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,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the

5 Microstamping Funding Program Act.

6 Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly

7 finds that:

8 Law enforcement makes an arrest in only 35% of firearm

9 homicides and 21% of firearm assaults when the victim was

10 Black or Hispanic. Microstamping is a powerful crime-solving

11 tool that can help law enforcement quickly solve gun crimes.

12 Microstamping is a reliable ballistics identification tool,

13 and can greatly enhance traditional ballistics analysis and

14 the current National Integrated Ballistics Information Network

15 (NIBIN) system by providing a direct link between a spent

16 cartridge case and a firearm.

17 The leads generated from fired cartridge cases, bearing

18 microstamps found at crime scenes, have the potential to help

19 law enforcement solve gun-related crimes while limiting

20 negative interactions with law enforcement, especially in

21 minority communities. While this crime-solving technology

22 exists, firearm manufacturers have not yet produced

23 microstamp-ready firearms.

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1 It behooves the State to install a program in partnership

2 with law enforcement to bring microstamp-ready firearms into

3 use 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

7 producing a unique alphanumeric or geometric code on at least

8 one location on each expended cartridge case that can be used

9 to identify the make, model, and serial number of the firearm.

10 "Microstamping component or mechanism" means a component

11 or mechanism of a firearm or an insertable component or

12 mechanism designed and intended to produce a unique

13 alphanumeric or geometric code on an expended cartridge that

14 identifies the make, model, and serial number of the firearm.

15 "NIBIN" means the National Integrated Ballistics

16 Information Network.

17 Section 15. Grants for microstamp-ready firearms or

18 insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both.

19 (a) There is created in the State treasury the

20 Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund to be administered by the

21 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for the

22 purpose of issuing grants to law enforcement agencies to

23 purchase or replenish microstamp-ready firearms or insertable

24 microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in

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1 firearms, or both, for their officers.

2 (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Comptroller shall

3 transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Microstamp-ready

4 Firearms Fund $500,000 to establish a grant program for

5 microstamp-ready firearms in Illinois. The program shall

6 award:

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

24 enforcement agencies from purchasing or replenishing

25 microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping

26 components or mechanisms, or both, for their law enforcement

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1 officers from funding sources independent of the provisions of

2 this Act.

3 Section 20. Administration and restrictions. The grant

4 program shall be administered by the Illinois Criminal Justice

5 Information Authority and the grant funds shall only be used

6 for the purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or microstamping

7 components or mechanisms, or both, to be installed in firearms

8 by law enforcement agencies that are grant recipients.

9 Section 25. Education and training. Education and training

10 associated with microstamp-ready firearms, and integration

11 with the NIBIN and CGIC in Illinois shall be included in the

12 program.

13 Section 30. Grant application and participation. The

14 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall

15 establish the objectives and provide direction for the

16 program's grant application process, by which qualified law

17 enforcement agencies can apply to receive funds for

18 microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping

19 components or mechanisms, or both, for use by their officers.

20 Law enforcement agencies participating in the grant program

21 must have their officers using the microstamp-ready firearms

22 or insertable microstamping components or mechanisms, or both,

23 as soon as they are delivered. The Illinois Criminal Justice

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1 Information Authority must establish the grant program and

2 post the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than September

3 1, 2022.

4 All grants under this program must be awarded by June 30,

5 2023.

6 Law enforcement agencies that have been awarded funds must

7 use the funds within one year of receipt or the funds shall be

8 returned to the State treasury to be deposited into the

9 General Revenue Fund. Funds are only to be used for the

10 purchase of microstamp-ready firearms or insertable

11 microstamping components or mechanisms to be installed in

12 firearms.

13 Section 35. Data collection. The Illinois Criminal Justice

14 Information Authority shall collect data from each grant

15 recipient, including but not limited to: the number of

16 microstamp-ready firearms or insertable microstamping

17 components or mechanisms, or both, purchased, manufacturer,

18 number of officers using the microstamp-ready firearms, and

19 the number of microstamp-ready firearms that are discharged in

20 the first year of use.

21 Section 90. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is

22 amended 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

2 Justice Information Authority. To provide for the expeditious

3 and timely implementation of the Microstamping Funding Program

4 Act, emergency rules implementing the Microstamping Funding

5 Program Act may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by

6 the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The

7 adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and

8 this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public

9 interest, safety, and welfare.

10 This Section is repealed one year after the effective date

11 of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.

12 Section 95. The State Finance Act is amended by adding

13 Section 5.970 as follows:

14 (30 ILCS 105/5.970 new)

15 Sec. 5.970. The Microstamp-ready Firearms Fund.