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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 4 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the End Gun Violence in | ||||||
| 5 | Disproportionately Impacted Areas Task Force is created to | ||||||
| 6 | study, analyze data, make recommendations, and develop policy | ||||||
| 7 | proposals addressing the root causes of violence and resulting | ||||||
| 8 | trauma to drastically reduce gun violence in | ||||||
| 9 | disproportionately impacted areas; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
| 11 | following members who shall serve without compensation: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) The Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal | ||||||
| 13 | Justice Information Authority or his or her designee, who | ||||||
| 14 | shall serve as chair; | ||||||
| 15 | (2) The Director of the Department of Children and | ||||||
| 16 | Family Services or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 17 | (3) The Director of the Department of Commerce and | ||||||
| 18 | Economic Opportunity or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 19 | (4) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services | ||||||
| 20 | or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 21 | (5) The State Superintendent of Education or his or | ||||||
| 22 | her designee; | ||||||
| 23 | (6) The Director of the Illinois Housing Development | ||||||
| 24 | Authority or his or her designee; and | ||||||
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| 1 | (7) The following members appointed by the Governor: | ||||||
| 2 | (a) One elected county official representing a | ||||||
| 3 | disproportionately impacted area; | ||||||
| 4 | (b) One elected state official representing a | ||||||
| 5 | disproportionately impacted area; | ||||||
| 6 | (c) One elected federal official representing a | ||||||
| 7 | disproportionately impacted area; | ||||||
| 8 | (d) One representative of the Chicago Police | ||||||
| 9 | Department; | ||||||
| 10 | (e) One representative of a municipal police | ||||||
| 11 | department located in a disproportionately impacted | ||||||
| 12 | area; | ||||||
| 13 | (f) Two representatives of non-profit | ||||||
| 14 | organizations with budgets over $1,000,000 that | ||||||
| 15 | primary work directly on violence reduction; | ||||||
| 16 | (g) Three representatives of non-profit | ||||||
| 17 | organizations with budgets under $1,000,000 that | ||||||
| 18 | primary work directly on violence reduction; | ||||||
| 19 | (h) Two representatives of non-profit | ||||||
| 20 | organizations that primarily engage in street level | ||||||
| 21 | violence reduction and outreach to at-risk | ||||||
| 22 | individuals; | ||||||
| 23 | (i) Three members employed by news media | ||||||
| 24 | organizations in the top five news media markets | ||||||
| 25 | nationwide as determined by Nielsen Media Research, | ||||||
| 26 | who live in a disproportionately impacted area; | ||||||
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| 1 | (j) One member employed by a news media | ||||||
| 2 | organization in Illinois who lives in a | ||||||
| 3 | disproportionately impacted area; and | ||||||
| 4 | (k) Ten residents of the state that reside in | ||||||
| 5 | disproportionately impacted areas that have | ||||||
| 6 | experienced high rates of gun violence for at least | ||||||
| 7 | the previous ten years; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That if a vacancy occurs in the Task Force it | ||||||
| 9 | shall be filled in the same manner as the original | ||||||
| 10 | appointment; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet at the call of the | ||||||
| 12 | chair; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Criminal Justice Information | ||||||
| 14 | Authority and the Illinois State Police Division of Justice | ||||||
| 15 | shall provide administrative support for the Task Force; and | ||||||
| 16 | be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit its final | ||||||
| 18 | report to the General Assembly no later than December 31, | ||||||
| 19 | 2026, and upon the filing of the report, the Task Force is | ||||||
| 20 | dissolved; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | delivered to the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal | ||||||
| 2 | Justice Information Authority, the Director of the Department | ||||||
| 3 | of Children and Family Services, the Director of the | ||||||
| 4 | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Secretary | ||||||
| 5 | of the Department of Human Services, the State Superintendent | ||||||
| 6 | of Education, the Director of the Illinois Housing Development | ||||||
| 7 | Authority, and the Governor. | ||||||