95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2372

 

Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.708 new
430 ILCS 65/5   from Ch. 38, par. 83-5
430 ILCS 65/5.5 new

    Amends the State Finance Act and the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Creates the Community Policing Grant Fund in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be distributed upon the approval of the Director of State Police as grants to local law enforcement agencies for community policing programs. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be distributed proportionately to local law enforcement agencies in each county based upon the fees collected from the issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards to residents of that county. Increases the fee for the issuance of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card by $5 and provides that $5 of the fee shall be deposited into the Community Policing Grant Fund.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning community policing grants.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5 Section 5.708 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 105/5.708 new)
7     Sec. 5.708. The Community Policing Grant Fund.
 
8     Section 10. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
9 amended by changing Section 5 and by adding Section 5.5 as
10 follows:
 
11     (430 ILCS 65/5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)
12     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-581)
13     Sec. 5. The Department of State Police shall either approve
14 or deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are
15 received, and every applicant found qualified pursuant to
16 Section 8 of this Act by the Department shall be entitled to a
17 Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $15
18 $10 fee. $6 of each fee derived from the issuance of Firearm
19 Owner's Identification Cards, or renewals thereof, shall be
20 deposited in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury;
21 $1 of such fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services

 

 

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1 Fund; and $3 of such fee shall be deposited in the Firearm
2 Owner's Notification Fund; and $5 of such fee shall be
3 deposited in the Community Policing Grant Fund in the State
4 treasury. Monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall
5 be used exclusively to pay for the cost of sending notices of
6 expiration of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
7 Section 13.2 of this Act. Excess monies in the Firearm Owner's
8 Notification Fund shall be used to ensure the prompt and
9 efficient processing of applications received under Section 4
10 of this Act.
11 (Source: P.A. 94-353, eff. 7-29-05; 95-581, eff. 6-1-08.)
 
12     (430 ILCS 65/5.5 new)
13     Sec. 5.5. Community Policing Grant Fund.
14     (a) The Community Policing Grant Fund is created in the
15 State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall, subject to
16 appropriation, be distributed upon the approval of the Director
17 of State Police as grants to local law enforcement agencies for
18 community policing programs.
19     (b) Moneys in the Fund shall be distributed proportionately
20 to local law enforcement agencies in each county based upon the
21 fees collected from the issuance of Firearm Owner's
22 Identification Cards to residents of that county.
23     (c) In this Section, "community policing program" means any
24 plan, system, or strategy established by and conducted under
25 the auspices of a law enforcement agency in which citizens

 

 

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1 participate with and are guided by the law enforcement agency
2 and work with members of that agency to reduce or prevent crime
3 within a defined geographic area.