HB4004
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4004
Introduced , by Rep. Jehan Gordon -Booth
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Attorney
General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. Effective
July 1, 2023.
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AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
in the General Assembly: 3
Section 5. The sum of $ 65,000,000, or so much thereof as 4
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 5
to the Office of the Attorney General to meet its operational 6
expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 202 4. 7
Section 10. The sum of $ 5,000,000, or so much thereof as 8
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 9
to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to the 10
Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use as provided in the 11
Illinois Equal Justice Act. 12
Section 15. The sum of $1,150,000, or so much thereof as 13
is available for use by the Attorney General, is appropriated 14
to the Attorney General from the Illinois Gaming Law 15
Enforcement Fund for State law enforcement purposes. 16
Section 20. The sum of $2 7,000,000, or so much the reof as 17
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 18
Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund 19
to the Office of the Attorney General for use, subject to 20 HB4004 -2- LRB103 31188 DTM 58057 b
pertinent court order or agreement, in the performance of any 1
function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the 2
Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public 3
education. 4
Section 25. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as 5
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Charity 6
Bureau Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to enforce 7
the provisions of the Solicitation for Charity Act and to gather 8
and disseminate information about charitable trustees and 9
organizations to the public. 10
Section 30. The sum of $ 1,000,000, or so much thereo f as 11
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 12
Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund to the Office of the 13
Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses, 14
including State law enforcement purposes. 15
Section 35. The sum of $ 31,000,000, or so much thereof as 16
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General's 17
State Projects and Court Ordered Distribution Fund to the 18
Attorney General for payment of interagency agreements, for 19
court-ordered distributions to third parties, a nd, subject to 20
pertinent court order, for performance of any function 21
pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney 22 HB4004 -3- LRB103 31188 DTM 58057 b
General, including State law enforcement and public education. 1
Section 40. The sum of $5,500,000, or so much thereof as 2
may be necessary, is appropriated from Violent Crime Victims 3
Assistance Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for 4
payment of awards and grants under the Violent Crime Victims 5
Assistance Act. 6
Section 45. The sum of $1 3,500,000, or so much thereof as 7
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 8
Federal Grant Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for 9
funding for federal grants. 10
Section 50. The sum of $400,000, or so much thereof as may 11
be necessary, is appropriated to the Office of t he Attorney 12
General from the Domestic Violence Fund pursuant to Public Act 13
95-711 for grants to public or private nonprofit agencies for 14
the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic 15
violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to victims of 16
domestic violence who are married or formerly married or 17
parties or former parties to a civil union related to order of 18
protection proceedings, or other proceedings for civil remedies 19
for domestic violence. 20
Section 55. The sum of $2,500,000, or so much thereof as 21 HB4004 -4- LRB103 31188 DTM 58057 b
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 1
Tobacco Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the 2
oversight, enforcement, and implementation of the Master 3
Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of the State 4
of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al (Circuit Court of Cook 5
County, No. 96L13146), for the administration and enforcement 6
of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers’ Escrow Act, for the 7
handling of tobacco -related litigation, and for other law 8
enforcement activities o f the Attorney General. 9
Section 60. The sum of $1,400,000, or so much thereof as 10
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Access to Justice 11
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to 12
the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation pursuant to the Access 13
to Justice Act. 14
Section 65. The sum of $215,000, or so much thereof as may 15
be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Expungement 16
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the ordinary and 17
contingent expenses associated with the Cannabis Regulation and 18
Tax Act. 19
Section 70. The sum of $1,600,000, or so much thereof as 20
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Expungement 21
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to 22 HB4004 -5- LRB103 31188 DTM 58057 b
the Illinois Equal Justice Foundat ion for use as provided in 1
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. 2
Section 75. The sum of $10,500,000, or so much thereof as 3
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 4
to the office of the Attorney General for payment of awards and 5
grants under the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act. 6
Section 80. The sum of $7,000,000, or so much thereof as 7
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue fund 8
to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and 9
contingent expenses an d operational programs of the Crime 10
Victim Services Division. 11
Section 90. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 12
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 13
to the Office of the Attorney General for grants for 14
organized retail crime enforcement. 15
Section 95. The sum of $4,000,000, or so much thereof as 16
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 17
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and 18
contingent expenses and operational programs of the Medica id 19
Fraud Control Unit. 20
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 1
2023. 2