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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government. |
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: |
| 4 | | Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Sections 2, 3, 15.3, 15.3a, 15.5a, 15.6a, 20, 30, |
| 6 | | and 99 as follows: |
| 7 | | (50 ILCS 750/2) (from Ch. 134, par. 32) |
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 9 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the |
| 10 | | context otherwise requires: |
| 11 | | "9-1-1 network" means the network used for the delivery of |
| 12 | | 9-1-1 calls and messages over dedicated and redundant |
| 13 | | facilities to a primary or backup 9-1-1 PSAP that meets the |
| 14 | | appropriate grade of service. |
| 15 | | "9-1-1 system" means the geographic area that has been |
| 16 | | granted an order of authority by the Commission or the |
| 17 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator to use "9-1-1" as the primary |
| 18 | | emergency telephone number, including, but not limited to, the |
| 19 | | network, software applications, databases, CPE components and |
| 20 | | operational and management procedures required to provide |
| 21 | | 9-1-1 service. |
| 22 | | "9-1-1 Authority" means an Emergency Telephone System |
| 23 | | Board or Joint Emergency Telephone System Board that provides |
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| 1 | | for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system. "9-1-1 |
| 2 | | Authority" includes the Illinois State Police only to the |
| 3 | | extent it provides 9-1-1 services under this Act. |
| 4 | | "9-1-1 System Manager" means the manager, director, |
| 5 | | administrator, or coordinator who at the direction of his or |
| 6 | | her Emergency Telephone System Board is responsible for the |
| 7 | | implementation and execution of the order of authority issued |
| 8 | | by the Commission or the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator through |
| 9 | | the programs, policies, procedures, and daily operations of |
| 10 | | the 9-1-1 system consistent with the provisions of this Act. |
| 11 | | "Administrator" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator. |
| 12 | | "Advanced service" means any telecommunications service |
| 13 | | with or without dynamic bandwidth allocation, including, but |
| 14 | | not limited to, ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI), that, |
| 15 | | through the use of a DS-1, T-1, or other un-channelized or |
| 16 | | multi-channel transmission facility, is capable of |
| 17 | | transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice |
| 18 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or |
| 19 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency. |
| 20 | | "Aggregator" means an entity that ingresses 9-1-1 calls of |
| 21 | | multiple traffic types or 9-1-1 calls from multiple |
| 22 | | originating service providers and combines them on a trunk |
| 23 | | group or groups (or equivalent egress connection arrangement |
| 24 | | to a 9-1-1 system provider's E9-1-1/NG9-1-1 network or |
| 25 | | system), and that uses the routing information provided in the |
| 26 | | received call setup signaling to select the appropriate trunk |
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| 1 | | group and proceeds to signal call setup toward the 9-1-1 |
| 2 | | system provider. "Aggregator" includes an originating service |
| 3 | | provider that provides aggregation functions for its own 9-1-1 |
| 4 | | calls. "Aggregator" also includes an aggregation network or an |
| 5 | | aggregation entity that provides aggregator services for other |
| 6 | | types of system providers, such as cloud-based services or |
| 7 | | enterprise networks as its client. |
| 8 | | "ALI" and or "automatic location identification" mean |
| 9 | | means the automatic display at the public safety answering |
| 10 | | point of the address or location of the caller's telephone and |
| 11 | | supplementary emergency services information of the location |
| 12 | | from which a call originates. |
| 13 | | "ANI" and or "automatic number identification" mean means |
| 14 | | the automatic display of the 10-digit telephone number |
| 15 | | associated with the caller's telephone number. |
| 16 | | "Automatic alarm" and "automatic alerting device" mean any |
| 17 | | device that will access the 9-1-1 system for emergency |
| 18 | | services upon activation and does not provide for two-way |
| 19 | | communication. |
| 20 | | "Answering point" means a PSAP, SAP, Backup PSAP, Unmanned |
| 21 | | Backup Answering Point, or VAP. |
| 22 | | "Authorized entity" means an answering point or |
| 23 | | participating agency other than a decommissioned PSAP. |
| 24 | | "Backup PSAP" means an answering point that meets the |
| 25 | | appropriate standards of service and serves as an alternate to |
| 26 | | the PSAP operating independently from the PSAP at a different |
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| 1 | | location that has the capability to direct dispatch for the |
| 2 | | PSAP or otherwise transfer emergency calls directly to an |
| 3 | | authorized entity. A backup PSAP may accept overflow calls |
| 4 | | from the PSAP or be activated if the primary PSAP is disabled. |
| 5 | | "Board" means an Emergency Telephone System Board or a |
| 6 | | Joint Emergency Telephone System Board created pursuant to |
| 7 | | Section 15.4. |
| 8 | | "Call back number" means a number used by a PSAP to |
| 9 | | recontact a location from which a 9-1-1 call was placed, |
| 10 | | regardless of whether that number is a direct-dial number for |
| 11 | | a station used to originate a 9-1-1 call. |
| 12 | | "Carrier" includes a telecommunications carrier and a |
| 13 | | wireless carrier. |
| 14 | | "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission. |
| 15 | | "Computer aided dispatch" or "CAD" means a computer-based |
| 16 | | system that aids public safety telecommunicators by automating |
| 17 | | selected dispatching and recordkeeping activities. |
| 18 | | "Direct dispatch" means a 9-1-1 service wherein upon |
| 19 | | receipt of an emergency call, a public safety telecommunicator |
| 20 | | transmits - without delay, transfer, relay, or referral - all |
| 21 | | relevant available information to the appropriate public |
| 22 | | safety personnel or emergency responders. |
| 23 | | "Dispatchable location" means a location delivered to the |
| 24 | | PSAP with a 9-1-1 call that consists of the validated street |
| 25 | | address of the calling party, plus additional information, |
| 26 | | such as a suite or apartment identifier, uncertainty data, or |
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| 1 | | similar information necessary to accurately identify the |
| 2 | | location of the calling party. the street address of a 9-1-1 |
| 3 | | caller and additional information, such as room number, floor |
| 4 | | number, or similar information, necessary to identify the |
| 5 | | location of the 9-1-1 caller. |
| 6 | | "Decommissioned" means the revocation of a PSAPs authority |
| 7 | | to handle 9-1-1 calls as an answering point within the 9-1-1 |
| 8 | | network. |
| 9 | | "Diversion" means the obligation or expenditure of a 9-1-1 |
| 10 | | fee or charge for a purpose or function other than the purposes |
| 11 | | and functions designated by the Federal Communications |
| 12 | | Commission as acceptable under 47 CFR 9.23. "Diversion" |
| 13 | | includes distribution of a 9-1-1 fee or charge to a political |
| 14 | | subdivision that obligates or expends such fees or charges for |
| 15 | | a purpose or function other than those designated as |
| 16 | | acceptable by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 |
| 17 | | CFR 9.23. |
| 18 | | "DS-1, T-1, or similar un-channelized or multi-channel |
| 19 | | transmission facility" means a facility that can transmit and |
| 20 | | receive a bit rate of at least 1.544 megabits per second |
| 21 | | (Mbps). |
| 22 | | "Dynamic bandwidth allocation" means the ability of the |
| 23 | | facility or customer to drop and add channels, or adjust |
| 24 | | bandwidth, when needed in real time for voice or data |
| 25 | | purposes. |
| 26 | | "Emergency call" means any type of request for emergency |
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| 1 | | assistance through a 9-1-1 network either to the digits 9-1-1 |
| 2 | | or the emergency 24/7 10-digit telephone number for all |
| 3 | | answering points. An emergency call is not limited to a voice |
