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State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1360 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 100/5-45.62 new20 ILCS 2615/1020 ILCS 3305/5 Amends the Illinois State Police Radio Act. In provisions about public safety radio interoperability, defines interoperability and includes legislative findings. Provides that the Illinois Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) shall oversee advisory boards in the governance, interoperability, and land mobile radio standards for Illinois' land mobile radio communications system and shall collaborate with the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator and the Homeland Security Advisory Council to strengthen Illinois' emergency communications ecosystem. Modifies the membership of the SIEC. Provides that the advisory boards of the SIEC shall include, but are not limited to, the Governance Advisory Board, the Statewide Interoperability Advisory Board, and the STARCOM21 Advisory Board. Removes references to the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee. Requires the SIEC to adopt bylaws for its effective operation, as well as that of its advisory boards, and allows the SIEC to appoint advisors from the public safety communications community to serve on its advisory boards at the pleasure of the SIEC. Requires the SIEC to establish, no later than July 1, 2026, standards necessary to ensure land mobile radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois; compliance with these standards shall be implemented as funding becomes available; planning, training, and evaluation standards necessary to enhance public safety communications operational readiness; and standards necessary for the unification of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide. Requires the SIEC to, no later than July 1, 2026, develop and recommend a plan to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, and interoperability statewide. Allows the Illinois State Police to use any money appropriated to it for the purpose promoting public safety radio interoperability if the use of the funds is consistent with any standards set forth by the SIEC and to adopt emergency rules or jointly adopt emergency rules with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to make conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 05139 RTM 15168 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1360 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 100/5-45.62 new20 ILCS 2615/1020 ILCS 3305/5 5 ILCS 100/5-45.62 new 20 ILCS 2615/10 20 ILCS 3305/5 Amends the Illinois State Police Radio Act. In provisions about public safety radio interoperability, defines interoperability and includes legislative findings. Provides that the Illinois Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) shall oversee advisory boards in the governance, interoperability, and land mobile radio standards for Illinois' land mobile radio communications system and shall collaborate with the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator and the Homeland Security Advisory Council to strengthen Illinois' emergency communications ecosystem. Modifies the membership of the SIEC. Provides that the advisory boards of the SIEC shall include, but are not limited to, the Governance Advisory Board, the Statewide Interoperability Advisory Board, and the STARCOM21 Advisory Board. Removes references to the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee. Requires the SIEC to adopt bylaws for its effective operation, as well as that of its advisory boards, and allows the SIEC to appoint advisors from the public safety communications community to serve on its advisory boards at the pleasure of the SIEC. Requires the SIEC to establish, no later than July 1, 2026, standards necessary to ensure land mobile radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois; compliance with these standards shall be implemented as funding becomes available; planning, training, and evaluation standards necessary to enhance public safety communications operational readiness; and standards necessary for the unification of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide. Requires the SIEC to, no later than July 1, 2026, develop and recommend a plan to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, and interoperability statewide. Allows the Illinois State Police to use any money appropriated to it for the purpose promoting public safety radio interoperability if the use of the funds is consistent with any standards set forth by the SIEC and to adopt emergency rules or jointly adopt emergency rules with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to make conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 05139 RTM 15168 b LRB104 05139 RTM 15168 b A BILL FOR
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State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1360 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois State Police Radio Act. In provisions about public safety radio interoperability, defines interoperability and includes legislative findings. Provides that the Illinois Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) shall oversee advisory boards in the governance, interoperability, and land mobile radio standards for Illinois' land mobile radio communications system and shall collaborate with the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator and the Homeland Security Advisory Council to strengthen Illinois' emergency communications ecosystem. Modifies the membership of the SIEC. Provides that the advisory boards of the SIEC shall include, but are not limited to, the Governance Advisory Board, the Statewide Interoperability Advisory Board, and the STARCOM21 Advisory Board. Removes references to the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee. Requires the SIEC to adopt bylaws for its effective operation, as well as that of its advisory boards, and allows the SIEC to appoint advisors from the public safety communications community to serve on its advisory boards at the pleasure of the SIEC. Requires the SIEC to establish, no later than July 1, 2026, standards necessary to ensure land mobile radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois; compliance with these standards shall be implemented as funding becomes available; planning, training, and evaluation standards necessary to enhance public safety communications operational readiness; and standards necessary for the unification of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide. Requires the SIEC to, no later than July 1, 2026, develop and recommend a plan to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, and interoperability statewide. Allows the Illinois State Police to use any money appropriated to it for the purpose promoting public safety radio interoperability if the use of the funds is consistent with any standards set forth by the SIEC and to adopt emergency rules or jointly adopt emergency rules with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to make conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025.
