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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 860

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 860 on page 2,  in
 3    line 22, by replacing "or" with "or"; and

 4    on  page  2,  in  line 23, after "action", by inserting ", or
 5    acts of domestic terrorism"; and

 6    on page 7, by inserting after line 5 the following:
 7             "(2.5)  Cooperate with  the  Department  of  Nuclear
 8        Safety  in  development  of  the  comprehensive emergency
 9        preparedness and response plan for any  nuclear  accident
10        in  accordance  with Section 2005-65 of the Department of
11        Nuclear Safety Law of the Civil  Administrative  Code  of
12        Illinois  and  in  development  of  the  Illinois Nuclear
13        Safety Preparedness program in accordance with Section  8
14        of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act."; and

15    on  page  23,  by  replacing  lines  20  through  33 with the
16    following:
17    "training  exercise,  training  related  to   the   emergency
18    operations   plan   of   the   political  subdivision,  or  a
19    search-and-rescue team response to an occurrence or threat of
20    injury  or  loss  of  life  that  is  beyond  local  response
21    capabilities, suffer disease, injury or death, shall, for the
22    purposes of benefits under the Workers' Compensation  Act  or
 
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 1    Workers'  Occupational  Diseases  Act  only,  be deemed to be
 2    employees of the State,  if:  (1)  the  claimant  is  a  duly
 3    qualified  and  enrolled  (sworn  in)  as  a volunteer of the
 4    Illinois Emergency Management Agency or an emergency services
 5    and disaster agency  accredited  by  the  Illinois  Emergency
 6    Management   Agency,   and  (2)  if:  (i)  the  claimant  was
 7    participating in a an actual disaster as defined in paragraph
 8    (e) of Section 4  of  this  Act,  (ii)  or  the  exercise  or
 9    training  participated  in  was  specifically  and  expressly
10    approved by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency prior to
11    the exercise or training, or (iii) the search-and-rescue team
12    response  was to an occurrence or threat of injury or loss of
13    life that was beyond  local  response  capabilities  and  was
14    specifically and expressly approved by the Illinois Emergency
15    Management   Agency   prior  to  the  search-and-rescue  team
16    response. Illinois Emergency Management".

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