Bill Text: IL SB2478 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning testing of disaster warning devices.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB2478 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2478-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2478 Introduced 2/9/2016, by Sen. Melinda Bush SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3305/12 from Ch. 127, par. 1062
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning testing of disaster warning devices.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is
amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3305/12) (from Ch. 127, par. 1062)
Sec. 12. Testing of Disaster Warning Devices. The The
testing of disaster warning devices including outdoor warning
sirens shall be held only on the first Tuesday of each month at
10 o'clock in the morning or during exercises that are
specifically and expressly approved in advance by the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency.
(Source: P.A. 92-73, eff. 1-1-02.)