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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 State Police Law of the Civil
5		Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
6		2605-51.1 as follows:
7		(20 ILCS 2605/2605-51.1)
8		(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
9		delayed effective date)
10		(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2026)
11		Sec. 2605-51.1 2605-51. Commission on Implementing the
12		Firearms Restraining Order Act.
13		(a) There is created the Commission on Implementing the
14		Firearms Restraining Order Act composed of at least 12 members
15		to advise on the strategies of education and implementation of
16		the Firearms Restraining Order Act. The Commission shall be
17		appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police or his
18		or her designee within 60 days after the effective date of this
19		amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and shall include
20		a liaison or representative nominated from the following:
21		(1) the Office of the Attorney General, appointed by
22		the Attorney General;
23		(2) the Director of the Illinois State Police or his

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1		or her designee;
2		(3) at least 3 State's Attorneys, nominated by the
3		Director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
4		Prosecutor;
5		(4) at least 2 municipal police department
6		representatives, nominated by the Illinois Association of
7		Chiefs of Police;
8		(5) an Illinois sheriff, nominated by the Illinois
9		Sheriffs' Association;
10		(6) the Director of Public Health or his or her
11		designee;
12		(7) the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards
13		Board, nominated by the Executive Director of the Board;
14		(8) a representative from a public defender's office,
15		nominated by the State Appellate Defender;
16		(9) a circuit court judge, nominated by the Chief
17		Justice of the Supreme Court;
18		(10) a prosecutor with experience managing or
19		directing a program in another state where the
20		implementation of that state's extreme risk protection
21		order law has achieved high rates of petition filings
22		nominated by the National District Attorneys Association;
23		and
24		(11) an expert from law enforcement who has experience
25		managing or directing a program in another state where the
26		implementation of that state's extreme risk protection

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1		order law has achieved high rates of petition filings
2		nominated by the Director of the Illinois State Police.
3		(b) The Commission shall be chaired by the Director of the
4		Illinois State Police or his or her designee. The Commission
5		shall meet, either virtually or in person, to discuss the
6		implementation of the Firearms Restraining Order Act as
7		determined by the Commission while the strategies are being
8		established.
9		(c) The members of the Commission shall serve without
10		compensation and shall serve 3-year terms.
11		(d) An annual report shall be submitted to the General
12		Assembly by the Commission that may include summary
13		information about firearms restraining order use by county,
14		challenges to Firearms Restraining Order Act implementation,
15		and recommendations for increasing and improving
16		implementation.
17		(e) The Commission shall develop a model policy with an
18		overall framework for the timely relinquishment of firearms
19		whenever a firearms restraining order is issued. The model
20		policy shall be finalized within the first 4 months of
21		convening. In formulating the model policy, the Commission
22		shall consult counties in Illinois and other states with
23		extreme risk protection order laws which have achieved a high
24		rate of petition filings. Once approved, the Illinois State
25		Police shall work with their local law enforcement agencies
26		within their county to design a comprehensive strategy for the

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1		timely relinquishment of firearms, using the model policy as
2		an overall framework. Each individual agency may make small
3		modifications as needed to the model policy and must approve
4		and adopt a policy that aligns with the model policy. The
5		Illinois State Police shall convene local police chiefs and
6		sheriffs within their county as needed to discuss the
7		relinquishment of firearms.
8		(f) The Commission shall be dissolved June 1, 2025 (3
9		years after the effective date of Public Act 102-345) this
10		amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
11		(g) This Section is repealed June 1, 2026 (4 years after
12		the effective date of Public Act 102-345) this amendatory Act
13		of the 102nd General Assembly.
14		(Source: P.A. 102-345, eff. 6-1-22; revised 11-3-21.)
15		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1,
16		2022.