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Public Act 0356 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 096-0356

HB0336 Enrolled LRB096 04614 NHT 14671 b

    AN ACT concerning education.

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

    Section 5. The Campus Security Enhancement Act of 2008 is
amended by changing Section 20 as follows:

    (110 ILCS 12/20)
    Sec. 20. Campus security enhancement.
    (a) In this Section, "higher education institution" means a
public university, a public community college, or an
independent, not-for-profit or for-profit higher education
institution located in this State.
    (b) Each higher education institution is required to do the
following:
        (1) develop a National Incident Management
    System-compliant, all-hazards, emergency response plan in
    partnership with the institution's county or major
    municipal emergency management official, report the plan
    to this official, and have training and exercises for the
    plan annually at a minimum; and
        (2) develop an inter-disciplinary and
    multi-jurisdictional campus violence prevention plan,
    including coordination of and communication among ~~between~~
    all available campus and local mental health and first
    response resources as well as communication with
    governmental agencies and school districts contiguous to
    the higher education institution's boundaries, in
    partnership with the institution's county or major
    municipal emergency management official, report the plan
    to this official, and have training and exercises for the
    plan annually at a minimum. The campus violence prevention
    plan shall include the development and implementation of a
    campus violence prevention committee and campus threat
    assessment team.
    (c) County and major municipal emergency managers and
Illinois Emergency Management Agency regional coordinators
shall assist in the planning and training process for the plans
specified in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this
Section with all resources available to them.
    (d) County and major municipal emergency managers and
Illinois Emergency Management Agency regional coordinators
shall provide higher education institutions with appropriate
standards and guidelines for the plans specified in
subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this Section and
for the training and exercises for these plans.
(Source: P.A. 95-881, eff. 1-1-09.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2010

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