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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
5 amended by adding Section 5-45.62 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 100/5-45.62 new)
7 Sec. 5-45.62. Emergency rulemaking; public safety radio
8 interoperability grants. To provide for the expeditious and
9 timely implementation of the changes made by this amendatory
10 Act of the 104th General Assembly, emergency rules
11 implementing the changes made by this amendatory Act of the
12 104th General Assembly may be adopted in accordance with
13 Section 5-45 by the Illinois State Police and the Illinois
14 Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security.
15 The adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and
16 this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public
17 interest, safety, and welfare.
18 This Section is repealed one year after the effective date
19 of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.
20 Section 10. The Illinois State Police Radio Act is amended
21 by changing Section 10 as follows:
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1360 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois State Police Radio Act. In provisions about public safety radio interoperability, defines interoperability and includes legislative findings. Provides that the Illinois Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC) shall oversee advisory boards in the governance, interoperability, and land mobile radio standards for Illinois' land mobile radio communications system and shall collaborate with the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator and the Homeland Security Advisory Council to strengthen Illinois' emergency communications ecosystem. Modifies the membership of the SIEC. Provides that the advisory boards of the SIEC shall include, but are not limited to, the Governance Advisory Board, the Statewide Interoperability Advisory Board, and the STARCOM21 Advisory Board. Removes references to the STARCOM21 Oversight Committee. Requires the SIEC to adopt bylaws for its effective operation, as well as that of its advisory boards, and allows the SIEC to appoint advisors from the public safety communications community to serve on its advisory boards at the pleasure of the SIEC. Requires the SIEC to establish, no later than July 1, 2026, standards necessary to ensure land mobile radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois; compliance with these standards shall be implemented as funding becomes available; planning, training, and evaluation standards necessary to enhance public safety communications operational readiness; and standards necessary for the unification of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide. Requires the SIEC to, no later than July 1, 2026, develop and recommend a plan to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment, and interoperability statewide. Allows the Illinois State Police to use any money appropriated to it for the purpose promoting public safety radio interoperability if the use of the funds is consistent with any standards set forth by the SIEC and to adopt emergency rules or jointly adopt emergency rules with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act to make conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2025.
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1 (20 ILCS 2615/10)
2 Sec. 10. Public safety radio interoperability.
3 (a) The General Assembly finds that:
4 (1) Reliable, timely communications among public
5 safety responders and between public safety agencies and
6 citizens is critical to effectively protect public safety
7 in Illinois.
8 (2) Because of overlapping jurisdiction of public
9 safety agencies and convergent coverage of public safety
10 communications systems and networks, oversight regarding
11 the interoperability of Illinois' land mobile radio
12 communication systems is necessary and in the public
13 interest.
14 (b) In this Section, "interoperability" means the ability
15 of emergency response providers and relevant government
16 officials to communicate across jurisdictions, disciplines,
17 and levels of government as needed and as authorized.
18 (c) The Upon their establishment and thereafter, the
19 Director of the Illinois State Police, or his or her designee,
20 shall serve as the chairman of the Illinois Statewide
21 Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC). The SIEC shall
22 oversee advisory boards in the governance, interoperability,
23 and land mobile radio standards for Illinois' land mobile
24 radio communications system and shall collaborate with the
25 Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator and the Homeland
26 Security Advisory Council to strengthen Illinois' emergency
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1 communications ecosystem and as the chairman of the STARCOM21
2 Oversight Committee. The Director or his or her designee, as
3 chairman, may increase the size and makeup of the voting
4 membership of the SIEC each committee when deemed necessary
5 for improved public safety radio interoperability, but the
6 voting membership of each committee must represent public
7 safety users (police, fire, or EMS) and must, at a minimum,
8 include the Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, the
9 Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, the Director of the Secretary
