$HB6490 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT making appropriations.

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

Section 5. The sum of $30,843,200, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to meet its operational expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016.

Section 10. The sum of $1,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use as provided in the Illinois Equal Justice Act.

Section 15. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as is available for use by the Attorney General, is appropriated to the Attorney General from the Illinois Gaming Law Enforcement Fund for State law enforcement purposes.

Section 20. The sum of $11,200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for use, subject to pertinent court order or agreement, in the performance of any function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public education.

Section 25. The sum of $1,900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Charity Bureau Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of the Solicitation for Charity Act and to gather and disseminate information about charitable trustees and organizations to the public.

Section 30. The sum of $7,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses, including State law enforcement purposes.

Section 35. The sum of $11,300,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General's State Projects and Court Ordered Distribution Fund to the Attorney General for payment of interagency agreements, for court-ordered distributions to third parties, and, subject to pertinent court order, for performance of any function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public education.

Section 40. The following named sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes named in this Section, are appropriated to the Attorney General to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Attorney General:

OPERATIONS

Payable from the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 1,029,300

For State Contribution to State Employees'

Retirement System............................... 468,100

For State Contribution to Social Security......... 78,800

For Group Insurance.............................. 437,000

For Operational Expenses,

Crime Victims Services Division................. 150,000

For Operational Expenses,

Automated Victim Notification System............ 800,000

For Awards and Grants under the Violent

Crime Victims Assistance Act.................. 7,000,000

Total $9,963,200

Section 45. The sum of $240,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Child Support Administrative Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for child support enforcement purposes.

Section 50. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Federal Grant Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for funding for federal grants.

Section 55. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General from the Domestic Violence Fund pursuant to Public Act 95-711 for grants to public or private nonprofit agencies for the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to victims of domestic violence who are married or formerly married or parties or former parties to a civil union related to order of protection proceedings, or other proceedings for civil remedies for domestic violence.

Section 60. The sum of $3,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Tobacco Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the oversight, enforcement, and implementation of the Master Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of the State of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al (Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 96L13146), for the administration and enforcement of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers’ Escrow Act, for the handling of tobacco-related litigation, and for other law enforcement activities of the Attorney General.

Section 65. The sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Sex Offender Awareness, Training, and Education Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to administer the I-SORT program and to alert and educate the public, victims, and witnesses of their rights under various victim notification laws and for training law enforcement agencies, State’s Attorneys, and medical providers regarding their legal duties concerning the prosecution and investigation of sex offenses.

Section 70. The sum of $1,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Access to Justice Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation pursuant to the Access to Justice Act.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2016.