Bill Amendment: IL SB3240 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: IEMA-OHS

Status: 2024-05-24 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments [SB3240 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3240-Senate_Amendment_002.html

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Sen. Mike Porfirio

Filed: 4/18/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3240
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3240, AS AMENDED,
by inserting at the end of the bill the following:
"Section 15. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by
adding Section 29.1 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1805/29.1 new)
Sec. 29.1. Creation of Illinois Cyber Auxiliary Force.
(a) The Governor may organize and maintain within this
State, on a reserve basis, a volunteer civilian cybersecurity
auxiliary force, known as the Illinois Cyber Auxiliary Force
(ICAF), that is capable of being expanded and trained to
educate and protect from cyber incidents State, county, and
local government entities and critical infrastructure,
including election systems, businesses, and the citizens of
this State. In the case of a disaster proclaimed by the
Governor, or caused by illicit actors or imminent danger, the

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Governor, as Commander-in-Chief, shall expand the ICAF as the
exigency of the occasion requires.
(b) The ICAF shall be operated as an interagency effort
between the Illinois Department of Military Affairs (IDMA),
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS), and the Department of Innovation
and Technology (DoIT).
(1) IEMA-OHS shall have oversight of the entire
program and act as the lead agency for the ICAF for mission
and project development. The Homeland Security Advisor
shall be the final approval for ICAF missions. IEMA-OHS
shall be responsible for the evaluation and exercising of
the ICAF.
(2) DoIT shall evaluate threats and recommend missions
to the Homeland Security Advisor. DoIT shall develop
standards and training for ICAF members, while ensuring
their training and credentials meet mission requirements.
DoIT cyber navigators may provide liaison support to the
ICAF.
(3) IDMA shall focus on recruiting, manning, and
mission assignments. IDMA shall provide key sustainment
requirements, such as pay and reimbursement for missions
utilizing existing State Active Duty systems and
processes. The Adjutant General, in cooperation with the
Homeland Security Advisor, shall request activation of
ICAF for cyber incident response. IDMA shall stock and

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issue uniform articles as required.
(c) Appropriate training shall be provided to current and
potential members of the ICAF. While performing training and
other volunteer duties such as public engagement, current and
potential auxiliary members shall serve in an unpaid volunteer
status.
(d) The ICAF shall use funds appropriated by the General
Assembly for the actual and necessary expenses incurred by the
ICAF for administration, training, and deployment of the ICAF,
at the discretion of the Director of IEMA-OHS or the
Director's designee. Expenses for administration, training,
and deployment may include, but are not limited to, permanent
or temporary State employees or contractual internal or
external administrative staff, travel and subsistence
expenses, the purchase or rental of equipment and hardware,
and local operational support.
(e) The Director of IEMA-OHS shall adopt rules consistent
with the provisions of law governing the membership,
organization, administration, equipment, and maintenance of
the ICAF.
(f) ICAF members may not be called or ordered into the
military service of the United States.
(g) No person shall be accepted into the ICAF who is not a
United States national or a lawful permanent resident.
Applicants shall be subject to an appropriate background
check, in accordance with rules adopted by the Director of

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