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725 ILCS 173/15

(725 ILCS 173/15)

Sec. 15. Funding.

  The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, in consultation with
the Office of the Attorney General, shall adopt rules for the implementation of the Violent 
Crime Witness Protection Program.  Assistance shall be subject to the following
limitations:

(a) Funds shall be limited to payment of the

following:

(1) emergency or temporary living costs;

(2) moving expenses;

(3) rent;

(3.5) utilities;

(4) security deposits for rent and utilities;

(5) other appropriate expenses of relocation or

transition;

            (6) mental health treatment; and
            (7) lost wage assistance.
        (b) Approval of applications made by State's

Attorneys shall be conditioned upon county funding for costs at a level of at least 25%, unless this requirement is waived by the administrator, in accordance with adopted rules, for good cause shown.

(c) Counties providing assistance consistent with the

limitations in this Act may apply for reimbursement of up to 75% of their costs.

(d) No more than 50% of funding available in any

given fiscal year may be used for costs associated with any single county.

(d-5) Funds may also be requested by local law

enforcement agencies and, notwithstanding subsection (a), used to establish local violent crime witness protection programs.

(e) Before the Illinois Criminal Justice Information

Authority distributes moneys from the Violent Crime Witness Protection Program Fund as provided in this Section, it shall retain 5% of those moneys for administrative purposes.

(f) Direct reimbursement is allowed in whole or in

part.

(g) Implementation of the Violent Crime Witness

Protection  Program is contingent upon and subject to there being made sufficient appropriations for implementation of that program.

(Source: P.A. 102-756, eff. 5-10-22.)