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| 1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act | ||||||
| 5 | is amended by adding Section 10.3 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 3930/10.3 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10.3. ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund; grant program. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund is created as a | ||||||
| 9 | special fund in the State treasury into which funds received | ||||||
| 10 | from private, State, or federal sources specifically for | ||||||
| 11 | violence reduction may be deposited, including funds | ||||||
| 12 | appropriated to the Authority for purposes under this Act. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) Moneys in the Fund shall be used for grants by the | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to | ||||||
| 15 | community-based organizations whose primary purpose is | ||||||
| 16 | violence reduction in disproportionately impacted areas. | ||||||
| 17 | Moneys in the Fund shall also be used by the Authority for | ||||||
| 18 | operational and grant program purposes, including technical | ||||||
| 19 | assistance and outreach to potential grant recipients under | ||||||
| 20 | this Section. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) To be eligible to receive grants under this Section, a | ||||||
| 22 | violence reduction grant applicant must be an organization | ||||||
| 23 | that is primarily headquartered and operated in a | ||||||
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| 1 | disproportionately impacted area and has the primary purpose | ||||||
| 2 | of violence reduction. Grants provided under this Section | ||||||
| 3 | shall otherwise be subject to the requirements of the Grant | ||||||
| 4 | Accountability and Transparency Act. | ||||||
| 5 | (d) The Authority shall adopt rules to implement the grant | ||||||
| 6 | program established under this Section. | ||||||
| 7 | (e) For the purposes of this Section: | ||||||
| 8 | "Disproportionately impacted area" has the same meaning as | ||||||
| 9 | provided to that term under Section 1-10 of the Cannabis | ||||||
| 10 | Regulation and Tax Act. | ||||||
| 11 | "Violence reduction" means street level intervention and | ||||||
| 12 | mediation, case management, education, and outreach for | ||||||
| 13 | individuals already involved in the criminal justice system or | ||||||
| 14 | those who are at high risk for becoming victims based off of | ||||||
| 15 | societal conditions and police or community data. | ||||||
| 16 | "Violence reduction grant applicant" means, in addition to | ||||||
| 17 | the requirements of subsection (c), an applicant meeting the | ||||||
| 18 | same criteria as established for a social equity applicant, as | ||||||
| 19 | defined under Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax | ||||||
| 20 | Act. | ||||||
| 21 | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 22 | Section 5.935 as follows: | ||||||
| 23 | (30 ILCS 105/5.935 new) | ||||||
| 24 | Sec. 5.935. The ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund.
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