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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 149
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 149 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Emergency Telephone System Act by
5 changing Section 15.6."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is
9 amended by changing Section 15.6 as follows:
10 (50 ILCS 750/15.6)
11 Sec. 15.6. Private business switch service 9-1-1
12 service.
13 (a) After June 30, 1996, an entity that installs or
14 operates a new private business switch service or replaces an
15 existing private business switch service and provides
16 telecommunications facilities or services to businesses shall
17 provide to those business end users the same level of 9-1-1
18 service as the public agency and the telecommunications
19 carrier are providing to other business end users of the
20 local 9-1-1 system. This service shall include, but not be
21 limited to, the capability to identify the telephone number,
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1 extension number, and the physical location that is the
2 source of the call to the number designated as the emergency
3 telephone number. After June 30, 1999, all entities
4 providing or operating a private business switch service
5 shall be in compliance with this Section.
6 (b) The private business switch operator is responsible
7 for forwarding end user automatic location identification
8 record information to the 9-1-1 system provider according to
9 the format, frequency, and procedures established by that
10 system provider.
11 (c) This Act does not apply to any PBX telephone
12 extension that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical
13 signals directly between the telephone extension and the
14 serving PBX.
15 (d) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a
16 business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and
17 not more than $5,000.
18 (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
19 preclude the Attorney General on behalf of the Commission or
20 on the Attorney General's his or her own initiative, or any
21 other interested person, from seeking judicial relief, by
22 mandamus, injunction, or otherwise, to compel compliance with
23 this Section.
24 (Source: P.A. 88-604, eff. 9-1-94; 89-222, eff. 1-1-96;
25 89-497, eff. 6-27-96.)".
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