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Sen. Christopher Belt
Filed: 4/4/2025
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 784
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 784 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Interstate Mutual Emergency Aid Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 12 as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 235/12 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12. Emergency aid to bordering states. |
| 8 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, any |
| 9 | | public safety agency, including, but not limited to, a fire |
| 10 | | department, a fire protection district, emergency medical |
| 11 | | services, a municipal police department, a county sheriff's |
| 12 | | department, a local emergency management agency, a local |
| 13 | | public works department, or public or private contractors of |
| 14 | | any such public safety agency, may provide assistance to any |
| 15 | | other public safety agency in the State or in a bordering State |
| 16 | | at the time of a disaster, such as a fire, earthquake, flood, |