Sen. Mike Porfirio

Filed: 4/29/2024

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3240

2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3240 by replacing

3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4 "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is

5 amended by changing Sections 5-15, 5-20, and 5-160 and by

6 adding Section 5-425 as follows:

7 (20 ILCS 5/5-15) (was 20 ILCS 5/3)

8 Sec. 5-15. Departments of State government. The

9 Departments of State government are created as follows:

10 The Department on Aging.

11 The Department of Agriculture.

12 The Department of Central Management Services.

13 The Department of Children and Family Services.

14 The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

15 The Department of Corrections.

16 The Department of Employment Security.

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1 The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of

2 Homeland Security.

3 The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

4 The Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

5 The Department of Human Rights.

6 The Department of Human Services.

7 The Department of Innovation and Technology.

8 The Department of Insurance.

9 The Department of Juvenile Justice.

10 The Department of Labor.

11 The Department of the Lottery.

12 The Department of Natural Resources.

13 The Department of Public Health.

14 The Department of Revenue.

15 The Illinois State Police.

16 The Department of Transportation.

17 The Department of Veterans' Affairs.

18 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

19 (20 ILCS 5/5-20) (was 20 ILCS 5/4)

20 Sec. 5-20. Heads of departments. Each department shall

21 have an officer as its head who shall be known as director or

22 secretary and who shall, subject to the provisions of the

23 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, execute the powers and

24 discharge the duties vested by law in his or her respective

25 department.

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1 The following officers are hereby created:

2 Director of Aging, for the Department on Aging.

3 Director of Agriculture, for the Department of

4 Agriculture.

5 Director of Central Management Services, for the

6 Department of Central Management Services.

7 Director of Children and Family Services, for the

8 Department of Children and Family Services.

9 Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, for the

10 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

11 Director of Corrections, for the Department of

12 Corrections.

13 Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and

14 Office of Homeland Security, for the Illinois Emergency

15 Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security.

16 Director of Employment Security, for the Department of

17 Employment Security.

18 Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, for

19 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

20 Director of Healthcare and Family Services, for the

21 Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

22 Director of Human Rights, for the Department of Human

23 Rights.

24 Secretary of Human Services, for the Department of Human

25 Services.

26 Secretary of Innovation and Technology, for the Department

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1 of Innovation and Technology.

2 Director of Insurance, for the Department of Insurance.

3 Director of Juvenile Justice, for the Department of

4 Juvenile Justice.

5 Director of Labor, for the Department of Labor.

6 Director of the Lottery, for the Department of the

7 Lottery.

8 Director of Natural Resources, for the Department of

9 Natural Resources.

10 Director of Public Health, for the Department of Public

11 Health.

12 Director of Revenue, for the Department of Revenue.

13 Director of the Illinois State Police, for the Illinois

14 State Police.

15 Secretary of Transportation, for the Department of

16 Transportation.

17 Director of Veterans' Affairs, for the Department of

18 Veterans' Affairs.

19 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

20 (20 ILCS 5/5-160) (was 20 ILCS 5/5.13h)

21 Sec. 5-160. In the Illinois Emergency Management Agency

22 and Office of Homeland Security. Assistant Director of the

23 Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security.

24 (Source: P.A. 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04.)

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1 (20 ILCS 5/5-425 new)

2 Sec. 5-425. In the Illinois Emergency Management Agency

3 and Office of Homeland Security. For terms beginning on or

4 after January 16, 2023, the Director shall receive an annual

5 salary of $180,000 or as set by the Governor, whichever is

6 higher. On July 1, 2023, and on each July 1 thereafter, the

7 Director shall receive an increase in salary based on a cost of

8 living adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192

9 of the 86th General Assembly.

10 For terms beginning on or after January 16, 2023, the

11 Assistant Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency

12 shall receive an annual salary of $156,600 or as set by the

13 Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1, 2023, and on each

14 July 1 thereafter, the Assistant Director shall receive an

15 increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as

16 authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General

17 Assembly.

18 Section 10. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by

19 adding Section 29.1 as follows:

20 (20 ILCS 1805/29.1 new)

21 Sec. 29.1. Creation of Illinois Cyber Auxiliary Force.

22 (a) The Governor may organize and maintain within this

23 State, on a reserve basis, a volunteer civilian cybersecurity

24 auxiliary force, known as the Illinois Cyber Auxiliary Force

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1 (ICAF), that is capable of being expanded and trained to

2 educate and protect from cyber incidents State, county, and

3 local government entities and critical infrastructure,

4 including election systems, businesses, and the citizens of

5 this State. In the case of a disaster proclaimed by the

6 Governor, or caused by illicit actors or imminent danger, the

7 Governor, as Commander-in-Chief, shall expand the ICAF as the

8 exigency of the occasion requires.

9 (b) The ICAF shall be operated as an interagency effort

10 between the Illinois Department of Military Affairs (IDMA),

11 the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of

12 Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS), and the Department of Innovation

13 and Technology (DoIT).

14 (1) IEMA-OHS shall have oversight of the entire

15 program and act as the lead agency for the ICAF for mission

16 and project development. The Homeland Security Advisor

17 shall be the final approval for ICAF missions. IEMA-OHS

18 shall be responsible for the evaluation and exercising of

19 the ICAF.

20 (2) DoIT shall evaluate threats and recommend missions

21 to the Homeland Security Advisor. DoIT shall develop

22 standards and training for ICAF members, while ensuring

23 their training and credentials meet mission requirements.

24 DoIT cyber navigators may provide liaison support to the

25 ICAF.

26 (3) IDMA shall focus on recruiting, manning, and

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1 mission assignments. IDMA shall provide key sustainment

2 requirements, such as pay and reimbursement for missions

3 utilizing existing State Active Duty systems and

4 processes. The Adjutant General, in cooperation with the

5 Homeland Security Advisor, shall request activation of

6 ICAF for cyber incident response. IDMA shall stock and

7 issue uniform articles as required.

8 (c) Appropriate training shall be provided to current and

9 potential members of the ICAF. While performing training and

10 other volunteer duties such as public engagement, current and

11 potential auxiliary members shall serve in an unpaid volunteer

12 status.

13 (d) The ICAF shall use funds appropriated by the General

14 Assembly for the actual and necessary expenses incurred by the

15 ICAF for administration, training, and deployment of the ICAF,

16 at the discretion of the Director of IEMA-OHS or the

17 Director's designee. Expenses for administration, training,

18 and deployment may include, but are not limited to, permanent

19 or temporary State employees or contractual internal or

20 external administrative staff, travel and subsistence

21 expenses, the purchase or rental of equipment and hardware,

22 and local operational support.

23 (e) The Director of IEMA-OHS shall adopt rules consistent

24 with the provisions of law governing the membership,

25 organization, administration, equipment, and maintenance of

26 the ICAF.

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1 (f) ICAF members may not be called or ordered into the

2 military service of the United States.

3 (g) No person shall be accepted into the ICAF who is not a

4 United States national or a lawful permanent resident.

5 Applicants shall be subject to an appropriate background

6 check, in accordance with rules adopted by the Director of

7 IEMA-OHS, before admittance into the ICAF. Notwithstanding any

8 other provision of this Code, no person shall be disqualified

9 from acceptance into the ICAF on the basis that the person is

10 an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the

11 State, or an employee or proprietor of a private entity that

12 conducts business with the State or a political subdivision of

13 the State.

14 (h) The Director of IEMA-OHS may accept the resignation of

15 any ICAF member at any time. ICAF members serve at the pleasure

16 of the Governor and may be removed from the auxiliary in

17 accordance with adopted rules. The Director of IEMA-OHS may

18 require reimbursement for training, equipment, and uniforms if

19 an ICAF member does not serve the full term of the member's

20 membership agreement and the member's inability to serve out

21 the term of the membership agreement was not due to a

22 disability or a similar disabling medical condition.

23 (i) The Governor, may authorize the Director of IEMA-OHS

24 to employ individuals or units of the ICAF as compensated

25 State employees using IDMA State Active Duty procedures to

26 protect State, county, and local government entities and

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1 critical infrastructure, including election systems, or for

2 training as the Governor determines necessary.".

3 Section 15. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act

4 is amended by changing Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12,

5 14, 18, 20, and 23 and by adding Sections 24 and 25 as follows:

6 (20 ILCS 3305/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 1051)

7 Sec. 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the IEMA-OHS

8 ~~Illinois Emergency Management Agency~~ Act.

9 (Source: P.A. 87-168.)

10 (20 ILCS 3305/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 1052)

11 Sec. 2. Policy and Purposes.

12 (a) Because of the possibility of the occurrence of

13 disasters of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting

14 from the explosion in this or in neighboring states of atomic

15 or other means from without or by means of sabotage or other

16 disloyal actions within, or from fire, flood, earthquake,

17 telecommunications failure, or other natural or technological

18 causes, and in order to insure that this State will be prepared

19 to and will adequately deal with any disasters, preserve the

20 lives and property of the people of this State and protect the

21 public peace, health, and safety in the event of a disaster, it

22 is found and declared to be necessary:

23 (1) To create a State emergency management and

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1 homeland security agency ~~an Illinois Emergency Management~~

2 ~~Agency~~ and to authorize emergency management and homeland

3 security programs within the political subdivisions of the

4 State.

5 (2) To confer upon the Governor and upon the principal

6 executive officer of the political subdivisions of the

7 State the powers provided herein.

8 (3) To provide for the rendering of mutual aid among

9 the political subdivisions and taxing districts of the

10 State and with other states and with respect to the

11 carrying out of ~~an~~ emergency management and homeland

12 security programs ~~program~~.

