Sen. Tim Bivins
Filed: 4/25/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2998 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2998 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 



6    (50 ILCS 705/9)  (from Ch. 85, par. 509)



7    Sec. 9. 
A special fund is hereby established in the State 
8Treasury to
be known as "The Traffic and Criminal Conviction 
9Surcharge Fund" and shall
be financed as provided in Section 
109.1 of this Act and Section 5-9-1 of the
"Unified Code of 
11Corrections", unless the fines, costs or additional
amounts 
12imposed are subject to disbursement by the circuit clerk under

13Section 27.5 of the Clerks of Courts Act. Moneys in this Fund 
14shall be
expended as follows:
15        (a) 75% of the total amount deposited in the Fund shall 
16    be used by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards 
 
 
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1    Board as follows:


2            (1) A portion of the total amount deposited in the 
3        Fund may be used, as
appropriated by the General 
4        Assembly, for the ordinary and contingent expenses
of 
5        the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board;


6            (2) A portion of the total amount deposited in the 
7        Fund
shall be appropriated for the reimbursement of 
8        local governmental agencies
participating in training 
9        programs certified by the Board, in an amount
equaling 
10        1/2 of the total sum paid by such agencies during the 
11        State's previous
fiscal year for mandated training for 
12        probationary police officers or
probationary county 
13        corrections officers and for optional advanced and

14        specialized law enforcement or county corrections 
15        training. These
reimbursements may include the costs 
16        for tuition at training schools, the
salaries of 
17        trainees while in schools, and the necessary travel and 
18        room
and board expenses for each trainee. If the 
19        appropriations under this
paragraph (2) are not 
20        sufficient to fully reimburse the participating local

21        governmental agencies, the available funds shall be 
22        apportioned among such
agencies, with priority first 
23        given to repayment of the costs of mandatory
training 
24        given to law enforcement officer or county corrections 
25        officer
recruits, then to repayment of costs of 
26        advanced or specialized training
for permanent police 
 
 
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1        officers or permanent county corrections officers;


2            (3) A portion of the total amount deposited in the 
3        Fund shall may be used to
fund the "Intergovernmental 
4        Law Enforcement Officer's In-Service Training
Act", 
5        veto overridden October 29, 1981, as now or hereafter 
6        amended, at
a rate and method to be determined by the 
7        board;


8            (4) (Blank); A portion of the Fund also may be used 
9        by the Illinois Department
of State Police for expenses 
10        incurred in the training of employees from
any State, 
11        county or municipal agency whose function includes 
12        enforcement
of criminal or traffic law;


13            (5) A portion of the Fund may be used by the Board 
14        to fund grant-in-aid
programs and services for the 
15        training of employees from any county or
municipal 
16        agency whose functions include corrections or the 
17        enforcement of
criminal or traffic
law; .
18        (b) 25% of the Fund also shall be used by the Illinois 
19    Department
of State Police for expenses incurred in the 
20    training of employees from
any State, county or municipal 
21    agency whose function includes enforcement
of criminal or 
22    traffic law. 

23    All payments from The Traffic and Criminal Conviction 
24Surcharge Fund shall
be made each year from moneys appropriated 
25for the purposes specified in
this Section. No more than 50% of 
26any appropriation under this Act shall be
spent in any city 
 
 
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1having a population of more than 500,000. The State
Comptroller 
2and the State Treasurer shall from time to time, at the

3direction of the Governor, transfer from The Traffic and 
4Criminal
Conviction Surcharge Fund to the General Revenue Fund 
5in the State Treasury
such amounts as the Governor determines 
6are in excess of the amounts
required to meet the obligations 
7of The Traffic and Criminal Conviction
Surcharge Fund.

8(Source: P.A. 88-586, eff. 8-12-94; 89-464, eff. 6-13-96.)

 

9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.".