Rep. Kurt M. Granberg

Filed: 4/12/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1641

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1641 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Capital Crimes Litigation Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 10 and 15 and by adding Section 5-5 as
6 follows:
 
7     (725 ILCS 124/5-5 new)
8     Sec. 5-5. Litigation budget.
9     (a) In a case in which the State has filed a statement of
10 intent to seek the death penalty, the court shall require
11 appointed counsel, after counsel has had adequate time to
12 review the case and prior to engaging trial assistance, to
13 submit a proposed estimated litigation budget for court
14 approval by the trial judge, including the use of investigators
15 and other litigation support provided by the Office of the
16 State Appellate Defender, that will be subject to modification
17 in light of facts and developments that emerge as the case
18 proceeds. Case budgets should be submitted ex parte and filed
19 and maintained under seal in order to protect the defendant's
20 right to effective assistance of counsel, right not to
21 incriminate him or herself, and all applicable privileges.
22     (b) The litigation budget shall serve purposes comparable
23 to those of private retainer agreements by confirming both the
24 court's and the attorney's expectations regarding fees and

 

 

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1 expenses.
2     (c) The budget shall be incorporated into a sealed initial
3 pretrial order that reflects the understandings of the court
4 and counsel regarding all matters affecting counsel
5 compensation and reimbursement and payments for investigative,
6 expert, and other services, including, but not limited to, the
7 following matters:
8         (1) The hourly rate and approximated amount of time at
9     which counsel will be compensated;
10         (2) The hourly rate and approximated amount of time at
11     which private investigators, other than investigators
12     employed by the Office of the State Appellate Defender in
13     the event that they are unable to provide assistance, will
14     be compensated; and
15         (3) The best preliminary estimate that can be made of
16     the cost of all services, including, but not limited to,
17     counsel, expert, and investigative services that are
18     likely to be needed through the guilt and penalty phases of
19     the trial. The court shall have discretion to require that
20     budgets be prepared for shorter intervals of time.
21     (d) Appointed counsel may obtain, subject to later review,
22 investigative, expert, or other services without prior
23 authorization if necessary for an adequate defense. Appointed
24 counsel shall file a written motion, supported by an affidavit,
25 for modification of the litigation budget nunc pro tunc as soon
26 as practicable after obtaining trial assistance. The court's
27 determination shall be based on the written motion and any
28 attachments that shall be maintained under seal along with the
29 case budget. Upon the court's finding that it was necessary for
30 an adequate defense that the appointed counsel obtain
31 investigative, expert, or other services without prior
32 authorization, the trial judge may then authorize the services
33 nunc pro tunc. If the court does not find that it was
34 necessary, it shall deny payment from the Capital Litigation

 

 

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1 Trust Fund for the unauthorized services. The court's denial of
2 a written motion for modification nunc pro tunc shall be a
3 final and appealable order.
4     (e) An approved budget shall guide counsel's use of time
5 and resources by indicating the services for which compensation
6 is authorized. Case budget shall be re-evaluated when justified
7 by changed or unexpected circumstances and shall be modified by
8 the court when reasonable and necessary for an adequate
9 defense.
 
10     (725 ILCS 124/10)
11     Sec. 10. Court appointed trial counsel; compensation and
12 expenses.
13     (a) This Section applies only to compensation and expenses
14 of trial counsel appointed by the court as set forth in Section
15 5, other than public defenders, for the period after
16 arraignment and so long as the State's Attorney has not, at any
17 time, filed a certificate indicating he or she will not seek
18 the death penalty or stated on the record in open court that
19 the death penalty will not be sought.
20     (b) Appointed trial counsel shall be compensated upon
21 presentment and certification by the circuit court of a claim
22 for services detailing the date, activity, and time duration
23 for which compensation is sought. Compensation for appointed
24 trial counsel may be paid at a reasonable rate not to exceed
25 $125 per hour. The court shall not authorize payment of bills
26 that are not properly itemized or that do not comport with the
27 case budget or any subsequent modifications. A request for
28 payment shall be presented under seal and reviewed ex parte.
29     Beginning in 2001, every January 20, the statutory rate
30 prescribed in this subsection shall be automatically increased
31 or decreased, as applicable, by a percentage equal to the
32 percentage change in the consumer price index-u during the
33 preceding 12-month calendar year. "Consumer price index-u"

 

 

