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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2824 Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Changes references from "Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness Fund" and "the Fund" to "Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness Trust Fund" and "the Trust Fund". Provides that the Trust Fund be a federal trust fund. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2824 | | LRB099 07110 MGM 27194 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 17.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 3305/17.5) |
| 7 | | Sec. 17.5. Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness Fund. |
| 8 | | The Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness Trust Fund is |
| 9 | | created as a federal trust fund special fund in the State |
| 10 | | treasury. The Trust Fund shall be held separate and apart from |
| 11 | | all public moneys or funds of this State. All Homeland Security |
| 12 | | moneys received by the Agency under Section 17 from a federal |
| 13 | | department or agency shall be deposited into the Trust Fund. |
| 14 | | Interest earned by the investment or deposit of moneys |
| 15 | | accumulated in the Trust Fund shall be deposited into the Trust |
| 16 | | Fund. The Agency is authorized to expend any moneys in the |
| 17 | | Trust Fund for the specific purposes established by the terms |
| 18 | | and conditions of the federal awards received by the Agency and |
| 19 | | in any amount that the Agency deems necessary to make grants |
| 20 | | and pay expenses in connection with its emergency management |
| 21 | | and preparedness programs.
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| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-116, eff. 1-1-12.)
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