Public Act 095-0893
 		





SB2657 Enrolled
LRB095 05408 RCE 25498 b






    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 




 
    Section 5. The Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee 
Act is amended  by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 3929/2)

    Sec. 2. Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee.


    (a) There is created the Capital Punishment Reform Study 
Committee,
hereinafter referred to as the Committee, 
consisting of 15 members appointed as
follows:


        (1) Three members appointed by the President of the 
    Senate;


        (2) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
    Senate;


        (3) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House 
    of
Representatives;


        (4) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
    House of
Representatives;


        (5) One member appointed by the Attorney General;


        (6) One member appointed by the Governor;


        (7) One member appointed by the Cook County State's 
    Attorney;


        (8) One member appointed by the Office of the Cook 
    County Public
Defender;


        (9) One member appointed by the Office of the State 
    Appellate
Defender; and


        (10) One member appointed by the office of the State's 
    Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor.


    (b) The Committee shall study the impact of the various 
reforms to the
capital punishment system enacted by the 93rd 
General Assembly and annually
report to the General Assembly on 
the
effects of these reforms. Each report shall include:


        (1) The impact of the reforms on the issue of 
    uniformity and
proportionality in the application of the 
    death penalty including, but
not limited to, the tracking 
    of data related to whether the reforms have
eliminated the 
    statistically significant differences in sentencing 
    related
to the geographic location of the homicide and the 
    race of the victim
found by the Governor's Commission on 
    Capital Punishment in its report
issued on April 15, 2002.


        (2) The implementation of training for police, 
    prosecutors, defense
attorneys, and judges as recommended 
    by the Governor's Commission on
Capital Punishment.


        (3) The impact of the various reforms on the quality of 
    evidence
used during capital prosecutions.


        (4) The quality of representation provided by defense 
    counsel to
defendants in capital prosecutions.


        (5) The impact of the various reforms on the costs 
    associated with
the administration of the Illinois capital 
    punishment system.


    (c) The Committee shall hold hearings on a periodic basis 
to receive
testimony from the public regarding the manner in 
which reforms have impacted
the capital punishment system.


    (d) The Committee shall submit its final report to the 
General Assembly no
later than December 31, 2009 5 years after 
the effective date of this Act.


(Source: P.A. 93-605, eff. 11-19-03.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.