Bill Text: IL HB0716 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Creates the Public Financing of Judicial Elections Task Force. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the feasibility of implementing a system of campaign finance that would allow public funds to be used to subsidize campaigns for candidates for judicial office in exchange for voluntary adherence by those campaigns to specified expenditure limitations. Provides that a political committee that is self-funding and is established to support or oppose a candidate for the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept contributions from any single person, other than the judicial candidate or the candidate's immediate family, in a cumulative amount that exceeds $500,000 in any election cycle. Provides that an independent expenditure committee established to support or oppose a candidate for the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept contributions from any single source that exceed $500,000 in any election cycle. Provides that certain contributions to political committees from committees, associations, or other entities that are not required to disclose their contributors are considered anonymous donations, unless the political committee reports to the State Board of Elections all persons who have contributed in excess of $500 during the same election cycle to the committee, association, or other organization or group making the contribution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0909 [HB0716 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0716-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0716 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3930/10.3 new
30 ILCS 105/5.935 new
Amends the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act. Creates the ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used for grants by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to community-based organizations whose primary purpose is violence reduction in disproportionately impacted areas. Provides that the moneys in the Fund shall also be used by the Authority for operational and grant program purposes. Provides eligibility requirements for receiving grant funds. Provides that grants shall be subject to the requirements of the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Requires the Authority to adopt rules to implement the grant program. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund. Defines terms.
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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act
is amended by adding Section 10.3 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3930/10.3 new)
Sec. 10.3. ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund; grant program.
(a) The ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund is created as a
special fund in the State treasury into which funds received
from private, State, or federal sources specifically for
violence reduction may be deposited, including funds
appropriated to the Authority for purposes under this Act.
(b) Moneys in the Fund shall be used for grants by the
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to
community-based organizations whose primary purpose is
violence reduction in disproportionately impacted areas.
Moneys in the Fund shall also be used by the Authority for
operational and grant program purposes, including technical
assistance and outreach to potential grant recipients under
this Section.
(c) To be eligible to receive grants under this Section, a
violence reduction grant applicant must be an organization
that is primarily headquartered and operated in a

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disproportionately impacted area and has the primary purpose
of violence reduction. Grants provided under this Section
shall otherwise be subject to the requirements of the Grant
Accountability and Transparency Act.
(d) The Authority shall adopt rules to implement the grant
program established under this Section.
(e) For the purposes of this Section:
"Disproportionately impacted area" has the same meaning as
provided to that term under Section 1-10 of the Cannabis
Regulation and Tax Act.
"Violence reduction" means street level intervention and
mediation, case management, education, and outreach for
individuals already involved in the criminal justice system or
those who are at high risk for becoming victims based off of
societal conditions and police or community data.
"Violence reduction grant applicant" means, in addition to
the requirements of subsection (c), an applicant meeting the
same criteria as established for a social equity applicant, as
defined under Section 1-10 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax
Act.
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.935 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.935 new)
Sec. 5.935. The ICJIA Violence Reduction Fund.