103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4235

 

Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Charles Meier

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3305/17.2 new

    Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency must adopt amendments to its rules governing the administration of the Emergency Management Performance Grant program to ensure that every county emergency services and disaster agency in the State receives a base allotment of no less than $25,000 per fiscal year, with the remaining allocation of funds to be distributed to county emergency services and disaster agencies as deemed appropriate by the Director of the Agency. Provides that, in distributing the remaining allocation of funds, the Director shall consider, among other things, any limitation on a county's tax base, the increased costs of accreditation requirements for smaller agencies, and the increase in the number of disasters that affect smaller counties in the State. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is
5amended by adding Section 17.2 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3305/17.2 new)
7    Sec. 17.2. Minimal county allocation; Emergency Management
8Performance Grant Program. Notwithstanding any other provision
9of law, the Agency must adopt amendments to its rules
10governing the administration of the Emergency Management
11Performance Grant program to ensure that every county
12emergency services and disaster agency in the State receives a
13base allotment of no less than $25,000 per fiscal year, with
14the remaining allocation of funds to be distributed to county
15emergency services and disaster agencies as deemed appropriate
16by the Director. In distributing the remaining allocation of
17funds, the Director shall consider, among other things, any
18limitation on a county's tax base, the increased costs of
19accreditation requirements for smaller agencies, and the
20increase in the number of disasters that affect smaller
21counties in the State.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.