10 of State Police or Director's designee, and at least one
11 representative from each of the following, appointed by the
12 Governor: an association representing Illinois fire chiefs, an
13 association representing Illinois fire protection districts,
14 the Office of the State Fire Marshal, an association
15 representing Illinois chiefs of police, an association
16 representing Illinois sheriffs, the Illinois State Police, the
17 Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland
18 Security, the Department of Public Health, the Department of
19 Innovation and Technology, and the Department of Military
20 Affairs representatives specified in this Section.
21 The advisory boards of the SIEC shall include, but are not
22 limited to, the Governance Advisory Board, which shall be
23 cochaired by the Statewide Interoperability Coordinator and
24 the Director of the Illinois State Police or the Director's
25 designee; the Statewide Interoperability Advisory Board, which
26 shall be chaired by the Statewide Interoperability
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1 Coordinator; and the STARCOM21 Advisory Board, which shall be
2 chaired by the Director of the Illinois State Police or the
3 Director's designee. The members of the advisory boards
4 STARCOM21 Oversight Committee must comprise public safety
5 users accessing the system and shall include the Statewide
6 Interoperability Coordinator. The members of the STARCOM21
7 Oversight Committee shall serve without compensation and may,
8 at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely. The SIEC
9 shall adopt bylaws for its effective operation, as well as
10 that of its advisory boards, and may appoint advisors from the
11 public safety communications community to serve on its
12 advisory boards at the pleasure of the SIEC. The Illinois
13 State Police shall provide administrative and other support to
14 the SIEC and its advisory boards STARCOM21 Oversight
15 Committee.
16 (d) The SIEC STARCOM21 Oversight Committee shall:
17 (1) no later than the July 1, 2026, establish:
18 (A) standards necessary to ensure land mobile
19 radio equipment interoperates throughout Illinois.
20 Compliance with these standards shall be implemented
21 as funding becomes available;
22 (B) planning, training, and evaluation standards
23 necessary to enhance public safety communications
24 operational readiness; and
25 (C) standards necessary for the unification of the
26 Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide
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1 review existing statutory law and make recommendations
2 for legislative changes to ensure efficient,
3 effective, reliable, and sustainable radio
4 interoperability statewide;
5 (2) no later than July 1, 2026, develop and recommend
6 a plan to sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio
7 equipment, and interoperability statewide make
8 recommendations concerning better integration of the
9 Integrated Public Alert and Warning System statewide; and
10 (3) annually review existing statutory law and make
11 recommendations for legislative changes to ensure
12 efficient, effective, reliable, and sustainable land
13 mobile radio interoperability statewide develop a plan to
14 sustainably fund radio infrastructure, radio equipment,
15 and interoperability statewide.
16 (e) The Illinois State Police, subject to the approval of
17 the SIEC, may use any money appropriated to it for the purpose
18 of promoting public safety radio interoperability if the use
19 of the funds is consistent with any standards set forth by the
20 SIEC. The Illinois State Police may, on its own or jointly with
21 the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
22 Homeland Security, adopt emergency rules under the Illinois
23 Administrative Procedure Act or any other rules necessary to
24 implement the provisions of this Section.
25 The SIEC shall have at a minimum one representative from
26 each of the following: the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association,
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1 the Rural Fire Protection Association, the Office of the State
2 Fire Marshal, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police,
3 the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, the Illinois State Police,
4 the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Department of
5 Public Health, and the Secretary of State Police (which
6 representative shall be the Director of the Secretary of State
7 Police or his or her designee).
8 (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23.)
9 Section 15. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act
10 is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
11 (20 ILCS 3305/5)
12 Sec. 5. Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
13 Homeland Security.
14 (a) There is created within the executive branch of the
15 State Government an Illinois Emergency Management Agency and a
16 Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, herein
17 called the "Director" who shall be the head thereof. The
18 Director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice
19 and consent of the Senate, and shall serve for a term of 2
20 years beginning on the third Monday in January of the
21 odd-numbered year, and until a successor is appointed and has
22 qualified; except that the term of the first Director
23 appointed under this Act shall expire on the third Monday in
24 January, 1989. The Director shall not hold any other
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1 remunerative public office. For terms beginning after January
2 18, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 100-1179) and
3 before January 16, 2023, the annual salary of the Director
4 shall be as provided in Section 5-300 of the Civil
5 Administrative Code of Illinois. Notwithstanding any other
6 provision of law, for terms beginning on or after January 16,
7 2023, the Director shall receive an annual salary of $180,000
8 or as set by the Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1,
9 2023, and on each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall
10 receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living
11 adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the
12 86th General Assembly.
13 For terms beginning on or after January 16, 2023, the
14 Assistant Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
15 shall receive an annual salary of $156,600 or as set by the
16 Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1, 2023, and on each
17 July 1 thereafter, the Assistant Director shall receive an
18 increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as
19 authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General
20 Assembly.
21 (b) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall obtain,
22 under the provisions of the Personnel Code, technical,
23 clerical, stenographic and other administrative personnel, and
24 may make expenditures within the appropriation therefor as may
25 be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. The agency
26 created by this Act is intended to be a successor to the agency
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1 created under the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster
2 Agency Act of 1975 and the personnel, equipment, records, and
3 appropriations of that agency are transferred to the successor
4 agency as of June 30, 1988 (the effective date of this Act).
