Sen. Christopher Belt

Filed: 4/4/2025

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

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1tornado, hazardous material incident, or other such
2disaster.".