| 4 | | telephone call. It could be a two-way video call, an |
| 5 | | interactive text, Teletypewriter (TTY), an SMS, an Instant |
| 6 | | Message, or any new mechanism for communications available in |
| 7 | | the future. An emergency call occurs when the request for |
| 8 | | emergency assistance is received by a public safety |
| 9 | | telecommunicator. |
| 10 | | "Emergency Telephone System Board" and "ETSB" mean a board |
| 11 | | appointed by the corporate authorities of a county or |
| 12 | | municipality to provide for the management and operation of a |
| 13 | | 9-1-1 system in accordance with this Act and whose members are |
| 14 | | appointed in accordance with and satisfy the requirements of |
| 15 | | subsection (a) of Section 15.4. |
| 16 | | "EMS personnel" has the meaning given to that term in |
| 17 | | Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems |
| 18 | | Act. |
| 19 | | "Enhanced 9-1-1" or "E9-1-1" means a telephone system that |
| 20 | | includes network switching, database and PSAP premise elements |
| 21 | | capable of providing automatic location identification data, |
| 22 | | selective routing, selective transfer, fixed transfer, and a |
| 23 | | call back number, including any enhanced 9-1-1 service so |
| 24 | | designated by the Federal Communications Commission in its |
| 25 | | report and order in WC Dockets Nos. 04-36 and 05-196, or any |
| 26 | | successor proceeding. |
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| 1 | | "ETSB" means an emergency telephone system board appointed |
| 2 | | by the corporate authorities of any county or municipality |
| 3 | | that provides for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 |
| 4 | | system. |
| 5 | | "First responder" means someone designated by a public |
| 6 | | safety agency who is charged with responding to emergency |
| 7 | | service requests, including emergency communications |
| 8 | | professionals, public safety telecommunicators, public safety |
| 9 | | telecommunicator supervisors, and police, fire, and EMS |
| 10 | | personnel who operate in the field. |
| 11 | | "Grade of service" means the P.01 for E9-1-1 services or |
| 12 | | the equivalent for NENA Baseline NG9-1-1 as set forth in the |
| 13 | | NENA i3 Solution adopted standard. |
| 14 | | "Hearing-impaired individual" means a person with a |
| 15 | | permanent hearing loss who can regularly and routinely |
| 16 | | communicate by telephone only through the aid of devices which |
| 17 | | can send and receive written messages over the telephone |
| 18 | | network. |
| 19 | | "Hosted supplemental 9-1-1 service" means a database |
| 20 | | service that: |
| 21 | | (1) electronically provides information to 9-1-1 call |
| 22 | | takers when a call is placed to 9-1-1; |
| 23 | | (2) allows telephone subscribers to provide |
| 24 | | information to 9-1-1 to be used in emergency scenarios; |
| 25 | | (3) collects a variety of formatted data relevant to |
| 26 | | 9-1-1 and first responder needs, which may include, but is |
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| 1 | | not limited to, photographs of the telephone subscribers, |
| 2 | | physical descriptions, medical information, household |
| 3 | | data, and emergency contacts; |
| 4 | | (4) allows for information to be entered by telephone |
| 5 | | subscribers through a secure website where they can elect |
| 6 | | to provide as little or as much information as they |
| 7 | | choose; |
| 8 | | (5) automatically displays data provided by telephone |
| 9 | | subscribers to 9-1-1 call takers for all types of |
| 10 | | telephones when a call is placed to 9-1-1 from a |
| 11 | | registered and confirmed phone number; |
| 12 | | (6) supports the delivery of telephone subscriber |
| 13 | | information through a secure internet connection to all |
| 14 | | emergency telephone system boards; |
| 15 | | (7) works across all 9-1-1 call taking equipment and |
| 16 | | allows for the easy transfer of information into a |
| 17 | | computer aided dispatch system; and |
| 18 | | (8) may be used to collect information pursuant to an |
| 19 | | Illinois Premise Alert Program as defined in the Illinois |
| 20 | | Premise Alert Program (PAP) Act. |
| 21 | | "Interconnected voice over Internet protocol provider" and |
| 22 | | or "Interconnected VoIP provider" have has the meaning given |
| 23 | | to that term under Section 13-235 of the Public Utilities Act. |
| 24 | | "Joint Emergency Telephone System Board" and "Joint ETSB" |
| 25 | | mean means a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board |
| 26 | | established by intergovernmental agreement of two or more |
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| 1 | | municipalities or counties, or a combination thereof, to |
| 2 | | provide for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system. |
| 3 | | "Key telephone system" means a type of MLTS designed to |
| 4 | | provide shared access to several outside lines through buttons |
| 5 | | or keys typically offering identified access lines with direct |
| 6 | | line appearance or termination on a given telephone set. |
| 7 | | "Local public agency" means any unit of local government |
| 8 | | or special purpose district located in whole or in part within |
| 9 | | this State that provides or has authority to provide |
| 10 | | firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other emergency |
| 11 | | services. |
| 12 | | "Mechanical dialer" means any device that accesses the |
| 13 | | 9-1-1 system without human intervention and does not provide |
| 14 | | for two-way communication. |
| 15 | | "Master Street Address Guide" and or "MSAG" mean is a |
| 16 | | database of street names and house ranges within their |
| 17 | | associated communities defining emergency service zones (ESZs) |
| 18 | | and their associated emergency service numbers (ESNs) to |
| 19 | | enable proper routing of 9-1-1 calls. |
| 20 | | "Mobile telephone number" and or "MTN" mean means the |
| 21 | | telephone number assigned to a wireless telephone at the time |
| 22 | | of initial activation. |
| 23 | | "Multi-line telephone system" and or "MLTS" mean means a |
| 24 | | system that is comprised of a common control unit or units, |
| 25 | | telephone sets, control hardware and software, and adjunct |
| 26 | | systems and that enables users to make and receive telephone |
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| 1 | | calls using shared resources, such as telephone network trunks |
| 2 | | or data link bandwidth. The terms "multi-line telephone |
| 3 | | system" and "MLTS" include, but are not limited to: |
| 4 | | network-based and premises-based systems, such as Centrex |
| 5 | | service; premises-based, hosted, and cloud-based VoIP systems; |
| 6 | | PBX, hybrid, and key telephone systems (as classified by the |
| 7 | | Federal Communications Commission under 47 CFR Part 68 or any |
| 8 | | successor rules); and systems owned or leased by governmental |
| 9 | | agencies, nonprofit entities, and for-profit businesses. |
| 10 | | "Network connections" means the number of voice grade |
| 11 | | communications channels directly between a subscriber and a |
| 12 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network, without |
| 13 | | the intervention of any other telecommunications carrier's |
| 14 | | switched network, which would be required to carry the |
| 15 | | subscriber's inter-premises traffic and which connection |
| 16 | | either (1) is capable of providing access through the public |
| 17 | | switched network to a 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System, if one |
| 18 | | exists, or (2) if no system exists at the time a surcharge is |
| 19 | | imposed under Section 15.3, that would be capable of providing |
| 20 | | access through the public switched network to the local 9-1-1 |
| 21 | | Emergency Telephone System if one existed. Where multiple |
| 22 | | voice grade communications channels are connected to a |
| 23 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network through a |
| 24 | | private branch exchange (PBX) service, there shall be |
| 25 | | determined to be one network connection for each trunk line |
| 26 | | capable of transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises |
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| 1 | | traffic to the public switched network or the subscriber's |
| 2 | | 9-1-1 calls to the public agency. Where multiple voice grade |
| 3 | | communications channels are connected to an OSP's public |