5 (c) The Director, subject to the direction and control of
6 the Governor, shall be the executive head of the Illinois
7 Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Response
8 Commission and shall be responsible under the direction of the
9 Governor, for carrying out the program for emergency
10 management of this State. The Director shall also maintain
11 liaison and cooperate with the emergency management
12 organizations of this State and other states and of the
13 federal government.
14 (d) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall take an
15 integral part in the development and revision of political
16 subdivision emergency operations plans prepared under
17 paragraph (f) of Section 10. To this end it shall employ or
18 otherwise secure the services of professional and technical
19 personnel capable of providing expert assistance to the
20 emergency services and disaster agencies. These personnel
21 shall consult with emergency services and disaster agencies on
22 a regular basis and shall make field examinations of the
23 areas, circumstances, and conditions that particular political
24 subdivision emergency operations plans are intended to apply.
25 (e) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and political
26 subdivisions shall be encouraged to form an emergency
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1 management advisory committee composed of private and public
2 personnel representing the emergency management phases of
3 mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The Local
4 Emergency Planning Committee, as created under the Illinois
5 Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, shall
6 serve as an advisory committee to the emergency services and
7 disaster agency or agencies serving within the boundaries of
8 that Local Emergency Planning Committee planning district for:
9 (1) the development of emergency operations plan
10 provisions for hazardous chemical emergencies; and
11 (2) the assessment of emergency response capabilities
12 related to hazardous chemical emergencies.
13 (f) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall:
14 (1) Coordinate the overall emergency management
15 program of the State.
16 (2) Cooperate with local governments, the federal
17 government, and any public or private agency or entity in
18 achieving any purpose of this Act and in implementing
19 emergency management programs for mitigation,
20 preparedness, response, and recovery.
21 (2.5) Develop a comprehensive emergency preparedness
22 and response plan for any nuclear accident in accordance
23 with Section 65 of the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 and in
24 development of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness
25 program in accordance with Section 8 of the Illinois
26 Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.
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1 (2.6) Coordinate with the Department of Public Health
2 with respect to planning for and responding to public
3 health emergencies.
4 (3) Prepare, for issuance by the Governor, executive
5 orders, proclamations, and regulations as necessary or
6 appropriate in coping with disasters.
7 (4) Promulgate rules and requirements for political
8 subdivision emergency operations plans that are not
9 inconsistent with and are at least as stringent as
10 applicable federal laws and regulations.
11 (5) Review and approve, in accordance with Illinois
12 Emergency Management Agency rules, emergency operations
13 plans for those political subdivisions required to have an
14 emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to this
15 Act.
16 (5.5) Promulgate rules and requirements for the
17 political subdivision emergency management exercises,
18 including, but not limited to, exercises of the emergency
19 operations plans.
20 (5.10) Review, evaluate, and approve, in accordance
21 with Illinois Emergency Management Agency rules, political
22 subdivision emergency management exercises for those
23 political subdivisions required to have an emergency
24 services and disaster agency pursuant to this Act.
25 (6) Determine requirements of the State and its
26 political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other
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1 necessities in event of a disaster.
2 (7) Establish a register of persons with types of
3 emergency management training and skills in mitigation,
4 preparedness, response, and recovery.
5 (8) Establish a register of government and private
6 response resources available for use in a disaster.
7 (9) Expand the Earthquake Awareness Program and its
8 efforts to distribute earthquake preparedness materials to
9 schools, political subdivisions, community groups, civic
10 organizations, and the media. Emphasis will be placed on
11 those areas of the State most at risk from an earthquake.
12 Maintain the list of all school districts, hospitals,
13 airports, power plants, including nuclear power plants,
14 lakes, dams, emergency response facilities of all types,
15 and all other major public or private structures which are
16 at the greatest risk of damage from earthquakes under
17 circumstances where the damage would cause subsequent harm
18 to the surrounding communities and residents.
19 (10) Disseminate all information, completely and
20 without delay, on water levels for rivers and streams and
21 any other data pertaining to potential flooding supplied
22 by the Division of Water Resources within the Department
23 of Natural Resources to all political subdivisions to the
24 maximum extent possible.
