and other assistance,
12     expert, forensic, and other witnesses, and mitigation
13     specialists as reasonable, necessary, and appropriate for
14     payment from the Trust Fund. If a petitioner in a capital
15     case who has filed a petition for post-conviction relief
16     under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
17     or a petition under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil
18     Procedure in relation to capital cases is represented by an
19     attorney approved by or contracted with the State Appellate
20     Defender other than the State Appellate Defender, that
21     attorney shall petition the court to certify compensation
22     and litigation expenses of post-conviction proceedings
23     under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
24     or in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of
25     the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases.
26     Upon certification on a form created by the State Treasurer
27     of all or a portion of the compensation and expenses
28     certified as reasonable, necessary, and appropriate for
29     payment from the Trust Fund and the court's delivery of the
30     certification to the Treasurer, the State Treasurer shall
31     pay the certified compensation and expenses from the money
32     appropriated to the Treasurer for that purpose, if there
33     are sufficient moneys in the Trust Fund to make those
34     payments.

 

 

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1         (3) A petition for capital litigation expenses or
2     post-conviction proceeding expenses or expenses incurred
3     in filing a petition under Section 2-1401 of the Code of
4     Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases under this
5     subsection shall be considered in camera. Orders denying
6     petitions for compensation or expenses are final.
7     (j) If the Trust Fund is discontinued or dissolved by an
8 Act of the General Assembly or by operation of law, any balance
9 remaining in the Trust Fund shall be returned to the General
10 Revenue Fund after deduction of administrative costs, any other
11 provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
12 (Source: P.A. 93-127, eff. 1-1-04; 93-605, eff. 11-19-03;
13 revised 12-9-03.)
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.".