Bill Text: IL HB1155 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the unlawful use of weapons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1155 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1155-Amended.html

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Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 3/12/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1155
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1155, AS AMENDED, by
inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence:
"Section 830. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Sections 5.826, 5.827, 5.828, 6z-98, 6z-99, and 6z-100 as
follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.826 new)
Sec. 5.826. The Mental Health Services Improvement Fund.
(30 ILCS 105/5.827 new)
Sec. 5.827. The Mental Health Screening and Public Safety
Fund.
(30 ILCS 105/5.828 new)
Sec. 5.828. The NICS and LEADS Criminal Background Check
Improvement Fund.

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(30 ILCS 105/6z-98 new)
Sec. 6z-98. Mental Health Services Improvement Fund.
(a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund
known as the Mental Health Services Improvement Fund. The Fund
shall receive revenue under Section 5 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act. The Fund may also receive revenue from
grants, donations, appropriations, and any other legal source.
(b) The Department of Human Services shall use moneys in
the Fund to support mental health treatment programs. The
Department of Human Services shall distribute moneys in the
Fund to community mental health programs throughout the State
that the Department deems are in need of financial assistance.
(c) The Department shall report annually to the appropriate
Appropriations Committee on the amount of money received into
the Fund and how it is apportioned.
(d) Expenditures may be made from the Fund only as
appropriated by the General Assembly by law.
(e) Investment income that is attributable to the
investment of moneys in the Fund shall be retained in the Fund
for the uses specified in this Section.
(f) The Fund shall not be subject to administrative
chargebacks.
(30 ILCS 105/6z-99 new)
Sec. 6z-99. Mental Health Screening and Public Safety Fund.

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(a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund
known as the Mental Health Screening and Public Safety Fund.
The Fund shall receive revenue under Section 5 of the Firearm
Owners Identification Card Act. The Fund may also receive
revenue from grants, donations, appropriations, and any other
legal source.
(b) The Department of Human Services shall use moneys in
the Fund to update mental health background check records in
coordination with the Department of State Police. Moneys in the
Fund may be used as determined by the Department of Human
Services to:
(1) assist the Illinois Association of Circuit Clerks
in reporting mental defect adjudications and ensuring that
persons ineligible to possess a Firearm Owner's
Identification Card return their Firearm Owner's
Identification Cards to the Department of State Police;
(2) assist the Department of State Police in updating a
searchable mental health background check database; and
(3) assist and educate private hospitals and nursing
homes on properly submitting mental health data to the
Department of Human Services for purposes of Firearm
Owner's Identification Card compliance.
(c) The Department shall report annually to the appropriate
Appropriations Committee on the amount of money received into
the Fund and how it is apportioned.
(d) Expenditures may be made from the Fund only as

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appropriated by the General Assembly by law.
(e) Investment income that is attributable to the
investment of moneys in the Fund shall be retained in the Fund
for the uses specified in this Section.
(f) The Fund shall not be subject to administrative
chargebacks.
(30 ILCS 105/6z-100 new)
Sec. 6z-100. NICS and LEADS Criminal Background Check
Improvement Fund.
(a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund
known as NICS and LEADS Criminal Background Check Improvement
Fund. The Fund shall receive revenue under Section 5 of the
Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. The Fund may also
receive revenue from grants, donations, appropriations, and
any other legal source.
(b) The Department of State Police shall use moneys in the
Fund to:
(1) perform its duties and responsibilities under
subsection (e) of Section 3.1 of the Firearm Owners
Identification Card Act;
(2) update and improve the technology used for the Law
Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) system; and
(3) support the Department's responsibilities in
managing background checks and public safety
record-keeping.

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(c) The Department shall report annually to the appropriate
Appropriations Committee on the amount of money received into
the Fund and how it is apportioned.
(d) Expenditures may be made from the Fund only as
appropriated by the General Assembly by law.
(e) Investment income that is attributable to the
investment of moneys in the Fund shall be retained in the Fund
for the uses specified in this Section.
(f) The Fund shall not be subject to administrative
chargebacks.
Section 831. The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
(430 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 83-5)
Sec. 5. The Department of State Police shall either approve
or deny all applications within 30 days from the date they are
received, and every applicant found qualified pursuant to
Section 8 of this Act by the Department shall be entitled to a
Firearm Owner's Identification Card upon the payment of a $50
$10 fee. Any applicant who is an active duty member of the
Armed Forces of the United States, a member of the Illinois
National Guard, or a member of the Reserve Forces of the United
States is exempt from the application fee. $6 of each fee
derived from the issuance of Firearm Owner's Identification
Cards, or renewals thereof, shall be deposited in the Wildlife

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and Fish Fund in the State Treasury; $1 of such fee shall be
deposited in the State Police Services Fund and $13 $3 of such
fee shall be deposited in the Firearm Owner's Notification
Fund. Monies in the Firearm Owner's Notification Fund shall be
used exclusively to pay for the cost of sending notices of
expiration of Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
Section 13.2 of this Act. Excess monies in the Firearm Owner's
Notification Fund shall be used to ensure the prompt and
efficient processing of applications received under Section 4
of this Act. $10 of each fee derived from the issuance of
Firearm Owner's Identification Cards, or renewals thereof,
shall be deposited in the Mental Health Services Improvement
Fund, $10 of each fee shall be deposited in the Mental Health
Screening and Public Safety Fund, and $10 of each fee shall be
deposited in the NICS and LEADS Criminal Background Check
Improvement Fund.
(Source: P.A. 95-581, eff. 6-1-08; 96-91, eff. 7-27-09.)".