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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3556 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 20 ILCS 3305/5 | from Ch. 127, par. 1055 |
| Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security may make grants to small businesses for eligible security improvements that assist the small business in preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism. Sets forth requirements concerning eligibility, application, and Agency procedures. Defines "small business". Effective immediately. |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is |
5 | | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | | (20 ILCS 3305/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1055) |
7 | | Sec. 5. Illinois Emergency Management Agency. |
8 | | (a) There is created within the executive branch of the |
9 | | State Government an Illinois Emergency Management Agency and a |
10 | | Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, herein |
11 | | called the "Director" who shall be the head thereof. The |
12 | | Director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice |
13 | | and consent of the Senate, and shall serve for a term of 2 |
14 | | years beginning on the third Monday in January of the |
15 | | odd-numbered year, and until a successor is appointed and has |
16 | | qualified; except that the term of the first Director |
17 | | appointed under this Act shall expire on the third Monday in |
18 | | January, 1989. The Director shall not hold any other |
19 | | remunerative public office. For terms beginning after January |
20 | | 18, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 100-1179) and |
21 | | before January 16, 2023, the annual salary of the Director |
22 | | shall be as provided in Section 5-300 of the Civil |
23 | | Administrative Code of Illinois. Notwithstanding any other |
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1 | | provision of law, for terms beginning on or after January 16, |
2 | | 2023, the Director shall receive an annual salary of $180,000 |
3 | | or as set by the Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1, |
4 | | 2023, and on each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall |
5 | | receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living |
6 | | adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the |
7 | | 86th General Assembly. |
8 | | For terms beginning on or after January 16, 2023, the |
9 | | Assistant Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency |
10 | | shall receive an annual salary of $156,600 or as set by the |
11 | | Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1, 2023, and on each |
12 | | July 1 thereafter, the Assistant Director shall receive an |
13 | | increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as |
14 | | authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General |
15 | | Assembly. |
16 | | (b) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall obtain, |
17 | | under the provisions of the Personnel Code, technical, |
18 | | clerical, stenographic and other administrative personnel, and |
19 | | may make expenditures within the appropriation therefor as may |
20 | | be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. The agency |
21 | | created by this Act is intended to be a successor to the agency |
22 | | created under the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster |
23 | | Agency Act of 1975 and the personnel, equipment, records, and |
24 | | appropriations of that agency are transferred to the successor |
25 | | agency as of June 30, 1988 (the effective date of this Act). |
26 | | (c) The Director, subject to the direction and control of |
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1 | | the Governor, shall be the executive head of the Illinois |
2 | | Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Response |
3 | | Commission and shall be responsible under the direction of the |
4 | | Governor, for carrying out the program for emergency |
5 | | management of this State. The Director shall also maintain |
6 | | liaison and cooperate with the emergency management |
7 | | organizations of this State and other states and of the |
8 | | federal government. |
9 | | (d) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall take an |
10 | | integral part in the development and revision of political |
11 | | subdivision emergency operations plans prepared under |
12 | | paragraph (f) of Section 10. To this end it shall employ or |
13 | | otherwise secure the services of professional and technical |
14 | | personnel capable of providing expert assistance to the |
15 | | emergency services and disaster agencies. These personnel |
16 | | shall consult with emergency services and disaster agencies on |
17 | | a regular basis and shall make field examinations of the |
18 | | areas, circumstances, and conditions that particular political |
19 | | subdivision emergency operations plans are intended to apply. |
20 | | (e) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and political |
21 | | subdivisions shall be encouraged to form an emergency |
22 | | management advisory committee composed of private and public |
23 | | personnel representing the emergency management phases of |
24 | | mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The Local |
25 | | Emergency Planning Committee, as created under the Illinois |
26 | | Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, shall |
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1 | | serve as an advisory committee to the emergency services and |
2 | | disaster agency or agencies serving within the boundaries of |
3 | | that Local Emergency Planning Committee planning district for: |
4 | | (1) the development of emergency operations plan |
5 | | provisions for hazardous chemical emergencies; and |
6 | | (2) the assessment of emergency response capabilities |
7 | | related to hazardous chemical emergencies. |
