Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2551 Compare Versions

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1	1	SB2551
2	2	A BILL FOR
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4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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6	6	State of Illinois
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8	8	2023 and 2024
9	9	SB2551
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11	11	Introduced 3/21/2023, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
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13	13	SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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15	15	An ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Attorney
16	16	General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. Effective
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20	20	SDS103 00044 AIH 45044 b
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25	25	SB2551 SDS103 00044 AIH 45044 b
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27	27	AN ACT concerning appropriations. 1
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29	29	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented 2
30	30	in the General Assembly: 3
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32	32	ARTICLE 44 4
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34	34	Section 5. The sum of $65,000,000, or so much thereof as 5
35	35	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 6
36	36	to the Office of the Atto rney General to meet its operational 7
37	37	expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. 8
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39	39	Section 10. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 9
40	40	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 10
41	41	to the Office of the Attorney General for d isbursement to the 11
42	42	Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use as provided in the 12
43	43	Illinois Equal Justice Act. 13
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45	45	Section 15. The sum of $1,150,000, or so much thereof as 14
46	46	is available for use by the Attorney General, is appropriated 15
47	47	to the Attorney Genera l from the Illinois Gaming Law 16
48	48	Enforcement Fund for State law enforcement purposes. 17
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50	50	Section 20. The sum of $27,000,000, or so much thereof as 18
51	51	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 19 SB2551 -2- SDS103 00044 AIH 45044 b
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53	53	Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Pro jects Fund 1
54	54	to the Office of the Attorney General for use, subject to 2
55	55	pertinent court order or agreement, in the performance of any 3
56	56	function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the 4
57	57	Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public 5
58	58	education. 6
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60	60	Section 25. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as 7
61	61	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Charity 8
62	62	Bureau Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to enforce 9
63	63	the provisions of the Solicitation for Charity Act and to gather 10
64	64	and disseminate information about charitable trustees and 11
65	65	organizations to the public. 12
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67	67	Section 30. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as 13
68	68	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 14
69	69	Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund to the Offic e of the 15
70	70	Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses, 16
71	71	including State law enforcement purposes. 17
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73	73	Section 35. The sum of $31,000,000, or so much thereof as 18
74	74	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General's 19
75	75	State Projects and Court O rdered Distribution Fund to the 20
76	76	Attorney General for payment of interagency agreements, for 21
77	77	court-ordered distributions to third parties, and subject to 22 SB2551 -3- SDS103 00044 AIH 45044 b
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79	79	pertinent court order, for performance of any function 1
80	80	pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney 2
81	81	General, including State law enforcement and public education. 3
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83	83	Section 40. The sum of $5,500,000, or so much thereof as 4
84	84	may be necessary, is appropriated from Violent Crime Victims 5
85	85	Assistance Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for 6
86	86	payment of awards and grants under the Violent Crime Victims 7
87	87	Assistance Act. 8
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89	89	Section 45. The sum of $13,500,000, or so much thereof as 9
90	90	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 10
91	91	Federal Grant Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for 11
92	92	funding for federal grants. 12
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94	94	Section 50. The sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may 13
95	95	be necessary, is appropriated to the Office of the Attorney 14
96	96	General from the Domestic Violence Fund pursuant to Public Act 15
97	97	95-711 for grants to public or private no nprofit agencies for 16
98	98	the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic 17
99	99	violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to victims of 18
100	100	domestic violence who are married or formerly married or 19
101	101	parties or former parties to a civil union related to order of 20
102	102	protection proceedings, or other proceedings for civil remedies 21
103	103	for domestic violence. 22 SB2551 -4- SDS103 00044 AIH 45044 b
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106	106	Section 55. The sum of $2,500,000, or so much thereof as 1
107	107	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 2
108	108	Tobacco Fund to the Office of the Attorney G eneral for the 3
109	109	oversight, enforcement, and implementation of the Master 4
110	110	Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of the State 5
111	111	of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al (Circuit Court of Cook 6
112	112	County, No. 96L13146), for the administration and enforcement 7
113	113	of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers’ Escrow Act, for the 8
114	114	handling of tobacco -related litigation, and for other law 9
115	115	enforcement activities of the Attorney General. 10
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117	117	Section 60. The sum of $1,400,000, or so much thereof as 11
118	118	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Access to Justice 12
119	119	Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to 13
120	120	the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation pursuant to the Access 14
121	121	to Justice Act. 15
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123	123	Section 65. The sum of $215,000, or so much thereof as may 16
124	124	be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Expungement 17
125	125	Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the ordinary and 18
126	126	contingent expenses associated with the Cannabis Regulation and 19
127	127	Tax Act. 20
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129	129	Section 70. The sum of $1,600,000, or so much thereof as 21 SB2551 -5- SDS103 00044 AIH 45044 b
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131	131	may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Expungement 1
132	132	Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to 2
133	133	the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use as provided in 3
134	134	the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. 4
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136	136	Section 75. The sum of $10,500,000, or so much thereof as 5
137	137	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 6
138	138	to the office of the Attorney General for payment of awards and 7
139	139	grants under the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act. 8
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141	141	Section 80. The sum of $7,000,000, or so much there of as 9
142	142	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue fund 10
143	143	to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and 11
144	144	contingent expenses and operational programs of the Crime 12
145	145	Victim Services Division. 13
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147	147	Section 85. The sum of $5,000,000, or so mu ch thereof as 14
148	148	may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 15
149	149	to the Office of the Attorney General for grants for organized 16
150	150	retail crime enforcement. 17
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152	152	Section 90. The sum of $4,000,000, or so much thereof as may 19
153	153	be necessary, is appropr iated from the General Revenue Fund to 20
154	154	the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and contingent 21
155	155	expenses and operational programs of the Medicaid Fraud Control 22 SB2551 -6- SDS103 00044 AIH 45044 b
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157	157	Unit. 1
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159	159	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2
160	160	2023. 3