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1 means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
2 the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
3 change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
4 consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84=100.
5 The new rate resulting from each annual adjustment shall be
6 determined by the State Treasurer and made available to the
7 chief judge of each judicial circuit.
8     (c) Appointed trial counsel may also petition the court for
9 certification of expenses for reasonable and necessary capital
10 litigation expenses including, but not limited to,
11 investigatory and other assistance, expert, forensic, and
12 other witnesses, and mitigation specialists. Counsel may not
13 petition for certification of expenses that may have been
14 provided or compensated by the State Appellate Defender under
15 item (c)(5) of Section 10 of the State Appellate Defender Act.
16 The court shall not authorize payment of bills that are not
17 properly itemized or that do not comport with the case budget
18 or any subsequent modifications. A request for payment shall be
19 presented under seal and reviewed ex parte.
20     (d) Appointed trial counsel shall petition the court for
21 certification of compensation and expenses under this Section
22 periodically during the course of counsel's representation.
23 The petitions shall be supported by itemized bills showing the
24 date, the amount of time spent, the work done, and the total
25 being charged for each entry, and shall comport with the case
26 budget or any subsequent modifications. A determination by the
27 court that the written petition submitted by appointed counsel
28 for compensation is not sufficiently itemized or does not
29 comport with the case budget shall be issued in writing and
30 shall contain directions to counsel for compliance. If the
31 court determines that the compensation and expenses should be
32 paid from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund, the court shall
33 certify, on a form created by the State Treasurer, that all or
34 a designated portion of the amount requested is reasonable,

 

 

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1 necessary, and appropriate for payment from the Trust Fund.
2 Certification of compensation and expenses by a court in any
3 county other than Cook County shall be delivered by the court
4 to the State Treasurer and paid by the State Treasurer directly
5 from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund if there are sufficient
6 moneys in the Trust Fund to pay the compensation and expenses.
7 The petitions and orders shall be kept under seal and shall be
8 exempt from Freedom of Information requests until the
9 conclusion of the trial and appeal of the case, even if the
10 prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior to
11 trial or sentencing. Certification of compensation and
12 expenses by a court in Cook County shall be delivered by the
13 court to the county treasurer and paid by the county treasurer
14 from moneys granted to the county from the Capital Litigation
15 Trust Fund.
16     (e) The court may order compensation or reasonable and
17 necessary capital litigation expenses in camera upon a showing
18 that the basis for the request would substantially interfere
19 with defendant's defense strategy or otherwise cause unfair
20 prejudice to the defendant. Any request for an in camera order
21 shall be in writing. If the court allows an in camera hearing
22 on any request for compensation or reasonable and necessary
23 expenses a record shall be made of such proceedings.
24     (f) All matters regarding compensation shall be pursuant to
25 written petition or motion and written court order. In the
26 event a hearing is necessary for resolution of the issues, the
27 hearing may be conducted ex parte only upon a showing that the
28 basis of the request would substantially interfere with the
29 defendant's strategy or otherwise cause unfair prejudice to the
30 defendant and where a record is made of such proceedings. The
31 record of such ex parte hearings shall be maintained under
32 seal.
33 (Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00.)
 

 

 

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1     (725 ILCS 124/15)
2     Sec. 15. Capital Litigation Trust Fund.
3     (a) The Capital Litigation Trust Fund is created as a
4 special fund in the State Treasury. The Trust Fund shall be
5 administered by the State Treasurer to provide moneys for the
6 appropriations to be made, grants to be awarded, and
7 compensation and expenses to be paid under this Act. All
8 interest earned from the investment or deposit of moneys
9 accumulated in the Trust Fund shall, under Section 4.1 of the
10 State Finance Act, be deposited into the Trust Fund.
11     (b) Moneys deposited into the Trust Fund shall not be
12 considered general revenue of the State of Illinois.
13     (c) Moneys deposited into the Trust Fund shall be used
14 exclusively for the purposes of providing funding for the
15 prosecution and defense of capital cases and for providing
16 funding for post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under
17 Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in
18 relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of
19 Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases as provided in
20 this Act and shall not be appropriated, loaned, or in any
21 manner transferred to the General Revenue Fund of the State of
22 Illinois.
23     (d) Every fiscal year the State Treasurer shall transfer
24 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Litigation Trust
25 Fund an amount equal to the full amount of moneys appropriated
26 by the General Assembly (both by original and supplemental
27 appropriation), less any unexpended balance from the previous
28 fiscal year, from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund for the
29 specific purpose of making funding available for the
30 prosecution and defense of capital cases and for the litigation
31 expenses associated with post-conviction proceedings in
32 capital cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal
33 Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under
34 Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to