13 (b) It is further declared to be the purpose of this Act

14 and the policy of the State that all emergency management and

15 homeland security programs of this State be coordinated to the

16 maximum extent with the comparable programs of the federal

17 government, including its various departments and agencies, of

18 other states and localities and private agencies of every

19 type, to the end that the most effective preparation and use

20 may be made of the nation's resources and facilities for

21 dealing with any disaster that may occur.

22 (Source: P.A. 87-168; 88-606, eff. 1-1-95.)

23 (20 ILCS 3305/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 1054)

24 Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the

25 context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and

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1 terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section:

2 "Agency" or "IEMA-OHS" means the Illinois Emergency

3 Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security.

4 "Coordinator" means the staff assistant to the principal

5 executive officer of a political subdivision with the duty of

6 coordinating the emergency management programs of that

7 political subdivision.

8 "Cyber incident" means an event occurring on or conducted

9 through a computer network that actually or imminently

10 jeopardizes the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of

11 computers, information or communications systems or networks,

12 physical or virtual infrastructure controlled by computers or

13 information systems, or information resident thereon that

14 affect or control infrastructure or communications networks

15 utilized by the public. "Cyber incident" includes a

16 vulnerability in information systems, system security

17 procedures, internal controls, or implementations that could

18 be exploited by a threat source that affect or control

19 infrastructure or communications networks utilized by the

20 public.

21 "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Emergency

22 Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security.

23 "Disaster" means an occurrence or threat of widespread or

24 severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting

25 from any natural, technological, or human cause, including but

26 not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, hazardous

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1 materials spill or other water contamination requiring

2 emergency action to avert danger or damage, epidemic, air

3 contamination, blight, extended periods of severe and

4 inclement weather, drought, infestation, critical shortages of

5 essential fuels and energy, explosion, riot, hostile military

6 or paramilitary action, public health emergencies, cyber

7 incidents, or acts of domestic terrorism.

8 "Emergency Management" means the efforts of the State and

9 the political subdivisions to develop, plan, analyze, conduct,

10 provide, implement and maintain programs for disaster

11 mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

12 "Emergency Services and Disaster Agency" means the agency

13 by this name, by the name Emergency Management Agency, or by

14 any other name that is established by ordinance within a

15 political subdivision to coordinate the emergency management

16 program within that political subdivision and with private

17 organizations, other political subdivisions, the State and

18 federal governments.

19 "Emergency Operations Plan" means the written plan of the

20 State and political subdivisions describing the organization,

21 mission, and functions of the government and supporting

22 services for responding to and recovering from disasters and

23 shall include plans that take into account the needs of those

24 individuals with household pets and service animals following

25 a major disaster or emergency.

26 "Emergency Services" means the coordination of functions

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1 by the State and its political subdivisions ~~subdivision~~, other

2 than functions for which military forces are primarily

3 responsible, as may be necessary or proper to prevent,

4 minimize, repair, and alleviate injury and damage resulting

5 from any natural or technological causes. These functions

6 include, without limitation, fire fighting services, police

7 services, emergency aviation services, medical and health

8 services, HazMat and technical rescue teams, rescue,

9 engineering, warning services, communications, radiological,

10 chemical and other special weapons defense, evacuation of

11 persons from stricken or threatened areas, emergency assigned

12 functions of plant protection, temporary restoration of public

13 utility services and other functions related to civilian

14 protection, together with all other activities necessary or

15 incidental to protecting life or property.

16 "Exercise" means an event or activity delivered through

17 discussion or action to develop, assess, or validate

18 capabilities to achieve planned objectives. ~~a planned event~~

19 ~~realistically simulating a disaster, conducted for the purpose~~

20 ~~of evaluating the political subdivision's coordinated~~

21 ~~emergency management capabilities, including, but not limited~~

22 ~~to, testing the emergency operations plan.~~

23 "HazMat team" means a career or volunteer mobile support

24 team that has been authorized by a unit of local government to

25 respond to hazardous materials emergencies and that is

26 primarily designed for emergency response to chemical or

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1 biological terrorism, radiological emergencies, hazardous

2 material spills, releases, or fires, or other contamination

3 events.

4 "Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of

5 Homeland Security" or "Agency" means the agency established by

6 this Act within the executive branch of State Government

7 responsible for coordination of the overall emergency

8 management and homeland security programs ~~program~~ of the State

9 and with private organizations, political subdivisions, and

10 the federal government. Illinois Emergency Management Agency

11 and Office of Homeland Security also means the State Emergency

12 Response Commission responsible for the implementation of

13 Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

14 of 1986.

15 "Interoperable communications" means communications,

16 including the exchange of voice data, and video on demand in

17 real time, by emergency response providers and relevant State

18 and local government agencies through a dedicated public

19 safety network using information technology systems and radio

20 communications systems.

21 "Mobile Support Team" means a group of individuals

22 designated as a team by the Governor or Director to train prior

23 to and to be dispatched, if the Governor or the Director so

24 determines, to aid and reinforce the State and political

25 subdivision emergency management efforts in response to a

26 disaster.

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1 "Municipality" means any city, village, and incorporated

2 town.

3 "Political Subdivision" means any county, city, village,

4 or incorporated town or township if the township is in a county

5 having a population of more than 2,000,000.

6 "Principal Executive Officer" means chair of the county

7 board, supervisor of a township if the township is in a county

8 having a population of more than 2,000,000, mayor of a city or

9 incorporated town, president of a village, or in their absence

10 or disability, the interim successor as established under

11 Section 7 of the Emergency Interim Executive Succession Act.

12 "Public health emergency" means an occurrence or imminent

13 threat of an illness or health condition that:

14 (a) is believed to be caused by any of the following:

15 (i) bioterrorism;

16 (ii) the appearance of a novel or previously

17 controlled or eradicated infectious agent or

18 biological toxin;

19 (iii) a natural disaster;

20 (iv) a chemical attack or accidental release; or

21 (v) a nuclear attack or accident; and

22 (b) poses a high probability of any of the following

23 harms:

24 (i) a large number of deaths in the affected

25 population;

26 (ii) a large number of serious or long-term

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1 disabilities in the affected population; or

2 (iii) widespread exposure to an infectious or

3 toxic agent that poses a significant risk of

4 substantial future harm to a large number of people in

5 the affected population.

6 "Statewide mutual aid organization" means an entity with

7 local government members throughout the State that facilitates

8 temporary assistance through its members in a particular

9 public safety discipline, such as police, fire or emergency

10 management, when an occurrence exceeds a member jurisdiction's

11 capabilities.

12 "Technical rescue team" means a career or volunteer mobile

13 support team that has been authorized by a unit of local

14 government to respond to building collapse, high angle rescue,

15 and other specialized rescue emergencies and that is primarily

16 designated for emergency response to technical rescue events.

17 (Source: P.A. 102-485, eff. 8-20-21.)

18 (20 ILCS 3305/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1055)

19 Sec. 5. Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of

20 Homeland Security.

21 (a) Establishment of the Illinois Emergency Management

22 Agency and Office of Homeland Security. There is created

23 within the executive branch of the State Government an

24 Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland

25 Security and a Director of the Illinois Emergency Management

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1 Agency and Office of Homeland Security, herein called the

2 "Director" who shall be the head of the Agency ~~thereof~~. The

3 Director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice

4 and consent of the Senate, and shall serve for a term of 2

5 years beginning on the third Monday in January of the

6 odd-numbered year, and until a successor is appointed and has

7 qualified~~; except that the term of the first Director~~

8 ~~appointed under this Act shall expire on the third Monday in~~

9 ~~January, 1989~~. The Director shall not hold any other

10 remunerative public office. ~~For terms beginning after January~~

11 ~~18, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 100-1179) and~~

12 ~~before January 16, 2023, the annual salary of the Director~~

13 ~~shall be as provided in Section 5-300 of the Civil~~

14 ~~Administrative Code of Illinois. Notwithstanding any other~~

15 ~~provision of law, for terms beginning on or after January 16,~~

16 ~~2023, the Director shall receive an annual salary of $180,000~~

17 ~~or as set by the Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1,~~

18 ~~2023, and on each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall~~

19 ~~receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living~~

20 ~~adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the~~

21 ~~86th General Assembly.~~

22 ~~For terms beginning on or after January 16, 2023, the~~

23 ~~Assistant Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency~~

24 ~~shall receive an annual salary of $156,600 or as set by the~~

25 ~~Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1, 2023, and on each~~

26 ~~July 1 thereafter, the Assistant Director shall receive an~~

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1 ~~increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as~~

2 ~~authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General~~

3 ~~Assembly.~~

4 (b) Agency personnel. The ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~

5 Agency shall obtain, under the provisions of the Personnel

6 Code, technical, clerical, stenographic and other

7 administrative personnel, and may make expenditures within the

8 appropriation therefor as may be necessary to carry out the

9 purpose of this Act. ~~The agency created by this Act is intended~~

10 ~~to be a successor to the agency created under the Illinois~~

11 ~~Emergency Services and Disaster Agency Act of 1975 and the~~

12 ~~personnel, equipment, records, and appropriations of that~~

13 ~~agency are transferred to the successor agency as of June 30,~~

14 ~~1988 (the effective date of this Act).~~

15 (c) Responsibilities of the Director. The Director,

16 subject to the direction and control of the Governor, shall be

17 the executive head of the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency

18 and the State Emergency Response Commission and shall be

19 responsible under the direction of the Governor, for carrying

20 out the programs ~~program~~ for emergency management, nuclear and

21 radiation safety, and homeland security of this State. The

22 Director shall also maintain liaison and cooperate with the

23 emergency management, nuclear and radiation safety, and

24 homeland security organizations of this State and other states

25 and of the federal government.

