IL HB2971

Requires the Department of the Lottery to offer a special instant scratch-off game beginning January 1, 2018 to benefit State police memorials.

Net revenue from the scratch-off game shall be deposited into the Criminal Justice Information Projects Fund and distributed equally to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund, Police Memorial Committee Fund, and Illinois State Police Memorial Fund.

Funds shall support grants for building and maintaining memorials and parks, holding annual memorial commemorations, providing scholarships to children of officers killed or catastrophically injured in the line of duty, and providing financial assistance to police officers and their families when injured or killed in the line of duty.

Defines "net revenue" as total ticket sales minus prizes paid out and the Department's actual administrative expenses solely related to the scratch-off game.

Department may adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the game, and collected moneys serve as supplemental financial resources that do not supplant existing appropriations under the Illinois Criminal Justice Act.