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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".