Public Defender Fund

(55 ILCS 5/3-4014)     (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-300)     Sec. 3-4014. Public Defender Fund.     (a) (Blank).     (b) The Public Defender Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Public Defender Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, 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 this Section 3-4014. Funding provided from the State Public Defender Fund to a county under this Section shall augment rather than replace county-level public defense budgets. (Source: P.A. 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22; 103-8, eff. 7-1-23; 104-466, eff. 7-1-26.)       (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-300)     Sec. 3-4014. Public Defender Fund.     (a) (Blank).     (b) The Public Defender Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Public Defender Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Public Defender to provide funding to counties with a population of 3,000,000 or less for use by public defenders for public defender services and related expenses pursuant to this Section 3-4014. Funding provided from the State Public Defender Fund to a county under this Section shall augment rather than replace county-level public defense budgets. (Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 7-1-23; 104-300, eff. 1-1-27; 104-466, eff. 7-1-26.)