| 4 | | switched network through Centrex type service, the number of |
| 5 | | network connections shall be equal to the number of PBX trunk |
| 6 | | equivalents for the subscriber's service or other multiple |
| 7 | | voice grade communication channels facility, as determined by |
| 8 | | reference to any generally applicable exchange access service |
| 9 | | tariff filed by the subscriber's telecommunications carrier |
| 10 | | with the Commission. |
| 11 | | "Network costs" means those recurring costs that directly |
| 12 | | relate to the operation of the 9-1-1 network as determined by |
| 13 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator with the advice of the |
| 14 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, which may include, but need |
| 15 | | not be limited to, some or all of the following: costs for |
| 16 | | interoffice trunks, selective routing charges, transfer lines |
| 17 | | and toll charges for 9-1-1 services, Automatic Location |
| 18 | | Information (ALI) database charges, independent local exchange |
| 19 | | carrier charges and non-system provider charges, carrier |
| 20 | | charges for third party database for on-site customer premises |
| 21 | | equipment, back-up PSAP trunks for non-system providers, |
| 22 | | periodic database updates as provided by carrier (also known |
| 23 | | as "ALI data dump"), regional ALI storage charges, circuits |
| 24 | | for call delivery (fiber or circuit connection), NG9-1-1 |
| 25 | | costs, and all associated fees, taxes, and surcharges on each |
| 26 | | invoice. "Network costs" shall not include radio circuits or |
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| 1 | | toll charges that are other than for 9-1-1 services. |
| 2 | | "Next generation 9-1-1" and or "NG9-1-1" mean means a |
| 3 | | secure Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) open-standards |
| 4 | | system comprised of hardware, software, data, and operational |
| 5 | | policies and procedures that: |
| 6 | | (A) provides standardized interfaces from |
| 7 | | emergency call and message services to support |
| 8 | | emergency communications; |
| 9 | | (B) processes all types of emergency calls, |
| 10 | | including voice, text, data, and multimedia |
| 11 | | information; |
| 12 | | (C) acquires and integrates additional emergency |
| 13 | | call data useful to call routing and handling; |
| 14 | | (D) delivers the emergency calls, messages, and |
| 15 | | data to the appropriate public safety answering point |
| 16 | | and other appropriate emergency entities based on the |
| 17 | | location of the caller; |
| 18 | | (E) supports data, video, and other communications |
| 19 | | needs for coordinated incident response and |
| 20 | | management; and |
| 21 | | (F) interoperates with services and networks used |
| 22 | | by first responders to facilitate emergency response. |
| 23 | | "Next Generation 9-1-1 costs" and "NG9-1-1 costs" mean |
| 24 | | means those recurring costs that directly relate to the Next |
| 25 | | Generation 9-1-1 service as determined by the Statewide 9-1-1 |
| 26 | | Administrator with the advice of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory |
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| 1 | | Board, which may include, but need not be limited to, costs for |
| 2 | | NENA i3 Core Components (Border Control Function (BCF), |
| 3 | | Emergency Call Routing Function (ECRF), Location Validation |
| 4 | | Function (LVF), Emergency Services Routing Proxy (ESRP), |
| 5 | | Policy Store/Policy Routing Functions (PSPRF), and Location |
| 6 | | Information Servers (LIS)), Statewide ESInet, software |
| 7 | | external to the PSAP (data collection, identity management, |
| 8 | | aggregation, and GIS functionality), and gateways (legacy |
| 9 | | 9-1-1 tandems or gateways or both). |
| 10 | | "Next Generation 9-1-1 Core Services" and "NGCS" mean a |
| 11 | | set of services needed to process a 9-1-1 call on an ESInet. |
| 12 | | "Next Generation 9-1-1 Core Services" and "NGCS" include, but |
| 13 | | are not limited to, the ESRP, ECRF, LVF, BCF, Bridge, Policy |
| 14 | | Store, Logging Services, and typical IP services, such as DNS |
| 15 | | and DHCP. "Next Generation 9-1-1 Core Services" and "NGCS" do |
| 16 | | not include the network on which the services operate. |
| 17 | | "Originating service provider" or "OSP" means the entity |
| 18 | | that provides services to end users that may be used to |
| 19 | | originate voice or nonvoice 9-1-1 requests for assistance and |
| 20 | | who would interconnect, in any of various fashions, to the |
| 21 | | 9-1-1 system provider for purposes of delivering 9-1-1 traffic |
| 22 | | to the public safety answering points. |
| 23 | | "Private branch exchange" or "PBX" means a private |
| 24 | | telephone system and associated equipment located on the |
| 25 | | user's property that provides communications between internal |
| 26 | | stations and external networks. |
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| 1 | | "Private business switch service" means network and |
| 2 | | premises based systems including a VoIP, Centrex type service, |
| 3 | | or PBX service, even though key telephone systems or |
| 4 | | equivalent telephone systems registered with the Federal |
| 5 | | Communications Commission under 47 CFR Part 68 are directly |
| 6 | | connected to Centrex type and PBX systems. "Private business |
| 7 | | switch service" does not include key telephone systems or |
| 8 | | equivalent telephone systems registered with the Federal |
| 9 | | Communications Commission under 47 CFR Part 68 when not used |
| 10 | | in conjunction with a VoIP, Centrex type, or PBX systems. |
| 11 | | "Private business switch service" typically includes, but is |
| 12 | | not limited to, private businesses, corporations, and |
| 13 | | industries where the telecommunications service is primarily |
| 14 | | for conducting business. |
| 15 | | "Private residential switch service" means network and |
| 16 | | premise based systems including a VoIP, Centrex type service, |
| 17 | | or PBX service or key telephone systems or equivalent |
| 18 | | telephone systems registered with the Federal Communications |
| 19 | | Commission under 47 CFR Part 68 that are directly connected to |
| 20 | | a VoIP, Centrex type service, or PBX systems equipped for |
| 21 | | switched local network connections or 9-1-1 system access to |
| 22 | | residential end users through a private telephone switch. |
| 23 | | "Private residential switch service" does not include key |
| 24 | | telephone systems or equivalent telephone systems registered |
| 25 | | with the Federal Communications Commission under 47 CFR Part |
| 26 | | 68 when not used in conjunction with a VoIP, Centrex type, or |
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| 1 | | PBX systems. "Private residential switch service" typically |
| 2 | | includes, but is not limited to, apartment complexes, |
| 3 | | condominiums, and campus or university environments where |
| 4 | | shared tenant service is provided and where the usage of the |
| 5 | | telecommunications service is primarily residential. |
| 6 | | "Public agency" means the State, and any unit of local |
| 7 | | government or special purpose district located in whole or in |
| 8 | | part within this State, that provides or has authority to |
| 9 | | provide firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other |
| 10 | | emergency services. |
| 11 | | "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a |
| 12 | | public agency that provides firefighting, police, medical, or |
| 13 | | other emergency services to respond to and manage emergency |
| 14 | | incidents. For the purpose of providing wireless service to |
| 15 | | users of 9-1-1 emergency services, as expressly provided for |
| 16 | | in this Act, the Illinois State Police may be considered a |
| 17 | | public safety agency. |
| 18 | | "Public safety answering point" and or "PSAP" mean means |
| 19 | | the primary answering location of an emergency call that meets |
| 20 | | the appropriate standards of service and is responsible for |
| 21 | | receiving and processing those calls and events according to a |
| 22 | | specified operational policy. |
| 23 | | "PSAP representative" means the manager or supervisor of a |
| 24 | | Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) who oversees the daily |
| 25 | | operational functions and is responsible for the overall |
| 26 | | management and administration of the PSAP. |
