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 |  | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0746   Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 |   |   55 ILCS 5/3-4007 |  from Ch. 34, par. 3-4007 |   
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 Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
the
compensation to be paid to the Public Defender.
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 |  | HB0746 |  | LRB099 04562 AWJ 24590 b |  
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | 
| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section  | 
| 5 |  | 3-4007 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (55 ILCS 5/3-4007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-4007)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 3-4007. Compensation. 
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| 8 |  |  (a) The
The public defender
shall be paid out of the county  | 
| 9 |  | treasury, and, subject to appropriation, shall be paid by the  | 
| 10 |  | Department of Revenue out of the Personal Property Tax  | 
| 11 |  | Replacement Fund or the General Revenue Fund as provided
in  | 
| 12 |  | subsection (b), as the
sole compensation for his or her  | 
| 13 |  | services a salary in an
amount
fixed by the County Board. When  | 
| 14 |  | a Public Defender in a county of 30,000 or
more population
is  | 
| 15 |  | receiving not less than 90% of the compensation of the State's  | 
| 16 |  | Attorney
of such county, that Public Defender shall not engage  | 
| 17 |  | in the private
practice of law. | 
| 18 |  |  (b) The State must pay 66 2/3% of the public defender's  | 
| 19 |  | annual
salary. If the public defender is employed full-time in  | 
| 20 |  | that capacity, his or
her salary must be at least 90% of that  | 
| 21 |  | county's State's attorney's annual
compensation. Subject to  | 
| 22 |  | appropriation, these amounts furnished by the State shall be  | 
| 23 |  | payable monthly
by
the Department of Revenue out of the  |