SB2372 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 19761 WGH 46134 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2372

Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/5.708 new
430 ILCS 65/5	from Ch. 38, par. 83-5
430 ILCS 65/5.5 new

Amends the State Finance Act and the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Creates the Community Policing Grant Fund in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be distributed upon the approval of the Director of State Police as grants to local law enforcement agencies for community policing programs. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be distributed proportionately to local law enforcement agencies in each county based upon the fees collected from the issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards to residents of that county. Increases the fee for the issuance of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card by $5 and provides that $5 of the fee shall be deposited into the Community Policing Grant Fund.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning community policing grants.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.708 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.708 new)

Sec. 5.708. The Community Policing Grant Fund.

Section 10. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is amended by changing Section 5 and by adding Section 5.5 as follows:

(430 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-581)

Sec. 5. The Department of State Police shall either approve or deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are received, and every applicant found qualified pursuant to Section 8 of this Act by the Department shall be entitled to a Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $15 $10 fee. $6 of each fee derived from the issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, or renewals thereof, shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury; $1 of such fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services Fund; and $3 of such fee shall be deposited in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund; and $5 of such fee shall be deposited in the Community Policing Grant Fund in the State treasury. Monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be used exclusively to pay for the cost of sending notices of expiration of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under Section 13.2 of this Act. Excess monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be used to ensure the prompt and efficient processing of applications received under Section 4 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-353, eff. 7-29-05; 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)

(430 ILCS 65/5.5 new)

Sec. 5.5. Community Policing Grant Fund.

(a) The Community Policing Grant Fund is created in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be distributed upon the approval of the Director of State Police as grants to local law enforcement agencies for community policing programs.

(b) Moneys in the Fund shall be distributed proportionately to local law enforcement agencies in each county based upon the fees collected from the issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards to residents of that county.

(c) In this Section, "community policing program" means any plan, system, or strategy established by and conducted under the auspices of a law enforcement agency in which citizens participate with and are guided by the law enforcement agency and work with members of that agency to reduce or prevent crime within a defined geographic area.