8 | | (f) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall: |
9 | | (1) Coordinate the overall emergency management |
10 | | program of the State. |
11 | | (2) Cooperate with local governments, the federal |
12 | | government, and any public or private agency or entity in |
13 | | achieving any purpose of this Act and in implementing |
14 | | emergency management programs for mitigation, |
15 | | preparedness, response, and recovery. |
16 | | (2.5) Develop a comprehensive emergency preparedness |
17 | | and response plan for any nuclear accident in accordance |
18 | | with Section 65 of the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 and in |
19 | | development of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness |
20 | | program in accordance with Section 8 of the Illinois |
21 | | Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act. |
22 | | (2.6) Coordinate with the Department of Public Health |
23 | | with respect to planning for and responding to public |
24 | | health emergencies. |
25 | | (3) Prepare, for issuance by the Governor, executive |
26 | | orders, proclamations, and regulations as necessary or |
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1 | | appropriate in coping with disasters. |
2 | | (4) Promulgate rules and requirements for political |
3 | | subdivision emergency operations plans that are not |
4 | | inconsistent with and are at least as stringent as |
5 | | applicable federal laws and regulations. |
6 | | (5) Review and approve, in accordance with Illinois |
7 | | Emergency Management Agency rules, emergency operations |
8 | | plans for those political subdivisions required to have an |
9 | | emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to this |
10 | | Act. |
11 | | (5.5) Promulgate rules and requirements for the |
12 | | political subdivision emergency management exercises, |
13 | | including, but not limited to, exercises of the emergency |
14 | | operations plans. |
15 | | (5.10) Review, evaluate, and approve, in accordance |
16 | | with Illinois Emergency Management Agency rules, political |
17 | | subdivision emergency management exercises for those |
18 | | political subdivisions required to have an emergency |
19 | | services and disaster agency pursuant to this Act. |
20 | | (6) Determine requirements of the State and its |
21 | | political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other |
22 | | necessities in event of a disaster. |
23 | | (7) Establish a register of persons with types of |
24 | | emergency management training and skills in mitigation, |
25 | | preparedness, response, and recovery. |
26 | | (8) Establish a register of government and private |
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1 | | response resources available for use in a disaster. |
2 | | (9) Expand the Earthquake Awareness Program and its |
3 | | efforts to distribute earthquake preparedness materials to |
4 | | schools, political subdivisions, community groups, civic |
5 | | organizations, and the media. Emphasis will be placed on |
6 | | those areas of the State most at risk from an earthquake. |
7 | | Maintain the list of all school districts, hospitals, |
8 | | airports, power plants, including nuclear power plants, |
9 | | lakes, dams, emergency response facilities of all types, |
10 | | and all other major public or private structures which are |
11 | | at the greatest risk of damage from earthquakes under |
12 | | circumstances where the damage would cause subsequent harm |
13 | | to the surrounding communities and residents. |
14 | | (10) Disseminate all information, completely and |
15 | | without delay, on water levels for rivers and streams and |
16 | | any other data pertaining to potential flooding supplied |
17 | | by the Division of Water Resources within the Department |
18 | | of Natural Resources to all political subdivisions to the |
19 | | maximum extent possible. |
20 | | (11) Develop agreements, if feasible, with medical |
21 | | supply and equipment firms to supply resources as are |
22 | | necessary to respond to an earthquake or any other |
23 | | disaster as defined in this Act. These resources will be |
24 | | made available upon notifying the vendor of the disaster. |
25 | | Payment for the resources will be in accordance with |
26 | | Section 7 of this Act. The Illinois Department of Public |
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1 | | Health shall determine which resources will be required |
2 | | and requested. |
3 | | (11.5) In coordination with the Illinois State Police, |
4 | | develop and implement a community outreach program to |
5 | | promote awareness among the State's parents and children |
6 | | of child abduction prevention and response. |
7 | | (12) Out of funds appropriated for these purposes, |
8 | | award capital and non-capital grants to Illinois hospitals |
9 | | or health care facilities located outside of a city with a |
10 | | population in excess of 1,000,000 to be used for purposes |
11 | | that include, but are not limited to, preparing to respond |
12 | | to mass casualties and disasters, maintaining and |
13 | | improving patient safety and quality of care, and |
14 | | protecting the confidentiality of patient information. No |
15 | | single grant for a capital expenditure shall exceed |
16 | | $300,000. No single grant for a non-capital expenditure |
17 | | shall exceed $100,000. In awarding such grants, preference |
18 | | shall be given to hospitals that serve a significant |
19 | | number of Medicaid recipients, but do not qualify for |
20 | | disproportionate share hospital adjustment payments under |
21 | | the Illinois Public Aid Code. To receive such a grant, a |
22 | | hospital or health care facility must provide funding of |
23 | | at least 50% of the cost of the project for which the grant |
24 | | is being requested. In awarding such grants the Illinois |
25 | | Emergency Management Agency shall consider the |
26 | | recommendations of the Illinois Hospital Association. |
