Full Text of SB3182 101st General Assembly
SB3182 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB3182 Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Pat McGuire SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 30 ILCS 705/2 | from Ch. 127, par. 2302 | 705 ILCS 95/15 | |
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Amends the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. Provides that "grantor agency" includes the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation when it makes grants under the Access to Justice Act or the Illinois Equal Justice Act. Amends the Access to Justice Act. Provides that grants or distributions made under the Act by (rather than to) the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation are subject to the requirements of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (30 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 2302)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. The following terms when used in this | 8 | | Act shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section:
| 9 | | (a) "Grantor agency" is any agency of State government | 10 | | which dispenses
grant funds. "Grantor agency" includes the | 11 | | Illinois Equal Justice Foundation when it makes grants under | 12 | | Section 15 of the Access to Justice Act or Section 20 of the | 13 | | Illinois Equal Justice Act.
| 14 | | (b) "Grant funds" are any public funds dispensed by a | 15 | | grantor agency to
any person or entity for obligation, | 16 | | expenditure, or use by that person
or entity for a specific | 17 | | purpose or purposes. Funds disbursed by the State
Comptroller | 18 | | pursuant to an appropriation made by the General Assembly to
a | 19 | | named entity or person are not grant funds for purposes of this | 20 | | Act.
Funds disbursed in accordance with a fee for service | 21 | | purchase of care
contract are not grant funds for purposes of | 22 | | this Act.
| 23 | | Neither the method by which funds are dispensed whether by |
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| 1 | | contract,
agreement, grant subsidy, letter of credit, or any | 2 | | other method nor the
purpose for which the funds are used can | 3 | | change the character of funds
which otherwise would be | 4 | | considered grant funds as defined in this Section.
| 5 | | (c) "Grantee" means the person or entity which may use | 6 | | grant funds.
| 7 | | (d) "Institution of higher education" means any | 8 | | institution which is
authorized to grant degrees within the | 9 | | State of Illinois.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 86-602.)
| 11 | | Section 10. The Access to Justice Act is amended by | 12 | | changing Section 15 as follows: | 13 | | (705 ILCS 95/15) | 14 | | Sec. 15. Access to Justice Fund. | 15 | | (a) The Access to Justice Fund is created as a special fund | 16 | | in the State treasury. Moneys in the Access to Justice Fund | 17 | | shall be appropriated to the Attorney General for disbursements | 18 | | to the Foundation. The Foundation shall use the moneys to make | 19 | | grants and distributions for the administration of the pilot | 20 | | programs created under this Act. Grants or distributions made | 21 | | under this Act by to the Foundation are subject to the | 22 | | requirements of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. | 23 | | (b) In accordance with the requirements of the Illinois | 24 | | Equal Justice Act, the Foundation may make grants, enter into |
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| 1 | | contracts, and take other actions recommended by the Council to | 2 | | effectuate the pilot programs and comply with the other | 3 | | requirements of this Act. | 4 | | (c) The governing board of the Foundation must prepare and | 5 | | submit an annual report to the Governor, the President of the | 6 | | Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the | 7 | | House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of | 8 | | Representatives, and the Justices of the Illinois Supreme | 9 | | Court. The report must include: (i) a statement of the total | 10 | | receipts and a breakdown by source during each of the previous | 11 | | 2 calendar years; (ii) a list of the names and addresses of the | 12 | | recipients that are currently receiving grants or | 13 | | distributions and that received grants or distributions in the | 14 | | previous year and the amounts committed to recipients for the | 15 | | current year and paid in the previous year; (iii) a breakdown | 16 | | of the amounts of grants or distributions paid during the | 17 | | previous year to recipients and the amounts committed to each | 18 | | recipient for the current year; (iv) a breakdown of the | 19 | | Foundation's costs in administering the Fund; (v) a statement | 20 | | of the Fund balance at the start and at the close of the | 21 | | previous year and the interest earned during the previous year; | 22 | | and (vi) any notices the Foundation issued denying applications | 23 | | for grants or distributions under this Act. The report, in its | 24 | | entirety, is a public record, and the Foundation and the | 25 | | Governor shall make the report available for inspection upon | 26 | | request. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Foundation may annually retain a portion of the | 2 | | disbursements it receives under this Section to reimburse the | 3 | | Foundation for the actual cost of administering the Council and | 4 | | for making the grants and distributions pursuant to this Act | 5 | | during that year. | 6 | | (e) No moneys distributed by the Foundation from the Access | 7 | | to Justice Fund may be directly or indirectly used for lobbying | 8 | | activities, as defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist | 9 | | Registration Act or as defined in any ordinance or resolution | 10 | | of a municipality, county, or other unit of local government in | 11 | | Illinois.
| 12 | | (f) The Foundation may make, enter into, and execute | 13 | | contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments with any | 14 | | person, including without limitation any federal, State, or | 15 | | local governmental agency, and may take other actions that may | 16 | | be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose authorized | 17 | | by this Act. | 18 | | (g) The Foundation has the authority to receive and accept | 19 | | any and all grants, loans, subsidies, matching funds, | 20 | | reimbursements, federal grant moneys, fees for services, and | 21 | | other things of value from the federal or State government or | 22 | | any agency of any other state or from any institution, person, | 23 | | firm, or corporation, public or private, to be used to carry | 24 | | out the purposes of this Act. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-281, eff. 8-5-15; 100-987, eff. 7-1-19 .)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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