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HB0827ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Telecommunications Committee

Filed: 4/25/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 827

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 827 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
 
4     "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5 Section 8h as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 105/8h)
7     Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund.
8     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section and
9 Section 8n of this Act, and (c), (d), or (e), notwithstanding
10 any other State law to the contrary, the Governor may, through
11 June 30, 2007, from time to time direct the State Treasurer and
12 Comptroller to transfer a specified sum from any fund held by
13 the State Treasurer to the General Revenue Fund in order to
14 help defray the State's operating costs for the fiscal year.
15 The total transfer under this Section from any fund in any

 

 

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1 fiscal year shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the
2 revenues to be deposited into the fund during that fiscal year
3 or (ii) an amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25%
4 of the July 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year
5 2005 only, prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final
6 balances, the Governor may calculate and direct the State
7 Treasurer with the Comptroller to transfer additional amounts
8 determined by applying the formula authorized in Public Act
9 93-839 to the funds balances on July 1, 2003. No transfer may
10 be made from a fund under this Section that would have the
11 effect of reducing the available balance in the fund to an
12 amount less than the amount remaining unexpended and unreserved
13 from the total appropriation from that fund estimated to be
14 expended for that fiscal year. This Section does not apply to
15 any funds that are restricted by federal law to a specific use,
16 to any funds in the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Intercity
17 Passenger Rail Fund, the Hospital Provider Fund, the Medicaid
18 Provider Relief Fund, the Teacher Health Insurance Security
19 Fund, the Reviewing Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund,
20 the Voters' Guide Fund, the Foreign Language Interpreter Fund,
21 the Lawyers' Assistance Program Fund, the Supreme Court Federal
22 Projects Fund, the Supreme Court Special State Projects Fund,
23 the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, the Good
24 Samaritan Energy Trust Fund, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste
25 Facility Development and Operation Fund, the Horse Racing
26 Equity Trust Fund, or the Hospital Basic Services Preservation

 

 

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1 Fund, or to any funds to which subsection (f) of Section 20-40
2 of the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act applies. No
3 transfers may be made under this Section from the Pet
4 Population Control Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision
5 of this Section, for fiscal year 2004, the total transfer under
6 this Section from the Road Fund or the State Construction
7 Account Fund shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the
8 revenues to be deposited into the fund during that fiscal year
9 or (ii) 25% of the beginning balance in the fund. For fiscal
10 year 2005 through fiscal year 2007, no amounts may be
11 transferred under this Section from the Road Fund, the State
12 Construction Account Fund, the Criminal Justice Information
13 Systems Trust Fund, the Wireless Service Emergency Fund, or the
14 Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
15     In determining the available balance in a fund, the
16 Governor may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and
17 other resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that
18 fiscal year.
19     The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the
20 amounts designated under this Section as soon as may be
21 practicable after receiving the direction to transfer from the
22 Governor.
23     (a-5) Transfers directed to be made under this Section on
24 or before February 28, 2006 that are still pending on May 19,
25 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-774) this amendatory
26 Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be redirected as

 

 

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1 provided in Section 8n of this Act.
2     (b) This Section does not apply to: (i) the Ticket For The
3 Cure Fund; (ii) any fund established under the Community Senior
4 Services and Resources Act; or (iii) on or after January 1,
5 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-511), the Child Labor
6 and Day and Temporary Labor Enforcement Fund.
7     (c) This Section does not apply to the Demutualization
8 Trust Fund established under the Uniform Disposition of
9 Unclaimed Property Act.
10     (d) This Section does not apply to moneys set aside in the
11 Illinois State Podiatric Disciplinary Fund for podiatric
12 scholarships and residency programs under the Podiatric
13 Scholarship and Residency Act.
14     (e) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may
15 be made under this Section from, the Pension Stabilization
16 Fund.
17     (f) This Section does not apply to the Wireless Service
18 Emergency Fund or the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund.
19 (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-659, eff. 2-3-04; 93-674,
20 eff. 6-10-04; 93-714, eff. 7-12-04; 93-801, eff. 7-22-04;
21 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1054, eff. 11-18-04; 93-1067, eff.
22 1-15-05; 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-120, eff. 7-6-05; 94-511, eff.
23 1-1-06; 94-535, eff. 8-10-05; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05; 94-645,
24 eff. 8-22-05; 94-648, eff. 1-1-06; 94-686, eff. 11-2-05;
25 94-691, eff. 11-2-05; 94-726, eff. 1-20-06; 94-773, eff.
26 5-18-06; 94-774, eff. 5-19-06; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06; 94-839,

 

 

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1 eff. 6-6-06; revised 6-19-06.)
 
