Public Act 097-0082
 
HB1610 EnrolledLRB097 08454 KMW 48581 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended  by 
changing Section 15.2a as follows:
 



    (50 ILCS 750/15.2a)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2a)



    Sec. 15.2a. 
The installation of or connection to a 
telephone
company's network of any automatic alarm, automatic 
alerting
device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number 
9-1-1 to
be dialed in order to directly access emergency 
services is
prohibited in a 9-1-1 system.
    This Section does not apply to devices used to enable 
access to the 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled, 
or special needs persons in an emergency situation reported by 
a caregiver after initiating a  missing person's report.  The 
device must have the capability to be activated and controlled 
remotely by trained personnel at a service center to prevent 
falsely activated or repeated calls to the 9-1-1 system in a 
single incident. The device must have the technical capability 
to generate location information to the 9-1-1 system. Under no 
circumstances shall a device be sold for use in a geographical 
jurisdiction where the 9-1-1 system has not deployed wireless 
phase II location technology. The alerting device shall also 
provide for either 2-way communication or send a pre-recorded 
message to a 9-1-1  provider explaining the nature of the 
emergency so that the 9-1-1 provider will be able to dispatch 
the appropriate emergency responder. 
    Violation of this Section is
a Class A misdemeanor. A 
second or subsequent violation of this
Section is a Class 4 
felony.

(Source: P.A. 87-146; 88-497.)