HB2129 - PUBLIC DEFENDER SALARY PARITY
Illinois - 103rd General Assembly
Introduced byJennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Maurice A. West
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county's full-time public defender must be paid an annual salary that is at least 100% (rather than 90%) of the county State's attorney's annual compensation. Requires the State to pay 100% (rather than 66 2/3%) of the public defender's annual salary. Prohibits a public defender for a county of 30,000 or more inhabitants from engaging in the private practice of law if the public defender is receiving not less than 100% (rather than 90%) of the compensation of the State's attorney of that county. Effective July 1, 2023.
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