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 1        AN   ACT   concerning  the  State's  Attorneys  Appellate
 2    Prosecutor.

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

 5        Section  5.  The State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's
 6    Act is amended by changing Section 4.01 as follows:

 7        (725 ILCS 210/4.01) (from Ch. 14, par. 204.01)
 8        Sec. 4.01.  The Office and all attorneys employed thereby
 9    may represent the People of the State of Illinois  on  appeal
10    in  all cases which emanate from a county district containing
11    less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, when requested to do so  and
12    at   the   direction   of  the  State's  Attorney,  otherwise
13    responsible for prosecuting the appeal,  and  may,  with  the
14    advice  and consent of the State's Attorney prepare, file and
15    argue such appellate briefs in the Illinois  Appellate  Court
16    and,  when  requested and authorized to do so by the Attorney
17    General, in the Illinois Supreme Court. The Office  may  also
18    assist  County  State's  Attorneys  in the discharge of their
19    duties under the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances  Act,  the
20    Cannabis  Control  Act,  the  Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure
21    Act, the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act,  and  the  Illinois
22    Public  Labor Relations Act, including negotiations conducted
23    on behalf of a county or  pursuant  to  an  intergovernmental
24    agreement  as  well  as in the trial and appeal of said cases
25    and of tax objections, and the counties  which  use  services
26    relating  to  labor  relations  shall reimburse the Office on
27    pro-rated shares as determined by the board  based  upon  the
28    population  and  number  of  labor  relations  cases  of  the
29    participating  counties.  In  addition,  the  Office  and all
30    attorneys employed by the  Office  may  also  assist  State's
31    Attorneys in the discharge of their duties in the prosecution
 
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 1    and  trial  of other cases when requested to do so by, and at
 2    the direction of, the State's Attorney otherwise  responsible
 3    for  the  case.   In  addition,  the Office and all attorneys
 4    employed by the Office may act as Special Prosecutor if  duly
 5    appointed  to  do  so  by  a court having jurisdiction. To be
 6    effective, the order appointing the Office or  its  attorneys
 7    as  Special  Prosecutor  must  (i)  identify the case and its
 8    subject matter and (ii) state  that  the  Special  Prosecutor
 9    serves  at  the  pleasure  of  the  Attorney General, who may
10    substitute himself or herself as the Special Prosecutor when,
11    in his or her judgment, the interest of  the  people  of  the
12    State so requires. Within 5 days after receiving a copy of an
13    order  from  the  court  appointing  the Office or any of its
14    attorneys as a Special Prosecutor, the Office must forward  a
15    copy  of  the order to the Springfield office of the Attorney
16    General.
17    (Source: P.A. 85-617.)

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

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