SB3822
A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3822
Introduced 2/28/2024, by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
AN ACT making appropriations to the Office of the Attorney
General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 202 5. 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
ARTICLE 44 4
Section 5. The sum of $ 70,000,000, or so much thereof as 5
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 6
to the Office of the Attorney General to meet i ts operational 7
expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 202 5. 8
Section 10. The sum of 11,000,000, or so much thereof as 9
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 10
to the Office of the Attorney General for payment of awards and 11
grants under the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Act. 12
Section 15. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 13
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 14
to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and 15
contingent expenses, a wards and grants, and operational 16
programs of the Crime Victim Services Division. 17
Section 20. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 18
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 19 SB3822 -2- SDS103 00075 NBW 45075 b
to the Office of the Attorney General for disburs ement to the 1
Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use as provided in the 2
Illinois Equal Justice Act. 3
Section 25. The sum of $2,750,000, or so much thereof as 4
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 5
to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and 6
contingent expenses and operational programs of the Medicaid 7
Fraud Control Unit. 8
Section 30. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 9
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund 10
to the Office of the Atto rney General for grants for organized 11
retail crime enforcement. 12
Section 35. The sum of $6,600,000, or so much thereof as 13
may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue fund 14
to the Office of the Attorney General for ordinary and 15
contingent expenses and operational programs of the Child 16
Support Enforcement Di vision. 17
Section 40. The sum of $1,400,000, or so much thereof as 18
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Access to Justice 19
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to 20
the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation pursuant to the Access 21 SB3822 -3- SDS103 00075 NBW 45075 b
to Justice Act. 1
Section 45. The sum of $1,150,000, or so much thereof as 2
is available for use by the Attorney General, is appropriated 3
to the Attorney General from the Illinois Gaming Law 4
Enforcement Fund for State law enforcement purposes. 5
Section 50. The sum of $700,000, or so much thereof as may 6
be necessary, is appropriated to the Office of the Attorney 7
General from the Domestic Violence Fund pursuant to Public Act 8
95-711 for grants to public or private nonprofit agencies for 9
the purposes of facilitating or providing free domestic 10
violence legal advocacy, assistance, or services to victims of 11
domestic violence who are married or formerly married or 12
parties or former parties to a civil union related to order of 13
protection proceedings, or other proceedings for civil remedies 14
for domestic violence. 15
Section 55. The sum of $2,500,000, or so much thereof as 16
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 17
Tobacco Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the 18
oversight, enforcement , and implementation of the Master 19
Settlement Agreement entered in the case of People of the State 20
of Illinois v. Philip Morris, et al (Circuit Court of Cook 21
County, No. 96L13146), for the administration and enforcement 22 SB3822 -4- SDS103 00075 NBW 45075 b
of the Tobacco Product Manufacturers ’ Escrow Act, for the 1
handling of tobacco -related litigation, and for other law 2
enforcement activities of the Attorney General. 3
Section 60. The sum of $27,000,000, or so much thereof as 4
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 5
Court Ordered and Voluntary Compliance Payment Projects Fund 6
to the Office of the Attorney General for use, subject to 7
pertinent court order or agreement, in the performance of any 8
function pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the 9
Attorney General, including State law enforcement and public 10
education. 11
Section 65. The sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as 12
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Illinois Charity 13
Bureau Fund to the Office of the Attorney General to enforce 14
the provisions of the Solicitation for Charity Act and to gather 15
and disseminate information about charitable trustees and 16
organizations to the public. 17
Section 70. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as 18
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 19
Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund to the Office of the 20
Attorney General for ordinary and contingent expenses, 21
including State law enforcement purposes. 22 SB3822 -5- SDS103 00075 NBW 45075 b
Section 75. The sum of $31,000,000, or so much thereof as 1
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General's 2
State Projects and Court Ordered Distribution Fund to the 3
Attorney General for payment of interagency agreements, for 4
court-ordered distributions to third parties, and subject to 5
pertinent court order, for performance of any functio n 6
pertaining to the exercise of the duties of the Attorney 7
General, including State law enforcement and public education. 8
Section 80. The sum of $1,600,000, or so much thereof as 9
may be necessary, is appropriated from the Cannabis Expungement 10
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for disbursement to 11
the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation for use as provided in 12
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. 13
Section 85. The sum of $215,000, or so much thereof as may 14
be necessary, is appropriated from the Ca nnabis Expungement 15
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for the ordinary and 16
contingent expenses associated with the Cannabis Regulation and 17
Tax Act. 18
Section 90. The sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as 19
may be necessary, is appropriated from Violent Crime Victims 20
Assistance Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for 21 SB3822 -6- SDS103 00075 NBW 45075 b
payment of awards and grants under the Violent Crime Victims 1
Assistance Act. 2
Section 95. The sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as may 3
be necessary, is appropriated from th e Attorney General Sex 4
Offender Awareness, Training, and Education Fund to the Office 5
of the Attorney General to administer the I -SORT program and 6
to alert and educate the public, victims, and witnesses of 7
their rights under various victim notification law s and for 8
training law enforcement agencies, State’s Attorneys, and 9
medical providers regarding their legal duties concerning the 10
prosecution and investigation of sex offenses. 11
Section 100. The sum of $13,500,000, or so much thereof 12
as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Attorney General 13
Federal Grant Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for 14
funding for federal grants. 15
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 16
2023. 17