Amends the Public Interest Attorney Assistance Act. Provides that if a participant in the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program has been an assistant Public Defender for at least 6 years in an office of an Illinois Public Defender, other than the Office of the Cook County Public Defender, and the participant graduated from a law school in this State, then the maximum amount of loan repayment assistance during the participant's career shall be equal to the full tuition cost charged the participant while attending that law school or $30,000, whichever is greater (rather than a maximum of $30,000 for any program participant).
House Amendment 1:
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning the advisory committee for the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program, provides that one person from the Illinois Public Defender Association (instead of one person from an office of an Illinois Public Defender) shall be on the advisory committee. Provides that if a participant in the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Assistance Program has been an assistant Public Defender for at least 4 years in one or more offices of an Illinois Public Defender (instead of for at least 6 years in an office of an Illinois Public Defender, other than the Office of the Cook County Public Defender), then the maximum amount of loan repayment assistance shall be equal to the full tuition cost charged the participant while attending law school or $30,000, whichever is greater.