25 (11) Develop agreements, if feasible, with medical
26 supply and equipment firms to supply resources as are
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1 necessary to respond to an earthquake or any other
2 disaster as defined in this Act. These resources will be
3 made available upon notifying the vendor of the disaster.
4 Payment for the resources will be in accordance with
5 Section 7 of this Act. The Illinois Department of Public
6 Health shall determine which resources will be required
7 and requested.
8 (11.5) In coordination with the Illinois State Police,
9 develop and implement a community outreach program to
10 promote awareness among the State's parents and children
11 of child abduction prevention and response.
12 (12) Out of funds appropriated for these purposes,
13 award capital and non-capital grants to Illinois hospitals
14 or health care facilities located outside of a city with a
15 population in excess of 1,000,000 to be used for purposes
16 that include, but are not limited to, preparing to respond
17 to mass casualties and disasters, maintaining and
18 improving patient safety and quality of care, and
19 protecting the confidentiality of patient information. No
20 single grant for a capital expenditure shall exceed
21 $300,000. No single grant for a non-capital expenditure
22 shall exceed $100,000. In awarding such grants, preference
23 shall be given to hospitals that serve a significant
24 number of Medicaid recipients, but do not qualify for
25 disproportionate share hospital adjustment payments under
26 the Illinois Public Aid Code. To receive such a grant, a
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1 hospital or health care facility must provide funding of
2 at least 50% of the cost of the project for which the grant
3 is being requested. In awarding such grants the Illinois
4 Emergency Management Agency shall consider the
5 recommendations of the Illinois Hospital Association.
6 (13) Do all other things necessary, incidental or
7 appropriate for the implementation of this Act.
8 (g) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized
9 to make grants to various higher education institutions,
10 public K-12 school districts, area vocational centers as
11 designated by the State Board of Education, inter-district
12 special education cooperatives, regional safe schools, and
13 nonpublic K-12 schools for safety and security improvements.
14 For the purpose of this subsection (g), "higher education
15 institution" means a public university, a public community
16 college, or an independent, not-for-profit or for-profit
17 higher education institution located in this State. Grants
18 made under this subsection (g) shall be paid out of moneys
19 appropriated for that purpose from the Build Illinois Bond
20 Fund. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall adopt
21 rules to implement this subsection (g). These rules may
22 specify: (i) the manner of applying for grants; (ii) project
23 eligibility requirements; (iii) restrictions on the use of
24 grant moneys; (iv) the manner in which the various higher
25 education institutions must account for the use of grant
26 moneys; and (v) any other provision that the Illinois
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1 Emergency Management Agency determines to be necessary or
2 useful for the administration of this subsection (g).
3 (g-5) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is
4 authorized to make grants to not-for-profit organizations
5 which are exempt from federal income taxation under section
6 501(c)(3) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code for eligible
7 security improvements that assist the organization in
8 preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks,
9 or acts of terrorism. To be eligible for a grant under the
10 program, the Agency must determine that the organization is at
11 a high risk of being subject to threats, attacks, or acts of
12 terrorism based on the organization's profile, ideology,
13 mission, or beliefs. Eligible security improvements shall
14 include all eligible preparedness activities under the federal
15 Nonprofit Security Grant Program, including, but not limited
16 to, physical security upgrades, security training exercises,
17 preparedness training exercises, contracting with security
18 personnel, and any other security upgrades deemed eligible by
19 the Director. Eligible security improvements shall not
20 duplicate, in part or in whole, a project included under any
21 awarded federal grant or in a pending federal application. The
22 Director shall establish procedures and forms by which
23 applicants may apply for a grant and procedures for
24 distributing grants to recipients. Any security improvements
25 awarded shall remain at the physical property listed in the
26 grant application, unless authorized by Agency rule or
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1 approved by the Agency in writing. The procedures shall
2 require each applicant to do the following:
3 (1) identify and substantiate prior or current
4 threats, attacks, or acts of terrorism against the
5 not-for-profit organization;
6 (2) indicate the symbolic or strategic value of one or
7 more sites that renders the site a possible target of a
8 threat, attack, or act of terrorism;
9 (3) discuss potential consequences to the organization
10 if the site is damaged, destroyed, or disrupted by a
11 threat, attack, or act of terrorism;
12 (4) describe how the grant will be used to integrate
13 organizational preparedness with broader State and local
14 preparedness efforts, as described by the Agency in each
15 Notice of Opportunity for Funding;
16 (5) submit (i) a vulnerability assessment conducted by
17 experienced security, law enforcement, or military
18 personnel, or conducted using an Agency-approved or
19 federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program self-assessment
20 tool, and (ii) a description of how the grant award will be
21 used to address the vulnerabilities identified in the
22 assessment; and
23 (6) submit any other relevant information as may be
24 required by the Director.
