102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0835

 

Introduced 2/10/2021, by Rep. Michael Halpin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.586 rep.
705 ILCS 235/15
705 ILCS 235/30 new
705 ILCS 235/5 rep.
705 ILCS 235/10 rep.
705 ILCS 235/20 rep.
705 ILCS 235/25 rep.

    Amends the Lawyers' Assistance Program Act and the State Finance Act. Repeals provisions concerning: the definition of "lawyers' assistance program"; support for lawyers' assistance programs; creation of the Lawyers' Assistance Program Fund; program funding; and powers of the Supreme Court. Provides for the transfer of the balance of the money in the Lawyers' Assistance Program Fund to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. Provides that the Lawyers' Assistance Program Act is repealed in its entirety on July 1, 2022. Effective January 1, 2022.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    (30 ILCS 105/5.586 rep.)
5    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by repealing
6Section 5.586.
 
7    Section 10. The Lawyers' Assistance Program Act is amended
8by changing Section 15 and by adding Section 30 as follows:
 
9    (705 ILCS 235/15)
10    Sec. 15. Transfer of program funds. An amount equal to the
11balance of the money in the Lawyers' Assistance Program Fund
12as it existed on December 31, 2021 shall be transferred to the
13Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission by June 30,
142022. Creation of the Lawyers' Assistance Program Fund. There
15is created in the State treasury the Lawyers' Assistance
16Program Fund, a special fund to be appropriated solely for the
17purpose of funding lawyers' assistance programs.
18(Source: P.A. 92-747, eff. 7-31-02.)
 
19    (705 ILCS 235/30 new)
20    Sec. 30. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2022.
 

 

 

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1    (705 ILCS 235/5 rep.)
2    (705 ILCS 235/10 rep.)
3    (705 ILCS 235/20 rep.)
4    (705 ILCS 235/25 rep.)
5    Section 15. The Lawyers' Assistance Program Act is amended
6by repealing Sections 5, 10, 20, and 25.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
81, 2022.