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| Public Act 094-1081 |
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AN ACT concerning emergency management.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 3305/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 1054)
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Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||
context
clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and | ||||
terms have the
meanings ascribed to them in this Section:
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"Coordinator" means the staff assistant to the principal
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executive officer of a political subdivision with the duty of | ||||
coordinating
the emergency management programs of that | ||||
political subdivision.
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"Disaster" means an occurrence or threat of widespread or | ||||
severe
damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting | ||||
from any natural or
technological cause, including but not | ||||
limited to fire, flood, earthquake,
wind, storm, hazardous | ||||
materials spill or other water contamination requiring
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emergency
action to avert danger or damage, epidemic, air | ||||
contamination, blight,
extended periods of severe and | ||||
inclement weather,
drought, infestation, critical shortages of | ||||
essential fuels and energy,
explosion, riot, hostile military | ||||
or
paramilitary action, public health emergencies, or acts of | ||||
domestic
terrorism.
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"Emergency Management" means the efforts of the State and | ||||
the
political subdivisions to develop, plan, analyze, conduct, | ||||
provide,
implement and
maintain programs for disaster | ||||
mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
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"Emergency Services and Disaster Agency" means the
agency | ||||
by this name, by the name Emergency Management Agency, or by | ||||
any other
name that is established
by ordinance within a | ||||
political subdivision to coordinate the emergency
management | ||||
program within that political subdivision and with private
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organizations, other political subdivisions, the State and | ||
federal governments.
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"Emergency Operations Plan" means the written plan of the | ||
State and
political subdivisions describing the organization, | ||
mission, and functions
of the government and supporting | ||
services for responding to and recovering
from disasters and | ||
shall include plans that take into account the needs of those | ||
individuals with household pets and service animals following a | ||
major disaster or emergency.
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"Emergency Services" means the coordination of functions | ||
by the
State and its political subdivision, other than | ||
functions for which military
forces
are primarily responsible, | ||
as may be necessary or proper to prevent,
minimize, repair, and | ||
alleviate injury and damage resulting from
any natural or | ||
technological causes. These functions include, without
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limitation, fire fighting
services, police services, emergency | ||
aviation services, medical and
health services, HazMat and | ||
technical rescue teams, rescue,
engineering, warning services, | ||
communications, radiological,
chemical and other special | ||
weapons defense, evacuation of persons from
stricken or | ||
threatened areas, emergency assigned functions of plant | ||
protection,
temporary restoration of public utility services | ||
and other functions
related to civilian protection, together | ||
with all other activities
necessary or incidental to protecting | ||
life or property.
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"Exercise" means a planned event realistically simulating | ||
a disaster,
conducted for the purpose of
evaluating the | ||
political subdivision's coordinated emergency management
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capabilities, including,
but not limited to, testing the | ||
emergency operations plan.
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"HazMat team" means a career or volunteer mobile support | ||
team that has been authorized by a unit of local government to | ||
respond to hazardous materials emergencies and that is | ||
primarily designed for emergency response to chemical or | ||
biological terrorism, radiological emergencies, hazardous | ||
material spills, releases, or fires, or other contamination | ||
events.
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"Illinois Emergency Management Agency"
means the agency
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established by this Act within the executive branch of State | ||
Government
responsible for coordination of the overall | ||
emergency management program of
the State and with private | ||
organizations, political subdivisions, and the
federal | ||
government.
Illinois Emergency Management Agency also means | ||
the State
Emergency Response Commission responsible for the | ||
implementation of Title
III of the Superfund Amendments and | ||
Reauthorization Act of 1986.
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"Mobile Support Team" means
a group of individuals | ||
designated as a team by the Governor or Director to
train prior | ||
to and to be
dispatched, if the Governor or the Director so | ||
determines, to aid and reinforce
the State and political
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subdivision emergency management efforts in response to a | ||
disaster.
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"Municipality" means any city, village, and incorporated | ||
town.
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"Political Subdivision" means any county, city, village, | ||
or
incorporated town or township if the township is in a county | ||
having a
population of more than 2,000,000.
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"Principal Executive Officer" means chair
of the county | ||
board, supervisor of a township if the township
is in a county | ||
having a population of more than 2,000,000, mayor
of a city or | ||
incorporated town,
president of a village,
or in their absence | ||
or disability, the interim successor as
established under | ||
Section 7 of the Emergency Interim
Executive Succession Act.
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"Public health emergency" means an occurrence or imminent | ||
threat of an
illness or health condition that:
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(a) is believed to be caused by any of the following:
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(i) bioterrorism;
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(ii) the appearance of a novel or previously | ||
controlled or eradicated
infectious agent or
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biological toxin;
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(iii) a natural disaster;
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(iv) a chemical attack or accidental release; or
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(v) a nuclear attack or accident; and
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(b) poses a high probability of any of the following | ||
harms:
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(i) a large number of deaths in the affected | ||
population;
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(ii) a large number of serious or long-term | ||
disabilities in the affected
population; or
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(iii) widespread exposure to an infectious or | ||
toxic agent that poses a
significant risk of | ||
substantial future harm to a large number of people in | ||
the
affected population.
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"Technical rescue team" means a career or volunteer mobile | ||
support team that has been authorized by a unit of local | ||
government to respond to building collapse, high angle rescue, | ||
and other specialized rescue emergencies and that is primarily | ||
designated for emergency response to technical rescue events.
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(Source: P.A. 93-249, eff. 7-22-03; 94-334, eff. 1-1-06.)
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