Full Text of HB2769 102nd General Assembly
HB2769ham004 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback Filed: 1/12/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2769
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2769, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 6 | | Microstamping Funding Program Act. | 7 | | Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | 8 | | finds that: | 9 | | Law enforcement makes an arrest in only 35% of firearm | 10 | | homicides and 21% of firearm
assaults when the victim was | 11 | | Black or Hispanic.
Microstamping is a powerful crime-solving | 12 | | tool that can help law enforcement quickly
solve gun crimes.
| 13 | | Microstamping is a reliable ballistics identification tool, | 14 | | and can greatly enhance
traditional ballistics analysis and | 15 | | the current National Integrated Ballistics Information
Network | 16 | | (NIBIN) system by providing a direct link between a spent |
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firearm. | 2 | | The leads generated from fired cartridge cases, bearing | 3 | | microstamps found at crime scenes, have the potential to help | 4 | | law
enforcement solve gun-related crimes while limiting | 5 | | negative interactions with law
enforcement, especially in | 6 | | minority communities.
While this crime-solving technology | 7 | | exists, firearm manufacturers have not yet produced
| 8 | | microstamp-ready firearms.
| 9 | | It behooves the State to install a program in partnership | 10 | | with law enforcement to bring
microstamp-ready firearms into | 11 | | use in Illinois. | 12 | | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | 13 | | "CGIC" means the Crime Gun Intelligence Center. | 14 | | "Microstamp-ready" means that the firearm is capable of | 15 | | producing a unique
alphanumeric or geometric code on at least | 16 | | one location on each expended cartridge
case that can be used | 17 | | to identify the make, model, and serial number of the firearm. | 18 | | "Microstamping component or mechanism" means a component | 19 | | or mechanism of a firearm or an insertable component or | 20 | | mechanism designed and intended
to produce a unique | 21 | | alphanumeric or geometric code on an expended cartridge that
| 22 | | identifies the make, model, and serial number of the firearm. | 23 | | "NIBIN" means the National Integrated Ballistics | 24 | | Information Network. |
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| 1 | | Section 15. Grants for microstamp-ready firearms or | 2 | | insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both. | 3 | | (a) There is created in the State treasury the | 4 | | Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund to be administered by the | 5 | | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the | 6 | | purpose of issuing grants to law enforcement agencies to | 7 | | purchase or replenish microstamp-ready firearms or insertable | 8 | | microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in | 9 | | firearms, or both, for their officers. | 10 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Comptroller shall | 11 | | transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Microstamp-ready | 12 | | Firearms Fund $500,000 to establish a grant program for | 13 | | microstamp-ready firearms in Illinois. The program shall | 14 | | award: | 15 | | (1) Replenishment grants: grants between $35,000 and | 16 | | $50,000, for the
replenishment of new microstamp-ready | 17 | | firearms or insertable microstamping components or | 18 | | mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement officers. | 19 | | One of these grants shall be for
a State law enforcement | 20 | | agency, and the other 3 shall be for 3 municipal law
| 21 | | enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population | 22 | | between 50,000 and
200,000 that purchase firearms for | 23 | | their officers through a quartermaster
system, in which | 24 | | the quartermaster is responsible for the purchase, | 25 | | inventory,
and dissemination of uniforms and equipment to | 26 | | officers. |
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| 1 | | (2) New officer grants: grants between $5,000 to | 2 | | $20,000 to law enforcement
agencies of municipalities with | 3 | | a population between 30,000 and 200,000 to
assist with the | 4 | | purchase of firearms by new officers. | 5 | | (c) Nothing in this Act prohibits State or municipal law | 6 | | enforcement agencies from purchasing or replenishing | 7 | | microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping | 8 | | components or mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement | 9 | | officers from funding sources independent of the provisions of | 10 | | this Act. | 11 | | Section 20. Administration and restrictions. The grant | 12 | | program shall be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice | 13 | | Information Authority and the grant funds shall only be used | 14 | | for the purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or microstamping | 15 | | components or mechanisms, or both, to be installed in firearms | 16 | | by law enforcement agencies that are grant recipients. | 17 | | Section 25. Education and training. Education and training | 18 | | associated with microstamp-ready firearms, and integration | 19 | | with
the NIBIN and CGIC centers in Illinois shall be included | 20 | | in the program.
| 21 | | Section 30. Grant application and participation. The | 22 | | Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall | 23 | | establish the objectives and provide direction for the |
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| 1 | | program's grant application process, by which qualified law | 2 | | enforcement agencies can apply to receive funds for | 3 | | microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping | 4 | | components or mechanisms, or both, for use by their officers. | 5 | | Law enforcement agencies participating in the grant program | 6 | | must have their officers using the microstamp-ready firearms | 7 | | or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both, | 8 | | as soon as they are delivered. The Illinois Criminal Justice | 9 | | Information Authority must establish the grant program and | 10 | | post the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than September | 11 | | 1, 2022. | 12 | | All grants under this program must be awarded by June 30, | 13 | | 2023. | 14 | | Law enforcement agencies that have been awarded funds must | 15 | | use the funds within one year of receipt or the funds shall be | 16 | | returned to the State treasury to be deposited into the | 17 | | General Revenue Fund.
Funds are only to be used for the | 18 | | purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or insertable | 19 | | microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in | 20 | | firearms. | 21 | | Section 35. Data collection. The Illinois Criminal Justice | 22 | | Information Authority shall collect data from each grant | 23 | | recipient, including but not
limited to:
the number of | 24 | | microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping | 25 | | components or mechanisms, or both, purchased,
manufacturer,
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| 1 | | number of officers using the microstamp-ready firearms, and
| 2 | | the number of microstamp-ready firearms that are discharged in | 3 | | the first year of use.
| 4 | | Section 90. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 5-45.21 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5-45.21. Emergency rulemaking; Illinois Criminal | 8 | | Justice Information Authority. To provide for the expeditious | 9 | | and timely implementation of the Microstamping Funding Program | 10 | | Act, emergency rules implementing the Microstamping Funding | 11 | | Program Act may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by | 12 | | the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The | 13 | | adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and | 14 | | this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public | 15 | | interest, safety, and welfare. | 16 | | This Section is repealed one year after the effective date | 17 | | of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. | 18 | | Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 19 | | Section 5.970 as follows: | 20 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.970 new) | 21 | | Sec. 5.970. The Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund. |
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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