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    AN ACT concerning government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Jobs 
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for Guns Act.
 
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    Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
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    "Gun" means firearm and has the meanings ascribed to it in 
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Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
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    "Gun buy back program" means any gun trade-in program 
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authorized, sanctioned, or sponsored by any State or local 
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government entity or not-for-profit organization.
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    "List" means a list of the names and contact information 
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voluntarily provided by participants in a gun buy back program.
 
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    Section 15. Operation; Jobs for Guns Fund. 
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    (a) The Jobs for Guns Fund is created as a special fund in 
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the State treasury. The Department of State Police shall make 
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grants from funds appropriated from the Jobs for Guns Fund. The 
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grants may be awarded to and used by State and local 
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governmental entities and not-for-profit organizations for the 
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following purposes:
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        (1) to pay $100 per gun to each participant in a gun 
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    buy back program who turns in a minimum of 2 guns;

                        
 


 






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

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

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

            
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    (c) Grants under this Act shall not be available at any 
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time that the Fund does not have moneys currently available to 
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compensate a gun trade-in.
 
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    (d) Persons participating in the gun buy back program shall 
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not be prosecuted under Section 24-1, Section 24-1.1, or 
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Section 24-1.7 of the Criminal Code of 1961 and Section 2 of 
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the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
 


 






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    (e) Persons participating in the gun buy back program who 
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voluntarily put their contact information on the list are still 
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required to undergo any and all job application processes that 
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are obligatory for members of the general public.
 
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    Section 20. Transfer.  Notwithstanding any other provision 
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of State law to the contrary and in addition to any other 
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transfers that may be provided for by law, on the effective 
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date of this Act, or as soon as may be practical thereafter, 
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the State Comptroller shall direct the transfer of, and the 
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State Treasurer shall transfer, $1,000,000 from the General 
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Revenue Fund into the Jobs for Guns Fund. 
 
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    Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 5.719 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 105/5.719  new)
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    Sec. 5.719. Jobs for Guns Fund.
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.