102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3089

 

Introduced 1/11/2022, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new
30 ILCS 105/5.970 new

    Creates the Microstamping Funding Program Act. Creates in the State treasury the Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund to be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the purpose of issuing grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase or replenish microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in firearms, or both, for their officers. Provides that subject to appropriation, the State Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund $500,000 to establish a grant program for microstamp-ready firearms in Illinois. Provides that the program shall award: (1) grants between $35,000 and $50,000, for the replenishment of new microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement officers. One of these grants shall be for a State law enforcement agency, and the other 3 shall be for 3 municipal law enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population between 50,000 and 200,000 that purchase firearms for their officers through a quartermaster system, in which the quartermaster is responsible for the purchase, inventory, and dissemination of uniforms and equipment to officers; and (2) grants between $5,000 to $20,000 to law enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population between 30,000 and 200,000 to assist with the purchase of firearms by new officers. Provides that the grant funds shall only be used for the purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or microstamping components or mechanisms, or both, to be installed in firearms by law enforcement agencies that are grant recipients. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority must establish the grant program and post the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than September 1, 2022. Provides for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning firearms.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Microstamping Funding Program Act.
 
6    Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
7finds that:
8    Law enforcement makes an arrest in only 35% of firearm
9homicides and 21% of firearm assaults when the victim was
10Black or Hispanic. Microstamping is a powerful crime-solving
11tool that can help law enforcement quickly solve gun crimes.
12Microstamping is a reliable ballistics identification tool,
13and can greatly enhance traditional ballistics analysis and
14the current National Integrated Ballistics Information Network
15(NIBIN) system by providing a direct link between a spent
16cartridge case and a firearm.
17    The leads generated from fired cartridge cases, bearing
18microstamps found at crime scenes, have the potential to help
19law enforcement solve gun-related crimes while limiting
20negative interactions with law enforcement, especially in
21minority communities. While this crime-solving technology
22exists, firearm manufacturers have not yet produced
23microstamp-ready firearms.

 

 

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1    It behooves the State to install a program in partnership
2with law enforcement to bring microstamp-ready firearms into
3use in Illinois.
 
4    Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
5    "CGIC" means the Crime Gun Intelligence Center.
6    "Microstamp-ready" means that the firearm is capable of
7producing a unique alphanumeric or geometric code on at least
8one location on each expended cartridge case that can be used
9to identify the make, model, and serial number of the firearm.
10    "Microstamping component or mechanism" means a component
11or mechanism of a firearm or an insertable component or
12mechanism designed and intended to produce a unique
13alphanumeric or geometric code on an expended cartridge that
14identifies the make, model, and serial number of the firearm.
15    "NIBIN" means the National Integrated Ballistics
16Information Network.
 
17    Section 15. Grants for microstamp-ready firearms or
18insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both.
19    (a) There is created in the State treasury the
20Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund to be administered by the
21Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the
22purpose of issuing grants to law enforcement agencies to
23purchase or replenish microstamp-ready firearms or insertable
24microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in

 

 

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1firearms, or both, for their officers.
2    (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Comptroller shall
3transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Microstamp-ready
4Firearms Fund $500,000 to establish a grant program for
5microstamp-ready firearms in Illinois. The program shall
6award:
7        (1) Replenishment grants: grants between $35,000 and
8    $50,000, for the replenishment of new microstamp-ready
9    firearms or insertable microstamping components or
10    mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement officers.
11    One of these grants shall be for a State law enforcement
12    agency, and the other 3 shall be for 3 municipal law
13    enforcement agencies of municipalities with a population
14    between 50,000 and 200,000 that purchase firearms for
15    their officers through a quartermaster system, in which
16    the quartermaster is responsible for the purchase,
17    inventory, and dissemination of uniforms and equipment to
18    officers.
19        (2) New officer grants: grants between $5,000 to
20    $20,000 to law enforcement agencies of municipalities with
21    a population between 30,000 and 200,000 to assist with the
22    purchase of firearms by new officers.
23    (c) Nothing in this Act prohibits State or municipal law
24enforcement agencies from purchasing or replenishing
25microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping
26components or mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement

 

 

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1officers from funding sources independent of the provisions of
2this Act.
 
3    Section 20. Administration and restrictions. The grant
4program shall be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice
5Information Authority and the grant funds shall only be used
6for the purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or microstamping
7components or mechanisms, or both, to be installed in firearms
8by law enforcement agencies that are grant recipients.
 
9    Section 25. Education and training. Education and training
10associated with microstamp-ready firearms, and integration
11with the NIBIN and CGIC in Illinois shall be included in the
12program.
 
13    Section 30. Grant application and participation. The
14Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall
15establish the objectives and provide direction for the
16program's grant application process, by which qualified law
17enforcement agencies can apply to receive funds for
18microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping
19components or mechanisms, or both, for use by their officers.
20Law enforcement agencies participating in the grant program
21must have their officers using the microstamp-ready firearms
22or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both,
23as soon as they are delivered. The Illinois Criminal Justice

 

 

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1Information Authority must establish the grant program and
2post the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than September
31, 2022.
4    All grants under this program must be awarded by June 30,
52023.
6    Law enforcement agencies that have been awarded funds must
7use the funds within one year of receipt or the funds shall be
8returned to the State treasury to be deposited into the
9General Revenue Fund. Funds are only to be used for the
10purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or insertable
11microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in
12firearms.
 
13    Section 35. Data collection. The Illinois Criminal Justice
14Information Authority shall collect data from each grant
15recipient, including but not limited to: the number of
16microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping
17components or mechanisms, or both, purchased, manufacturer,
18number of officers using the microstamp-ready firearms, and
19the number of microstamp-ready firearms that are discharged in
20the first year of use.
 
21    Section 90. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
22amended by adding Section 5-45.21 as follows:
 
23    (5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 5-45.21. Emergency rulemaking; Illinois Criminal
2Justice Information Authority. To provide for the expeditious
3and timely implementation of the Microstamping Funding Program
4Act, emergency rules implementing the Microstamping Funding
5Program Act may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by
6the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The
7adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and
8this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public
9interest, safety, and welfare.
10    This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
11of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
 
12    Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
13Section 5.970 as follows:
 
14    (30 ILCS 105/5.970 new)
15    Sec. 5.970. The Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.