Public Act 0405 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3647 Enrolled LRB096 09541 RLC 19700 b

Public Act 096-0405

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995 is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(20 ILCS 4027/15)

Sec. 15. Responsibilities of the Authority.

(a) The responsibilities of the Authority shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Coordination of Statewide violence prevention efforts and development of a statewide plan that incorporates public health and public safety approaches to violence prevention in families, communities, and schools.

(2) Seeking and receiving funds that may be available from private and public sources for violence prevention.

(3) Distribution of grants, pursuant to rules adopted by the Authority and subject to available appropriations and other funds received for purposes of this Act, to community or statewide organizations that address violence prevention in a comprehensive and collaborative manner, including, but not limited to:

(i) Community-based youth violence prevention programs, such as mentoring programs, after-school programs, and job training or development;

(ii) Implementation and evaluation of comprehensive school-based violence prevention programs from prekindergarten through 12th grade;

(iii) Early childhood intervention programs designed to prevent violence and identify and serve young children and families at risk;

(iv) Family violence and sexual assault prevention initiatives;

(v) Programs that integrate violence prevention initiatives with alcohol and substance abuse prevention efforts;

(vi) Programs that integrate violence prevention services with health care provision;

(vii) Innovative community policing or law enforcement approaches to violence prevention; and

(4) Provision of technical assistance and training to help building the capacity of communities, organizations, and systems to develop, implement, and evaluate violence prevention programs.

(b) The Authority may utilize a reasonable amount of appropriations from the Violence Prevention Fund for costs associated with administering this Act, and may, by the co-chairpersons designated in Section 10, appoint an Executive Director or contract with a not-for-profit or other agency for any or all administrative functions related to this Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-353, eff. 8-17-95.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.