Full Text of SB1698 102nd General Assembly
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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 | 5 | | amended 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 | 18 | | disbursements to the Foundation. The Foundation shall use the | 19 | | moneys to make grants and distributions for the administration | 20 | | of the pilot programs created under this Act. Grants or | 21 | | distributions made under this Act by to the Foundation are | 22 | | subject to the requirements of the Illinois Grant Funds | 23 | | Recovery Act. | 24 | | (b) In accordance with the requirements of the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Equal Justice Act, the Foundation may make grants, enter into | 2 | | contracts, and take other actions recommended by the Council | 3 | | to effectuate the pilot programs and comply with the other | 4 | | requirements of this Act. | 5 | | (c) The governing board of the Foundation must prepare and | 6 | | submit an annual report to the Governor, the President of the | 7 | | Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the | 8 | | House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of | 9 | | Representatives, and the Justices of the Illinois Supreme | 10 | | Court. The report must include: (i) a statement of the total | 11 | | receipts and a breakdown by source during each of the previous | 12 | | 2 calendar years; (ii) a list of the names and addresses of the | 13 | | recipients that are currently receiving grants or | 14 | | distributions and that received grants or distributions in the | 15 | | previous year and the amounts committed to recipients for the | 16 | | current year and paid in the previous year; (iii) a breakdown | 17 | | of the amounts of grants or distributions paid during the | 18 | | previous year to recipients and the amounts committed to each | 19 | | recipient for the current year; (iv) a breakdown of the | 20 | | Foundation's costs in administering the Fund; (v) a statement | 21 | | of the Fund balance at the start and at the close of the | 22 | | previous year and the interest earned during the previous | 23 | | year; and (vi) any notices the Foundation issued denying | 24 | | applications for grants or distributions under this Act. The | 25 | | report, in its entirety, is a public record, and the | 26 | | Foundation and the Governor shall make the report available |
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| 1 | | for inspection upon request. | 2 | | (d) The Foundation may annually retain a portion of the | 3 | | disbursements it receives under this Section to reimburse the | 4 | | Foundation for the actual cost of administering the Council | 5 | | and for making the grants and distributions pursuant to this | 6 | | Act during that year. | 7 | | (e) No moneys distributed by the Foundation from the | 8 | | Access to Justice Fund may be directly or indirectly used for | 9 | | lobbying activities, as defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist | 10 | | Registration Act or as defined in any ordinance or resolution | 11 | | of a municipality, county, or other unit of local government | 12 | | in Illinois.
| 13 | | (f) The Foundation may make, enter into, and execute | 14 | | contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments with any | 15 | | person, including without limitation any federal, State, or | 16 | | local governmental agency, and may take other actions that may | 17 | | be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose | 18 | | authorized by this Act. | 19 | | (g) The Foundation has the authority to receive and accept | 20 | | any and all grants, loans, subsidies, matching funds, | 21 | | reimbursements, federal grant moneys, fees for services, and | 22 | | other things of value from the federal or State government or | 23 | | any agency of any other state or from any institution, person, | 24 | | firm, or corporation, public or private, to be used to carry | 25 | | out the purposes of this Act. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 99-281, eff. 8-5-15; 100-987, eff. 7-1-19 .)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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