 

 

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

 

 

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1     by the Attorney General in assisting the State's Attorneys
2     in counties other than Cook County and to pay for expenses
3     incurred by the Attorney General when the Attorney General
4     is ordered by the presiding judge of the Criminal Division
5     of the Circuit Court of Cook County to prosecute or
6     supervise the prosecution of Cook County cases and for
7     expenses incurred by the Attorney General in representing
8     the State in post-conviction proceedings in capital cases
9     under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
10     and in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of
11     the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases.
12     The Public Defender and State's Attorney in Cook County,
13 the State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys Appellate
14 Prosecutor, and the Attorney General may each request
15 supplemental appropriations from the Trust Fund during the
16 fiscal year.
17     (e) Moneys in the Trust Fund shall be expended only as
18 follows:
19         (1) To pay the State Treasurer's costs to administer
20     the Trust Fund. The amount for this purpose may not exceed
21     5% in any one fiscal year of the amount otherwise
22     appropriated from the Trust Fund in the same fiscal year.
23         (2) To pay the capital litigation expenses of trial
24     defense and post-conviction proceedings in capital cases
25     under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
26     and in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of
27     the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases
28     including, but not limited to, DNA testing, including DNA
29     testing under Section 116-3 of the Code of Criminal
30     Procedure of 1963, analysis, and expert testimony,
31     investigatory and other assistance, expert, forensic, and
32     other witnesses, and mitigation specialists, and grants
33     and aid provided to public defenders, appellate defenders,
34     and any attorney approved by or contracted with the State

 

 

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

 

 

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1     investigatory and other assistance and expert, forensic,
2     or other witnesses under this Section may request that the
3     State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor or the Attorney
4     General, as the case may be, certify the expenses as
5     reasonable, necessary, and appropriate for payment from
6     the Trust Fund, on a form created by the State Treasurer.
7     Upon certification of the expenses and delivery of the
8     certification to the State Treasurer, the Treasurer shall
9     pay the expenses directly from the Capital Litigation Trust
10     Fund if there are sufficient moneys in the Trust Fund to
11     pay the expenses.
12         (5) To provide financial support through the Attorney
13     General pursuant to the Attorney General Act for the
14     several county State's Attorneys outside of Cook County,
15     but shall not be used to increase personnel for the
16     Attorney General's Office, except when the Attorney
17     General is ordered by the presiding judge of the Criminal
18     Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County to prosecute
19     or supervise the prosecution of Cook County cases.
20         (6) To provide financial support through the State's
21     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor pursuant to the State's
22     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act for the several
23     county State's Attorneys outside of Cook County, but shall
24     not be used to increase personnel for the State's Attorneys
25     Appellate Prosecutor.
26         (7) To provide financial support to the State Appellate
27     Defender pursuant to the State Appellate Defender Act.
28     Moneys expended from the Trust Fund shall be in addition to
29 county funding for Public Defenders and State's Attorneys, and
30 shall not be used to supplant or reduce ordinary and customary
31 county funding.
32     (f) Moneys in the Trust Fund shall be appropriated to the
33 State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys Appellate
34 Prosecutor, the Attorney General, and the State Treasurer. The

 

 

