(A) The County Board does hereby support the continued operation of the Office of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor, and designates the Office of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor as its agent to administer the operation of the appellate offices and process said appellate court cases for this county.
(B) The attorneys employed by the Office of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor are hereby authorized to act as Assistant State’s Attorney 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, the Cannabis Control Act, the Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act and the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act. 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, including negotiations thereunder, as well as in the trial and appeal of tax objections.
(C) The Office of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor will offer continuing legal education training programs to the State’s Attorney and Assistant State’s Attorney.
(D) The attorneys employed by the Office of the State’s Attorney’s 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.
(E) The County Board hereby agrees to participate in the service program of the Office of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor for Fiscal Year 2013, commencing December 1, 2012, and ending November 30, 2013, by hereby appropriating the sum of $13,000 as consideration for the express purpose of providing a portion of the funds required for financing the operation of the Office of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor, and agrees to deliver the same to the Office of the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor on request during the Fiscal Year 2013.
(Res. 1981.61, passed 11-10-1981; Res. 1982.45, passed 10-12-1982; Res. 1984.57, passed 11-13-1984; Res. 1985.50, passed 10-8-1985; Res. 1987.53, passed 10-13-1987; Res. 1988.44, passed 10-11-1988; Res. 1989.36, passed 6-12-1989; Res. 1990.58, passed 11-13-1990; Res. 1991.70, passed 11-12-1991; Res. 1993.11, passed 2-9-1993; Res. 1993.67, passed 12-14-1993; Res. 1996.77, passed 12-10-1996; Res. 1997.68, passed 12-9-1997; Res. 1999.33, passed 8-10-1999; Res. 99.51, passed 12-14-1999; Res. 2000.65, passed 11-14-2000; Res. 2001.81, passed 11-13-2001; Res. 2002.55, passed 11-12-2002; Res. 2003.64, passed 10-14-2003; Res. 2004.77, passed 11-9-2004; Res. 2005.70, passed 11-8-2005; Res. 2006.67, passed 10-10-2006; Res. 2007.47, passed 10-9-2007; Res. 2008.54, passed 10-14-2008; Res. 2009-34, passed 12-8-2009; Res. 2010.44, passed 12-6-2010; Res. 2012.59, passed 11-13-2012)