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AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL FUND FOR THE KANE COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT ALLOCATION
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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 included two variables: (1) total percentage of county residents living at or below the poverty level (as established by the US Census Bureau 2020 American Community Survey), and (2) the total of 2021 criminal case filings by county; and
WHEREAS, upon application of this formula, it was deemed that the 16th Judicial Circuit would be allocated a total of $104,197.08 in a lump sum payment to be used for the purposes stated in the Act, and after consultation between the Chief Judge and the Public Defender of each county; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kane County Board Chairman thereof is hereby authorized and directed to approve the creation of a Special Fund for the Kane County Public Defender's Illinois Supreme Court allocation for the purposes of depositing and expending funds allocated by the Illinois Supreme Court to the 16th Judicial Circuit, to supplement the funds appropr...
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