(20 ILCS 1805/90) (from Ch. 129, par. 220.90)
Sec. 90.
If any member of the Illinois National Guard is prosecuted by
civil or criminal action for any act performed or
committed by such member, or an act caused, ordered or directed by such
member to be done or performed in furtherance of and while in the
performance of military duty, all the expense of the defense of such action
or actions civil or criminal, including attorney's fees, witnesses' fees
for the defense, defendant's court costs and all costs for transcripts of
records and abstracts thereof on appeal by the defense, shall be paid by
the State; provided, that the Attorney General of the State shall be first
consulted in regard to, and approve of, the selection of the attorney for
the defense: And, provided, further, that the Attorney General of the State
may, if he see fit, assume the responsibility for the defense of such
member and conduct the same personally or by any one or more of his
assistants.
(Source: P.A. 85-1241.)
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