2     Section 10. The Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act is
3 amended by changing Sections 10, 15, 17, 25, and 70 as follows:
 
4     (50 ILCS 751/10)
5     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
6     Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
7     "Active prepaid wireless telephone" means a prepaid
8 wireless telephone that has been used or activated by the
9 customer during the month to complete a telephone call for
10 which the customer's card or account was decremented.
11     "Basic 9-1-1" means an emergency telephone system which
12 automatically connects 9-1-1 callers to a designated answering
13 point. Call routing is determined by an originating central
14 office only. Basic 9-1-1 may or may not support ANI or ALI.
15     "Emergency telephone system board" means a board appointed
16 by the corporate authorities of any county or municipality that
17 provides for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system
18 within the scope of the duties and powers prescribed by the
19 Emergency Telephone System Act.
20     "Master street address guide" means the computerized
21 geographical database that consists of all street and address
22 data within a 9-1-1 system.
23     "Mobile telephone number" or "MTN" shall mean the telephone
24 number assigned to a wireless telephone at the time of initial

 

 

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1 activation.
2     "Prepaid wireless telephone service" means wireless
3 telephone service which is activated by payment in advance of a
4 finite dollar amount or for a finite set of minutes and which,
5 unless an additional finite dollar amount or finite set of
6 minutes is paid in advance, terminates either (i) upon use by a
7 customer and delivery by the wireless carrier of an agreed-upon
8 amount of service corresponding to the total dollar amount paid
9 in advance, or within a certain period of time following
10 initial purchase or activation.
11     "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a
12 public agency that provides fire fighting, police, medical, or
13 other emergency services. For the purpose of providing wireless
14 service to users of 9-1-1 emergency services, as expressly
15 provided for in this Act, the Department of State Police may be
16 considered a public safety agency.
17     "Qualified governmental entity" means a unit of local
18 government authorized to provide 9-1-1 services pursuant to the
19 Emergency Telephone System Act where no emergency telephone
20 system board exists.
21     "Statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system" means all
22 areas of the State where an emergency telephone system board
23 or, in the absence of an emergency telephone system board, a
24 qualified governmental entity has not declared its intention
25 for one or more of its public safety answering points to serve
26 as a primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point for

 

 

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1 its jurisdiction. The operator of the statewide wireless
2 emergency 9-1-1 system shall be the Department of State Police.
3     "Sufficient positive balance" means a dollar amount
4 greater than or equal to the monthly wireless 9-1-1 surcharge
5 amount.
6     "Wireless carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular,
7 broadband PCS, geographic area 800 MHZ and 900 MHZ Commercial
8 Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), Wireless Communications Service
9 (WCS), or other Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), as
10 defined by the Federal Communications Commission, offering
11 radio communications that may provide fixed, mobile, radio
12 location, or satellite communication services to individuals
13 or businesses within its assigned spectrum block and
14 geographical area or that offers real-time, two-way voice
15 service that is interconnected with the public switched
16 network, including a reseller of such service.
17     "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means the ability to relay the
18 telephone number of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and location
19 information from any mobile handset or text telephone device
20 accessing the wireless system to the designated wireless public
21 safety answering point as set forth in the order of the Federal
22 Communications Commission, FCC Docket No. 94-102, adopted June
23 12, 1996, with an effective date of October 1, 1996, and any
24 subsequent amendment thereto.
25     "Wireless Phase 1" means the provision of a 9-1-1 caller's
26 telephone number and the location of the cell site or base

 

 

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1 station receiving the 9-1-1 call, as described in 47 C.F.R.
2 20.18.
3     "Wireless Phase 2" means the provision of Phase 1 enhanced
4 9-1-1 services along with the location of all 9-1-1 calls by
5 longitude and latitude in conformance with applicable Federal
6 Communications Commission accuracy requirements, as described
7 in 47 C.F.R. 20.18.
8     "Wireless public safety answering point" means the
9 functional division of an emergency telephone system board,
10 qualified governmental entity, or the Department of State
11 Police accepting wireless 9-1-1 calls.
12     "Wireless subscriber" means an individual or entity to whom
13 a wireless service account or number has been assigned by a
14 wireless carrier.
15     "Wireless telephone service" includes prepaid wireless
16 telephone service and means all "commercial mobile service", as
17 that term is defined in 47 CFR 20.3, including all personal
18 communications services, wireless radio telephone services,
19 geographic area specialized and enhanced specialized mobile
20 radio services, and incumbent wide area specialized mobile
21 radio licensees that offer real time, two-way service that is
22 interconnected with the public switched telephone network.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-507, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
24     (50 ILCS 751/15)
25     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)

