HB5302 - LAKE CNTY COMMUNITY COALITION

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Amends the Township Code. Provides that, on July 1, 2025, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund into the Lake County Community Coalition Fund. Provides the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority may provide grants from the Lake County Community Coalition Fund to the Waukegan Township Board for the purpose of providing grants to local nonprofit organizations that assist the community with services, including transitional housing assistance, violence prevention efforts, youth mentorship programs, substance abuse treatment, reentry services, cultural training, and vocational training, including administrative costs. Creates a yearly continuing appropriation into the Lake County Community Coalition Fund of all amounts necessary to implement the provisions should the aggregate appropriations appropriated by the General Assembly for grants from all State funds for each State fiscal year be less than $5,000,000. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Lake County Community Coalition Fund. Effective July 1, 2025.