103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4511

Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act

Creates the Illiana Task Force Act. Creates the Illiana Task Force, consisting of 24 police officers, appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall select a chairperson. Provides that members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation for their service on the Task Force but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from appropriations made by the General Assembly for that purpose. Provides that the Task Force shall meet at least once monthly to study ways to reduce violence in local communities caused by the illegal use of firearms and to make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on suggested legislative solutions to this problem. Provides that the Task Force shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 of each year and a final report 5 years after the creation of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be dissolved 6 years after its creation. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2031. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning firearm violence.
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
5Illiana Task Force Act.
6 Section 5. Illiana Task Force; creation.
7 (a) The Illiana Task Force, consisting of 24 police
8officers, is established. The members shall be appointed by
9the Director of the Illinois State Police. The members of the
10Task Force shall select from their number a chairperson.
11Members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation for
12their service on the Task Force but shall be reimbursed for
13necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties
14from appropriations made by the General Assembly for that
15purpose.
16 (b) The Task Force shall meet at least once monthly to
17study ways to reduce violence in local communities caused by
18the illegal use of firearms and to make recommendations to the
19Governor and the General Assembly on suggested legislative
20solutions to this problem.
21 (c) The Task Force shall submit an annual report to the
22Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 of
23each year and a final report 5 years after the creation of the

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1Task Force.
2 Section 10. Dissolving of Task Force. The Task Force shall
3be dissolved 6 years after its creation.
4 Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
52031.