COUNTIES CD-DEFENDER POWERS

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Amends the Officers and Employees Article of the Counties Code. Allows a public defender who is representing a client in a criminal case to also represent the client in a statutory summary suspension proceeding under a specified provision in the Illinois Vehicle Code arising from the same arrest.

Source: OpenStates · fetched June 18, 2026

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D · PrimeRick Ryan
D · CoKelly Cassidy
D · CoWill Guzzardi
D · PrimeRobert Martwick
D · CoJavier Cervantes

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