 

 

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1     Sec. 15. Wireless emergency 9-1-1 service. The digits
2 "9-1-1" shall be the designated emergency telephone number
3 within the wireless system.
4     (a) Standards. The Illinois Commerce Commission may set
5 non-discriminatory, uniform technical and operational
6 standards consistent with the rules of the Federal
7 Communications Commission for directing calls to authorized
8 public safety answering points. These standards shall not in
9 any way prescribe the technology or manner a wireless carrier
10 shall use to deliver wireless 9-1-1 or wireless E9-1-1 calls
11 and these standards shall not exceed the requirements set by
12 the Federal Communications Commission. However, standards for
13 directing calls to the authorized public safety answering point
14 shall be included. The authority given to the Illinois Commerce
15 Commission in this Section is limited to setting standards as
16 set forth herein and does not constitute authority to regulate
17 wireless carriers.
18     (b) Wireless public safety answering points. For the
19 purpose of providing wireless 9-1-1 emergency services, an
20 emergency telephone system board or, in the absence of an
21 emergency telephone system board, a qualified governmental
22 entity may declare its intention for one or more of its public
23 safety answering points to serve as a primary wireless 9-1-1
24 public safety answering point for its jurisdiction by notifying
25 the Chief Clerk of the Illinois Commerce Commission and the
26 Director of State Police in writing within 6 months after the

 

 

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1 effective date of this Act or within 6 months after receiving
2 its authority to operate a 9-1-1 system under the Emergency
3 Telephone System Act, whichever is later. In addition, 2 or
4 more emergency telephone system boards or qualified units of
5 local government may, by virtue of an intergovernmental
6 agreement, provide wireless 9-1-1 service. The Department of
7 State Police shall be the primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety
8 answering point for any jurisdiction not providing notice to
9 the Commission and the Department of State Police. Nothing in
10 this Act shall require the provision of wireless enhanced 9-1-1
11 services.
12     The Illinois Commerce Commission, upon a joint request from
13 the Department of State Police and a qualified governmental
14 entity or an emergency telephone system board, may grant
15 authority to the emergency telephone system board or a
16 qualified governmental entity to provide wireless 9-1-1
17 service in areas for which the Department of State Police has
18 accepted wireless 9-1-1 responsibility. The Illinois Commerce
19 Commission shall maintain a current list of all 9-1-1 systems
20 and qualified governmental entities providing wireless 9-1-1
21 service under this Act.
22     Any emergency telephone system board or qualified
23 governmental entity providing wireless 9-1-1 service prior to
24 the effective date of this Act may continue to operate upon
25 notification as previously described in this Section. An
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1 entity shall submit, with its notification, the date upon which
2 it commenced operating.
3     (c) Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board. The Wireless Enhanced
4 9-1-1 Board is created. The Board consists of 7 members
5 appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the
6 Senate. It is recommended that the Governor appoint members
7 from the following: the Illinois Chapter of the National
8 Emergency Numbers Association, the Illinois State Police, law
9 enforcement agencies, the wireless telecommunications
10 industry, an emergency telephone system board in Cook County
11 (outside the City of Chicago), an emergency telephone system
12 board in the Metro-east area, and an emergency telephone system
13 board in the collar counties (Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, and
14 Will counties). Members of the Board may not receive any
15 compensation but may, however, be reimbursed for any necessary
16 expenditure in connection with their duties.
17     Except as provided in Section 45, the Wireless Enhanced
18 9-1-1 Board shall set the amount of the monthly wireless
19 surcharge required to be imposed under Section 17 on all
20 wireless subscribers in this State. Prior to the Wireless
21 Enhanced 9-1-1 Board setting any surcharge, the Board shall
22 publish the proposed surcharge in the Illinois Register, hold
23 hearings on the surcharge and the requirements for an efficient
24 wireless emergency number system, and elicit public comment.
25 The Board shall determine the minimum cost necessary for
26 implementation of this system and the amount of revenue

 

 

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1 produced based upon the number of wireless telephones in use.
2 The Board shall set the surcharge at the minimum amount
3 necessary to achieve the goals of the Act and shall, by July 1,
4 2000, file this information with the Governor, the Clerk of the
5 House, and the Secretary of the Senate. The surcharge may not
6 be more than $0.75 per month per CMRS connection.
7     The Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board shall report to the
8 General Assembly by July 1, 2000 on implementing wireless
9 non-emergency services for the purpose of public safety using
10 the digits 3-1-1. The Board shall consider the delivery of
11 3-1-1 services in a 6 county area, including rural Cook County
12 (outside of the City of Chicago), and DuPage, Lake, McHenry,
13 Will, and Kane Counties, as well as counties outside of this
14 area by an emergency telephone system board, a qualified
15 governmental entity, or private industry. The Board, upon
16 completion of all its duties required under this Act, is
17 dissolved.
18 (Source: P.A. 91-660, eff. 12-22-99.)
 
