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20 ILCS 3305/2 (2026)

Policy and Purposes

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(20 ILCS 3305/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 1052)
    Sec. 2. Policy and Purposes.
    (a) Because of the possibility of the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from the explosion in this or in neighboring states of atomic or other means from without or by means of sabotage or other disloyal actions within, or from fire, flood, earthquake, telecommunications failure, or other natural or technological causes, and in order to insure that this State will be prepared to and will adequately deal with any disasters, preserve the lives and property of the people of this State and protect the public peace, health, and safety in the event of a disaster, it is found and declared to be necessary:
        (1) To create an Illinois Emergency Management Agency
    
and to authorize emergency management programs within the political subdivisions of the State.
        (2) To confer upon the Governor and upon the
    
principal executive officer of the political subdivisions of the State the powers provided herein.
        (3) To provide for the rendering of mutual aid among
    
the political subdivisions and taxing districts of the State and with other states and with respect to the carrying out of an emergency management program.
    (b) It is further declared to be the purpose of this Act and the policy of the State that all emergency management programs of this State be coordinated to the maximum extent with the comparable programs of the federal government, including its various departments and agencies, of other states and localities and private agencies of every type, to the end that the most effective preparation and use may be made of the nation's resources and facilities for dealing with any disaster that may occur.
(Source: P.A. 87-168; 88-606, eff. 1-1-95.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2020–2021 · leading case: JL Props. Grp. B, LLC v. Pritzker, 2021 IL App (3d) 200305 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
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JL Props. Grp. B, LLC v. Pritzker, 2021 IL App (3d) 200305 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 20 ILCS 3305/2(a)(2) (West 2018). As previously noted, those powers appear in section 7 of the Act and include the authority “[t]o control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein.”
JL Props. Grp. B, LLC v. Pritzker, 2021 IL App (3d) 200305 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 20 ILCS 3305/2(a)(2) (West 2018). As previously noted, those powers appear in section 7 of the Act and include the authority “[t]o control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein.”
Ruble v. Tate-Nadeau, 2021 IL App (4th) 200641-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “]” 20 ILCS 3305/2(a) (West 2020). “[P]ublic health emergencies” are included within the definition of a “disaster.”
H's Bar, LLC v. Berg (S.D. Ill. 2020). “” 20 ILCS 3305/2(a) (West 2020). It defines “disaster” as “an occurrence or threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or technological cause,” including an “epidemic” and “public health emergencies.”
— 20 ILCS 3305/2(a) — 2 cases
Ruble v. Tate-Nadeau, 2021 IL App (4th) 200641-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “]” 20 ILCS 3305/2(a) (West 2020). “[P]ublic health emergencies” are included within the definition of a “disaster.”
H's Bar, LLC v. Berg (S.D. Ill. 2020). “” 20 ILCS 3305/2(a) (West 2020). It defines “disaster” as “an occurrence or threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or technological cause,” including an “epidemic” and “public health emergencies.”
— 20 ILCS 3305/2(a)(2) — 2 cases
JL Props. Grp. B, LLC v. Pritzker, 2021 IL App (3d) 200305 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 20 ILCS 3305/2(a)(2) (West 2018). As previously noted, those powers appear in section 7 of the Act and include the authority “[t]o control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein.”
JL Props. Grp. B, LLC v. Pritzker, 2021 IL App (3d) 200305 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 20 ILCS 3305/2(a)(2) (West 2018). As previously noted, those powers appear in section 7 of the Act and include the authority “[t]o control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein.”
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