26 (d) Local emergency operations planning. The ~~Illinois~~

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1 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency shall take an integral part in the

2 development and revision of political subdivision emergency

3 operations plans prepared under paragraph (f) of Section 10.

4 To this end it shall employ or otherwise secure the services of

5 professional and technical personnel capable of providing

6 expert assistance to the emergency services and disaster

7 agencies. These personnel shall consult with emergency

8 services and disaster agencies on a regular basis and shall

9 make field examinations of the areas, circumstances, and

10 conditions that particular political subdivision emergency

11 operations plans are intended to apply.

12 (e) Local Emergency Planning Committee. The ~~Illinois~~

13 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency and political subdivisions shall

14 be encouraged to form an emergency management advisory

15 committee composed of private and public personnel

16 representing the emergency management phases of mitigation,

17 preparedness, response, and recovery. The Local Emergency

18 Planning Committee, as created under the Illinois Emergency

19 Planning and Community Right to Know Act, shall serve as an

20 advisory committee to the emergency services and disaster

21 agency or agencies serving within the boundaries of that Local

22 Emergency Planning Committee planning district for:

23 (1) the development of emergency operations plan

24 provisions for hazardous chemical emergencies; and

25 (2) the assessment of emergency response capabilities

26 related to hazardous chemical emergencies.

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1 (f) Emergency management responsibilities of the Agency.

2 The ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency shall:

3 (1) Coordinate the overall emergency management

4 program of the State.

5 (2) Cooperate with local governments, the federal

6 government, and any public or private agency or entity in

7 achieving any purpose of this Act and in implementing

8 emergency management programs for mitigation,

9 preparedness, response, and recovery.

10 (2.5) (Blank). ~~Develop a comprehensive emergency~~

11 ~~preparedness and response plan for any nuclear accident in~~

12 ~~accordance with Section 65 of the Nuclear Safety Law of~~

13 ~~2004 and in development of the Illinois Nuclear Safety~~

14 ~~Preparedness program in accordance with Section 8 of the~~

15 ~~Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.~~

16 (2.6) Coordinate with the Department of Public Health

17 with respect to planning for and responding to public

18 health emergencies.

19 (3) Prepare, for issuance by the Governor, executive

20 orders, proclamations, and regulations as necessary or

21 appropriate in coping with disasters.

22 (4) Promulgate rules and requirements for political

23 subdivision emergency operations plans that are not

24 inconsistent with and are at least as stringent as

25 applicable federal laws and regulations.

26 (5) Review and approve, in accordance with ~~Illinois~~

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1 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency rules, emergency operations

2 plans for those political subdivisions required to have an

3 emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to this

4 Act.

5 (5.5) Promulgate rules and requirements for the

6 political subdivision emergency management exercises,

7 including, but not limited to, exercises of the emergency

8 operations plans.

9 (5.10) Review, evaluate, and approve, in accordance

10 with ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency rules, political

11 subdivision emergency management exercises for those

12 political subdivisions required to have an emergency

13 services and disaster agency pursuant to this Act.

14 (6) Determine requirements of the State and its

15 political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other

16 necessities in event of a disaster.

17 (7) Establish a register of persons with types of

18 emergency management training and skills in mitigation,

19 preparedness, response, and recovery.

20 (8) Establish a register of government and private

21 response resources available for use in a disaster.

22 (9) Expand the Earthquake Awareness Program and its

23 efforts to distribute earthquake preparedness materials to

24 schools, political subdivisions, community groups, civic

25 organizations, and the media. Emphasis will be placed on

26 those areas of the State most at risk from an earthquake.

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1 Maintain the list of all school districts, hospitals,

2 airports, power plants, including nuclear power plants,

3 lakes, dams, emergency response facilities of all types,

4 and all other major public or private structures which are

5 at the greatest risk of damage from earthquakes under

6 circumstances where the damage would cause subsequent harm

7 to the surrounding communities and residents.

8 (10) Disseminate all information, completely and

9 without delay, on water levels for rivers and streams and

10 any other data pertaining to potential flooding supplied

11 by the Division of Water Resources within the Department

12 of Natural Resources to all political subdivisions to the

13 maximum extent possible.

14 (11) Develop agreements, if feasible, with medical

15 supply and equipment firms to supply resources as are

16 necessary to respond to an earthquake or any other

17 disaster as defined in this Act. These resources will be

18 made available upon notifying the vendor of the disaster.

19 Payment for the resources will be in accordance with

20 Section 7 of this Act. The Illinois Department of Public

21 Health shall determine which resources will be required

22 and requested.

23 (11.5) In coordination with the Illinois State Police,

24 develop and implement a community outreach program to

25 promote awareness among the State's parents and children

26 of child abduction prevention and response.

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1 (12) Out of funds appropriated for these purposes,

2 award capital and non-capital grants to Illinois hospitals

3 or health care facilities located outside of a city with a

4 population in excess of 1,000,000 to be used for purposes

5 that include, but are not limited to, preparing to respond

6 to mass casualties and disasters, maintaining and

7 improving patient safety and quality of care, and

8 protecting the confidentiality of patient information. No

9 single grant for a capital expenditure shall exceed

10 $300,000. No single grant for a non-capital expenditure

11 shall exceed $100,000. In awarding such grants, preference

12 shall be given to hospitals that serve a significant

13 number of Medicaid recipients, but do not qualify for

14 disproportionate share hospital adjustment payments under

15 the Illinois Public Aid Code. To receive such a grant, a

16 hospital or health care facility must provide funding of

17 at least 50% of the cost of the project for which the grant

18 is being requested. In awarding such grants, the ~~Illinois~~

19 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency shall consider the

20 recommendations of the Illinois Hospital Association.

21 (13) (Blank). ~~Do all other things necessary,~~

22 ~~incidental or appropriate for the implementation of this~~

23 ~~Act.~~

24 (g) School and campus grants. The ~~Illinois Emergency~~

25 ~~Management~~ Agency is authorized to make grants to various

26 higher education institutions, public K-12 school districts,

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1 area vocational centers as designated by the State Board of

2 Education, inter-district special education cooperatives,

3 regional safe schools, and nonpublic K-12 schools for safety

4 and security improvements. For the purpose of this subsection

5 (g), "higher education institution" means a public university,

6 a public community college, or an independent, not-for-profit

7 or for-profit higher education institution located in this

8 State. Grants made under this subsection (g) shall be paid out

9 of moneys appropriated for that purpose from the Build

10 Illinois Bond Fund. The ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency

11 shall adopt rules to implement this subsection (g). These

12 rules may specify: (1) ~~(i)~~ the manner of applying for grants;

13 (2) ~~(ii)~~ project eligibility requirements; (3) ~~(iii)~~

14 restrictions on the use of grant moneys; (4) ~~(iv)~~ the manner in

15 which the various higher education institutions must account

16 for the use of grant moneys; and (5) ~~(v)~~ any other provision

17 that the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency determines to be

18 necessary or useful for the administration of this subsection

19 (g).

20 (g-5) State not-for-profit security grants. The ~~Illinois~~

21 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency is authorized to make grants to

22 not-for-profit organizations which are exempt from federal

23 income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Federal

24 Internal Revenue Code for eligible security improvements that

25 assist the organization in preventing, preparing for, or

26 responding to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism. To be

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1 eligible for a grant under the program, the Agency must

2 determine that the organization is at a high risk of being

3 subject to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism based on the

4 organization's profile, ideology, mission, or beliefs.

5 Eligible security improvements shall include all eligible

6 preparedness activities under the federal Nonprofit Security

7 Grant Program, including, but not limited to, physical

8 security upgrades, security training exercises, preparedness

9 training exercises, contracting with security personnel, and

10 any other security upgrades deemed eligible by the Director.

