SB1567 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1567

Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/5.990 new
30 ILCS 105/6z-139 new

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Crime Laboratory Assistance Grant Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Illinois State Police to make grants to crime laboratories in this State that are not operated by the Illinois State Police for the operational costs of those crime laboratory facilities.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

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 Sections 5.990 and 6z-139 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)

Sec. 5.990. The Crime Laboratory Assistance Grant Fund.

(30 ILCS 105/6z-139 new)

Sec. 6z-139. Crime Laboratory Assistance Grant Fund; creation.

(a) The Crime Laboratory Assistance Grant Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury.

(b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Illinois State Police to make grants to crime laboratories in this State that are not operated by the Illinois State Police for the operational costs of those crime laboratory facilities.

(c) Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, including, but not limited to, fee receipts, gifts, grants, and awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must be deposited into the Fund.

(d) The Illinois State Police may, by rule, set requirements for the distribution of grant moneys and determine which entities are eligible.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, moneys in the Fund shall not be appropriated, assigned, or transferred to another State fund.