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Joint resolution establishing Fund 251 Supreme Court Public Defender Fund for the purposes of depositing and expending funds allocated by the Illinois Supreme Court to the 19th Judicial Circuit and to supplement the funds appropriated to the Office of the Public Defender and public defender services and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $104,197.08 in both revenue and expense as directed by the Chief Circuit Judge.
Staff Summary
* Illinois Public Act 103-0008 was signed into law by the Governor on June 7, 2023 and established among other things, the Public Defender Fund (55 ILCS 5/3-4014).
* The Public Defender Fund was created as a special fund in the State treasury, and a total of $10,000,000 was appropriated for this fund and is to be used by the Illinois Supreme Court to provide funding to counties with a population of 3,000,000 or less for public defenders and public defender services pursuant to Section 3-4014 of the Counties Code.
* The funds are to be used for public defender and public defender services.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Illinois Public Act 103-0008 was signed into law by the Governor on June 7, 2023 and established among other things, the Public Defender Fund (55 ILCS 5/3-4014).The Public Defender Fund was created as a special fund in the State treasury, and a total of $10,000,000 was appropriated for this fund and is to be used by the Illinois Supreme Court to provide funding to counties with a population of 3,000,000 or less for public defenders and public defender services pursuant to Section 3-4014 of the Counties Code; and
WHEREAS, with the goal to equitably and expeditiously allocate these funds throughout the state in all 101 eligible counties, the Illinois Supreme Court decided to allocate $50,000 to each of the eligible counties ($5,050,000), with the remaining sum ($4,950,000) to be allocated to each county through application of a formula developed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that i...
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