25 The Agency is authorized to use funds appropriated for the
26 grant program described in this subsection (g-5) to administer
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1 the program. Any Agency Notice of Opportunity for Funding,
2 proposed or final rulemaking, guidance, training opportunity,
3 or other resource related to the grant program must be
4 published on the Agency's publicly available website, and any
5 announcements related to funding shall be shared with all
6 State legislative offices, the Governor's office, emergency
7 services and disaster agencies mandated or required pursuant
8 to subsections (b) through (d) of Section 10, and any other
9 State agencies as determined by the Agency. Subject to
10 appropriation, the grant application period shall be open for
11 no less than 45 calendar days during the first application
12 cycle each fiscal year, unless the Agency determines that a
13 shorter period is necessary to avoid conflicts with the annual
14 federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding cycle.
15 Additional application cycles may be conducted during the same
16 fiscal year, subject to availability of funds. Upon request,
17 Agency staff shall provide reasonable assistance to any
18 applicant in completing a grant application or meeting a
19 post-award requirement.
20 In addition to any advance payment rules or procedures
21 adopted by the Agency, the Agency shall adopt rules or
22 procedures by which grantees under this subsection (g-5) may
23 receive a working capital advance of initial start-up costs
24 and up to 2 months of program expenses, not to exceed 25% of
25 the total award amount, if, during the application process,
26 the grantee demonstrates a need for funds to commence a
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1 project. The remaining funds must be paid through
2 reimbursement after the grantee presents sufficient supporting
3 documentation of expenditures for eligible activities.
4 (h) Except as provided in Section 17.5 of this Act, any
5 moneys received by the Agency from donations or sponsorships
6 unrelated to a disaster shall be deposited in the Emergency
7 Planning and Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to
8 appropriation, to effectuate planning and training activities.
9 Any moneys received by the Agency from donations during a
10 disaster and intended for disaster response or recovery shall
11 be deposited into the Disaster Response and Recovery Fund and
12 used for disaster response and recovery pursuant to the
13 Disaster Relief Act.
14 (i) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may by rule
15 assess and collect reasonable fees for attendance at
16 Agency-sponsored conferences to enable the Agency to carry out
17 the requirements of this Act. Any moneys received under this
18 subsection shall be deposited in the Emergency Planning and
19 Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to
20 appropriation, for planning and training activities.
21 (j) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
22 Homeland Security is authorized to make grants to other State
23 agencies, public universities, units of local government, and
24 statewide mutual aid organizations to enhance statewide
25 emergency preparedness and response.
26 (k) Subject to appropriation from the Emergency Planning
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1 and Training Fund, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
2 and Office of Homeland Security shall obtain training services
3 and support for local emergency services and support for local
4 emergency services and disaster agencies for training,
5 exercises, and equipment related to carbon dioxide pipelines
6 and sequestration, and, subject to the availability of
7 funding, shall provide $5,000 per year to the Illinois Fire
8 Service Institute for first responder training required under
9 Section 4-615 of the Public Utilities Act. Amounts in the
10 Emergency Planning and Training Fund will be used by the
11 Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland
12 Security for administrative costs incurred in carrying out the
13 requirements of this subsection. To carry out the purposes of
14 this subsection, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
15 Office of Homeland Security may accept moneys from all
16 authorized sources into the Emergency Planning and Training
17 Fund, including, but not limited to, transfers from the Carbon
18 Dioxide Sequestration Administrative Fund and the Public
19 Utility Fund.
20 (l) (k) The Agency shall do all other things necessary,
21 incidental, or appropriate for the implementation of this Act,
22 including the adoption of rules in accordance with the
23 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
24 The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
25 Homeland Security may make grants for the purpose of promoting
26 public safety radio interoperability if the use of the funds
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1 is consistent with standards set forth by the Illinois
2 Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee under Section
3 10 of the Illinois State Police Radio Act and may adopt such
4 rules as necessary to implement these grants. In awarding
5 grants for the purpose of promoting public safety radio
6 interoperability, priority shall be given first to public
7 safety agencies with jurisdiction in areas without land mobile
8 radio communication interoperability.
9 (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
10 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23; 103-418, eff.
11 1-1-24; 103-588, eff. 1-1-25; 103-651, eff. 7-18-24; 103-999,
12 eff. 1-1-25; revised 11-26-24.)
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