19     (50 ILCS 751/17)
20     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
21     Sec. 17. Wireless carrier surcharge.
22     (a) Except as provided in Section 45, each wireless carrier
23 shall impose a monthly wireless carrier surcharge per CMRS
24 connection that either has a telephone number within an area
25 code assigned to Illinois by the North American Numbering Plan

 

 

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1 Administrator or has a billing address in this State. In the
2 case of prepaid wireless telephone service, this surcharge
3 shall be remitted based upon the address associated with the
4 point of purchase, the customer billing address, or the
5 location associated with the MTN for each active prepaid
6 wireless telephone that has a sufficient positive balance as of
7 the last day of each month, if that information is available.
8 No wireless carrier shall impose the surcharge authorized by
9 this Section upon any subscriber who is subject to the
10 surcharge imposed by a unit of local government pursuant to
11 Section 45. Before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12 the 95th General Assembly, the amount of the monthly surcharge
13 imposed under this Section shall be the amount set by the
14 Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board. Beginning with the first monthly
15 billing cycle after the effective date of this amendatory Act
16 of the 95th General Assembly, the amount of the monthly
17 surcharge imposed under this Section shall be $1.50 per CMRS
18 connection. The wireless carrier that provides wireless
19 service to the subscriber shall collect the surcharge set by
20 the Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board from the subscriber. For
21 mobile telecommunications services provided on and after
22 August 1, 2002, any surcharge imposed under this Act shall be
23 imposed based upon the municipality or county that encompasses
24 the customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile
25 Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act. The surcharge
26 shall be stated as a separate item on the subscriber's monthly

 

 

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1 bill. The wireless carrier shall begin collecting the surcharge
2 on bills issued within 90 days after the Wireless Enhanced
3 9-1-1 Board sets the monthly wireless surcharge. State and
4 local taxes shall not apply to the wireless carrier surcharge.
5     (b) Except as provided in Section 45, a wireless carrier
6 shall, within 45 days of collection, remit, either by check or
7 by electronic funds transfer, to the State Treasurer the amount
8 of the wireless carrier surcharge collected from each
9 subscriber. Of the amounts remitted under this subsection, the
10 State Treasurer shall deposit $0.25 per surcharge collected
11 into the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund. The remainder of
12 the funds shall be deposited into the Wireless Service
13 Emergency Fund and shall be disbursed in accordance with
14 Section 25 of this Act. Of the amounts remitted under this
15 subsection, the State Treasurer shall deposit one-third into
16 the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund and two-thirds into the
17 Wireless Service Emergency Fund.
18     (c) In addition, each carrier shall report the total number
19 of surcharges collected during each remittance period,
20 including the 9-digit zip code assigned to the subscriber's
21 billing address. The carriers shall submit their reports to the
22 Illinois Commerce Commission, and the Commission shall rely on
23 the reports when making monthly grants from the Wireless
24 Service Emergency Fund under Section 25 of this Act. The first
25 such remittance by wireless carriers shall include the number
26 of customers by zip code, and the 9-digit zip code if currently

 

 

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1 being used or later implemented by the carrier, that shall be
2 the means by which the Illinois Commerce Commission shall
3 determine distributions from the Wireless Service Emergency
4 Fund. This information shall be updated no less often than
5 every year. Wireless carriers are not required to remit
6 surcharge moneys that are billed to subscribers but not yet
7 collected.
8     (d) The Auditor General shall conduct an audit of the
9 Wireless Service Emergency Fund and the Wireless Carrier
10 Reimbursement Fund for compliance with the requirements of this
11 Act. The audit shall include, but not be limited to, the
12 following determinations:
13         (1) Whether the Commission is maintaining detailed
14     records of all receipts and disbursements from the Wireless
15     Carrier Emergency Fund and the Wireless Carrier
16     Reimbursement Fund.
17         (2) Whether the Commission's administrative costs
18     charged to the funds are adequately documented and are
19     reasonable.
20         (3) Whether the Commission's procedures for making
21     grants and providing reimbursements in accordance with the
22     Act are adequate.
23         (4) The status of the implementation of wireless 9-1-1
24     and E9-1-1 services in Illinois.
25     The Commission, the Department of State Police, and any
26 other entity or person that may have information relevant to

 

 

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1 the audit shall cooperate fully and promptly with the Office of
2 the Auditor General in conducting the audit. The Auditor
3 General shall commence the audit as soon as possible and
4 distribute the report upon completion in accordance with
5 Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
6 (Source: P.A. 92-526, eff. 7-1-02; 93-507, eff. 1-1-04; 93-839,
7 eff. 7-30-04.)
 
