Bill Text: IL SB3089 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Microstamping Funding Program Act. Creates in the State treasury the Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund to be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the purpose of issuing grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase or replenish microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in firearms, or both, for their officers. Provides that subject to appropriation, the State Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund $500,000 to establish a grant program for microstamp-ready firearms in Illinois. Provides that the program shall award: (1) grants between $35,000 and $50,000, for the replenishment of new microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement officers. One of these grants shall be for a State law enforcement agency, and the other 3 shall be for 3 municipal law enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population between 50,000 and 200,000 that purchase firearms for their officers through a quartermaster system, in which the quartermaster is responsible for the purchase, inventory, and dissemination of uniforms and equipment to officers; and (2) grants between $5,000 to $20,000 to law enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population between 30,000 and 200,000 to assist with the purchase of firearms by new officers. Provides that the grant funds shall only be used for the purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or microstamping components or mechanisms, or both, to be installed in firearms by law enforcement agencies that are grant recipients. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority must establish the grant program and post the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than September 1, 2022. Provides for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-11 - Referred to Assignments [SB3089 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3089-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3089 Introduced 1/11/2022, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new
30 ILCS 105/5.970 new
Creates the Microstamping Funding Program Act. Creates in the State treasury the Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund to be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the purpose of issuing grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase or replenish microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in firearms, or both, for their officers. Provides that subject to appropriation, the State Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund $500,000 to establish a grant program for microstamp-ready firearms in Illinois. Provides that the program shall award: (1) grants between $35,000 and $50,000, for the replenishment of new microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement officers. One of these grants shall be for a State law enforcement agency, and the other 3 shall be for 3 municipal law enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population between 50,000 and 200,000 that purchase firearms for their officers through a quartermaster system, in which the quartermaster is responsible for the purchase, inventory, and dissemination of uniforms and equipment to officers; and (2) grants between $5,000 to $20,000 to law enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population between 30,000 and 200,000 to assist with the purchase of firearms by new officers. Provides that the grant funds shall only be used for the purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or microstamping components or mechanisms, or both, to be installed in firearms by law enforcement agencies that are grant recipients. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority must establish the grant program and post the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than September 1, 2022. Provides for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning firearms.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Microstamping Funding Program Act.
Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
finds that:
Law enforcement makes an arrest in only 35% of firearm
homicides and 21% of firearm assaults when the victim was
Black or Hispanic. Microstamping is a powerful crime-solving
tool that can help law enforcement quickly solve gun crimes.
Microstamping is a reliable ballistics identification tool,
and can greatly enhance traditional ballistics analysis and
the current National Integrated Ballistics Information Network
(NIBIN) system by providing a direct link between a spent
cartridge case and a firearm.
The leads generated from fired cartridge cases, bearing
microstamps found at crime scenes, have the potential to help
law enforcement solve gun-related crimes while limiting
negative interactions with law enforcement, especially in
minority communities. While this crime-solving technology
exists, firearm manufacturers have not yet produced
microstamp-ready firearms.

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It behooves the State to install a program in partnership
with law enforcement to bring microstamp-ready firearms into
use in Illinois.
Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
"CGIC" means the Crime Gun Intelligence Center.
"Microstamp-ready" means that the firearm is capable of
producing a unique alphanumeric or geometric code on at least
one location on each expended cartridge case that can be used
to identify the make, model, and serial number of the firearm.
"Microstamping component or mechanism" means a component
or mechanism of a firearm or an insertable component or
mechanism designed and intended to produce a unique
alphanumeric or geometric code on an expended cartridge that
identifies the make, model, and serial number of the firearm.
"NIBIN" means the National Integrated Ballistics
Information Network.
Section 15. Grants for microstamp-ready firearms or
insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both.
(a) There is created in the State treasury the
Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund to be administered by the
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the
purpose of issuing grants to law enforcement agencies to
purchase or replenish microstamp-ready firearms or insertable
microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in

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firearms, or both, for their officers.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the State Comptroller shall
transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Microstamp-ready
Firearms Fund $500,000 to establish a grant program for
microstamp-ready firearms in Illinois. The program shall
award:
(1) Replenishment grants: grants between $35,000 and
$50,000, for the replenishment of new microstamp-ready
firearms or insertable microstamping components or
mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement officers.
One of these grants shall be for a State law enforcement
agency, and the other 3 shall be for 3 municipal law
enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population
between 50,000 and 200,000 that purchase firearms for
their officers through a quartermaster system, in which
the quartermaster is responsible for the purchase,
inventory, and dissemination of uniforms and equipment to
officers.
(2) New officer grants: grants between $5,000 to
$20,000 to law enforcement agencies of municipalities with
a population between 30,000 and 200,000 to assist with the
purchase of firearms by new officers.
(c) Nothing in this Act prohibits State or municipal law
enforcement agencies from purchasing or replenishing
microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping
components or mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement

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officers from funding sources independent of the provisions of
this Act.
Section 20. Administration and restrictions. The grant
program shall be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority and the grant funds shall only be used
for the purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or microstamping
components or mechanisms, or both, to be installed in firearms
by law enforcement agencies that are grant recipients.
Section 25. Education and training. Education and training
associated with microstamp-ready firearms, and integration
with the NIBIN and CGIC in Illinois shall be included in the
program.
Section 30. Grant application and participation. The
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall
establish the objectives and provide direction for the
program's grant application process, by which qualified law
enforcement agencies can apply to receive funds for
microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping
components or mechanisms, or both, for use by their officers.
Law enforcement agencies participating in the grant program
must have their officers using the microstamp-ready firearms
or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both,
as soon as they are delivered. The Illinois Criminal Justice

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Information Authority must establish the grant program and
post the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than September
1, 2022.
All grants under this program must be awarded by June 30,
2023.
Law enforcement agencies that have been awarded funds must
use the funds within one year of receipt or the funds shall be
returned to the State treasury to be deposited into the
General Revenue Fund. Funds are only to be used for the
purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or insertable
microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in
firearms.
Section 35. Data collection. The Illinois Criminal Justice
Information Authority shall collect data from each grant
recipient, including but not limited to: the number of
microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping
components or mechanisms, or both, purchased, manufacturer,
number of officers using the microstamp-ready firearms, and
the number of microstamp-ready firearms that are discharged in
the first year of use.
Section 90. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
amended by adding Section 5-45.21 as follows:
(5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new)

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Sec. 5-45.21. Emergency rulemaking; Illinois Criminal
Justice Information Authority. To provide for the expeditious
and timely implementation of the Microstamping Funding Program
Act, emergency rules implementing the Microstamping Funding
Program Act may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by
the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The
adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and
this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public
interest, safety, and welfare.
This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.970 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.970 new)
Sec. 5.970. The Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund.