SB2530eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2530 Engrossed LRB102 10976 RLC 16308 b

AN ACT concerning wireless service.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2605-52.1 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2605/2605-52.1 new)

Sec. 2605-52.1. Wireless service provider call location.

(a) Upon request of a law enforcement agency or a public safety answering point on behalf of a law enforcement agency, a wireless service provider shall provide call location information concerning the telecommunications device of a user to the requesting law enforcement agency or public safety answering point. A law enforcement agency or public safety answering point may not request information under this Section unless for the purposes of responding to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm.

(b) A wireless service provider may establish protocols by which the carrier voluntarily discloses call location information.

(c) A claim for relief may not be brought in any court against any wireless service provider or any other person for providing call location information if acting in good faith and under this Section.

(d) The Illinois State Police shall obtain contact information from all wireless service providers authorized to do business in this State to facilitate a request from a law enforcement agency or a public safety answering point on behalf of a law enforcement agency for call location information under this Section. The Illinois State Police shall disseminate the contact information to each public safety answering point in this State.