11 Eligible security improvements shall not duplicate, in part or

12 in whole, a project included under any awarded federal grant

13 or in a pending federal application. The Director shall

14 establish procedures and forms by which applicants may apply

15 for a grant and procedures for distributing grants to

16 recipients. Any security improvements awarded shall remain at

17 the physical property listed in the grant application, unless

18 authorized by Agency rule or approved by the Agency in

19 writing. The procedures shall require each applicant to do the

20 following:

21 (1) identify and substantiate prior or current

22 threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism against the

23 not-for-profit organization;

24 (2) indicate the symbolic or strategic value of one or

25 more sites that renders the site a possible target of a

26 threat, attack, or act of terrorism;

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1 (3) discuss potential consequences to the organization

2 if the site is damaged, destroyed, or disrupted by a

3 threat, attack, or act of terrorism;

4 (4) describe how the grant will be used to integrate

5 organizational preparedness with broader State and local

6 preparedness efforts, as described by the Agency in each

7 Notice of Opportunity for Funding;

8 (5) submit (i) a vulnerability assessment conducted by

9 experienced security, law enforcement, or military

10 personnel, or conducted using an Agency-approved or

11 federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program self-assessment

12 tool, and (ii) a description of how the grant award will be

13 used to address the vulnerabilities identified in the

14 assessment; and

15 (6) submit any other relevant information as may be

16 required by the Director.

17 The Agency is authorized to use funds appropriated for the

18 grant program described in this subsection (g-5) to administer

19 the program.

20 Any Agency Notice of Opportunity for Funding, proposed or

21 final rulemaking, guidance, training opportunity, or other

22 resource related to the grant program must be published on the

23 Agency's publicly available website, and any announcements

24 related to funding shall be shared with all State legislative

25 offices, the Governor's office, emergency services and

26 disaster agencies mandated or required pursuant to subsections

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1 (b) through (d) of Section 10, and any other State agencies as

2 determined by the Agency. Subject to appropriation, the grant

3 application period shall be open for no less than 45 calendar

4 days during the first application cycle each fiscal year,

5 unless the Agency determines that a shorter period is

6 necessary to avoid conflicts with the annual federal Nonprofit

7 Security Grant Program funding cycle. Additional application

8 cycles may be conducted during the same fiscal year, subject

9 to availability of funds. Upon request, Agency staff shall

10 provide reasonable assistance to any applicant in completing a

11 grant application or meeting a post-award requirement.

12 (g-10) Homeland Security Advisor.

13 (1) A Homeland Security Advisor shall be appointed by

14 the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the

15 Senate, shall report to the Governor. The Homeland

16 Security Advisor shall:

17 (A) advise the Governor or the Governor's

18 designees on matters of homeland security and

19 coordinate Illinois' homeland security and

20 preparedness efforts across all levels of government,

21 in order to protect the people and critical

22 infrastructure of Illinois;

23 (B) coordinate a uniform and cooperative

24 statewide, strategic response to homeland security

25 threats as defined by, and in the sole discretion of,

26 the Governor;

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1 (C) coordinate and provide policy recommendations

2 to the Governor and other State agencies on all

3 matters pertaining to homeland security;

4 (D) utilize the expertise and assistance of all

5 State agencies, commissions, and boards to carry out

6 their mission in support of the State's homeland

7 security efforts; each State agency, commission, or

8 board shall be required, to the extent not

9 inconsistent with law, to cooperate with the Homeland

10 Security Advisor; to facilitate a unified State

11 strategy on matters of homeland security, all State

12 agencies, boards, and commissions shall provide

13 briefings to the Homeland Security Advisor regularly

14 and upon request;

15 (E) serve as the State's primary liaison with all

16 federal agencies pertaining to homeland security

17 matters for the State;

18 (F) consistent with the United States Department

19 of Homeland Security standard operating procedures and

20 guidance, oversee and approve security clearance

21 requests for State personnel sent to the federal

22 government for final adjudication; coordinate with

23 Illinois State Police on such clearance requests for

24 law enforcement personnel; this subparagraph (F) shall

25 not apply to clearances issued by the Department of

26 Defense; and

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1 (G) perform other duties related to homeland

2 security as directed by the Governor or the Governor's

3 designees.

4 (2) A Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, reporting to

5 the Homeland Security Advisor, shall be recommended by the

6 Homeland Security Advisor and appointed by the Governor.

7 The Deputy Homeland Security Advisor shall:

8 (A) assume responsibilities of the Homeland

9 Security Advisor as needed or directed by the Governor

10 or Homeland Security Advisor;

11 (B) serve as the Deputy Director of the Office of

12 Homeland Security within the Agency;

13 (C) develop and execute the State's unified

14 homeland security strategy;

15 (D) serve as a representative of the Homeland

16 Security Advisor and the Agency's Office of Homeland

17 Security with all State agencies, commissions, and

18 boards for matters pertaining to homeland security;

19 and

20 (E) serve as a representative of the Homeland

21 Security Advisor and State with all federal agencies

22 for matters pertaining to homeland security.

23 (3) The Homeland Security Advisor or Deputy Homeland

24 Security Advisor shall provide briefings to the Governor

25 and Lieutenant Governor as directed.

26 (4) The Agency shall coordinate with and provide

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1 administrative support for the Homeland Security Advisor

2 and house the State's Office of Homeland Security. The

3 Director shall coordinate with the Homeland Security

4 Advisor to ensure the duties and actions of the Office of

5 Homeland Security are aligned with the State's homeland

6 security strategic goals and priorities.

7 (g-15) Homeland Security responsibilities of the Agency.

8 The Agency, through its Office of Homeland Security, shall:

9 (1) support the Homeland Security Advisor in the

10 administration and coordination of homeland security and

11 preparedness efforts across all levels of government to

12 protect the people and critical infrastructure of

13 Illinois;

14 (2) oversee, plan, and distribute State and federal

15 funding for homeland security on the basis of risk,

16 threat, and vulnerability to ensure the most effective use

17 of limited resources, and guarantee that funds are used

18 for appropriate and necessary purposes;

19 (3) review all proposed State legislation pertaining

20 to homeland security matters and report to the Homeland

21 Security Advisor about such proposed legislation; review

22 existing legislation and recommend modifications,

23 amendments, or initiatives to support or enhance the

24 State's homeland security and preparedness capabilities;

25 (4) ensure the implementation of the strategic

26 response and policy recommendations of the Governor and

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1 Homeland Security Advisor pertaining to all matters of

2 homeland security;

3 (5) coordinate with all State agencies, commissions,

4 and boards, regarding matters of homeland security;

5 (6) coordinate with the Illinois State Police to

6 provide the United States Department of Homeland Security

7 with relevant reporting metrics and data pertaining to the

8 State;

9 (7) develop, at the direction of the Homeland Security

10 Advisor, and in cooperation with the Illinois State Police

11 and other appropriate State agencies, appropriate

12 protocols, staffing, training, and equipment guidelines

13 for the weapons of mass destruction teams that the

14 Governor, or the Governor's designee, may deploy in the

15 event or threat of a disaster;

16 (8) lead the State's homeland security public

17 education and risk communication messaging; and

18 (9) adopt rules necessary for implementation of

19 homeland security programs.

20 (g-20) Nuclear and radiation safety responsibilities of

21 the Agency. The Agency shall be responsible for nuclear and

22 radiation safety and shall:

23 (1) exercise, administer, and enforce all rights,

24 powers, and duties for nuclear and radiation safety

25 authorized in the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 or successor

26 statutes;

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1 (2) develop a comprehensive emergency preparedness and

2 response plan for any nuclear accident in accordance with

3 Section 65 of the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 and an

4 Illinois nuclear safety preparedness program in accordance

5 with Section 8 of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness

6 Act or successor statutes; and

7 (3) have the right to enter on public and private

8 property in order to take environmental samples for

9 response to a disaster that reasonably could have caused

10 radioactive contamination.

11 (h) Donations and sponsorships. Except as provided in

12 Section 17.5 of this Act, any moneys received by the Agency

13 from donations or sponsorships unrelated to a disaster shall

14 be deposited in the Emergency Planning and Training Fund and

15 used by the Agency, subject to appropriation, to effectuate

16 planning and training activities. Any moneys received by the

17 Agency from donations during a disaster and intended for

18 disaster response or recovery shall be deposited into the

19 Disaster Response and Recovery Fund and used for disaster

20 response and recovery pursuant to the Disaster Relief Act.

21 (i) Conference fees. The ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~

22 Agency may, by rule, assess and collect reasonable fees for

23 attendance at Agency-sponsored conferences to enable the

24 Agency to carry out the requirements of this Act. Any moneys

25 received under this subsection shall be deposited in the

26 Emergency Planning and Training Fund and used by the Agency,

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1 subject to appropriation, for planning and training

2 activities.

3 (j) Other grant-making powers. The ~~Illinois Emergency~~

4 ~~Management~~ Agency is authorized to make grants to other State

5 agencies, public universities, units of local government, and

6 statewide mutual aid organizations to enhance statewide

7 emergency preparedness and response.

8 (k) Agency's responsibility to implement and administer

9 the Act. The Agency shall do all other things necessary,

10 incidental, or appropriate for the implementation of this Act,

11 including the adoption of rules in accordance with the

12 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

13 (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;

14 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23; 103-418, eff.

