(A) Support. The County Board, in regular session, does hereby support the continued operation of the Office of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and designates the Office of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor as its agent to administer the operation of the Appellate offices and process said Appellate Court cases for this county.
(B) Authorization.
(1) The attorneys employed by the Office of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor are hereby authorized to act as Assistant State’s Attorneys on behalf of the State’s Attorney of this county in the appeal of all cases when requested to do so by the State’s Attorney and, with the advice and consent of the State’s Attorney, prepare, file and argue appellate briefs for those cases and also, as may be requested by the State’s Attorney, to assist in the prosecution of cases under the State Controlled Substances Act (720 ILCS 570/100 et seq.), the Cannabis Control Act (720 ILCS 550/1 et seq.), the Drug Assets Forfeiture Procedure Act (725 ILCS 150/1 et seq.) and the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act (725 ILCS 175/1 et seq.).
(2) Such attorneys are further authorized to assist the State’s Attorney in the State’s Attorney’s duties under the State Public Labor Relations Act (5 ILCS 315/1 et seq.), including negotiations thereunder, as well as in the trial and appeal of tax objections.
(C) Continuing legal education. The Office of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor will offer continuing legal education training programs to the State’s Attorney and Assistant State’s Attorneys.
(D) Assistance. The attorneys employed by the Office of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor may also assist the State’s Attorney of this county in the discharge of the State’s Attorney’s duties in the prosecution and trial of other cases and may act as special prosecutor if duly appointed to do so by a court having jurisdiction.
(Res. 2012-52, passed 12-18-2012; Res. 2013-63, passed 12-17-2013; Res. 2015-16, passed 3-17-2015)