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Full Text of SB1955  98th General Assembly

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SB1955 EnrolledLRB098 05666 AMC 35705 b

1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
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
17the Illinois National Guard when called to active duty, for
18disaster-related expenses of State Agencies and Departments,
19and for the emergency purchase or renting of equipment and
20commodities. The fund shall be used for furnishing emergency
21services and relief to the disaster area as a whole and shall
22not be used to provide private relief to persons sustaining
23property damages or personal injury as a result of a disaster.

 

 

SB1955 Enrolled- 2 -LRB098 05666 AMC 35705 b

1    (b) As soon as practical after the effective date of this
2amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the State
3Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer
4$5,900,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Disaster
5Response and Recovery Fund to meet the State's cost sharing
6obligations with the Federal Emergency Management Agency under
7the federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program
8pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5174.
9(Source: P.A. 98-465, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.