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92_SB0859

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to emergency management assistance.

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

 4        Section  1.  Short  title.   This Act may be cited as the
 5    Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act.

 6        Section 5.  Emergency Management Assistance Compact.  The
 7    State  of  Illinois  ratifies  and  approves  the   Emergency
 8    Management  Assistance Compact and enters into the Compact in
 9    substantially the following form:

10                ARTICLE I.  Purposes and Authorities
11        This compact is made and entered into by and between  the
12    participating   member   states  which  enact  this  compact,
13    hereinafter called party states. For  the  purposes  of  this
14    agreement,  the  term  "states"  is taken to mean the several
15    states, the Commonwealth of  Puerto  Rico,  the  District  of
16    Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions.
17        The  purpose  of  this  compact  is to provide for mutual
18    assistance between the states entering into this  compact  in
19    managing  any  emergency or disaster that is duly declared by
20    the governor of the affected state(s), whether  arising  from
21    natural  disaster,  technological  hazard, man-made disaster,
22    civil emergency aspects  of  resources  shortages,  community
23    disorders, insurgency, or enemy attack.
24        This compact shall also provide for mutual cooperation in
25    emergency-related   exercises,  testing,  or  other  training
26    activities   using   equipment   and   personnel   simulating
27    performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of  aid
28    by  party  states  or  subdivisions  of  party  states during
29    emergencies, such actions occurring outside  actual  declared
30    emergency  periods.  Mutual  assistance  in  this compact may
 
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 1    include the use of the states' National Guard forces,  either
 2    in  accordance  with  the  National  Guard  Mutual Assistance
 3    Compact or by mutual agreement between states.

 4                 ARTICLE II. General Implementation
 5        Each party state entering into  this  compact  recognizes
 6    many    emergencies    transcend   political   jurisdictional
 7    boundaries  and  that   intergovernmental   coordination   is
 8    essential  in managing these and other emergencies under this
 9    compact. Each state further recognizes  that  there  will  be
10    emergencies   which  require  immediate  access  and  present
11    procedures to apply outside resources to make  a  prompt  and
12    effective response to such an emergency. This is because few,
13    if  any,  individual  states  have all the resources they may
14    need in  all  types  of  emergencies  or  the  capability  of
15    delivering resources to areas where emergencies exist.
16        The  prompt, full, and effective utilization of resources
17    of the participating states, including any resources on  hand
18    or available from the Federal Government or any other source,
19    that  are  essential  to the safety, care, and welfare of the
20    people in the event of any emergency or disaster declared  by
21    a party state, shall be the underlying principle on which all
22    articles of this compact shall be understood.
23        On  behalf of the governor of each state participating in
24    the compact, the legally designated  state  official  who  is
25    assigned  responsibility  for  emergency  management  will be
26    responsible for formulation  of  the  appropriate  interstate
27    mutual  aid  plans and procedures necessary to implement this
28    compact.

29              ARTICLE III. Party State Responsibilities
30        (a)  It shall be the responsibility of each  party  state
31    to  formulate  procedural  plans  and programs for interstate
32    cooperation in the performance of the responsibilities listed
 
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 1    in this article. In formulating such plans, and  in  carrying
 2    them out, the party states, insofar as practical, shall:
 3             (i)  Review  individual  state hazards analyses and,
 4        to the extent reasonably possible,  determine  all  those
 5        potential  emergencies  the  party  states  might jointly
 6        suffer, whether due to  natural  disaster,  technological
 7        hazard,  man-made disaster, emergency aspects of resource
 8        shortages, civil disorders, insurgency, or enemy attack.
 9             (ii)  Review  party  states'  individual   emergency
10        plans  and  develop  a  plan  which  will  determine  the
11        mechanism  for the interstate management and provision of
12        assistance concerning any potential emergency.
13             (iii)  Develop interstate  procedures  to  fill  any
14        identified   gaps   and   to   resolve   any   identified
15        inconsistencies  or  overlaps  in  existing  or developed
16        plans.
17             (iv)  Assist in warning communities adjacent  to  or
18        crossing the state boundaries.
19             (v)  Protect  and  assure  uninterrupted delivery of
20        services, medicines, water, food, energy and fuel, search
21        and rescue, and critical  lifeline  equipment,  services,
22        and resources, both human and material.
23             (vi)  Inventory   and   set   procedures   for   the
24        interstate  loan  and  delivery  of  human  and  material
25        resources,  together with procedures for reimbursement or
26        forgiveness.
27             (vii)  Provide, to the extent authorized by law, for
28        temporary suspension of any statutes.
29        (b)  The authorized representative of a party  state  may
30    request  assistance  of another party state by contacting the
31    authorized representative of that state.  The  provisions  of
32    this  agreement  shall  only apply to requests for assistance
33    made by and to authorized representatives.  Requests  may  be
34    verbal  or  in  writing.  If  verbal,  the  request  shall be
 
