30 ILCS 105/6z-121 — Illinois Code / Chapter 30 / Act 105 / Section 6z-121
Section 6z-121
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(30 ILCS 105/6z-121) Sec. 6z-121. State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund. (a) The State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (State CURE) Fund is created as a federal trust fund within the State treasury. The State CURE Fund shall be held separate and apart from all other funds in the State treasury. The State CURE Fund is established: (1) to receive, directly or indirectly, federal funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund in accordance with Section 5001 of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund in accordance with Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, or from any other federal fund pursuant to any other provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or any other federal law; and (2) to provide for the transfer, distribution and expenditure of such federal funds as permitted in the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and related federal guidance or any other federal law, and as authorized by this Section. (b) Federal funds received by the State from the Coronavirus Relief Fund in accordance with Section 5001 of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund in accordance with Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, or any other federal funds received pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or any other federal law, may be deposited, directly or indirectly, into the State CURE Fund. (c) Funds in the State CURE Fund may be expended, subject to appropriation, directly for purposes permitted under the federal law and related federal guidance governing the use of such funds, which may include without limitation purposes permitted in Section 5001 of the CARES Act and Sections 3201, 3206, and 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, or as otherwise provided by law and consistent with appropriations of the General Assembly. All federal funds received into the State CURE Fund from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund, or any other source under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, may be transferred, expended, or returned by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency at the direction of the Governor for the specific purposes permitted by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, any related regulations or federal guidance, and any terms and conditions of the federal awards received by the State thereunder. The State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer, as directed by the Governor in writing, a portion of the federal funds received from the Coronavirus Relief Fund or from any other federal fund pursuant to any other provision of federal law to the Local Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (Local CURE) Fund from time to time for the provision and administration of grants to units of local government as permitted by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, any related federal guidance, and any other additional federal law that may provide authorization. The State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer amounts, as directed by the Governor in writing, from the State CURE Fund to the Essential Government Services Support Fund to be used for the provision of government services as permitted under Section 602(c)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act as enacted by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act and related federal guidance. Funds in the State CURE Fund also may be transferred to other funds in the State treasury as reimbursement for expenditures made from such other funds if the expenditures are eligible for federal reimbursement under Section 5001 of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the relevant provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, or any related federal guidance. (d) Once the General Assembly has enacted appropriations from the State CURE Fund, the expenditure of funds from the State CURE Fund shall be subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, and shall be administered by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency at the direction of the Governor. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency, and other agencies as named in appropriations, shall transfer, distribute or expend the funds. The State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer funds in the State CURE Fund to other funds in the State treasury as reimbursement for expenditures made from such other funds if the expenditures are eligible for federal reimbursement under Section 5001 of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the relevant provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, or any related federal guidance, as directed in writing by the Governor. Additional funds that may be received from the federal government from legislation enacted in response to the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019, including fiscal stabilization payments that replace revenues lost due to Coronavirus Disease 2019, The State Comptroller may direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer in the manner authorized or required by any related federal guidance, as directed in writing by the Governor. (e) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, shall identify amounts derived from the State's Coronavirus Relief Fund allocation and transferred from the State CURE Fund as directed by the Governor under this Section that remain unobligated and unexpended for the period that ended on December 31, 2021. The Agency shall certify to the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer the amounts identified as unobligated and unexpended. The State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the unobligated and unexpended funds identified by the Agency and held in other funds of the State Treasury under this Section to the State CURE Fund. Unexpended funds in the State CURE Fund shall be paid back to the federal government at the direction of the Governor. (f) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by law, at the direction of the Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $24,523,000 from the State CURE Fund to the Chicago Travel Industry Promotion Fund. (g) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by law, at the direction of the Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $30,000,000 from the State CURE Fund to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Incentive Fund. (h) In addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by law, at the direction of the Governor, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $45,180,000 from the State CURE Fund to the Local Tourism Fund. (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)