15 1-1-24.)

16 (20 ILCS 3305/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 1056)

17 Sec. 6. Emergency Management Powers of the Governor.

18 (a) The Governor shall have general direction and control

19 of the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency and shall be

20 responsible for the carrying out of the provisions of this

21 Act.

22 (b) In performing duties under this Act, the Governor is

23 authorized to cooperate with the federal government and with

24 other states in all matters pertaining to emergency

25 management, nuclear and radiation safety, and homeland

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1 security.

2 (c) In performing duties under this Act, the Governor is

3 further authorized:

4 (1) To make, amend, and rescind all lawful necessary

5 orders, rules, and regulations to carry out the provisions

6 of this Act within the limits of the authority conferred

7 upon the Governor.

8 (2) To cause to be prepared ~~a~~ comprehensive plans ~~plan~~

9 and programs ~~program~~ for the emergency management, nuclear

10 and radiation safety, and homeland security of this State,

11 which plans and programs ~~plan and program~~ shall be

12 integrated into and coordinated with emergency management,

13 nuclear and radiation safety, and homeland security plans

14 and programs of the federal government and of other states

15 whenever possible and which plans and programs ~~plan and~~

16 ~~program~~ may include:

17 a. Mitigation of injury and damage caused by

18 disaster.

19 b. Prompt and effective response to disaster.

20 c. Emergency relief.

21 d. Identification of areas particularly vulnerable

22 to disasters.

23 e. Recommendations for zoning, building, and other

24 land-use controls, safety measures for securing

25 permanent structures and other mitigation measures

26 designed to eliminate or reduce disasters or their

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1 impact.

2 f. Assistance to political subdivisions in

3 designing emergency operations plans.

4 g. Authorization and procedures for the erection

5 or other construction of temporary works designed to

6 mitigate danger, damage or loss from flood, or other

7 disaster.

8 h. Preparation and distribution to the appropriate

9 State and political subdivision officials of a State

10 catalog of federal, State, and private assistance

11 programs.

12 i. Organization of State personnel and chains of

13 command.

14 j. Coordination of federal, State, and political

15 subdivision emergency management, nuclear and

16 radiation safety, and homeland security activities.

17 k. Other necessary matters.

18 (3) In accordance with the plans ~~plan~~ and programs

19 ~~program~~ for the emergency management, nuclear and

20 radiation safety, and homeland security of this State, and

21 out of funds appropriated for these purposes, to procure

22 and preposition supplies, medicines, materials and

23 equipment, to institute training programs and public

24 information programs, and to take all other preparatory

25 steps including the partial or full mobilization of

26 emergency services and disaster agencies in advance of

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1 actual disaster to insure the furnishing of adequately

2 trained and equipped forces for disaster response and

3 recovery.

4 (4) Out of funds appropriated for these purposes, to

5 make studies and surveys of the industries, resources, and

6 facilities in this State as may be necessary to ascertain

7 the capabilities of the State for emergency management

8 phases of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery

9 and to plan for the most efficient emergency use thereof.

10 (5) On behalf of this State, to negotiate for and

11 submit to the General Assembly for its approval or

12 rejection reciprocal mutual aid agreements or compacts

13 with other states, either on a statewide or political

14 subdivision basis. The agreements or compacts, shall be

15 limited to the furnishing or exchange of food, clothing,

16 medical or other supplies, engineering and police

17 services; emergency housing and feeding; National and

18 State Guards while under the control of the State; health,

19 medical, and related services; fire fighting, rescue,

20 transportation, communication, and construction services

21 and equipment, provided, however, that if the General

22 Assembly be not in session and the Governor has not

23 proclaimed the existence of a disaster under this Section,

24 then the agreements or compacts shall instead be submitted

25 to an Interim Committee on Emergency Management composed

26 of 5 Senators appointed by the President of the Senate and

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1 of 5 Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the

2 House, during the month of June of each odd-numbered year

3 to serve for a 2-year ~~2 year~~ term, beginning July 1 of that

4 year, and until their successors are appointed and

5 qualified, or until termination of their legislative

6 service, whichever first occurs. Vacancies shall be filled

7 by appointment for the unexpired term in the same manner

8 as original appointments. All appointments shall be made

9 in writing and filed with the Secretary of State as a

10 public record. The Committee shall have the power to

11 approve or reject any agreements or compacts for and on

12 behalf of the General Assembly; and, provided further,

13 that an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members of the

14 Committee shall be necessary for the approval of any

15 agreement or compact.

16 (Source: P.A. 92-73, eff. 1-1-02.)

17 (20 ILCS 3305/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 1057)

18 Sec. 7. Emergency Powers of the Governor. In the event of a

19 disaster, as defined in Section 4, the Governor may, by

20 proclamation, declare that a disaster exists. Upon such

21 proclamation, the Governor shall have and may exercise for a

22 period not to exceed 30 days the following emergency powers;

23 provided, however, that the lapse of the emergency powers

24 shall not, as regards any act or acts occurring or committed

25 within the 30-day period, deprive any person, firm,

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1 corporation, political subdivision, or body politic of any

2 right or rights to compensation or reimbursement which he,

3 she, it, or they may have under the provisions of this Act:

4 (1) To suspend the provisions of any regulatory

5 statute prescribing procedures for conduct of State

6 business, or the orders, rules and regulations of any

7 State agency, if strict compliance with the provisions of

8 any statute, order, rule, or regulation would in any way

9 prevent, hinder or delay necessary action, including

10 emergency purchases, by the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~

11 Agency, in coping with the disaster.

12 (2) To utilize all available resources of the State

13 government as reasonably necessary to cope with the

14 disaster and of each political subdivision of the State.

15 (3) To transfer the direction, personnel or functions

16 of State departments and agencies or units thereof for the

17 purpose of performing or facilitating disaster response

18 and recovery programs.

19 (4) On behalf of this State to take possession of, and

20 to acquire full title or a lesser specified interest in,

21 any personal property as may be necessary to accomplish

22 the objectives set forth in Section 2 of this Act,

23 including: airplanes, automobiles, trucks, trailers,

24 buses, and other vehicles; coal, oils, gasoline, and other

25 fuels and means of propulsion; explosives, materials,

26 equipment, and supplies; animals and livestock; feed and

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1 seed; food and provisions for humans and animals; clothing

2 and bedding; and medicines and medical and surgical

3 supplies; and to take possession of and for a limited

4 period occupy and use any real estate necessary to

5 accomplish those objectives; but only upon the undertaking

6 by the State to pay just compensation therefor as in this

7 Act provided, and then only under the following

8 provisions:

9 a. The Governor, or the person or persons as the

10 Governor may authorize so to do, may forthwith take

11 possession of property for and on behalf of the State;

12 provided, however, that the Governor or persons shall

13 simultaneously with the taking, deliver to the owner

14 or his or her agent, if the identity of the owner or

15 agency is known or readily ascertainable, a signed

16 statement in writing, that shall include the name and

17 address of the owner, the date and place of the taking,

18 description of the property sufficient to identify it,

19 a statement of interest in the property that is being

20 so taken, and, if possible, a statement in writing,

21 signed by the owner, setting forth the sum that he or

22 she is willing to accept as just compensation for the

23 property or use. Whether or not the owner or agent is

24 known or readily ascertainable, a true copy of the

25 statement shall promptly be filed by the Governor or

26 the person with the Director, who shall keep the

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1 docket of the statements. In cases where the sum that

2 the owner is willing to accept as just compensation is

3 less than $1,000, copies of the statements shall also

4 be filed by the Director with, and shall be passed upon

5 by an Emergency Management Claims Commission,

6 consisting of 3 disinterested citizens who shall be

7 appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and

8 consent of the Senate, within 20 days after the

9 Governor's declaration of a disaster, and if the sum

10 fixed by them as just compensation be less than $1,000

11 and is accepted in writing by the owner, then the State

12 Treasurer out of funds appropriated for these

13 purposes, shall, upon certification thereof by the

14 Emergency Management Claims Commission, cause the sum

15 so certified forthwith to be paid to the owner. The

16 Emergency Management Claims Commission is hereby given

17 the power to issue appropriate subpoenas and to

18 administer oaths to witnesses and shall keep

19 appropriate minutes and other records of its actions

20 upon and the disposition made of all claims.

21 b. When the compensation to be paid for the taking

22 or use of property or interest therein is not or cannot

23 be determined and paid under item a of this paragraph

24 (4), a petition in the name of The People of the State

25 of Illinois shall be promptly filed by the Director,

26 which filing may be enforced by mandamus, in the

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1 circuit court of the county where the property or any

2 part thereof was located when initially taken or used

3 under the provisions of this Act praying that the

4 amount of compensation to be paid to the person or

5 persons interested therein be fixed and determined.

6 The petition shall include a description of the

7 property that has been taken, shall state the physical

8 condition of the property when taken, shall name as

9 defendants all interested parties, shall set forth the

10 sum of money estimated to be just compensation for the

11 property or interest therein taken or used, and shall

12 be signed by the Director. The litigation shall be

13 handled by the Attorney General for and on behalf of

14 the State.

