Bill Text: IL HB3863 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to award grants to units of local government, public institutions of higher education, and qualified nonprofit entities for the purpose of hiring and retaining law enforcement officers. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-10 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0755 [HB3863 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB3863-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 102-0755
HB3863 Enrolled LRB102 04466 RLC 14484 b
AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Sections 5.970 and 6z-130 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.970 new)
Sec. 5.970. The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention
Fund.
(30 ILCS 105/6z-130 new)
Sec. 6z-130. The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention
Fund.
(a) The Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund is
hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury.
(b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Law
Enforcement Recruitment and Retention Fund shall be used by
the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to award
grants to units of local government, public institutions of
higher education, and qualified nonprofit entities for the
purpose of hiring and retaining law enforcement officers.
(c) When awarding grants, the Board shall prioritize:
(1) grants that will be used to hire, retain, or hire
and retain law enforcement officers in underserved areas

and areas experiencing the most need;
(2) achieving demographic and geographic diversity of
law enforcement officers that are recruited or hired by
applicants that are awarded grants;
(3) maximizing the effects of moneys spent on the
actual recruitment and retention of law enforcement
officers; and
(4) providing grants that can impact multiple
employers.
(d) Moneys received for the purposes of this Section,
including, but not limited to, fee receipts, gifts, grants,
and awards from any public or private entity, must be
deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys in the
Fund must be deposited into the Fund.
(e) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
may, by rule, set requirements for the distribution of grant
moneys and determine which entities are eligible.
(f) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
shall consider compliance with the Uniform Crime Reporting Act
as a factor in awarding grant moneys.
(g) As used in this Section, "qualified nonprofit entity"
means a nonprofit entity, as defined by the Board by rule, that
has established experience in recruitment and retention of law
enforcement officers in Illinois.