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 1    confirmed in writing within 30 days of  the  verbal  request.
 2    Requests shall provide the following information:
 3             (i)  A description of the emergency service function
 4        for  which  assistance is needed, such as but not limited
 5        to fire services,  law  enforcement,  emergency  medical,
 6        transportation,    communications,   public   works   and
 7        engineering,   building    inspection,    planning    and
 8        information  assistance,  mass  care,  resource  support,
 9        health and medical services, and search and rescue.
10             (ii)  The  amount  and type of personnel, equipment,
11        materials and supplies needed, and a reasonable  estimate
12        of the length of time they will be needed.
13             (iii)  The  specific  place  and time for staging of
14        the assisting party's response and a point of contact  at
15        that location.
16        (c)  There  shall  be frequent consultation between state
17    officials   who   have    assigned    emergency    management
18    responsibilities and other appropriate representatives of the
19    party  states  with  affected  jurisdictions  and  the United
20    States government, with free exchange of information,  plans,
21    and resource records relating to emergency capabilities.

22                       ARTICLE IV. Limitations
23        Any party state requested to render mutual aid or conduct
24    exercises  and training for mutual aid shall take such action
25    as is necessary to provide and make available  the  resources
26    covered  by this compact in accordance with the terms hereof;
27    provided that it is understood that the state  rendering  aid
28    may  withhold  resources  to  the extent necessary to provide
29    reasonable protection for such state. Each party state  shall
30    afford  to  the  emergency  forces  of any party state, while
31    operating  within  its  state  limits  under  the  terms  and
32    conditions of this compact, the same powers (except  that  of
33    arrest   unless  specifically  authorized  by  the  receiving
 
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 1    state), duties, rights, and privileges as are afforded forces
 2    of the state in which they are performing emergency services.
 3    Emergency forces will continue under the command and  control
 4    of  their  regular leaders, but the organizational units will
 5    come under the operational control of the emergency  services
 6    authorities   of   the   state  receiving  assistance.  These
 7    conditions may be activated, as needed, only subsequent to  a
 8    declaration  of  a  state  of  emergency  or  disaster by the
 9    governor of the party state that is to receive assistance  or
10    commencement  of  exercises  or  training  for mutual aid and
11    shall continue so long  as  the  exercises  or  training  for
12    mutual  aid  are  in  progress,  the  state  of  emergency or
13    disaster remains in effect or loaned resources remain in  the
14    receiving state(s), whichever is longer.

15                   ARTICLE V. Licenses and Permits
16        Whenever  any  person  holds  a  license, certificate, or
17    other permit  issued  by  any  state  party  to  the  compact
18    evidencing  the  meeting  of qualifications for professional,
19    mechanical, or other skills,  and  when  such  assistance  is
20    requested  by the receiving party state, such person shall be
21    deemed  licensed,  certified,  or  permitted  by  the   state
22    requesting  assistance  to render aid involving such skill to
23    meet a  declared  emergency  or  disaster,  subject  to  such
24    limitations  and conditions as the governor of the requesting
25    state may prescribe by executive order or otherwise.

26                        ARTICLE VI. Liability
27        Officers or employees of a party state rendering  aid  in
28    another  state  pursuant  to this compact shall be considered
29    agents  of  the  requesting  state  for  tort  liability  and
30    immunity purposes; and no party  state  or  its  officers  or
31    employees  rendering  aid  in  another state pursuant to this
32    compact shall be liable on account of any act or omission  in
 
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 1    good  faith on the part of such forces while so engaged or on
 2    account of  the  maintenance  or  use  of  any  equipment  or
 3    supplies  in connection therewith. Good faith in this article
 4    shall not include willful misconduct,  gross  negligence,  or
 5    recklessness.

 6                ARTICLE VII. Supplementary Agreements
 7        Inasmuch as it is probable that the pattern and detail of
 8    the  machinery  for  mutual  aid among two or more states may
 9    differ from that among the states that are party hereto, this
10    instrument contains elements of a broad base  common  to  all
11    states, and nothing herein contained shall preclude any state
12    from  entering  into  supplementary  agreements  with another
13    state or affect any other agreements already in force between
14    states. Supplementary agreements may  comprehend,  but  shall
15    not be limited to, provisions for evacuation and reception of
16    injured  and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire,
17    police,    public    utility,    reconnaissance,     welfare,
18    transportation  and  communications  personnel, and equipment
19    and supplies.

