Rep. Paul Jacobs
Filed: 3/21/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2088 

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2088 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing 
5Section 6z-135 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/6z-135)
7    Sec. 6z-135. The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention 
8Fund.
9    (a) The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund is 
10hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. 
11    (b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Law 
12Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund shall be used by 
13the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to award 
14grants to units of local government, public institutions of 
15higher education, and qualified nonprofit entities for the 
16purpose of hiring and retaining law enforcement officers, 
 
 
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1county correctional officers, and public safety 
2telecommunicators. 
3    (c) When awarding grants, the Board shall prioritize: 
4        (1) grants that will be used in underserved areas and 
5    areas experiencing the most need to hire, retain, or hire 
6    and retain law enforcement officers, county correctional 
7    officers, and public safety telecommunicators in 
8    underserved areas 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, county correctional officers, and public safety 
15    telecommunicators; and 
16        (4) providing grants that can impact multiple 
17    employers. 
18    (d) Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, 
19including, but not limited to, fee receipts, gifts, grants, 
20and awards from any public or private entity, must be 
21deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the 
22Fund must be deposited into the Fund. 
23    (e) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board 
24may, by rule, set requirements for the distribution of grant 
25moneys and determine which entities are eligible. 
26    (f) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board 
 
 
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1shall consider compliance with the Uniform Crime Reporting Act 
2as a factor in awarding grant moneys. 
3    (g) As used in this Section, "qualified nonprofit entity" 
4means a nonprofit entity, as defined by the Board by rule, that 
5has established experience in recruitment and retention of law 
6enforcement officers in Illinois. 
7(Source: P.A. 102-755, eff. 5-10-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)".