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1 | | (13) Do all other things necessary, incidental or |
2 | | appropriate for the implementation of this Act. |
3 | | (g) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized |
4 | | to make grants to various higher education institutions, |
5 | | public K-12 school districts, area vocational centers as |
6 | | designated by the State Board of Education, inter-district |
7 | | special education cooperatives, regional safe schools, and |
8 | | nonpublic K-12 schools for safety and security improvements. |
9 | | For the purpose of this subsection (g), "higher education |
10 | | institution" means a public university, a public community |
11 | | college, or an independent, not-for-profit or for-profit |
12 | | higher education institution located in this State. Grants |
13 | | made under this subsection (g) shall be paid out of moneys |
14 | | appropriated for that purpose from the Build Illinois Bond |
15 | | Fund. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall adopt |
16 | | rules to implement this subsection (g). These rules may |
17 | | specify: (i) the manner of applying for grants; (ii) project |
18 | | eligibility requirements; (iii) restrictions on the use of |
19 | | grant moneys; (iv) the manner in which the various higher |
20 | | education institutions must account for the use of grant |
21 | | moneys; and (v) any other provision that the Illinois |
22 | | Emergency Management Agency determines to be necessary or |
23 | | useful for the administration of this subsection (g). |
24 | | (g-5) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is |
25 | | authorized to make grants to not-for-profit organizations |
26 | | which are exempt from federal income taxation under section |
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1 | | 501(c)(3) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code for eligible |
2 | | security improvements that assist the organization in |
3 | | preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks, |
4 | | or acts of terrorism. To be eligible for a grant under the |
5 | | program, the Agency must determine that the organization is at |
6 | | a high risk of being subject to threats, attacks, or acts of |
7 | | terrorism based on the organization's profile, ideology, |
8 | | mission, or beliefs. Eligible security improvements shall |
9 | | include all eligible preparedness activities under the federal |
10 | | Nonprofit Security Grant Program, including, but not limited |
11 | | to, physical security upgrades, security training exercises, |
12 | | preparedness training exercises, contracting with security |
13 | | personnel, and any other security upgrades deemed eligible by |
14 | | the Director. Eligible security improvements shall not |
15 | | duplicate, in part or in whole, a project included under any |
16 | | awarded federal grant or in a pending federal application. The |
17 | | Director shall establish procedures and forms by which |
18 | | applicants may apply for a grant and procedures for |
19 | | distributing grants to recipients. Any security improvements |
20 | | awarded shall remain at the physical property listed in the |
21 | | grant application, unless authorized by Agency rule or |
22 | | approved by the Agency in writing. The procedures shall |
23 | | require each applicant to do the following: |
24 | | (1) identify and substantiate prior or current |
25 | | threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism against the |
26 | | not-for-profit organization; |
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1 | | (2) indicate the symbolic or strategic value of one or |
2 | | more sites that renders the site a possible target of a |
3 | | threat, attack, or act of terrorism; |
4 | | (3) discuss potential consequences to the organization |
5 | | if the site is damaged, destroyed, or disrupted by a |
6 | | threat, attack, or act of terrorism; |
7 | | (4) describe how the grant will be used to integrate |
8 | | organizational preparedness with broader State and local |
9 | | preparedness efforts, as described by the Agency in each |
10 | | Notice of Opportunity for Funding; |
11 | | (5) submit (i) a vulnerability assessment conducted by |
12 | | experienced security, law enforcement, or military |
13 | | personnel, or conducted using an Agency-approved or |
14 | | federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program self-assessment |
15 | | tool, and (ii) a description of how the grant award will be |
16 | | used to address the vulnerabilities identified in the |
17 | | assessment; and |
18 | | (6) submit any other relevant information as may be |
19 | | required by the Director. |
20 | | The Agency is authorized to use funds appropriated for the |
21 | | grant program described in this subsection (g-5) to administer |
22 | | the program. Any Agency Notice of Opportunity for Funding, |
23 | | proposed or final rulemaking, guidance, training opportunity, |
24 | | or other resource related to the grant program must be |
25 | | published on the Agency's publicly available website, and any |
26 | | announcements related to funding shall be shared with all |
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1 | | State legislative offices, the Governor's office, emergency |
2 | | services and disaster agencies mandated or required pursuant |
3 | | to subsections (b) through (d) of Section 10, and any other |
4 | | State agencies as determined by the Agency. Subject to |
5 | | appropriation, the grant application period shall be open for |
6 | | no less than 45 calendar days during the first application |
7 | | cycle each fiscal year, unless the Agency determines that a |
8 | | shorter period is necessary to avoid conflicts with the annual |
9 | | federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding cycle. |
10 | | Additional application cycles may be conducted during the same |
11 | | fiscal year, subject to availability of funds. Upon request, |