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| 1 | | "Public safety telecommunicator" means any person employed |
| 2 | | in a full-time or part-time capacity at an answering point |
| 3 | | whose duties or responsibilities include answering, receiving, |
| 4 | | or transferring an emergency call for dispatch to the |
| 5 | | appropriate emergency responder. |
| 6 | | "Public safety telecommunicator supervisor" means any |
| 7 | | person employed in a full-time or part-time capacity at an |
| 8 | | answering point or by a 9-1-1 Authority, whose primary duties |
| 9 | | or responsibilities are to direct, administer, or manage any |
| 10 | | public safety telecommunicator and whose responsibilities |
| 11 | | include answering, receiving, or transferring an emergency |
| 12 | | call for dispatch to the appropriate emergency responders. |
| 13 | | "Referral" means a 9-1-1 service in which the public |
| 14 | | safety telecommunicator provides the calling party with the |
| 15 | | telephone number of the appropriate public safety agency or |
| 16 | | other provider of emergency services. |
| 17 | | "Regular service" means any telecommunications service, |
| 18 | | other than advanced service, that is capable of transporting |
| 19 | | either the subscriber's inter-premises voice |
| 20 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or |
| 21 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency. |
| 22 | | "Relay" means a 9-1-1 service in which the public safety |
| 23 | | telecommunicator takes the pertinent information from a caller |
| 24 | | and relays that information to the appropriate public safety |
| 25 | | agency or other provider of emergency services. |
| 26 | | "Remit period" means the billing period, one month in |
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| 1 | | duration, for which a wireless carrier remits a surcharge and |
| 2 | | provides subscriber information by zip code to the Illinois |
| 3 | | State Police, in accordance with Section 20 of this Act. |
| 4 | | "Secondary Answering Point" or "SAP" means a location, |
| 5 | | other than a PSAP, that is able to receive the voice, data, and |
| 6 | | call back number of E9-1-1 or NG9-1-1 emergency calls |
| 7 | | transferred from a PSAP and completes the call taking process |
| 8 | | by dispatching police, medical, fire, or other emergency |
| 9 | | responders. |
| 10 | | "Shared residential MLTS service" means the use of one or |
| 11 | | more MLTS or MLTS services to provide telephone service to |
| 12 | | residential facilities, including, but not limited to, |
| 13 | | single-family dwellings and multi-family dwellings, such as |
| 14 | | apartments, even if the service is not individually billed. |
| 15 | | "Shared telecommunications services" means the provision |
| 16 | | of telecommunications and information management services and |
| 17 | | equipment within a user group located in discrete private |
| 18 | | premises in building complexes, campuses, or high-rise |
| 19 | | buildings by a commercial shared services provider or by a |
| 20 | | user association, through privately owned customer premises |
| 21 | | equipment and associated data processing and information |
| 22 | | management services. The term "shared telecommunications |
| 23 | | services" includes the provisioning of connections to the |
| 24 | | facilities of a local exchange carrier or an interexchange |
| 25 | | carrier. |
| 26 | | "Statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system" means all |
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| 1 | | areas of the State where an emergency telephone system board |
| 2 | | has not declared its intention for one or more of its public |
| 3 | | safety answering points to serve as a primary wireless 9-1-1 |
| 4 | | public safety answering point for its jurisdiction. The |
| 5 | | operator of the statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system |
| 6 | | shall be the Illinois State Police. |
| 7 | | "Subscriber" means an individual or entity to whom a |
| 8 | | wireless carrier has assigned a wireless service account or |
| 9 | | number. |
| 10 | | "System" means the communications equipment, and related |
| 11 | | software applications, and databases required to produce a |
| 12 | | response by the appropriate emergency public safety agency or |
| 13 | | other provider of emergency services as a result of an |
| 14 | | emergency call being placed to 9-1-1. |
| 15 | | "System provider" means the contracted entity providing |
| 16 | | 9-1-1 network and database services. |
| 17 | | "Telecommunications carrier" means those entities included |
| 18 | | within the definition specified in Section 13-202 of the |
| 19 | | Public Utilities Act, and includes those carriers acting as |
| 20 | | resellers of telecommunications services. "Telecommunications |
| 21 | | carrier" includes telephone systems operating as mutual |
| 22 | | concerns. "Telecommunications carrier" does not include a |
| 23 | | wireless carrier. |
| 24 | | "Telecommunications technology" means equipment that can |
| 25 | | send and receive written messages over the telephone network. |
| 26 | | "Temporary residence MLTS" means the use of a MLTS or MLTS |
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| 1 | | service to provide telephone service to occupants of temporary |
| 2 | | or transient dwellings, including, but not limited to, |
| 3 | | dormitories, hotels, motels, health care facilities, and |
| 4 | | nursing homes, or other similar facilities. |
| 5 | | "Transfer" means a 9-1-1 service in which the public |
| 6 | | safety telecommunicator, who receives an emergency call, |
| 7 | | transmits, redirects, or conferences that call to the |
| 8 | | appropriate public safety agency or other provider of |
| 9 | | emergency services. "Transfer" includes calls transferred |
| 10 | | within the 9-1-1 system. "Transfer" does shall not include (1) |
| 11 | | a relay or referral of the information without transferring |
| 12 | | the caller or (2) calls transferred to a 10-digit number. |
| 13 | | "Transmitting messages" shall have the meaning given to |
| 14 | | that term under Section 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code. |
| 15 | | "Trunk line" means a transmission path, or group of |
| 16 | | transmission paths, connecting a subscriber's PBX to a |
| 17 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network. In the |
| 18 | | case of regular service, each voice grade communications |
| 19 | | channel or equivalent amount of bandwidth capable of |
| 20 | | transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice |
| 21 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or |
| 22 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be |
| 23 | | considered a trunk line, even if it is bundled with other |
| 24 | | channels or additional bandwidth. In the case of advanced |
| 25 | | service, each DS-1, T-1, or other un-channelized or |
| 26 | | multi-channel transmission facility that is capable of |
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| 1 | | transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice |
| 2 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or |
| 3 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be |
| 4 | | considered a single trunk line, even if it contains multiple |
| 5 | | voice grade communications channels or otherwise supports 2 or |
| 6 | | more voice grade calls at a time; provided, however, that each |
| 7 | | additional increment of up to 24 voice grade channels of |
| 8 | | transmission capacity that is capable of transporting either |
| 9 | | the subscriber's inter-premises voice telecommunications |
| 10 | | services to the public switched network or the subscriber's |
| 11 | | 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be considered an |
| 12 | | additional trunk line. |
| 13 | | "Unmanned backup answering point" means an answering point |
| 14 | | that serves as an alternate to the PSAP at an alternate |
| 15 | | location and is typically unmanned but can be activated if the |
| 16 | | primary PSAP is disabled. |
| 17 | | "Virtual answering point" or "VAP" means a temporary or |
| 18 | | nonpermanent location that is capable of receiving an |
| 19 | | emergency call, contains a fully functional worksite that is |
| 20 | | not bound to a specific location, but rather is portable and |
| 21 | | scalable, connecting public safety telecommunicators to the |
| 22 | | work process, and is capable of completing the call |
| 23 | | dispatching process. |
| 24 | | "Voice-impaired individual" means a person with a |
| 25 | | permanent speech disability which precludes oral |
| 26 | | communication, who can regularly and routinely communicate by |
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| 1 | | telephone only through the aid of devices which can send and |
| 2 | | receive written messages over the telephone network. |
| 3 | | "Wireless" means the delivery of a wireless 9-1-1 call |
| 4 | | with a callback number and identification of the cell tower |
| 5 | | from which the call originated with call routing usually |
| 6 | | determined by the cell sector and as set forth in the order of |
| 7 | | the Federal Communication Commission, FCC Docket No. 94-102, |
| 8 | | adopted June 12, 1996, with an effective date of October 1, |
| 9 | | 1996, and any subsequent amendment thereto. |
| 10 | | "Wireless carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular, |
| 11 | | broadband PCS, geographic area 800 MHZ and 900 MHZ Commercial |
| 12 | | Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), Wireless Communications Service |
| 13 | | (WCS), or other Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), as |
| 14 | | defined by the Federal Communications Commission, offering |
| 15 | | radio communications that may provide fixed, mobile, radio |
| 16 | | location, or satellite communication services to individuals |
| 17 | | or businesses within its assigned spectrum block and |
| 18 | | geographical area or that offers real-time, two-way voice |
| 19 | | service that is interconnected with the public switched |
| 20 | | network, including a reseller of such service. |
| 21 | | "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means the ability to relay the |
| 22 | | telephone number of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and |
| 23 | | location information from any mobile handset or text telephone |
| 24 | | device accessing the wireless system to the designated |
| 25 | | wireless public safety answering point as set forth in the |
| 26 | | order of the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Docket No. |
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| 1 | | 94-102, adopted June 12, 1996, with an effective date of |
| 2 | | October 1, 1996, and any subsequent amendment thereto. |
| 3 | | "Wireless public safety answering point" means the |
| 4 | | functional division of a 9-1-1 authority accepting wireless |
| 5 | | 9-1-1 calls. |
| 6 | | "Wireless subscriber" means an individual or entity to |
| 7 | | whom a wireless service account or number has been assigned by |
| 8 | | a wireless carrier, other than an account or number associated |
| 9 | | with prepaid wireless telecommunication service. |
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; |
| 11 | | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-983, eff. 5-27-22; 103-366, eff. |
| 12 | | 1-1-24.) |
| 13 | | (50 ILCS 750/3) (from Ch. 134, par. 33) |
| 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 15 | | Sec. 3. (a) By July 1, 2017, every local public agency |
| 16 | | shall be within the jurisdiction of a 9-1-1 system. |
| 17 | | (b) Within 36 months of the awarding of a contract to a |
| 18 | | vendor certified under Section 13-900 of the Public Utilities |
| 19 | | Act to provide Next Generation 9-1-1 service, every 9-1-1 |
| 20 | | system in Illinois, except in a municipality with a population |
| 21 | | over 500,000, shall provide Next Generation 9-1-1 service. A |
| 22 | | municipality with a population over 500,000 shall provide Next |
| 23 | | Generation 9-1-1 service by January 1, 2027 2026. |
| 24 | | (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit or |
| 25 | | discourage in any way the formation of multijurisdictional or |
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| 1 | | regional systems, and any system established pursuant to this |
| 2 | | Act may include the territory of more than one public agency or |
| 3 | | may include a segment of the territory of a public agency. |
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 103-366, eff. 1-1-24; |
| 5 | | 103-563, eff. 11-17-23.) |
| 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.3) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.3) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 8 | | Sec. 15.3. Local non-wireless surcharge. |
| 9 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection (l) of this Section, |
| 10 | | the corporate authorities of any municipality or any county |
| 11 | | may, subject to the limitations of subsections (c), (d), and |
| 12 | | (h), and in addition to any tax levied pursuant to the |
| 13 | | Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act, impose a |
| 14 | | monthly surcharge on billed subscribers of network connection |
| 15 | | provided by telecommunication carriers engaged in the business |
| 16 | | of transmitting messages by means of electricity originating |
| 17 | | within the corporate limits of the municipality or county |
| 18 | | imposing the surcharge at a rate per network connection |
| 19 | | determined in accordance with subsection (c), however the |
| 20 | | monthly surcharge shall not apply to a network connection |
| 21 | | provided for use with pay telephone services. Provided, |
| 22 | | however, that where multiple voice grade communications |
| 23 | | channels are connected between the subscriber's premises and a |
| 24 | | public switched network through private branch exchange (PBX) |
| 25 | | or centrex type service, a municipality imposing a surcharge |
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| 1 | | at a rate per network connection, as determined in accordance |
| 2 | | with this Act, shall impose: |
| 3 | | (i) in a municipality with a population of 500,000 or |
| 4 | | less or in any county, 5 such surcharges per network |
| 5 | | connection, as defined under Section 2 of this Act, for |
| 6 | | both regular service and advanced service provisioned |
| 7 | | trunk lines; |
| 8 | | (ii) in a municipality with a population, prior to |
| 9 | | March 1, 2010, of 500,000 or more, 5 surcharges per |
| 10 | | network connection, as defined under Section 2 of this |
| 11 | | Act, for both regular service and advanced service |
| 12 | | provisioned trunk lines; |
| 13 | | (iii) in a municipality with a population, as of March |
| 14 | | 1, 2010, of 500,000 or more, 5 surcharges per network |
| 15 | | connection, as defined under Section 2 of this Act, for |
| 16 | | regular service provisioned trunk lines, and 12 surcharges |
| 17 | | per network connection, as defined under Section 2 of this |
| 18 | | Act, for advanced service provisioned trunk lines, except |
| 19 | | where an advanced service provisioned trunk line supports |
| 20 | | at least 2 but fewer than 23 simultaneous voice grade |
| 21 | | calls ("VGC's"), a telecommunication carrier may elect to |
| 22 | | impose fewer than 12 surcharges per trunk line as provided |
| 23 | | in subsection (iv) of this Section; or |
| 24 | | (iv) for an advanced service provisioned trunk line |
| 25 | | connected between the subscriber's premises and the public |
| 26 | | switched network through a P.B.X., where the advanced |
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| 1 | | service provisioned trunk line is capable of transporting |
| 2 | | at least 2 but fewer than 23 simultaneous VGC's per trunk |
| 3 | | line, the telecommunications carrier collecting the |
| 4 | | surcharge may elect to impose surcharges in accordance |
| 5 | | with the table provided in this Section, without limiting |
| 6 | | any telecommunications carrier's obligations to otherwise |
| 7 | | keep and maintain records. Any telecommunications carrier |
| 8 | | electing to impose fewer than 12 surcharges per an |
| 9 | | advanced service provisioned trunk line shall keep and |
| 10 | | maintain records adequately to demonstrate the VGC |
| 11 | | capability of each advanced service provisioned trunk line |
| 12 | | with fewer than 12 surcharges imposed, provided that 12 |
| 13 | | surcharges shall be imposed on an advanced service |
| 14 | | provisioned trunk line regardless of the VGC capability |
| 15 | | where a telecommunications carrier cannot demonstrate the |
| 16 | | VGC capability of the advanced service provisioned trunk |
| 17 | | line. |
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| 18 | | Facility | VGC's | 911 Surcharges | |
| 19 | | Advanced service provisioned trunk line | 18-23 | 12 | |
| 20 | | Advanced service provisioned trunk line | 12-17 | 10 | |
| 21 | | Advanced service provisioned trunk line | 2-11 | 8 |
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| 22 | | Subsections (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) are not intended to |
| 23 | | make any change in the meaning of this Section, but are |
| 24 | | intended to remove possible ambiguity, thereby confirming the |
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| 1 | | intent of paragraph (a) as it existed prior to and following |
| 2 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General |
| 3 | | Assembly. |
| 4 | | For mobile telecommunications services, if a surcharge is |
| 5 | | imposed it shall be imposed based upon the municipality or |
| 6 | | county that encompasses the customer's place of primary use as |
| 7 | | defined in the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity |
| 8 | | Act. A municipality may enter into an intergovernmental |
| 9 | | agreement with any county in which it is partially located, |
| 10 | | when the county has adopted an ordinance to impose a surcharge |
| 11 | | as provided in subsection (c), to include that portion of the |
| 12 | | municipality lying outside the county in that county's |
| 13 | | surcharge referendum. If the county's surcharge referendum is |
| 14 | | approved, the portion of the municipality identified in the |
| 15 | | intergovernmental agreement shall automatically be |
| 16 | | disconnected from the county in which it lies and connected to |
| 17 | | the county which approved the referendum for purposes of a |
| 18 | | surcharge on telecommunications carriers. |
| 19 | | (b) For purposes of computing the surcharge imposed by |
| 20 | | subsection (a), the network connections to which the surcharge |
| 21 | | shall apply shall be those in-service network connections, |
| 22 | | other than those network connections assigned to the |
| 23 | | municipality or county, where the service address for each |
| 24 | | such network connection or connections is located within the |
| 25 | | corporate limits of the municipality or county levying the |
| 26 | | surcharge. Except for mobile telecommunication services, the |
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| 1 | | "service address" shall mean the location of the primary use |
| 2 | | of the network connection or connections. For mobile |
| 3 | | telecommunication services, "service address" means the |
| 4 | | customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile |
| 5 | | Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act. |
| 6 | | (c) Upon the passage of an ordinance to impose a surcharge |
| 7 | | under this Section the clerk of the municipality or county |
| 8 | | shall certify the question of whether the surcharge may be |
| 9 | | imposed to the proper election authority who shall submit the |
| 10 | | public question to the electors of the municipality or county |
| 11 | | in accordance with the general election law; provided that |
| 12 | | such question shall not be submitted at a consolidated primary |
| 13 | | election. The public question shall be in substantially the |
| 14 | | following form: |
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| 16 | | Shall the county (or city, village
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| 17 | | or incorporated town) of ..... impose YES
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| 18 | | a surcharge of up to ...¢ per month per
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| 19 | | network connection, which surcharge will
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| 20 | | be added to the monthly bill you receive ------------------
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| 21 | | for telephone or telecommunications
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| 22 | | charges, for the purpose of installing
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| 23 | | (or improving) a 9-1-1 Emergency NO
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| 24 | | Telephone System?
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| 26 | | If a majority of the votes cast upon the public question |
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| 1 | | are in favor thereof, the surcharge shall be imposed. |
| 2 | | However, if a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board is to |
| 3 | | be created pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement under |
| 4 | | Section 15.4, the ordinance to impose the surcharge shall be |
| 5 | | subject to the approval of a majority of the total number of |
| 6 | | votes cast upon the public question by the electors of all of |
| 7 | | the municipalities or counties, or combination thereof, that |
| 8 | | are parties to the intergovernmental agreement. |
| 9 | | The referendum requirement of this subsection (c) shall |
| 10 | | not apply to any municipality with a population over 500,000 |
| 11 | | or to any county in which a proposition as to whether a |
| 12 | | sophisticated 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System should be |
| 13 | | installed in the county, at a cost not to exceed a specified |
| 14 | | monthly amount per network connection, has previously been |
| 15 | | approved by a majority of the electors of the county voting on |
| 16 | | the proposition at an election conducted before the effective |
| 17 | | date of this amendatory Act of 1987. |
| 18 | | (d) A county may not impose a surcharge, unless requested |
| 19 | | by a municipality, in any incorporated area which has |
| 20 | | previously approved a surcharge as provided in subsection (c) |
| 21 | | or in any incorporated area where the corporate authorities of |
| 22 | | the municipality have previously entered into a binding |
| 23 | | contract or letter of intent with a telecommunications carrier |
| 24 | | to provide sophisticated 9-1-1 service through municipal |
| 25 | | funds. |
| 26 | | (e) A municipality or county may at any time by ordinance |
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| 1 | | change the rate of the surcharge imposed under this Section if |
| 2 | | the new rate does not exceed the rate specified in the |
| 3 | | referendum held pursuant to subsection (c). |
| 4 | | (f) The surcharge authorized by this Section shall be |
| 5 | | collected from the subscriber by the telecommunications |
| 6 | | carrier providing the subscriber the network connection as a |
| 7 | | separately stated item on the subscriber's bill. |
| 8 | | (g) The amount of surcharge collected by the |
| 9 | | telecommunications carrier shall be paid to the particular |
| 10 | | municipality or county or Joint Emergency Telephone System |
| 11 | | Board not later than 30 days after the surcharge is collected, |
| 12 | | net of any network or other 9-1-1 or sophisticated 9-1-1 |
| 13 | | system charges then due the particular telecommunications |
| 14 | | carrier, as shown on an itemized bill. The telecommunications |
| 15 | | carrier collecting the surcharge shall also be entitled to |
| 16 | | deduct 3% of the gross amount of surcharge collected to |
| 17 | | reimburse the telecommunications carrier for the expense of |
| 18 | | accounting and collecting the surcharge. |
| 19 | | (h) Except as expressly provided in subsection (a) of this |
| 20 | | Section, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
| 21 | | of the 98th General Assembly and until December 31, 2017, a |
| 22 | | municipality with a population of 500,000 or more shall not |
| 23 | | impose a monthly surcharge per network connection in excess of |
| 24 | | the highest monthly surcharge imposed as of January 1, 2014 by |
| 25 | | any county or municipality under subsection (c) of this |
| 26 | | Section. Beginning January 1, 2018 and until December 31, 2028 |
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| 1 | | 2025, a municipality with a population over 500,000 may not |
| 2 | | impose a monthly surcharge in excess of $5.00 per network |
| 3 | | connection. On or after January 1, 2029 2026, a municipality |
| 4 | | with a population over 500,000 may not impose a monthly |
| 5 | | surcharge in excess of $2.50 per network connection. |
| 6 | | (i) Any municipality or county or joint emergency |
| 7 | | telephone system board that has imposed a surcharge pursuant |
| 8 | | to this Section prior to the effective date of this amendatory |
| 9 | | Act of 1990 shall hereafter impose the surcharge in accordance |
| 10 | | with subsection (b) of this Section. |
| 11 | | (j) The corporate authorities of any municipality or |
| 12 | | county may issue, in accordance with Illinois law, bonds, |
