Division 6-32 - Emergency Disaster Fund - Illinois Statutes

      (55 ILCS 5/Div. 6‑32 heading)DIVISION 6‑32. EMERGENCY DISASTER FUND

(55 ILCS 5/6‑32005)     Sec. 6‑32005. Establishment of Fund. The county board may, by a majority vote of all of its members, establish an Emergency Disaster Fund ("the Fund") for the county. Moneys may be appropriated from the county's general revenues to the Fund in the county's annual budget or annual appropriation bill. Interest earned from the investment of moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the county's general fund. Moneys held in the Fund shall at no time exceed 0.2% of the total equalized assessed valuation of all property in the county subject to taxation by the county. (Source: P.A. 88‑387.)

(55 ILCS 5/6‑32010)     Sec. 6‑32010. Expenditures from Fund.     (a) Moneys in the Fund may be used to pay the county's expenses incurred in an emergency within the county declared by the Governor. Moneys in the Fund also may be used to pay the county's extraordinary expenses in an emergency declared by a majority vote of all the members of the county board. Moneys in the Fund shall not be used to pay the county's routine expenses.     (b) No moneys shall be expended from the Fund except by a majority vote of all the members of the county board. (Source: P.A. 88‑387.)