Full Text of HB2643 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 | | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 6 | | is amended by renumbering and changing Section 605-1045 as | 7 | | follows: | 8 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-1047) | 9 | | Sec. 605-1047 605-1045 . Local Coronavirus Urgent | 10 | | Remediation Emergency (or Local CURE) Support Program. | 11 | | (a) Purpose. The Department may receive, directly or | 12 | | indirectly, federal funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund | 13 | | provided to the State pursuant to Section 5001 of the federal | 14 | | Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to | 15 | | provide financial support to units of local government for | 16 | | purposes authorized by Section 5001 of the federal Coronavirus | 17 | | Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and related | 18 | | federal guidance. Upon receipt of such funds, and | 19 | | appropriations for their use, the Department shall administer | 20 | | a Local Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (or Local | 21 | | CURE) Support Program to provide financial support to units of | 22 | | local government that have incurred necessary expenditures due | 23 | | to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Department shall |
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| 1 | | provide by rule the administrative framework for the Local | 2 | | CURE Support Program. | 3 | | (b) Allocations. A portion of the funds appropriated for | 4 | | the Local CURE Support Program may be allotted to | 5 | | municipalities and counties based on proportionate population. | 6 | | Units of local government, or portions thereof, located within | 7 | | the five Illinois counties that received direct allotments | 8 | | from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund will not be included | 9 | | in the support program allotments. The Department may | 10 | | establish other administrative procedures for providing | 11 | | financial support to units of local government. Appropriated | 12 | | funds may be used for administration of the support program, | 13 | | including the hiring of a service provider to assist with | 14 | | coordination and administration. | 15 | | (c) Administrative Procedures. The Department may | 16 | | establish administrative procedures for the support program, | 17 | | including any application procedures, grant agreements, | 18 | | certifications, payment methodologies, and other | 19 | | accountability measures that may be imposed upon recipients of | 20 | | funds under the grant program. Financial support may be | 21 | | provided in the form of grants or in the form of expense | 22 | | reimbursements for disaster-related expenditures. The | 23 | | emergency rulemaking process may be used to promulgate the | 24 | | initial rules of the grant program. | 25 | | (d) Definitions. As used in this Section: | 26 | | (1) "COVID-19" means the novel coronavirus virus |
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| 1 | | disease deemed COVID-19 by the World Health Organization | 2 | | on February 11, 2020. | 3 | | (2) "Local government" or "unit of local government" | 4 | | means any unit of local government as defined in Article | 5 | | VII, Section 1 of the Illinois Constitution. | 6 | | (3) "Third party administrator" means a service | 7 | | provider selected by the Department to provide operational | 8 | | assistance with the administration of the support program. | 9 | | (e) Powers of the Department. The Department has the power | 10 | | to: | 11 | | (1) Provide financial support to eligible units of | 12 | | local government with funds appropriated from the Local | 13 | | Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (Local CURE) Fund | 14 | | to cover necessary costs incurred due to the COVID-19 | 15 | | public health emergency that are eligible to be paid using | 16 | | federal funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund. | 17 | | (2) Enter into agreements, accept funds, issue grants | 18 | | or expense reimbursements, and engage in cooperation with | 19 | | agencies of the federal government and units of local | 20 | | governments to carry out the purposes of this support | 21 | | program, and to use funds appropriated from the Local | 22 | | Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (Local CURE) Fund | 23 | | fund upon such terms and conditions as may be established | 24 | | by the federal government and the Department. | 25 | | (3) Enter into agreements with third-party | 26 | | administrators to assist the state with operational |
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| 1 | | assistance and administrative functions related to review | 2 | | of documentation and processing of financial support | 3 | | payments to units of local government. | 4 | | (4) Establish applications, notifications, contracts, | 5 | | and procedures and adopt rules deemed necessary and | 6 | | appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Section. | 7 | | To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation | 8 | | of this Act, emergency rules to implement any provision of | 9 | | this Section may be adopted by the Department subject to | 10 | | the provisions of Section 5-45 of the Illinois | 11 | | Administrative Procedure Act. | 12 | | (5) Provide staff, administration, and related support | 13 | | required to manage the support program and pay for the | 14 | | staffing, administration, and related support with funds | 15 | | appropriated from the Local Coronavirus Urgent Remediation | 16 | | Emergency (Local CURE) Fund. | 17 | | (6) Exercise such other powers as are necessary or | 18 | | incidental to the foregoing. | 19 | | (f) Local CURE Financial Support to Local Governments.
The | 20 | | Department is authorized to provide financial support to | 21 | | eligible units of local government including, but not limited | 22 | | to, certified local health departments for necessary costs | 23 | | incurred due to the COVID-19 public health emergency that are | 24 | | eligible to be paid using federal funds from the Coronavirus | 25 | | Relief Fund. | 26 | | (1) Financial support funds may be used by a unit of |
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| 1 | | local government only for payment of costs permitted to be | 2 | | covered with moneys from the Coronavirus Relief Fund | 3 | | pursuant to Section 601(d)(3) of the Social Security Act, | 4 | | as amended, or any other federal law that: (i) are | 5 | | necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health | 6 | | emergency of COVID-19; (ii) were not accounted for in the | 7 | | most recent budget approved as of March 27, 2020 for the | 8 | | unit of local government; and (iii) were incurred between | 9 | | March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020 . | 10 | | (2) A unit of local government receiving financial | 11 | | support funds under this program shall certify to the | 12 | | Department that it shall use the funds in accordance with | 13 | | the requirements of paragraph (1) and that any funds | 14 | | received but not used for such purposes shall be repaid to | 15 | | the Department. | 16 | | (3) The Department shall make the determination to | 17 | | provide financial support funds to a unit of local | 18 | | government on the basis of criteria established by the | 19 | | Department.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; revised 8-3-20.)
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