102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0716
 
Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 3930/10.3 new
30 ILCS 105/5.935 new

     Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Creates the ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used for grants by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to community-based organizations whose primary purpose is violence reduction in disproportionately impacted areas. Provides that the moneys in the Fund shall also be used by the Authority for operational and grant program purposes. Provides eligibility requirements for receiving grant funds. Provides that grants shall be subject to the requirements of the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Requires the Authority to adopt rules to implement the grant program. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund. Defines terms.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act 
5is amended  by adding Section 10.3 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3930/10.3 new)
7    Sec. 10.3. ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund; grant program.
8    (a) The ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund is created as a 
9special fund in the State treasury into which funds received 
10from private, State, or federal sources specifically for 
11violence reduction may be deposited, including funds 
12appropriated to the Authority for purposes under this Act.
13    (b) Moneys in the Fund shall be used for grants by the 
14Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to 
15community-based organizations whose primary purpose is 
16violence reduction in disproportionately impacted areas. 
17Moneys in the Fund shall also be used by the Authority for 
18operational and grant program purposes, including technical 
19assistance and outreach to potential grant recipients under 
20this Section.
21    (c) To be eligible to receive grants under this Section, a 
22violence reduction grant applicant must be an organization 
23that is primarily headquartered and operated in a 
 
 
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1disproportionately impacted area and has the primary purpose 
2of violence reduction. Grants provided under this Section 
3shall otherwise be subject to the requirements of the Grant 
4Accountability and Transparency Act.
5    (d) The Authority shall adopt rules to implement the grant 
6program established under this Section.
7    (e) For the purposes of this Section:
8    "Disproportionately impacted area" has the same meaning as 
9provided to that term under Section 1-10 of the Cannabis 
10Regulation and Tax Act.
11    "Violence reduction" means street level intervention and 
12mediation, case management, education, and outreach for 
13individuals already involved in the criminal justice system or 
14those who are at high risk for becoming victims based off of 
15societal conditions and police or community data.
16    "Violence reduction grant applicant" means, in addition to 
17the requirements of subsection (c), an applicant meeting the 
18same criteria as established for a social equity applicant, as 
19defined under Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax 
20Act.
 
21    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
22Section 5.935 as follows:
 
23    (30 ILCS 105/5.935 new)
24    Sec. 5.935. The ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund.