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 1        AN ACT concerning taxes.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Emergency Management Agency  Act
 5    is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 3305/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1055)
 7        Sec. 5.  Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
 8        (a)  There  is created within the executive branch of the
 9    State Government an Illinois Emergency Management Agency  and
10    a  Director  of  the  Illinois  Emergency  Management Agency,
11    herein called the "Director" who shall be the  head  thereof.
12    The  Director  shall  be  appointed by the Governor, with the
13    advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve for a  term
14    of  2  years  beginning on the third Monday in January of the
15    odd-numbered year, and until a successor is appointed and has
16    qualified;  except  that  the  term  of  the  first  Director
17    appointed under this Act shall expire on the third Monday  in
18    January,  1989.   The  Director  shall  not  hold  any  other
19    remunerative  public  office.  The  Director shall receive an
20    annual salary as set by the Governor from time to time or the
21    amount set by the Compensation  Review  Board,  whichever  is
22    higher.  If set by the Governor, the Director's annual salary
23    may not exceed 85% of the Governor's annual salary.
24        (b)  The   Illinois  Emergency  Management  Agency  shall
25    obtain,  under  the  provisions  of   the   Personnel   Code,
26    technical,  clerical,  stenographic  and other administrative
27    personnel, and may make expenditures within the appropriation
28    therefor as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this
29    Act.  The agency created by this Act  is  intended  to  be  a
30    successor  to the agency created under the Illinois Emergency
31    Services and Disaster Agency Act of 1975 and  the  personnel,
 
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 1    equipment,  records,  and  appropriations  of that agency are
 2    transferred to the successor agency as of the effective  date
 3    of this Act.
 4        (c)  The  Director,  subject to the direction and control
 5    of the Governor, shall be the executive head of the  Illinois
 6    Emergency  Management Agency and the State Emergency Response
 7    Commission and shall be responsible under  the  direction  of
 8    the  Governor,  for  carrying  out  the program for emergency
 9    management of this State.  The Director shall  also  maintain
10    liaison   and   cooperate   with   the  emergency  management
11    organizations of this State  and  other  states  and  of  the
12    federal government.
13        (d)  The  Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall take
14    an integral part in the development and revision of political
15    subdivision  emergency  operations   plans   prepared   under
16    paragraph  (f) of Section 10.  To this end it shall employ or
17    otherwise secure the services of professional  and  technical
18    personnel  capable  of  providing  expert  assistance  to the
19    emergency services and disaster  agencies.   These  personnel
20    shall  consult  with emergency services and disaster agencies
21    on a regular basis and shall make field examinations  of  the
22    areas,   circumstances,   and   conditions   that  particular
23    political subdivision emergency operations plans are intended
24    to apply.
25        (e)  The  Illinois   Emergency  Management   Agency   and
26    political   subdivisions  shall  be  encouraged  to  form  an
27    emergency management advisory committee composed  of  private
28    and  public  personnel  representing the emergency management
29    phases of mitigation, preparedness, response,  and  recovery.
30    The  Local Emergency Planning Committee, as created under the
31    Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know  Act,
32    shall  serve  as  an  advisory  committee  to  the  emergency
33    services  and  disaster agency or agencies serving within the
34    boundaries  of  that  Local  Emergency   Planning   Committee
 
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 1    planning district for:
 2             (1)  the  development  of  emergency operations plan
 3        provisions for hazardous chemical emergencies; and
 4             (2)  the   assessment    of    emergency    response
 5        capabilities related to hazardous chemical emergencies.
 6        (f)  The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall:
 7             (1)  Coordinate  the  overall  emergency  management
 8        program of the State.
 9             (2)  Cooperate  with  local governments, the federal
10        government and any public or private agency or entity  in
11        achieving  any  purpose  of  this Act and in implementing
12        emergency    management    programs    for    mitigation,
13        preparedness, response, and recovery.
14             (2.5)  Cooperate  with  the  Department  of  Nuclear
15        Safety in  development  of  the  comprehensive  emergency
16        preparedness  and  response plan for any nuclear accident
17        in accordance with Section 2005-65 of the  Department  of
18        Nuclear  Safety  Law  of the Civil Administrative Code of
19        Illinois and  in  development  of  the  Illinois  Nuclear
20        Safety  Preparedness program in accordance with Section 8
21        of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.
22             (3)  Prepare,  for   issuance   by   the   Governor,
23        executive   orders,  proclamations,  and  regulations  as
24        necessary or appropriate in coping with disasters.
25             (4)  Promulgate rules and requirements for political
26        subdivision  emergency  operations  plans  that  are  not
27        inconsistent with  and  are  at  least  as  stringent  as
28        applicable federal laws and regulations.
29             (5)  Review and approve, in accordance with Illinois
30        Emergency  Management  Agency rules, emergency operations
31        plans for those political subdivisions required  to  have
32        an  emergency  services  and  disaster agency pursuant to
33        this Act.
34             (5.5)  Promulgate rules  and  requirements  for  the
 
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 1        political  subdivision  emergency  management  exercises,
 2        including, but not limited to, exercises of the emergency
 3        operations plans.
 4             (5.10)  Review, evaluate, and approve, in accordance
 5        with   Illinois   Emergency   Management   Agency  rules,
 6        political subdivision emergency management exercises  for
 7        those   political   subdivisions   required  to  have  an
 8        emergency services and disaster agency pursuant  to  this
 9        Act.
10             (6)  Determine  requirements  of  the  State and its
11        political subdivisions  for  food,  clothing,  and  other
12        necessities in event of a disaster.
13             (7)  Establish  a  register of persons with types of
14        emergency management training and skills  in  mitigation,
15        preparedness, response, and recovery.
16             (8)  Establish  a register of government and private
17        response resources available for use in a disaster.
18             (9)  Expand the Earthquake Awareness Program and its
19        efforts to distribute earthquake  preparedness  materials
20        to  schools,  political  subdivisions,  community groups,
21        civic organizations, and  the  media.  Emphasis  will  be
22        placed  on  those areas of the State most at risk from an
23        earthquake.  Maintain the list of all  school  districts,
24        hospitals,  airports,  power  plants,  including  nuclear
25        power  plants, lakes, dams, emergency response facilities
26        of all types, and  all  other  major  public  or  private
27        structures  which are at the greatest risk of damage from
28        earthquakes under circumstances where  the  damage  would
29        cause  subsequent harm to the surrounding communities and
30        residents.
31             (10)  Disseminate all  information,  completely  and
32        without delay, on water levels for rivers and streams and
33        any  other data pertaining to potential flooding supplied
34        by the Division of Water Resources within the  Department
 
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 1        of Natural Resources to all political subdivisions to the
 2        maximum extent possible.
 3             (11)  Develop  agreements, if feasible, with medical
 4        supply and equipment firms to  supply  resources  as  are
 5        necessary  to  respond  to  an  earthquake  or  any other
 6        disaster as defined in this Act.  These resources will be
 7        made available upon notifying the vendor of the disaster.
 8        Payment for the resources  will  be  in  accordance  with
 9        Section 7 of this Act.  The Illinois Department of Public
10        Health  shall  determine which resources will be required
11        and requested.
12             (11.5)  Make grants from the Anti-Terrorism Fund  to
13        State  and local entities for paying or reimbursing costs
14        incurred by  those  entities  for  overtime  salaries  of
15        emergency    and    security    personnel    related   to
16        anti-terrorism   and   for   associated    anti-terrorism
17        expenses.
18             (12)  Do  all  other things necessary, incidental or
19        appropriate for the implementation of this Act.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-25, eff. 6-9-99; 92-73, eff. 1-1-02.)

21        Section 10.  The Illinois Income Tax Act  is  amended  by
22    changing  Sections  509 and 510 and by adding Section 507X as
23    follows:

24        (35 ILCS 5/507X new)
25        Sec. 507X.  Anti-Terrorism Fund checkoff.  Beginning with
26    taxable years ending on  or  after  December  31,  2002,  the
27    Department  shall print on its standard individual income tax
28    form a provision indicating that if the  taxpayer  wishes  to
29    contribute  to the Anti-Terrorism Fund, as authorized by this
30    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, he or she may do
31    so by stating the amount of the contribution (not  less  than
32    $1)  on  the return and that the contribution will reduce the
 
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 1    taxpayer's refund  or  increase  the  amount  of  payment  to
 2    accompany  the  return.    Failure  to  remit  any  amount of
 3    increased payment shall reduce the contribution  accordingly.
 4    This Section shall not apply to any amended return.

 5        (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
 6        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 92-84)
 7        Sec.  509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All individual
 8    income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
 9    explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to  designate
10    contributions  to  the  Child  Abuse  Prevention Fund, to the
11    Community Health Center Care Fund, to the  Illinois  Wildlife
12    Preservation  Fund  as  required  by  the  Illinois  Non-Game
13    Wildlife  Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research
14    Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act,  to
15    the  Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act,
16    to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
17    Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
18    required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
19    White  AIDS  Victims  Assistance  Fund,  to   the   Assistive
20    Technology   for  Persons  with  Disabilities  Fund,  to  the
21    Domestic Violence Shelter and Service  Fund,  to  the  United
22    States  Olympians  Assistance  Fund,  to the Youth Drug Abuse
23    Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans  Fund,
24    to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
25    and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  to  the  Illinois  Special  Olympics
26    Checkoff  Fund,  to  the  Penny  Severns  Breast and Cervical
27    Cancer Research Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the
28    Heart  Disease  Treatment  and  Prevention   Fund,   to   the
29    Hemophilia  Treatment  Fund,  to  the  Mental Health Research
30    Fund, to the Children's Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes
31    Association Fund, to the National World War II Memorial Fund,
32    to the Prostate Cancer  Research  Fund,  to  the  Korean  War
33    Veterans   National   Museum   and   Library   Fund,  to  the
 
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 1    Anti-Terrorism Fund, and to the Meals on  Wheels  Fund.  Each
 2    form  shall  contain  a statement that the contributions will
 3    reduce the  taxpayer's  refund  or  increase  the  amount  of
 4    payment to accompany the return.  Failure to remit any amount
 5    of   increased   payment   shall   reduce   the  contribution
 6    accordingly.
 7        If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions  to
 8    any  one  of  the  funds made under this Section do not equal
 9    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
10    contributions  to  the  fund  shall  be  removed   from   the
11    individual  income tax return forms for the following and all
12    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
13    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
14    (Source: P.A. 91-104, eff.  7-13-99;  91-107,  eff.  7-13-99;
15    91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-833,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-836, eff.
16    1-1-01; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01.)

17        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 92-84)
18        Sec. 509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All  individual
19    income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
20    explanations  and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
21    contributions to the Child  Abuse  Prevention  Fund,  to  the
22    Illinois  Wildlife  Preservation  Fund  as  required  by  the
23    Illinois Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's
24    Disease  Research Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease
25    Research Act, to the  Assistance  to  the  Homeless  Fund  as
26    required  by  this  Act,  to  the  Penny  Severns  Breast and
27    Cervical Cancer Research Fund, to the National World  War  II
28    Memorial  Fund,  and to the Prostate Cancer Research Fund, to
29    the Anti-Terrorism Fund,  and  to  the  Korean  War  Veterans
30    National  Museum and Library Fund,. Each form shall contain a
31    statement that the contributions will reduce  the  taxpayer's
32    refund  or  increase  the  amount of payment to accompany the
33    return.  Failure to remit any  amount  of  increased  payment
34    shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
 
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 1        If,  on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
 2    any one of the funds made under this  Section  do  not  equal
 3    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
 4    contributions   to   the  fund  shall  be  removed  from  the
 5    individual income tax return forms for the following and  all
 6    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
 7    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
 8    (Source: P.A.  91-104,  eff.  7-13-99;  91-107, eff. 7-13-99;
 9    91-357, eff.  7-29-99;  91-833,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-836,  eff.
10    1-1-01;  92-84,  eff.  7-1-02;  92-198,  eff. 8-1-01; revised
11    9-12-01.)

12        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
13        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 92-84)
14        Sec. 510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.   The
15    Department  shall  determine  the total amount contributed to
16    each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention  Fund,  the
17    Illinois  Wildlife  Preservation  Fund,  the Community Health
18    Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the  Homeless  Fund,  the
19    Alzheimer's  Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation
20    Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the  Ryan  White
21    AIDS  Victims  Assistance  Fund, the Assistive Technology for
22    Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
23    and Service Fund,  the  United  States  Olympians  Assistance
24    Fund,  the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf
25    Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy  Advancement  Fund,  the
26    Ryan  White  Pediatric  and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  the Illinois
27    Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Penny Severns Breast  and
28    Cervical  Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund,
29    the  Heart  Disease  Treatment  and  Prevention   Fund,   the
30    Hemophilia  Treatment  Fund, the Mental Health Research Fund,
31    the  Children's   Cancer   Fund,   the   American    Diabetes
32    Association  Fund,  the  National World War II Memorial Fund,
33    the Prostate Cancer Research Fund, the  Korean  War  Veterans
 
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 1    National  Museum  and  Library Fund, the Anti-Terrorism Fund,
 2    and the Meals on Wheels Fund;  and  shall  notify  the  State
 3    Comptroller  and  the  State  Treasurer  of the amounts to be
 4    transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each  fund,  and
 5    upon  receipt  of  such  notification the State Treasurer and
 6    Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-104, eff.  7-13-99;  91-107,  eff.  7-13-99;
 8    91-833,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-836,  eff.  1-1-01;  92-198,  eff.
 9    8-1-01.)

10        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 92-84)
11        Sec.  510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.  The
12    Department shall determine the total  amount  contributed  to
13    each  of  the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
14    Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the  Assistance  to  the
15    Homeless  Fund,  the  Alzheimer's  Disease Research Fund, the
16    Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer Research  Fund,  the
17    National  World War II Memorial Fund, and the Prostate Cancer
18    Research Fund, the Anti-Terrorism Fund, and  the  Korean  War
19    Veterans  National Museum and Library Fund,; and shall notify
20    the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the  amounts
21    to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund,
22    and upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer and
23    Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
24    (Source: P.A.  91-104,  eff.  7-13-99;  91-107, eff. 7-13-99;
25    91-833, eff. 1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02;
26    92-198, eff. 8-1-01; revised 9-12-01.)

27        Section 15.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
28    Section 5.570 as follows:

29        (30 ILCS 105/5.570 new)
30        Sec. 5.570.  The Anti-Terrorism Fund.
 
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 1        Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
 2    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
 3    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
 4    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
 5    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
 6    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
 7    any other Public Act.

 8        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 9    becoming law.

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