Sen. Andy Manar
Filed: 2/5/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 114




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 114 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:




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



6    (15 ILCS 30/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 293.3)



7    Sec. 3. Disaster Response and Recovery Fund.  
8    (a) Whenever funds regularly appropriated to the State and 
9local
governmental bodies for disaster response and recovery 
10are insufficient to
provide services, and when the Governor has 
11declared a disaster by
proclamation in accordance with Section 
127 of the Illinois Emergency Management
Agency Act or any 
13successor Act, the Governor
may draw
upon the Disaster Response 
14and Recovery Fund in order to provide services or to
reimburse 
15local governmental bodies furnishing services. The fund
may be 
16used for the payment of emergency employees, for the payment of

 
 
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1the Illinois National Guard when called to active duty,
for 
2disaster-related expenses of State Agencies and
Departments, 
3and for the emergency purchase or renting of
equipment and 
4commodities. The fund shall be used for furnishing
emergency 
5services and relief to the disaster area as a whole and shall

6not be used to provide private relief to persons sustaining 
7property
damages or personal injury as a result of a disaster.

8    (b) As soon as practical after the effective date of this 
9amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the State 
10Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer 
11$5,900,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Disaster 
12Response and Recovery Fund to meet the State's cost sharing 
13obligations with the Federal Emergency Management Agency under 
14the federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program 
15pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5174. 
16    (c) As soon as practical after the effective date of this 
17amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the State 
18Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer 
19no more than $250,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the 
20Disaster Response and Recovery Fund to be utilized by local 
21governments and political subdivisions in Christian County for 
22reimbursement of eligible disaster costs as defined by the 
23federal public assistance program to provide disaster relief in 
24relation to damage resulting from a tornado occurring in 
25Christian County on December 1, 2018. 
26(Source: P.A. 98-465, eff. 8-16-13; 98-616, eff. 12-31-13.)

 

 
 
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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
2becoming law.".