Bill Text: IL SB0144 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a school board shall make school buildings available for use as civil defense shelters for all persons; cooperate with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local organizations for civil defense, disaster relief organizations, and federal agencies concerned with civil defense relative thereto; cooperate with these agencies and organizations in the use of other resources, equipment, and facilities; and cooperate with these agencies and organizations in the construction of new buildings to the end that the buildings be so designed that shelter facilities may be provided. Requires (instead of allows) a board of trustees of a community college district to make the buildings of the college available for emergency purposes, upon the request of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency or the State-accredited emergency management agency with jurisdiction, and to cooperate in all matters with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local emergency management agencies, State-certified, local public health departments, the American Red Cross, and federal agencies concerned with emergency preparedness and response; provides that the request may also be made by the American Red Cross. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0144 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB0144-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB0144 Introduced 1/30/2009, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-22.35 from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.35
110 ILCS 805/3-29.4 new
110 ILCS 805/3-35 rep.
Amends the School Code and the Public Community College Act. Provides that a school board shall make school buildings available for use as civil defense shelters for all persons; cooperate with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local organizations for civil defense, disaster relief organizations, and federal agencies concerned with civil defense relative thereto; cooperate with these agencies and organizations in the use of other resources, equipment, and facilities; and cooperate with these agencies and organizations in the construction of new buildings to the end that the buildings be so designed that shelter facilities may be provided. Requires (instead of allows) a board of trustees of a community college district to make the buildings of the college available for emergency purposes, upon the request of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency or the State-accredited emergency management agency with jurisdiction, and to cooperate in all matters with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local emergency management agencies, State-certified, local public health departments, the American Red Cross, and federal agencies concerned with emergency preparedness and response; provides that the request may also be made by the American Red Cross. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
10-22.35 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-22.35) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.35)
Sec. 10-22.35. Civil defense shelters. A school board shall
To make school buildings available for use as civil defense
shelters for all persons; to cooperate with the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency, local organizations for civil
defense, disaster relief organizations, including the American
Red Cross, and federal agencies concerned with civil defense
relative thereto, including, but not limited to, making space
available for the stocking of shelters with food and other
provisions; and to cooperate with such agencies and
organizations in the use of other resources, equipment, and
facilities; , and to cooperate with such agencies and
organizations in the construction of new buildings to the end
that the buildings be so designed that shelter facilities may
be provided.
(Source: P.A. 93-390, eff. 7-25-03.)
Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by

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adding Section 3-29.4 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/3-29.4 new)
Sec. 3-29.4. Buildings available for emergency purposes.
The board shall make the buildings of the college available for
emergency purposes, upon the request of the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency, the State-accredited emergency management
agency with jurisdiction, or the American Red Cross, and
cooperate in all matters with the Illinois Emergency Management
Agency, local emergency management agencies, State-certified,
local public health departments, the American Red Cross, and
federal agencies concerned with emergency preparedness and
response.
(110 ILCS 805/3-35 rep.)
Section 15. The Public Community College Act is amended by
repealing Section 3-35.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.