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1 State Appellate Defender shall receive an appropriation from
2 the Trust Fund to enable it to provide assistance to appointed
3 defense counsel and attorneys approved by or contracted with
4 the State Appellate Defender to represent petitioners in
5 post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under Article 122
6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in relation to
7 petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil
8 Procedure in relation to capital cases throughout the State and
9 to Public Defenders in counties other than Cook. The State's
10 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and the Attorney General shall
11 receive appropriations from the Trust Fund to enable them to
12 provide assistance to State's Attorneys in counties other than
13 Cook County and when the Attorney General is ordered by the
14 presiding judge of the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court
15 of Cook County to prosecute or supervise the prosecution of
16 Cook County cases. Moneys shall be appropriated to the State
17 Treasurer to enable the Treasurer (i) to make grants to Cook
18 County, (ii) to pay the expenses of Public Defenders, the State
19 Appellate Defender, the Attorney General, the Office of the
20 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, and State's Attorneys
21 in counties other than Cook County, (iii) to pay the expenses
22 and compensation of appointed defense counsel and attorneys
23 approved by or contracted with the State Appellate Defender to
24 represent petitioners in post-conviction proceedings in
25 capital cases under Article 122 of the Code of Criminal
26 Procedure of 1963 and in relation to petitions filed under
27 Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure in relation to
28 capital cases in counties other than Cook County, and (iv) to
29 pay the costs of administering the Trust Fund. All expenditures
30 and grants made from the Trust Fund shall be subject to audit
31 by the Auditor General.
32     (g) For Cook County, grants from the Trust Fund shall be
33 made and administered as follows:
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1     and Public Defender must each make a separate application
2     to the State Treasurer for capital litigation grants.
3         (2) The State Treasurer shall establish rules and
4     procedures for grant applications. The rules shall require
5     the Cook County Treasurer as the grant recipient to report
6     on a periodic basis to the State Treasurer how much of the
7     grant has been expended, how much of the grant is
8     remaining, and the purposes for which the grant has been
9     used. The rules may also require the Cook County Treasurer
10     to certify on a periodic basis that expenditures of the
11     funds have been made for expenses that are reasonable,
12     necessary, and appropriate for payment from the Trust Fund.
13         (3) The State Treasurer shall make the grants to the
14     Cook County Treasurer as soon as possible after the
15     beginning of the State fiscal year.
16         (4) The State's Attorney or Public Defender may apply
17     for supplemental grants during the fiscal year.
18         (5) Grant moneys shall be paid to the Cook County
19     Treasurer in block grants and held in separate accounts for
20     the State's Attorney, the Public Defender, and court
21     appointed defense counsel other than the Cook County Public
22     Defender, respectively, for the designated fiscal year,
23     and are not subject to county appropriation.
24         (6) Expenditure of grant moneys under this subsection
25     (g) is subject to audit by the Auditor General.
26         (7) The Cook County Treasurer shall immediately make
27     payment from the appropriate separate account in the county
28     treasury for capital litigation expenses to the State's
29     Attorney, Public Defender, or court appointed defense
30     counsel other than the Public Defender, as the case may be,
31     upon order of the State's Attorney, Public Defender or the
32     court, respectively.
33     (h) If a defendant in a capital case in Cook County is
34 represented by court appointed counsel other than the Cook

 

 

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1 County Public Defender, the appointed counsel shall petition
2 the court for an order directing the Cook County Treasurer to
3 pay the court appointed counsel's reasonable and necessary
4 compensation and capital litigation expenses from grant moneys
5 provided from the Trust Fund. The petitions shall be supported
6 by itemized bills showing the date, the amount of time spent,
7 the work done, and the total being charged for each entry. The
8 court shall not authorize payment of bills that are not
9 properly itemized or that do not comport with the case budget
10 or subsequent modifications. These petitions shall be
11 considered in camera. Orders denying petitions for
12 compensation or expenses are final. Counsel may not petition
13 for expenses that may have been provided or compensated by the
14 State Appellate Defender under item (c)(5) of Section 10 of the
15 State Appellate Defender Act.
16     (i) In counties other than Cook County, and when the
17 Attorney General is ordered by the presiding judge of the
18 Criminal Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County to
19 prosecute or supervise the prosecution of Cook County cases,
20 and excluding capital litigation expenses or services that may
21 have been provided by the State Appellate Defender under item
22 (c)(5) of Section 10 of the State Appellate Defender Act:
23         (1) Upon certification by the circuit court, on a form
24     created by the State Treasurer, that all or a portion of
25     the expenses are reasonable, necessary, and appropriate
26     for payment from the Trust Fund and the court's delivery of
27     the certification to the Treasurer, the Treasurer shall pay
28     the certified expenses of Public Defenders and the State
29     Appellate Defender from the money appropriated to the
30     Treasurer for capital litigation expenses of Public
31     Defenders and post-conviction proceeding expenses in
32     capital cases of the State Appellate Defender and expenses
33     in relation to petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the
34     Code of Civil Procedure in relation to capital cases in any

 

 

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

 

 

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1     subsection shall be considered in camera. Orders denying
2     petitions for compensation or expenses are final.
3     (j) If the Trust Fund is discontinued or dissolved by an
4 Act of the General Assembly or by operation of law, any balance
5 remaining in the Trust Fund shall be returned to the General
6 Revenue Fund after deduction of administrative costs, any other
7 provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-127, eff. 1-1-04; 93-605, eff. 11-19-03;
9 93-972, eff. 8-20-04.)
 
10     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.".