20                     ARTICLE VIII. Compensation
21        Each  party  state  shall  provide  for  the  payment  of
22    compensation and death benefits to  injured  members  of  the
23    emergency   forces  of  that  state  and  representatives  of
24    deceased members of such forces in case such members  sustain
25    injuries  or  are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this
26    compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as  if  the
27    injury or death were sustained within their own state.

28                      ARTICLE IX. Reimbursement
29        Any  party  state rendering aid in another state pursuant
30    to this compact  shall  be  reimbursed  by  the  party  state
31    receiving  such  aid  for  any  loss  or damage to or expense
 
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 1    incurred in the operation of any equipment and the  provision
 2    of  any  service  in  answering a request for aid and for the
 3    costs incurred in connection with  such  requests;  provided,
 4    that  any  aiding  party state may assume in whole or in part
 5    such loss, damage, expense, or other cost, or may  loan  such
 6    equipment  or  donate  such  services  to the receiving party
 7    state without charge or cost; and provided further, that  any
 8    two   or  more  party  states  may  enter  into supplementary
 9    agreements establishing a different allocation of costs among
10    those states. Article VIII expenses shall not be reimbursable
11    under this provision.

12                        ARTICLE X. Evacuation
13        Plans for the orderly evacuation and interstate reception
14    of portions of the civilian population as the result  of  any
15    emergency   or  disaster  of  sufficient  proportions  to  so
16    warrant, shall be worked out and maintained between the party
17    states and the emergency management services directors of the
18    various jurisdictions where any type  of  incident  requiring
19    evacuations  might occur. Such plans shall be put into effect
20    by request of the state from which evacuees  come  and  shall
21    include  the manner of transporting such evacuees, the number
22    of evacuees to be received in different areas, the manner  in
23    which  food,  clothing,  housing,  and  medical  care will be
24    provided, the registration of the evacuees, the providing  of
25    facilities  for the notification of relatives or friends, and
26    the forwarding  of  such  evacuees  to  other  areas  or  the
27    bringing  in of additional materials, supplies, and all other
28    relevant factors. Such plans shall  provide  that  the  party
29    state  receiving  evacuees and the party state from which the
30    evacuees come shall mutually agree  as  to  reimbursement  of
31    out-of-pocket  expenses  incurred in receiving and caring for
32    such evacuees, for  expenditures  for  transportation,  food,
33    clothing,  medicines  and  medical care, and like items. Such
 
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 1    expenditures shall be reimbursed as agreed by the party state
 2    from which the evacuees come.  After the termination  of  the
 3    emergency  or  disaster,  the  party  state  from  which  the
 4    evacuees   come  shall  assume  the  responsibility  for  the
 5    ultimate support of repatriation of such evacuees.

 6                     ARTICLE XI. Implementation
 7        (a)  This compact shall become operative immediately upon
 8    its enactment into law by any  two  (2)  states;  thereafter,
 9    this  compact  shall  become  effective as to any other state
10    upon its enactment by such state.
11        (b)  Any party state may withdraw from  this  Compact  by
12    enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal
13    shall  take  effect  until  30 days after the governor of the
14    withdrawing  state  has  given  notice  in  writing  of  such
15    withdrawal to the governors of all other party states.   Such
16    action   shall   not   relieve  the  withdrawing  state  from
17    obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date  of
18    withdrawal.
19        (c)  Duly  authenticated  copies  of  this compact and of
20    such supplementary agreements as may be entered  into  shall,
21    at  the time of their approval, be deposited with each of the
22    party states and with the Federal Emergency Management Agency
23    and  other  appropriate  agencies  of   the   United   States
24    Government.

25                        ARTICLE XII. Validity
26        This  Act  shall  be construed to effectuate the purposes
27    stated in Article I hereof. If any provision of this  compact
28    is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to
29    any   person   or   circumstances   is   held   invalid,  the
30    constitutionality of  the  remainder  of  this  Act  and  the
31    applicability  thereof  to  other  persons  and circumstances
32    shall not be affected thereby.
 
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 1                 ARTICLE XIII. Additional Provisions
 2        Nothing in this compact shall authorize or permit the use
 3    of military force by the National Guard of  a  state  at  any
 4    place  outside  that  state  in  any  emergency for which the
 5    President is authorized by law to call into  federal  service
 6    the militia, or for any purpose for which the use of the Army
 7    or  the  Air  Force would in the absence of express statutory
 8    authorization be prohibited under Section 1385 of  title  18,
 9    United States Code.

10        (45 ILCS 150/Act rep.)
11        Section  95.   The  Interstate  Disaster  Compact  Act is
12    repealed.

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

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