SB0349sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Rickey R. Hendon

Filed: 3/25/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 349

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 349 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Jobs for Guns Act.

Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:

"Gun" means firearm and has the meanings ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.

"Gun buy back program" means any gun trade-in program authorized, sanctioned, or sponsored by any State or local government entity or not-for-profit organization.

"List" means a list of the names and contact information voluntarily provided by participants in a gun buy back program.

Section 15. Operation; Jobs for Guns Fund.

(a) The Jobs for Guns Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The Department of State Police shall make grants from funds appropriated from the Jobs for Guns Fund. The grants may be awarded to and used by State and local governmental entities and not-for-profit organizations for the following purposes:

(1) to pay $100 per gun to each participant in a gun buy back program who turns in a minimum of 2 guns;

(2) to keep records of the name and contact information of each individual who, of his or her own volition, turns in 2 guns to a gun buy back program and records his or her information on the program's list; and

(3) to distribute a program's list to any and all companies, contractors, organizations, or vendors, that as a matter of public record have received funds from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or the "Illinois Jobs Now! Program" for the purposes of infrastructure construction, as a list of potential employees.

(b) The list compiled by any grantee shall not, under any circumstances, be distributed or reproduced in any form or fashion to any law enforcement agency; to any law enforcement representative or official; to any criminal investigatory entity; or to any individual not associated with the gun buy back program. The Department of State Police shall not make any copies or reproductions of the list for any criminal investigation purposes.

(c) Grants under this Act shall not be available at any time that the Fund does not have moneys currently available to compensate a gun trade-in.

Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.719 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.719 new)

Sec. 5.719. Jobs for Guns Fund.".