HB5771
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5771
Introduced , by Rep. Jehan Gordon -Booth
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Makes appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Effective July 1,
2024.
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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 $70,000,000, 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, 2025. 7
Section 10. The sum of $11,000,000, 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 payment of awards and 10
grants under the Violent Cr ime Victims Assistance Act. 11
Section 15. 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 ordinary and 14
contingent expenses, awards and grants, and oper ational 15
programs of the Crime Victim Services Division. 16
Section 20. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 17
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 18
to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to the 19
Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use as provided in the 20 HB5771 -2- LRB103 39908 SPS 70927 b
Illinois Equal Justice Act. 1
Section 25. The sum of $2,750,000, or so much thereof as 2
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 3
to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and 4
contingent expenses and operational programs of the Medicaid 5
Fraud Control Unit. 6
Section 30. The sum of $5,000,000, 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 grants for organized 9
retail crime enforcement. 10
Section 35. The sum of $6,600,000, or so much thereof as 11
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 12
to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and 13
contingent expenses and operational pr ograms of the Child 14
Support Enforcement Division. 15
Section 40. The sum of $1,400,000, or so much thereof as 16
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Access to Justice 17
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to 18
the Illinois Equal J ustice Foundation pursuant to the Access 19
to Justice Act. 20
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Section 45. The sum of $1,150,000, or so much thereof as 1
is available for use by the Attorney General, is appropriated 2
to the Attorney General from the Illinois Gaming Law 3
Enforcement Fund for Sta te law enforcement purposes. 4
Section 50. The sum of $700,000, or so much thereof as may 5
be necessary, is appropriated to the Office of the Attorney 6
General from the Domestic Violence Fund pursuant to Public Act 7
95-711 for grants to public or private non profit agencies for 8
the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic 9
violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to victims of 10
domestic violence who are married or formerly married or 11
parties or former parties to a civil union related to order of 12
protection proceedings or other proceedings for civil remedies 13
for domestic violence. 14
Section 55. The sum of $2,500,000, or so much thereof as 15
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 16
Tobacco Fund to the Office of the Attorney Gene ral for the 17
oversight, enforcement, and implementation of the Master 18
Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of the State 19
of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al (Circuit Court of Cook 20
County, No. 96L13146), for the administration and enforcement 21
of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers’ Escrow Act, for the 22
handling of tobacco -related litigation, and for other law 23 HB5771 -4- LRB103 39908 SPS 70927 b
enforcement activities of the Attorney General. 1
Section 60. The sum of $27,000,000, or so much thereof as 2
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 3
Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund 4
to the Office of the Attorney General for use, subject to 5
pertinent court order or agreement, in the performance of any 6
function pertaining to the exercise of the dutie s of the 7
Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public 8
education. 9
Section 65. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as 10
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Charity 11
Bureau Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to en force 12
the provisions of the Solicitation for Charity Act and to gather 13
and disseminate information about charitable trustees and 14
organizations to the public. 15
Section 70. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as 16
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 17
Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund to the Office of the 18
Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses, 19
including State law enforcement purposes. 20
Section 75. The sum of $31,000,000, or so much thereof as 21 HB5771 -5- LRB103 39908 SPS 70927 b
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General's 1
State Projects and Court Ordered Distribution Fund to the 2
Attorney General for payment of interagency agreements, for 3
court-ordered distributions to third parties, and subject to 4
pertinent court order, for performance of any function 5
pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney 6
General, including State law enforcement and public education. 7
Section 80. The sum of $1,600,000, or so much thereof as 8
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Expungement 9
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to 10
the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use as provided in 11
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. 12
Section 85. The sum of $215,000, or so much thereof as may 13
be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Expungement 14
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the ordinary and 15
contingent expenses associated with the Cannabis Regulation and 16
Tax Act. 17
Section 90. The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as 18
may be necessary, is appropriated from Violent Crime Victims 19
Assistance Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for 20
payment of awards and grants under the Violent Crime Victims 21
Assistance Act. 22 HB5771 -6- LRB103 39908 SPS 70927 b
Section 95. The sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as ma y 1
be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General Sex 2
Offender Awareness, Training, and Education Fund to the Office 3
of the Attorney General to administer the I -SORT program and 4
to alert and educate the public, victims, and witnesses of 5
their rights under various victim notification laws and for 6
training law enforcement agencies, State’s Attorneys, and 7
medical providers regarding their legal duties concerning the 8
prosecution and investigation of sex offenses. 9
Section 100. The sum of $13,500,000, or so much thereof 10
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 11
Federal Grant Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for 12
funding for federal grants. 13
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 14
2024. 15