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1 AN ACT in relation to firearms.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
5 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
6 Section 2605-555 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2605/2605-555 new)
8 Sec. 2605-555. Pilot program; Project Exile.
9 (a) The Department shall establish a Project Exile pilot
10 program to combat gun violence.
11 (b) Through the pilot program, the Department, in
12 coordination with local law enforcement agencies, State's
13 Attorneys, and United States Attorneys, shall, to the extent
14 possible, encourage the prosecution in federal court of all
15 persons who illegally use, attempt to use, or threaten to use
16 firearms against the person or property of another, of all
17 persons who use or possess a firearm in connection with a
18 violation of the Cannabis Control Act or the Illinois
19 Controlled Substances Act, all persons who have been
20 convicted of a felony under the laws of this State or any
21 other jurisdiction who possess any weapon prohibited under
22 Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or any firearm or
23 any firearm ammunition, and of all persons who use or possess
24 a firearm in connection with a violation of an order of
25 protection issued under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
26 1986 or Article 112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of
27 1963 or in connection with the offense of domestic battery.
28 The program shall also encourage public outreach by law
29 enforcement agencies.
30 (c) There is created the Project Exile Fund, a special
31 fund in the State treasury. Moneys appropriated for the
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1 purposes of Project Exile and moneys from any other private
2 or public source, including without limitation grants from
3 the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, shall be
4 deposited into the Fund. Moneys in the Fund, subject to
5 appropriation, may be used by the Department of State Police
6 to develop and administer the Project Exile pilot program.
7 (d) The Department shall report to the General Assembly
8 by March 1, 2003 regarding the implementation and effects of
9 the Project Exile pilot program and shall by that date make
10 recommendations to the General Assembly for changes in the
11 program that the Department deems appropriate.
12 The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
13 shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the
14 Speaker, the Minority Leader, and the Clerk of the House of
15 Representatives, with the President, the Minority Leader, and
16 the Secretary of the Senate, and with the Legislative
17 Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of the General
18 Assembly Organization Act, and filing such additional copies
19 with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the
20 General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of
21 Section 7 of the State Library Act.
22 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
23 Section 5.546 as follows:
24 (30 ILCS 105/5.546 new)
25 Sec. 5.546. The Project Exile Fund.
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.
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