15 c. Just compensation for the taking or use of

16 property or interest therein shall be promptly

17 ascertained in proceedings and established by judgment

18 against the State, that shall include, as part of the

19 just compensation so awarded, interest at the rate of

20 6% per annum on the fair market value of the property

21 or interest therein from the date of the taking or use

22 to the date of the judgment; and the court may order

23 the payment of delinquent taxes and special

24 assessments out of the amount so awarded as just

25 compensation and may make any other orders with

26 respect to encumbrances, rents, insurance, and other

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1 charges, if any, as shall be just and equitable.

2 (5) When required by the exigencies of the disaster,

3 to sell, lend, rent, give, or distribute all or any part of

4 property so or otherwise acquired to the inhabitants of

5 this State, or to political subdivisions of this State,

6 or, under the interstate mutual aid agreements or compacts

7 as are entered into under the provisions of subparagraph

8 (5) of paragraph (c) of Section 6 to other states, and to

9 account for and transmit to the State Treasurer all funds,

10 if any, received therefor.

11 (6) To recommend the evacuation of all or part of the

12 population from any stricken or threatened area within the

13 State if the Governor deems this action necessary.

14 (7) To prescribe routes, modes of transportation, and

15 destinations in connection with evacuation.

16 (8) To control ingress and egress to and from a

17 disaster area, the movement of persons within the area,

18 and the occupancy of premises therein.

19 (9) To suspend or limit the sale, dispensing, or

20 transportation of alcoholic beverages, firearms,

21 explosives, and combustibles.

22 (10) To make provision for the availability and use of

23 temporary emergency housing.

24 (11) A proclamation of a disaster shall activate the

25 State Emergency Operations Plan, and political subdivision

26 emergency operations plans applicable to the political

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1 subdivision or area in question and be authority for the

2 deployment and use of any forces that the plan or plans

3 apply and for use or distribution of any supplies,

4 equipment, and materials and facilities assembled,

5 stockpiled or arranged to be made available under this Act

6 or any other provision of law relating to disasters.

7 (12) Control, restrict, and regulate by rationing,

8 freezing, use of quotas, prohibitions on shipments, price

9 fixing, allocation or other means, the use, sale or

10 distribution of food, feed, fuel, clothing and other

11 commodities, materials, goods, or services; and perform

12 and exercise any other functions, powers, and duties as

13 may be necessary to promote and secure the safety and

14 protection of the civilian population.

15 (13) During the continuance of any disaster the

16 Governor is commander-in-chief of the organized and

17 unorganized militia and of all other forces available for

18 emergency duty. To the greatest extent practicable, the

19 Governor shall delegate or assign authority to the

20 Director to manage, coordinate, and direct all resources

21 by orders issued at the time of the disaster.

22 (14) Prohibit increases in the prices of goods and

23 services during a disaster.

24 (Source: P.A. 102-485, eff. 8-20-21.)

25 (20 ILCS 3305/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 1058)

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1 Sec. 8. Mobile Support Teams.

2 (a) The Governor or Director may cause to be created

3 Mobile Support Teams to aid and to reinforce the ~~Illinois~~

4 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency, and emergency services and

5 disaster agencies in areas stricken by disaster. Each mobile

6 support team shall have a leader, selected by the Director who

7 will be responsible, under the direction and control of the

8 Director, for the organization, administration, and training,

9 and operation of the mobile support team.

10 (b) Personnel of a mobile support team while on duty

11 pursuant to such a call or while engaged in regularly

12 scheduled training or exercises, whether within or without the

13 State, shall either:

14 (1) If they are paid employees of the State, have the

15 powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities and

16 receive the compensation incidental to their employment.

17 (2) If they are paid employees of a political

18 subdivision or body politic of this State, and whether

19 serving within or without that political subdivision or

20 body politic, have the powers, duties, rights, privileges

21 and immunities, and receive the compensation incidental to

22 their employment.

23 (3) If they are not employees of the State, political

24 subdivision or body politic, or being such employees, are

25 not normally paid for their services, be entitled to at

26 least one dollar per year compensation from the State.

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1 Personnel of a mobile support team who suffer disease,

2 injury or death arising out of or in the course of emergency

3 duty, shall for the purposes of benefits under the Workers'

4 Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act only,

5 be deemed to be employees of this State. If the person

6 diseased, injured or killed is an employee described in item

7 (3) above, the computation of benefits payable under either of

8 those Acts shall be based on income commensurate with

9 comparable State employees doing the same type of work or

10 income from the person's regular employment, whichever is

11 greater.

12 All personnel of mobile support teams shall, while on duty

13 under such call, be reimbursed by this State for all actual and

14 necessary travel and subsistence expenses.

15 (c) The State shall reimburse each political subdivision

16 or body politic from the Disaster Response and Recovery Fund

17 for the compensation paid and the actual and necessary travel,

18 subsistence and maintenance expenses of paid employees of the

19 political subdivision or body politic while serving, outside

20 of its geographic ~~geographical~~ boundaries pursuant to such a

21 call, as members of a mobile support team, and for all payments

22 made for death, disease or injury of those paid employees

23 arising out of and incurred in the course of that duty, and for

24 all losses of or damage to supplies and equipment of the

25 political subdivision or body politic resulting from the

26 operations.

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1 (d) Whenever mobile support teams or units of another

2 state, while the Governor has the emergency powers provided

3 for under Section 7 of this Act, render aid to this State under

4 the orders of the Governor of its home state and upon the

5 request of the Governor of this State, all questions relating

6 to reimbursement by this State to the other state and its

7 citizens in regard to the assistance so rendered shall be

8 determined by the mutual aid agreements or interstate compacts

9 described in subparagraph (5) of paragraph (c) of Section 6 as

10 are existing at the time of the assistance rendered or are

11 entered into thereafter and under Section 303 (d) of the

12 Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.

13 (e) No personnel of mobile support teams of this State may

14 be ordered by the Governor to operate in any other state unless

15 a request for the same has been made by the Governor or duly

16 authorized representative of the other state.

17 (Source: P.A. 98-465, eff. 8-16-13.)

18 (20 ILCS 3305/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 1060)

19 Sec. 10. Emergency Services and Disaster Agencies.

20 (a) Each political subdivision within this State shall be

21 within the jurisdiction of and served by the ~~Illinois~~

22 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency and by an emergency services and

23 disaster agency responsible for emergency management programs.

24 A township, if the township is in a county having a population

25 of more than 2,000,000, must have approval of the county

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1 coordinator before establishment of a township emergency

2 services and disaster agency.

3 (b) Unless multiple county emergency services and disaster

4 agency consolidation is authorized by the ~~Illinois Emergency~~

5 ~~Management~~ Agency with the consent of the respective counties,

6 each county shall maintain an emergency services and disaster

7 agency that has jurisdiction over and serves the entire

8 county, except as otherwise provided under this Act and except

9 that in any county with a population of over 3,000,000

10 containing a municipality with a population of over 500,000

11 the jurisdiction of the county agency shall not extend to the

12 municipality when the municipality has established its own

13 agency.

14 (c) Each municipality with a population of over 500,000

15 shall maintain an emergency services and disaster agency which

16 has jurisdiction over and serves the entire municipality. A

17 municipality with a population less than 500,000 may

18 establish, by ordinance, an agency or department responsible

19 for emergency management within the municipality's corporate

20 limits.

21 (d) The Governor shall determine which municipal

22 corporations, other than those specified in paragraph (c) of

23 this Section, need emergency services and disaster agencies of

24 their own and require that they be established and maintained.

25 The Governor shall make these determinations on the basis of

26 the municipality's disaster vulnerability and capability of

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1 response related to population size and concentration. The

2 emergency services and disaster agency of a county or

3 township, shall not have a jurisdiction within a political

4 subdivision having its own emergency services and disaster

5 agency, but shall cooperate with the emergency services and

6 disaster agency of a city, village or incorporated town within

7 their borders. The ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency shall

8 publish and furnish a current list to the municipalities

9 required to have an emergency services and disaster agency

10 under this subsection.

11 (e) Each municipality that is not required to and does not

12 have an emergency services and disaster agency shall have a

13 liaison officer designated to facilitate the cooperation and

14 protection of that municipal corporation with the county

15 emergency services and disaster agency in which it is located

16 in the work of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response,

17 and recovery.

18 (f) The principal executive officer or his or her designee

19 of each political subdivision in the State shall annually

20 notify the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency of the manner

21 in which the political subdivision is providing or securing

22 emergency management, identify the executive head of the

23 agency or the department from which the service is obtained,

24 or the liaison officer in accordance with subsection (e),

25 ~~paragraph (d) of this Section~~ and furnish additional

26 information relating thereto as the ~~Illinois Emergency~~

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1 ~~Management~~ Agency requires.

2 (g) Each emergency services and disaster agency shall

3 prepare an emergency operations plan for its geographic

4 boundaries that complies with planning, review, and approval

5 standards promulgated by the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~

6 Agency. The ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency shall

7 determine which jurisdictions will be required to include

8 earthquake preparedness in their local emergency operations

9 plans.

