$HB2979 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT making appropriations.

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

Section 5. The amount of $30,705,700, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to meet its operational expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.

Section 6. In addition to other amounts appropriated, the amount of $1,887,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for operational expenses, awards, grants and permanent improvements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012.

Section 7. The sum of $1,300,000, or so much thereof as is available for use by the Attorney General, is appropriated to the Attorney General from the Illinois Gaming Law Enforcement Fund for State law enforcement purposes.

Section 10. The following named sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated from the Asbestos Abatement Fund to the Attorney General to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Environmental Enforcement-Asbestos Litigation Division:

ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT-

ASBESTOS LITIGATION DIVISION

For Personal Services.......................... 1,443,000

For State Contribution to State

Employees' Retirement System.................... 509,600 For State Contribution to Social Security.................... 109,300

For Group Insurance.............................. 349,800

For Contractual Services......................... 500,000

For Travel........................................ 45,000

For Operational Expenses.......................... 60,000

Total....................................... $3,016,700

Section 15. The amount of $7,750,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for use, subject to pertinent court order or agreement, in the performance of any function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public education.

Section 20. The amount of $1,600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Charity Bureau Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of the Solicitation for Charity Act and to gather and disseminate information about charitable trustees and organizations to the public.

Section 25. The amount of $10,700,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses, including State law enforcement purposes.

Section 30. The amount of $900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund to the Attorney General for financial support under the Capital Crimes Litigation Act.

Section 35. The amount of $1,050,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the Attorney General for the funding of a unit responsible for oversight, enforcement, and implementation of the Master Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of the State of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al. (Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 96L13146), for enforcement of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Escrow Act, and for handling remaining tobacco-related litigation.

Section 40. The amount of $4,350,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General's State Projects and Court Ordered Distribution Fund to the Attorney General for payment of interagency agreements, for court-ordered distributions to third parties, and, subject to pertinent court order, for performance of any function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public education.

Section 45. The amount of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General's Grant Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to be expended in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which those funds were received.

Section 50. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes named in this Section, are appropriated to the Attorney General to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Attorney General:

OPERATIONS

Payable from the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 1,029,300

For State Contribution to State Employees'

Retirement System............................... 363,500

For State Contribution to Social Security......... 78,000

For Group Insurance.............................. 318,000

For Operational Expenses,

Crime Victims Services Division................. 150,000

For Operational Expenses,

Automated Victim Notification System............ 800,000

For Awards and Grants under the Violent

Crime Victims Assistance Act.................. 6,000,000

Total....................................... $8,738,800

Section 55. The amount of $320,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Child Support Administrative Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for child support enforcement purposes.

Section 60. The amount of $2,750,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Federal Grant Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for funding for federal grants.

Section 65. The amount of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Sex Offender Management Board Fund to the Sex Offender Management Board for the purposes authorized by the Sex Offender Management Board Act including, but not limited to, sex offender evaluation, treatment, and monitoring programs and grants. Funding received from private sources is to be expended in accordance with the terms and conditions placed upon the funding.

Section 70. The amount of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Statewide Grand Jury Prosecution Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for expenses incurred in criminal prosecutions arising under the Statewide Grand Jury Act.

Section 75. The sum of $400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General from the Married Families Domestic Violence Fund pursuant to Public Act 95-711 for grants to public or private nonprofit agencies for the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to married or formerly married victims of domestic violence related to order of protection proceedings, or other proceedings for civil remedies for domestic violence.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2011.