SB0231eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Disaster Relief Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(15 ILCS 30/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 293.3)

Sec. 3. Disaster Response and Recovery Fund.

(a) Whenever funds regularly appropriated to the State and local governmental bodies for disaster response and recovery are insufficient to provide services, and when the Governor has declared a disaster by proclamation in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act or any successor Act, the Governor may draw upon the Disaster Response and Recovery Fund in order to provide services or to reimburse local governmental bodies furnishing services. The fund may be used for the payment of emergency employees, for the payment of the Illinois National Guard when called to active duty and , for disaster-related expenses of State Agencies and Departments, including and for the emergency purchase or renting of equipment and commodities and payment of emergency employees. The fund shall be used for furnishing emergency services and relief to the disaster area as a whole and shall not be used to provide private relief to persons sustaining property damages or personal injury as a result of a disaster or to finance disaster assistance grants under Section 9.5 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.

(b) As soon as practical after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $5,900,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Disaster Response and Recovery Fund to meet the State's cost sharing obligations with the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5174.

(Source: P.A. 98-465, eff. 8-16-13; 98-616, eff. 12-31-13.)

Section 10. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is amended by adding Section 9.5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3305/9.5 new)

Sec. 9.5. Disaster assistance to local governments.

(a) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may provide disaster assistance grants to reimburse disaster response expenses for debris removal and emergency protective measures incurred by (1) a unit of local government as defined in the Illinois Constitution, (2) any school district, or (3) any public community college district, if that entity is located in a county that the Governor has declared a disaster area by proclamation in accordance with Section 7 of this Act. The grants shall be paid out of the Disaster Assistance to Local Governments Fund, which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the fund shall be used by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to (1) finance disaster assistance grants under this Section and (2) finance direct program costs incurred by the Agency in administering this assistance program. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall adopt rules specifying grant eligibility requirements and provisions for grant administration.

(b) This Section applies only to disasters occurring on or after November 17, 2013.

Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.855 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.855 new)

Sec. 5.855. The Disaster Assistance to Local Governments Fund.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.