10 (h) The emergency services and disaster agency shall

11 prepare and distribute to all appropriate officials in written

12 form a clear and complete statement of the emergency

13 responsibilities of all local departments and officials and of

14 the disaster chain of command.

15 (i) Each emergency services and disaster agency shall have

16 a Coordinator who shall be appointed by the principal

17 executive officer of the political subdivision in the same

18 manner as are the heads of regular governmental departments.

19 If the political subdivision is a county and the principal

20 executive officer appoints the sheriff as the Coordinator, the

21 sheriff may, in addition to his or her regular compensation,

22 receive additional compensation as provided for by the

23 political subdivision at the same level as provided in Section

24 3-6037 of the Counties Code ~~3 of "An Act in relation to the~~

25 ~~regulation of motor vehicle traffic and the promotion of~~

26 ~~safety on public highways in counties", approved August 9,~~

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1 ~~1951, as amended~~. The Coordinator shall have direct

2 responsibility for the organization, administration, training,

3 and operation of the emergency services and disaster agency,

4 subject to the direction and control of that principal

5 executive officer. Each emergency services and disaster agency

6 shall coordinate and may perform emergency management

7 functions within the territorial limits of the political

8 subdivision within which it is organized as are prescribed in

9 and by the State Emergency Operations Plan, and programs,

10 orders, rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the

11 ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency and by local ordinance

12 and, in addition, shall conduct such functions outside of

13 those territorial limits as may be required under mutual aid

14 agreements and compacts as are entered into under subparagraph

15 (5) of paragraph (c) of Section 6.

16 (j) In carrying out the provisions of this Act, each

17 political subdivision may enter into contracts and incur

18 obligations necessary to place it in a position effectively to

19 combat the disasters as are described in Section 4, to protect

20 the health and safety of persons, to protect property, and to

21 provide emergency assistance to victims of those disasters. If

22 a disaster occurs, each political subdivision may exercise the

23 powers vested under this Section in the light of the

24 exigencies of the disaster and, excepting mandatory

25 constitutional requirements, without regard to the procedures

26 and formalities normally prescribed by law pertaining to the

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1 performance of public work, entering into contracts, the

2 incurring of obligations, the employment of temporary workers,

3 the rental of equipment, the purchase of supplies and

4 materials, and the appropriation, expenditure, and disposition

5 of public funds and property.

6 (k) Volunteers who, while engaged in a disaster, an

7 exercise, training related to the emergency operations plan of

8 the political subdivision, or a search-and-rescue team

9 response to an occurrence or threat of injury or loss of life

10 that is beyond local response capabilities, suffer disease,

11 injury or death, shall, for the purposes of benefits under the

12 Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases

13 Act only, be deemed to be employees of the State, if: (1) the

14 claimant is a duly qualified and enrolled (sworn in) as a

15 volunteer of the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency or an

16 emergency services and disaster agency accredited by the

17 ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency, and (2) if: (i) the

18 claimant was participating in a disaster as defined in Section

19 4 of this Act, (ii) the exercise or training participated in

20 was specifically and expressly approved by the ~~Illinois~~

21 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency prior to the exercise or training,

22 or (iii) the search-and-rescue team response was to an

23 occurrence or threat of injury or loss of life that was beyond

24 local response capabilities and was specifically and expressly

25 approved by the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency prior to

26 the search-and-rescue team response. The computation of

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1 benefits payable under either of those Acts shall be based on

2 the income commensurate with comparable State employees doing

3 the same type work or income from the person's regular

4 employment, whichever is greater.

5 Volunteers who are working under the direction of an

6 emergency services and disaster agency accredited by the

7 ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency, pursuant to a plan

8 approved by the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency (i)

9 during a disaster declared by the Governor under Section 7 of

10 this Act, or (ii) in circumstances otherwise expressly

11 approved by the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency, shall be

12 deemed exclusively employees of the State for purposes of

13 Section 8(d) of the Court of Claims Act, provided that the

14 ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency may, in coordination with

15 the emergency services and disaster agency, audit

16 implementation for compliance with the plan.

17 (l) If any person who is entitled to receive benefits

18 through the application of this Section receives, in

19 connection with the disease, injury or death giving rise to

20 such entitlement, benefits under an Act of Congress or federal

21 program, benefits payable under this Section shall be reduced

22 to the extent of the benefits received under that other Act or

23 program.

24 (m) (1) Prior to conducting an exercise, the principal

25 executive officer of a political subdivision or his or her

26 designee shall provide area media with written

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1 notification of the exercise. The notification shall

2 indicate that information relating to the exercise shall

3 not be released to the public until the commencement of

4 the exercise. The notification shall also contain a

5 request that the notice be so posted to ensure that all

6 relevant media personnel are advised of the exercise

7 before it begins.

8 (2) During the conduct of an exercise, all messages,

9 two-way radio communications, briefings, status reports,

10 news releases, and other oral or written communications

11 shall begin and end with the following statement: "This is

12 an exercise message".

13 (Source: P.A. 94-733, eff. 4-27-06.)

14 (20 ILCS 3305/12) (from Ch. 127, par. 1062)

15 Sec. 12. Testing of Disaster Warning Devices. The testing

16 of disaster warning devices including outdoor warning sirens

17 shall be held only on the first Tuesday of each month at 10

18 o'clock in the morning or during exercises that are

19 specifically and expressly approved in advance by the ~~Illinois~~

20 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency.

21 (Source: P.A. 92-73, eff. 1-1-02.)

22 (20 ILCS 3305/14) (from Ch. 127, par. 1064)

23 Sec. 14. Communications. The ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~

24 Agency shall ascertain what means exist for rapid and

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1 efficient communications in times of disaster. The ~~Illinois~~

2 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency shall consider the desirability of

3 supplementing these communications resources or of integrating

4 them into a comprehensive State or State-Federal

5 telecommunications or other communications system or network.

6 In studying the character and feasibility of any system or its

7 several parts, the ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency shall

8 evaluate the possibility of multipurpose use thereof for

9 general State and political subdivision purposes. The ~~Illinois~~

10 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency may promulgate rules to establish

11 policies and procedures relating to telecommunications and the

12 continuation of rapid and efficient communications in times of

13 disaster to the extent authorized by any provision of this Act

14 or other laws and regulations. The ~~Illinois Emergency~~

15 ~~Management~~ Agency shall make recommendations to the Governor

16 as appropriate.

17 (Source: P.A. 86-755; 87-168.)

18 (20 ILCS 3305/18) (from Ch. 127, par. 1068)

19 Sec. 18. Orders, Rules and Regulations.

20 (a) The Governor shall file a copy of every rule,

21 regulation or order, and any amendment thereof made by the

22 Governor under the provisions of this Act in the office of the

23 Secretary of State. Upon ~~No rule, regulation or order, or any~~

24 ~~amendment thereof shall be effective until 10 days after the~~

25 ~~filing, provided, however, that upon~~ the declaration of a

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1 disaster by the Governor as is described in Section 7 the

2 provision relating to the effective date of any rule,

3 regulation, order or amendment issued under this Act and

4 during the state of disaster is abrogated, and the rule,

5 regulation, order or amendment shall become effective

6 immediately upon being filed with the Secretary of State

7 accompanied by a certificate stating the reason as required by

8 the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

9 (b) Every emergency services and disaster agency

10 established pursuant to this Act and the coordinators thereof

11 shall execute and enforce the orders, rules and regulations as

12 may be made by the Governor under authority of this Act. Each

13 emergency services and disaster agency shall have available

14 for inspection at its office all orders, rules and regulations

15 made by the Governor, or under the Governor's authority. The

16 ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency shall publish ~~furnish~~ on

17 the Agency's ~~Department's~~ website the orders, rules and

18 regulations ~~to each such emergency services and disaster~~

19 ~~agency~~. Upon the written request of an emergency services and

20 ~~or~~ disaster agency, copies thereof shall be mailed to the

21 emergency services and ~~or~~ disaster agency.

22 (Source: P.A. 98-44, eff. 6-28-13.)

23 (20 ILCS 3305/20) (from Ch. 127, par. 1070)

24 Sec. 20. Oath ~~Emergency Management Agency; personnel;~~

25 ~~oath~~. Each person, whether compensated or noncompensated, who

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1 is appointed to serve in any capacity in the Illinois

2 Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security or

3 an emergency services and disaster agency, shall, before

4 entering upon his or her duties, take an oath, in writing,

5 before the Director or before the coordinator of that

6 emergency services and disaster agency or before other persons

7 authorized to administer oaths in this State, which oath shall

8 be filed with the Director or with the coordinator of the

9 emergency services and disaster agency with which he or she

10 shall serve and which oath shall be substantially as follows:

11 "I, _______________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I

12 will support and defend and bear true faith and allegiance to

13 the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of

14 the State of Illinois, and the territory, institutions and

15 facilities thereof, both public and private, against all

16 enemies, foreign and domestic; that I take this obligation

17 freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;

18 and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon

19 which I am about to enter. And I do further swear (or affirm)

20 that I do not advocate, nor am I, nor have I been a member of

21 any political party or organization that advocates the

22 overthrow of the government of the United States or of this

23 State by force or violence; and that during such time as I am

24 affiliated with the (name of political subdivision), I will

25 not advocate nor become a member of any political party or

26 organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of

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1 the United States or of this State by force or violence."