| 13 | | notes or other obligations secured in whole or in part by the |
| 14 | | proceeds of the surcharge described in this Section. The State |
| 15 | | of Illinois pledges and agrees that it will not limit or alter |
| 16 | | the rights and powers vested in municipalities and counties by |
| 17 | | this Section to impose the surcharge so as to impair the terms |
| 18 | | of or affect the security for bonds, notes or other |
| 19 | | obligations secured in whole or in part with the proceeds of |
| 20 | | the surcharge described in this Section. The pledge and |
| 21 | | agreement set forth in this Section survive the termination of |
| 22 | | the surcharge under subsection (l) by virtue of the |
| 23 | | replacement of the surcharge monies guaranteed under Section |
| 24 | | 20; the State of Illinois pledges and agrees that it will not |
| 25 | | limit or alter the rights vested in municipalities and |
| 26 | | counties to the surcharge replacement funds guaranteed under |
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| 1 | | Section 20 so as to impair the terms of or affect the security |
| 2 | | for bonds, notes or other obligations secured in whole or in |
| 3 | | part with the proceeds of the surcharge described in this |
| 4 | | Section. |
| 5 | | (k) Any surcharge collected by or imposed on a |
| 6 | | telecommunications carrier pursuant to this Section shall be |
| 7 | | held to be a special fund in trust for the municipality, county |
| 8 | | or Joint Emergency Telephone Board imposing the surcharge. |
| 9 | | Except for the 3% deduction provided in subsection (g) above, |
| 10 | | the special fund shall not be subject to the claims of |
| 11 | | creditors of the telecommunication carrier. |
| 12 | | (l) Any surcharge imposed pursuant to this Section by a |
| 13 | | county or municipality, other than a municipality with a |
| 14 | | population in excess of 500,000, shall cease to be imposed on |
| 15 | | January 1, 2016. |
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 103-366, eff. 1-1-24.) |
| 17 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.3a) |
| 18 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 19 | | Sec. 15.3a. Local wireless surcharge. |
| 20 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a |
| 21 | | unit of local government or emergency telephone system board |
| 22 | | providing wireless 9-1-1 service and imposing and collecting a |
| 23 | | wireless carrier surcharge prior to July 1, 1998 may continue |
| 24 | | its practices of imposing and collecting its wireless carrier |
| 25 | | surcharge, but, except as provided in subsection (b) of this |
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| 1 | | Section, in no event shall that monthly surcharge exceed $2.50 |
| 2 | | per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) connection or |
| 3 | | in-service telephone number billed on a monthly basis. For |
| 4 | | mobile telecommunications services provided on and after |
| 5 | | August 1, 2002, any surcharge imposed shall be imposed based |
| 6 | | upon the municipality or county that encompasses the |
| 7 | | customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile |
| 8 | | Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act. |
| 9 | | (b) Until December 31, 2017, the corporate authorities of |
| 10 | | a municipality with a population in excess of 500,000 on the |
| 11 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General |
| 12 | | Assembly may by ordinance continue to impose and collect a |
| 13 | | monthly surcharge per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) |
| 14 | | connection or in-service telephone number billed on a monthly |
| 15 | | basis that does not exceed the highest monthly surcharge |
| 16 | | imposed as of January 1, 2014 by any county or municipality |
| 17 | | under subsection (c) of Section 15.3 of this Act. Beginning |
| 18 | | January 1, 2018, and until December 31, 2028 2025, a |
| 19 | | municipality with a population in excess of 500,000 may by |
| 20 | | ordinance continue to impose and collect a monthly surcharge |
| 21 | | per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) connection or |
| 22 | | in-service telephone number billed on a monthly basis that |
| 23 | | does not exceed $5.00. On or after January 1, 2029 2026, the |
| 24 | | municipality may continue imposing and collecting its wireless |
| 25 | | carrier surcharge as provided in and subject to the |
| 26 | | limitations of subsection (a) of this Section. |
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| 1 | | (c) In addition to any other lawful purpose, a |
| 2 | | municipality with a population over 500,000 may use the moneys |
| 3 | | collected under this Section for any anti-terrorism or |
| 4 | | emergency preparedness measures, including, but not limited |
| 5 | | to, preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for |
| 6 | | federal or State grants, personnel training, and specialized |
| 7 | | equipment, including surveillance cameras, as needed to deal |
| 8 | | with natural and terrorist-inspired emergency situations or |
| 9 | | events. |
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 103-366, eff. 1-1-24.) |
| 11 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.5a) |
| 12 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 13 | | Sec. 15.5a. Grandfathered private business switch or MLTS |
| 14 | | 9-1-1 service. |
| 15 | | (a) After June 30, 2000, or within 18 months after |
| 16 | | enhanced 9-1-1 or NG9-1-1 service becomes available, whichever |
| 17 | | is later, any entity that manages or operates a private |
| 18 | | business switch or a telecommunication facility or MLTS |
| 19 | | service for businesses that was installed on or before |
| 20 | | February 16, 2020 shall ensure that the system is connected to |
| 21 | | the public switched network so that calls to 9-1-1 route to the |
| 22 | | appropriate 9-1-1 jurisdiction with the proper ANI and ALI. |
| 23 | | For buildings having their own street address and containing |
| 24 | | workspace of 40,000 square feet or less, location |
| 25 | | identification shall include the building's street address. |
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| 1 | | For buildings having their own street address and containing |
| 2 | | workspace of more than 40,000 square feet, location |
| 3 | | identification shall include the building's street address and |
| 4 | | one distinct location identification per 40,000 square feet of |
| 5 | | workspace. Separate buildings containing workspace of 40,000 |
| 6 | | square feet or less having a common public street address |
| 7 | | shall have a distinct location identification for each |
| 8 | | building in addition to the street address. |
| 9 | | (b) The following buildings are exempt from subsection (a) |
| 10 | | to the extent described below: |
| 11 | | (1) Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 |
| 12 | | square feet are exempt from the multiple location |
| 13 | | identification requirements in subsection (a) if the |
| 14 | | building maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate |
| 15 | | means of signaling and responding to emergencies. Those |
| 16 | | means shall include, but not be limited to, a telephone |
| 17 | | system that provides the dispatchable location of 9-1-1 |
| 18 | | calls coming from within the building. Health care |
| 19 | | facilities are presumed to meet the requirements of this |
| 20 | | paragraph if the facilities are staffed with medical or |
| 21 | | nursing personnel 24 hours per day and if an alternative |
| 22 | | means of providing information about the source of an |
| 23 | | emergency call exists. Buildings that are exempt under |
| 24 | | this paragraph must provide 9-1-1 service that identifies |
| 25 | | the building's street address. |
| 26 | | (2) Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 |
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| 1 | | square feet are exempt from subsection (a) if the building |
| 2 | | maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate means of |
| 3 | | signaling and responding to emergencies, including a |
| 4 | | telephone system that provides the location of a 9-1-1 |
| 5 | | call coming from within the building, and the building is |
| 6 | | serviced by its own medical, fire, and security personnel. |
| 7 | | Buildings that are exempt under this paragraph are subject |
| 8 | | to emergency phone system certification by the |
| 9 | | Administrator. |
