(725 ILCS 173/10)
Sec. 10. Financial Assistance Program. No later than January 1, 2023, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall establish
a program to assist victims and witnesses who are actively
aiding in the prosecution of perpetrators of violent crime, and appropriate
related persons or victims and witnesses determined by the Authority to be at risk of a discernible threat of violent crime. The program shall be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The program shall offer, among other things, financial assistance, including financial assistance on an emergency basis, that may be provided upon application by a
State's Attorney or the Attorney General, or a chief executive of a police
agency from funds deposited in the Violent Crime Witness Protection Program Fund
and appropriated from that Fund for the purposes of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-756, eff. 5-10-22.) |