SB1037 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 07110 RLC 17196 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1037

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

725 ILCS 172/5-15

Amends the Gang Crime Witness Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning funding.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Gang Crime Witness Protection Act is amended by changing Section 5-15 as follows:

(725 ILCS 172/5-15)

(Section scheduled to be repealed July 1, 2012)

Sec. 5-15. Funding. The The Department of State Police, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall promulgate rules for the implementation of the Gang Crime Witness Protection Program. Assistance shall be subject to the following limitations:

(a) Funds shall be limited to payment of the following:

(1) temporary living costs;

(2) moving expenses;

(3) rent;

(4) security deposits; and

(5) other appropriate expenses of relocation or transition;

(b) Approval of applications made by State's Attorneys shall be conditioned upon county funding for costs at a level of at least 25%, unless this requirement is waived by the administrator, in accordance with promulgated rules, for good cause shown;

(c) Counties providing assistance consistent with the limitations in this Act may apply for reimbursement of up to 75% of their costs; and

(d) No more than 50% of funding available in any given fiscal year may be used for costs associated with any single county.

(Source: P.A. 91-42, eff. 6-30-99.)