2 (Source: P.A. 92-73, eff. 1-1-02.)

3 (20 ILCS 3305/23)

4 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032)

5 Sec. 23. Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee.

6 (a) In this Section, "Advisory Committee" means the Access

7 and Functional Needs Advisory Committee.

8 (b) The Access and Functional Needs Advisory Committee is

9 created.

10 (c) The Advisory Committee shall:

11 (1) Coordinate meetings occurring, at a minimum, 3

12 times each year, in addition to emergency meetings called

13 by the chairperson of the Advisory Committee.

14 (2) Research and provide recommendations for

15 identifying and effectively responding to the needs of

16 persons with access and functional needs before, during,

17 and after a disaster using an intersectional lens for

18 equity.

19 (3) Provide recommendations to the ~~Illinois Emergency~~

20 ~~Management~~ Agency regarding how to ensure that persons

21 with a disability are included in disaster strategies and

22 emergency management plans, including updates and

23 implementation of disaster strategies and emergency

24 management plans.

25 (4) Review and provide recommendations for the

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1 ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency, and all relevant

2 State agencies that are involved in drafting and

3 implementing the Illinois Emergency Operation Plan, to

4 integrate access and functional needs into State and local

5 emergency plans.

6 (d) The Advisory Committee shall be composed of the

7 Director ~~of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency~~ or his or

8 her designee, the Attorney General or his or her designee, the

9 Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee, the

10 Director of Aging or his or her designee, and the Director of

11 Public Health or his or her designee, together with the

12 following members appointed by the Governor on or before

13 January 1, 2022:

14 (1) Two members, either from a municipal or

15 county-level emergency agency or a local emergency

16 management coordinator.

17 (2) Nine members from the community of persons with a

18 disability who represent persons with different types of

19 disabilities, including, but not limited to, individuals

20 with mobility and physical disabilities, hearing and

21 visual disabilities, deafness or who are hard of hearing,

22 blindness or who have low vision, mental health

23 disabilities, and intellectual or developmental

24 disabilities. Members appointed under this paragraph shall

25 reflect a diversity of age, gender, race, and ethnic

26 background.

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1 (3) Four members who represent first responders from

2 different geographic ~~geographical~~ regions around the

3 State.

4 (e) Of those members appointed by the Governor, the

5 initial appointments of 6 members shall be for terms of 2 years

6 and the initial appointments of 5 members shall be for terms of

7 4 years. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of 4

8 years. A member shall serve until his or her successor is

9 appointed and qualified. If a vacancy occurs in the Advisory

10 Committee membership, the vacancy shall be filled in the same

11 manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the

12 unexpired term.

13 (f) After all the members are appointed, and annually

14 thereafter, they shall elect a chairperson from among the

15 members appointed under paragraph (2) of subsection (d).

16 (g) The initial meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be

17 convened by the Director ~~of the Illinois Emergency Management~~

18 ~~Agency~~ no later than February 1, 2022.

19 (h) Advisory Committee members shall serve without

20 compensation.

21 (i) The ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency shall provide

22 administrative support to the Advisory Committee.

23 (j) The Advisory Committee shall prepare and deliver a

24 report to the General Assembly, the Governor's Office, and the

25 ~~Illinois Emergency Management~~ Agency by July 1, 2022, and

26 annually thereafter. The report shall include the following:

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1 (1) Identification of core emergency management

2 services that need to be updated or changed to ensure the

3 needs of persons with a disability are met, and shall

4 include disaster strategies in State and local emergency

5 plans.

6 (2) Any proposed changes in State policies, laws,

7 rules, or regulations necessary to fulfill the purposes of

8 this Act.

9 (3) Recommendations on improving the accessibility and

10 effectiveness of disaster and emergency communication.

11 (4) Recommendations on comprehensive training for

12 first responders and other frontline workers when working

13 with persons with a disability during emergency situations

14 or disasters, as defined in Section 4 ~~of the Illinois~~

15 ~~Emergency Management Agency Act~~.

16 (5) Any additional recommendations regarding emergency

17 management and persons with a disability that the Advisory

18 Committee deems necessary.

19 (k) The annual report prepared and delivered under

20 subsection (j) shall be annually considered by the ~~Illinois~~

21 ~~Emergency Management~~ Agency when developing new State and

22 local emergency plans or updating existing State and local

23 emergency plans.

24 (l) The Advisory Committee is dissolved and this Section

25 is repealed on January 1, 2032.

26 (Source: P.A. 102-361, eff. 8-13-21; 102-671, eff. 11-30-21;

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1 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)

2 (20 ILCS 3305/24 new)

3 Sec. 24. Illinois Homeland Security Advisory Council

4 (IL-HSAC).

5 (a) The Illinois Homeland Security Advisory Council

6 (IL-HSAC) is hereby created.

7 (b) The IL-HSAC shall report directly to the Homeland

8 Security Advisor, who shall serve as the Chairperson.

9 (c) The Deputy Homeland Security Advisor shall serve as

10 Vice-Chair.

11 (d) The Homeland Security Advisor may appoint a Chair Pro

12 Tempore to oversee the daily operations and administrative

13 responsibilities of the IL-HSAC.

14 (e) The Homeland Security Advisor shall, with approval of

15 the Governor, modify the structure of the IL-HSAC as

16 appropriate and consistent with this Section.

17 (f) The IL-HSAC shall submit an annual report to the

18 Governor by March 1 of each year. The report shall detail the

19 activities, accomplishments, and recommendations of the

20 IL-HSAC in the preceding year.

21 (g) The Agency shall provide administrative support for

22 the IL-HSAC.

23 (h) Entities may be appointed to IL-HSAC with nomination

24 by the Homeland Security Advisor and approval by the Governor.

25 (i) The IL-HSAC shall have the following powers and

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1 duties:

2 (1) The IL-HSAC shall serve as the State Advisory

3 Committee with respect to funds received through the

4 federal Homeland Security Grant Program. In that capacity,

5 the IL-HSAC shall provide recommendations to the Homeland

6 Security Advisor on issues related to the application for

7 and use of all appropriate federal funding that relates to

8 preventing, protecting against, mitigating, responding to

9 and recovering from acts of terrorism and other threats.

10 (2) The IL-HSAC shall provide recommendations to the

11 Homeland Security Advisor on the following:

12 (A) appropriate training of local, regional, and

13 state officials to respond to terrorist incidents

14 involving conventional, chemical, biological and

15 nuclear weapons;

16 (B) applications for and use of all appropriate

17 State and other funds as may be appropriate and

18 available relating to homeland security;

19 (C) public safety preparedness and mutual aid to

20 include strategies and tactics to coordinate

21 multi-agency response to significant events, such as

22 acts of terrorism or natural disasters, where

23 coordination of local, State, and private resources is

24 necessary;

25 (D) coordination of public safety resources and

26 combating terrorism in Illinois; and

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1 (E) any changes needed in State statutes,

2 administrative rules, or in the Illinois Emergency

3 Operations Plan.

4 (20 ILCS 3305/25 new)

5 Sec. 25. Statewide Interoperability Coordinator.

6 (a) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator is hereby

7 created as a position within the Agency's Office of Homeland

8 Security.

9 (b) The duties and responsibilities of the Statewide

10 Interoperability Coordinator shall be as follows:

11 (1) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

12 serve as the central coordination point for the State's

13 communications interoperability and shall assist with

14 mediation between State and local agencies to achieve an

15 interoperable communications system.

16 (2) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

17 develop and disseminate best practices for public safety

18 communications interoperability.

19 (3) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

20 advise the Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy Director

21 of the Agency's Office of Homeland Security on public

22 safety communications interoperability.

23 (4) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

24 serve as a member of the Statewide Interoperability

25 Executive Committee or its successor entity and may act on

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1 behalf of the Statewide Interoperability Executive

2 Committee.

3 (5) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

4 recommend regulatory changes relating to public safety

5 communications and interoperability activities in

6 partnership with 9-1-1 administrators, operators of

7 statewide radio systems, emergency management

8 coordinators, and relevant State agencies.

9 (6) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

10 identify funding opportunities for planned

11 interoperability improvements and coordinate efforts to

12 provide funding.

13 (7) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

14 advise on the issuance of grants related to public safety

15 and for interoperability communication.

16 (8) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

17 engage stakeholders to coordinate the Statewide

18 Communications Interoperability Plan.

19 (9) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

20 represent the State in national, regional, and local

21 efforts to plan and implement changes needed to achieve

22 interoperability and continuity of communications for

23 emergency responders.

24 (10) The Statewide Interoperability Coordinator shall

25 develop and implement the strategic program for all public

26 safety communications and interoperability activities in

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