Sen. Julie A. Morrison
Filed: 4/4/2022
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3863 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3863 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by adding 
5Sections 5.970 and 6z-130 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.970 new)
7    Sec. 5.970. The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention 
8Fund.
 
9    (30 ILCS 105/6z-130 new)
10    Sec. 6z-130. The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention 
11Fund.
12    (a) The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund is 
13hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. 
14    (b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Law 
15Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund shall be used by 
 
 
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1the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to award 
2grants to units of local government, public institutions of 
3higher education, and qualified nonprofit entities for the 
4purpose of hiring and retaining law enforcement officers. 
5    (c) When awarding grants, the Board shall prioritize: 
6        (1) grants that will be used to hire, retain, or hire 
7    and retain law enforcement officers in underserved areas 
8    and areas experiencing the most need; 
9        (2) achieving demographic and geographic diversity of 
10    law enforcement officers that are recruited or hired by 
11    applicants that are awarded grants; 
12        (3) maximizing the effects of moneys spent on the 
13    actual recruitment and retention of law enforcement 
14    officers; and 
15        (4) providing grants that can impact multiple 
16    employers. 
17    (d) Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, 
18including but not limited to, fee receipts, gifts, grants, and 
19awards from any public or private entity, must be deposited 
20into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the Fund must 
21be deposited into the Fund. 
22    (e) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board 
23may, by rule, set requirements for the distribution of grant 
24moneys and determine which entities are eligible. 
25    (f) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board 
26shall consider compliance with the Uniform Crime Reporting Act 
 
 
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1as a factor in awarding grant moneys. 
2    (g) As used in this Section, "qualified nonprofit entity" 
3means a nonprofit entity, as defined by the Board by rule, that 
4has established experience in recruitment and retention of law 
5enforcement officers in Illinois. 

 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.".