8     (50 ILCS 751/25)
9     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
10     Sec. 25. Wireless Service Emergency Fund; distribution of
11 moneys. Within 60 days after the effective date of this Act,
12 wireless carriers shall submit to the Illinois Commerce
13 Commission the number of wireless subscribers by zip code and
14 the 9-digit zip code of the wireless subscribers, if currently
15 being used or later implemented by the carrier.
16     The Illinois Commerce Commission shall, subject to
17 appropriation, make monthly proportional grants to the
18 appropriate emergency telephone system board or qualified
19 governmental entity based upon the reports prepared by the
20 carriers under subsection (c) of Section 17 of this Act. based
21 upon the United States Postal Zip Code of the wireless
22 subscriber's billing address. Beginning on the effective date
23 of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the grant
24 moneys shall be distributed as follows:
25         (1) each Basic 9-1-1 system in existence on the

 

 

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1     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
2     Assembly and operating under a wireless plan approved by
3     the Illinois Commerce Commission to answer 9-1-1 calls,
4     including the Illinois State Police, shall receive 0.50 for
5     each surcharge imposed and collected from a subscriber
6     whose billing address is located within a zip code under
7     the jurisdiction of that system;
8         (2) each Wireless Phase 1 system shall receive $0.50
9     for each surcharge imposed and collected on or after the
10     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
11     Assembly from a subscriber whose billing address is located
12     within a zip code under the jurisdiction of that system;
13         (3) each Wireless Phase 2 system shall receive $1.25
14     for each surcharge imposed and collected on or after the
15     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
16     Assembly from a subscriber whose billing address is located
17     within a zip code under the jurisdiction of that system;
18     and
19         (4) each Wireless Phase 1 and Wireless Phase 2 system
20     shall receive $0.50 for each surcharge imposed before the
21     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
22     Assembly and collected before, on, or after the effective
23     date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
24     from a subscriber whose billing address is located within a
25     zip code under the jurisdiction of that system.
26 No matching funds shall be required from grant recipients.

 

 

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1     The Illinois Commerce Commission shall use any funds
2 remaining in the Wireless Service Emergency Fund after the
3 monthly grants have been disbursed to make additional grants to
4 any qualified governmental entity or emergency telephone
5 system board that has filed a required plan with the Illinois
6 Commerce Commission and has not, by referendum, adopted a
7 surcharge prior to the effective date of this Act. Grant moneys
8 shall be used for the purpose of developing a sophisticated
9 system, as defined in Section 2.08 of the Emergency Telephone
10 System Act, or for the purpose of upgrading from a Phase 1 to a
11 Phase 2 system.
12     If the Illinois Commerce Commission is notified of an area
13 of overlapping jurisdiction, grants for that area shall be made
14 based upon reference to an official Master Street Address Guide
15 to the emergency telephone system board or qualified
16 governmental entity whose public service answering points
17 provide wireless 9-1-1 service in that area. The emergency
18 telephone system board or qualified governmental entity shall
19 provide the Illinois Commerce Commission with a valid copy of
20 the appropriate Master Street Address Guide. The Illinois
21 Commerce Commission does not have a duty to verify
22 jurisdictional responsibility.
23     In the event of a subscriber billing address being matched
24 to an incorrect jurisdiction by the Illinois Commerce
25 Commission, the recipient, upon notification from the Illinois
26 Commerce Commission, shall redirect the funds to the correct

 

 

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1 jurisdiction. The Illinois Commerce Commission shall not be
2 held liable for any damages relating to an act or omission
3 under this Act, unless the act or omission constitutes gross
4 negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct.
5     In the event of a dispute between emergency telephone
6 system boards or qualified governmental entities concerning a
7 subscriber billing address, the Illinois Commerce Commission
8 shall resolve the dispute.
9     The Illinois Commerce Commission shall maintain detailed
10 records of all receipts and disbursements and shall provide an
11 annual accounting of all receipts and disbursements to the
12 Auditor General.
13     The Illinois Commerce Commission shall adopt rules to
14 govern the grant process.
15 (Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
16     (50 ILCS 751/70)
17     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
18     Sec. 70. Repealer. This Act is repealed on April 1, 2013
19 2008.
20 (Source: P.A. 93-507, eff. 1-1-04.)".