{"data":{"id":"us-il/55-ilcs-5-3-4014","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"55 ILCS 5/3-4014","heading":"Public Defender Fund.","body":"(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-300)\n(a) (Blank).\n(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.\n(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-300)\nPublic Defender Fund.\n(a) (Blank).\n(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.","path":["CHAPTER 55 COUNTIES","Counties Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=750\u0026ChapterID=12\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:22Z","sha256":"239ae74b16eca761ec1ff2c110e2faeb84abc8f1267f50f77c9367d79be548a3","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/55-ilcs-5-3-4013","next":"us-il/55-ilcs-5-3-5001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}