12 | | Agency staff shall provide reasonable assistance to any |
13 | | applicant in completing a grant application or meeting a |
14 | | post-award requirement. |
15 | | (g-10) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office |
16 | | of Homeland Security may make grants to small businesses for |
17 | | eligible security improvements that assist the small business |
18 | | in preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, |
19 | | attacks, or acts of terrorism. To be eligible for a grant under |
20 | | the program, the Agency must determine that the small business |
21 | | is at a high risk of being subject to threats, attacks, or acts |
22 | | of terrorism based on the small business' profile, ideology, |
23 | | mission, or beliefs. Eligible security improvements shall |
24 | | include, but shall not be limited to, physical security |
25 | | upgrades, security training exercises, preparedness training |
26 | | exercises, contracting with security personnel, and any other |
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1 | | security upgrades deemed eligible by the Director. The |
2 | | Director shall establish procedures and forms by which |
3 | | applicants may apply for a grant and procedures for |
4 | | distributing grants to recipients. Any security improvements |
5 | | awarded shall remain at the physical property listed in the |
6 | | grant application, unless authorized by Agency rule or |
7 | | approved by the Agency in writing. The procedures shall |
8 | | require each applicant to do the following: |
9 | | (1) identify and substantiate prior or current |
10 | | threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism against the small |
11 | | business; |
12 | | (2) indicate the symbolic or strategic value of one or |
13 | | more sites that renders the site a possible target of a |
14 | | threat, attack, or act of terrorism; |
15 | | (3) discuss potential consequences to the small |
16 | | business if the site is damaged, destroyed, or disrupted |
17 | | by a threat, attack, or act of terrorism; |
18 | | (4) describe how the grant will be used to integrate |
19 | | small business preparedness with broader State and local |
20 | | preparedness efforts, as described by the Agency in each |
21 | | Notice of Opportunity for Funding; |
22 | | (5) submit (i) a vulnerability assessment conducted by |
23 | | experienced security, law enforcement, or military |
24 | | personnel, or conducted using an Agency-approved, and (ii) |
25 | | a description of how the grant award will be used to |
26 | | address the vulnerabilities identified in the assessment; |
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1 | | and |
2 | | (6) submit any other relevant information as may be |
3 | | required by the Director. |
4 | | The Agency may use funds appropriated for the grant |
5 | | program described in this subsection to administer the |
6 | | program. Any Agency notice of opportunity for funding, |
7 | | proposed or final rulemaking, guidance, training opportunity, |
8 | | or other resource related to the grant program must be |
9 | | published on the Agency's publicly available website, and any |
10 | | announcements related to funding shall be shared with all |
11 | | State legislative offices, the Governor's Office, emergency |
12 | | services and disaster agencies mandated or required pursuant |
13 | | to subsections (b) through (d) of Section 10, and any other |
14 | | State agencies as determined by the Agency. Subject to |
15 | | appropriation, the grant application period shall be open for |
16 | | no less than 45 calendar days during the first application |
17 | | cycle each fiscal year. Additional application cycles may be |
18 | | conducted during the same fiscal year, subject to availability |
19 | | of funds. Upon request, Agency staff shall provide reasonable |
20 | | assistance to any applicant in completing a grant application |
21 | | or meeting a post-award requirement. |
22 | | As used in this subsection, "small business" means a |
23 | | corporation or a concern, including its affiliates, that is |
24 | | independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, |
25 | | and employs fewer than 50 full-time employees or has gross |
26 | | annual sales of less than $4,000,000. |
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1 | | (h) Except as provided in Section 17.5 of this Act, any |
2 | | moneys received by the Agency from donations or sponsorships |
3 | | unrelated to a disaster shall be deposited in the Emergency |
4 | | Planning and Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to |
5 | | appropriation, to effectuate planning and training activities. |
6 | | Any moneys received by the Agency from donations during a |
7 | | disaster and intended for disaster response or recovery shall |
8 | | be deposited into the Disaster Response and Recovery Fund and |
9 | | used for disaster response and recovery pursuant to the |
10 | | Disaster Relief Act. |
11 | | (i) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may by rule |
12 | | assess and collect reasonable fees for attendance at |
13 | | Agency-sponsored conferences to enable the Agency to carry out |
14 | | the requirements of this Act. Any moneys received under this |
15 | | subsection shall be deposited in the Emergency Planning and |
16 | | Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to |
17 | | appropriation, for planning and training activities. |
18 | | (j) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized |
19 | | to make grants to other State agencies, public universities, |
20 | | units of local government, and statewide mutual aid |
21 | | organizations to enhance statewide emergency preparedness and |
22 | | response. |
23 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; |
24 | | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23; 103-418, eff. |
25 | | 1-1-24 .)
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26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |