725 ILCS 215/1
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Statewide Grand Jury Act
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Statewide Grand Jury Act. (Source: P.A. 87-466.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 725 ILCS 215 — Statewide Grand Jury Act.
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725 ILCS 215/2
(Text of Section from P
(Text of Section from P.A. 103-1071) Sec. 2. (a) County grand juries and State's Attorneys have always had and shall continue to have primary responsibility for investigating, indicting, and prosecuting persons who violate the criminal laws of the State of Illinois. However, in recent years organized terrorist activity…
725 ILCS 215/3
(Text of Section from P
(Text of Section from P.A. 103-1071) Sec. 3. Written application for the appointment of a Circuit Judge to convene and preside over a Statewide Grand Jury, with jurisdiction extending throughout the State, shall be made to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Upon such written application, the Chief Justice of the S…
725 ILCS 215/4
(a) The presiding judge of the Statewide Grand Jury will receive recommendations from the Attorney General as to the county in which the Grand Jury will sit
(a) The presiding judge of the Statewide Grand Jury will receive recommendations from the Attorney General as to the county in which the Grand Jury will sit. Prior to making the recommendations, the Attorney General shall obtain the permission of the local State's Attorney to use his or her county for the site of the S…
725 ILCS 215/5
A Statewide Grand Jury shall be called and shall sit at such times and for such periods, and subject to the same procedures, as grand juries in counties having not more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, except as otherwise provided in this Act. (Source: P.A. 87-466.)
725 ILCS 215/6
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a Statewide Grand Jury shall have the same powers and duties, shall be selected in the same manner, shall be served by county personnel in the same manner, and shall follow the same procedures, as other grand juries in the county in which the Statewide Grand Jury sits. A Statew…
725 ILCS 215/7
The Attorney General or his assistant shall attend each Statewide Grand Jury, and shall prosecute any indictment returned by it, unless the State's Attorney of the country of venue for the indictment consents to prosecute the indictment. The Attorney General or his assistant shall have the same powers and duties in rel…
725 ILCS 215/8
The costs of impaneling a Statewide Grand Jury, and the costs and expenses incurred in the performance of its functions and duties, shall be paid by the county in which it sits
The costs of impaneling a Statewide Grand Jury, and the costs and expenses incurred in the performance of its functions and duties, shall be paid by the county in which it sits. The county shall be reimbursed for such costs and expenses by the State out of funds appropriated to the Attorney General for that purpose. (S…
725 ILCS 215/9
No provision of this Act shall be construed as limiting the jurisdiction of county grand juries or State's Attorneys, nor shall an investigation by a Statewide Grand Jury be deemed to preempt an investigation by any other grand jury or agency having jurisdiction over the same subject matter. (Source: P.A. 87-466.)
725 ILCS 215/10
The Attorney General shall, at the earliest opportunity, upon initiation of Grand Jury action, consult with and advise the State's Attorney of any county involved in a Statewide Grand Jury terrorist or narcotics investigation. Further, the State's Attorney may attend the Grand Jury proceedings or the trial of any party…