Bill Text: IL SB3269 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the First Informer Broadcasters Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency may by rule establish protocols to facilitate first informer access to affected areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3269 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB3269-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The First Informer Broadcasters Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (430 ILCS 170/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. First informer broadcasters; training and | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | certification. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Any Statewide organization, or any member of a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Statewide organization, that represents broadcasters, cable | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | television communications, or any other provider that uses | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | emerging technologies may establish a program for training and | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | certifying broadcast engineers and technical personnel as | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | first informer broadcasters. Each program established pursuant | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | to this subsection must:
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16 | (i) be consistent with federal law and guidelines; | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (ii) provide training and education concerning | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | restoring, repairing and resupplying any facilities and | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | equipment of a broadcaster in an area affected by an | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | emergency or disaster; and | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (iii) provide training and education concerning the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | personal safety of a first informer broadcaster in an area | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | affected by an emergency or disaster. |
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1 | (b) To the extent practicable and consistent with not | ||||||
2 | endangering public safety or inhibiting recovery efforts, | ||||||
3 | State and local governmental agencies shall allow a first | ||||||
4 | informer broadcaster access to an area affected by an emergency | ||||||
5 | or disaster for the purpose of restoring, repairing, or | ||||||
6 | resupplying any facility or equipment critical to the ability | ||||||
7 | of a broadcaster to acquire, produce, and transmit essential | ||||||
8 | emergency or disaster-related public information programming, | ||||||
9 | including, without limitation, repairing and maintaining | ||||||
10 | transmitters and generators, and transporting fuel for | ||||||
11 | generators.
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12 | (c) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may by rule | ||||||
13 | establish protocols to facilitate first informer access to | ||||||
14 | affected areas under this Section. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 97-1155, eff. 1-25-13.)
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