| 10 | | (3) Buildings in communities not serviced by NG9-1-1 |
| 11 | | enhanced 9-1-1 service are exempt from subsection (a). |
| 12 | | (c) This Section does not apply to any MLTS telephone |
| 13 | | extension that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical |
| 14 | | signals directly between the telephone extension and the |
| 15 | | serving MLTS. |
| 16 | | (d) Any entity that installs, manages, or operates an MLTS |
| 17 | | service to businesses shall ensure that all systems installed |
| 18 | | on or after July 1, 2015 are connected to the public switched |
| 19 | | network so that when a user dials "9-1-1", the emergency call |
| 20 | | connects to the 9-1-1 system without first dialing any number |
| 21 | | or set of numbers. |
| 22 | | (e) The requirements of this Section do not apply to: |
| 23 | | (1) any entity certified by the Illinois Commerce |
| 24 | | Commission to operate a Private Emergency Answering Point |
| 25 | | as defined in 83 Ill. Adm. Code 1326.105; or |
| 26 | | (2) correctional institutions and facilities as |
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| 1 | | defined in subsection (d) of Section 3-1-2 of the Unified |
| 2 | | Code of Corrections. |
| 3 | | (f) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a |
| 4 | | business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and |
| 5 | | not more than $5,000. |
| 6 | | (g) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to preclude |
| 7 | | the Attorney General on behalf of the Illinois State Police or |
| 8 | | on his or her own initiative, or any other interested person, |
| 9 | | from seeking judicial relief, by mandamus, injunction, or |
| 10 | | otherwise, to compel compliance with this Section. |
| 11 | | (h) The Illinois State Police may adopt rules for the |
| 12 | | administration of this Section. |
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 102-983, eff. 5-27-22.) |
| 14 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.6a) |
| 15 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 16 | | Sec. 15.6a. Wireless emergency 9-1-1 service. |
| 17 | | (a) The digits "9-1-1" shall be the designated emergency |
| 18 | | telephone number within the wireless system. |
| 19 | | (b) The Illinois State Police may set non-discriminatory |
| 20 | | and uniform technical and operational standards consistent |
| 21 | | with the rules of the Federal Communications Commission for |
| 22 | | directing calls to authorized public safety answering points. |
| 23 | | These standards shall not in any way prescribe the technology |
| 24 | | or manner a wireless carrier shall use to deliver wireless |
| 25 | | 9-1-1 or wireless NG9-1-1 E9-1-1 calls, and these standards |
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| 1 | | shall not exceed the requirements set by the Federal |
| 2 | | Communications Commission; however, standards for directing |
| 3 | | calls to the authorized public safety answering point shall be |
| 4 | | included. The authority given to the Illinois State Police in |
| 5 | | this Section is limited to setting standards as set forth |
| 6 | | herein and does not constitute authority to regulate wireless |
| 7 | | carriers. |
| 8 | | (c) For the purpose of providing wireless 9-1-1 emergency |
| 9 | | services, an emergency telephone system board may declare its |
| 10 | | intention for one or more of its public safety answering |
| 11 | | points to serve as a primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety |
| 12 | | answering point for its jurisdiction by notifying the |
| 13 | | Administrator in writing within 6 months after receiving its |
| 14 | | authority to operate a 9-1-1 system under this Act. In |
| 15 | | addition, 2 or more emergency telephone system boards may, by |
| 16 | | virtue of an intergovernmental agreement, provide wireless |
| 17 | | 9-1-1 service. Until the jurisdiction comes into compliance |
| 18 | | with Section 15.4a of this Act, the Illinois State Police |
| 19 | | shall be the primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering |
| 20 | | point for any jurisdiction that did not provide notice to the |
| 21 | | Illinois Commerce Commission and the Illinois State Police |
| 22 | | prior to January 1, 2016. |
| 23 | | (d) The Administrator, upon a request from an emergency |
| 24 | | telephone system board and with the advice and recommendation |
| 25 | | of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, may grant authority to |
| 26 | | the emergency telephone system board to provide wireless 9-1-1 |
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| 1 | | service in areas for which the Illinois State Police has |
| 2 | | accepted wireless 9-1-1 responsibility. The Administrator |
| 3 | | shall maintain a current list of all 9-1-1 systems providing |
| 4 | | wireless 9-1-1 service under this Act. |
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; |
| 6 | | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) |
| 7 | | (50 ILCS 750/20) |
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 9 | | Sec. 20. Statewide surcharge. |
| 10 | | (a) On and after January 1, 2016, and except with respect |
| 11 | | to those customers who are subject to surcharges as provided |
| 12 | | in Sections 15.3 and 15.3a of this Act, a monthly surcharge |
| 13 | | shall be imposed on all customers of telecommunications |
| 14 | | carriers and wireless carriers as follows: |
| 15 | | (1) Each telecommunications carrier shall impose a |
| 16 | | monthly surcharge per network connection; provided, |
| 17 | | however, the monthly surcharge shall not apply to a |
| 18 | | network connection provided for use with pay telephone |
| 19 | | services. Where multiple voice grade communications |
| 20 | | channels are connected between the subscriber's premises |
| 21 | | and a public switched network through private branch |
| 22 | | exchange (PBX), Centrex type service, or other multiple |
| 23 | | voice grade communication channels facility, there shall |
| 24 | | be imposed 5 such surcharges per network connection for |
| 25 | | both regular service and advanced service provisioned |
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| 1 | | trunk lines. Until December 31, 2017, the surcharge shall |
| 2 | | be $0.87 per network connection and on and after January |
| 3 | | 1, 2018, the surcharge shall be $1.50 per network |
| 4 | | connection. |
| 5 | | (2) Each wireless carrier shall impose and collect a |
| 6 | | monthly surcharge per CMRS connection that either has a |
| 7 | | telephone number within an area code assigned to Illinois |
| 8 | | by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator or has |
| 9 | | a billing address in this State. Until December 31, 2017, |
| 10 | | the surcharge shall be $0.87 per connection and on and |
| 11 | | after January 1, 2018, the surcharge shall be $1.50 per |
| 12 | | connection. |
| 13 | | (b) State and local taxes shall not apply to the |
| 14 | | surcharges imposed under this Section. |
| 15 | | (c) The surcharges imposed by this Section shall be stated |
| 16 | | as a separately stated item on subscriber bills. |
| 17 | | (d) The telecommunications carrier collecting the |
| 18 | | surcharge may deduct and retain 1.74% of the gross amount of |
| 19 | | surcharge collected to reimburse the telecommunications |
| 20 | | carrier for the expense of accounting and collecting the |
| 21 | | surcharge. On and after July 1, 2022, the wireless carrier |
| 22 | | collecting a surcharge under this Section may deduct and |
| 23 | | retain 1.74% of the gross amount of the surcharge collected to |
| 24 | | reimburse the wireless carrier for the expense of accounting |
| 25 | | and collecting the surcharge. |
| 26 | | (d-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of |
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| 1 | | this Section, an amount not greater than 2.5% may be deducted |
| 2 | | and retained if the telecommunications or wireless carrier can |
| 3 | | support, through documentation, expenses that exceed the 1.74% |
| 4 | | allowed. The documentation shall be submitted to the Illinois |
| 5 | | State Police and input obtained from the Statewide 9-1-1 |
| 6 | | Advisory Board prior to approval of the deduction. |
| 7 | | (e) Surcharges imposed under this Section shall be |
| 8 | | collected by the carriers and shall be remitted to the |
| 9 | | Illinois State Police, either by check or electronic funds |
| 10 | | transfer, by the end of the next calendar month after the |
| 11 | | calendar month in which it was collected for deposit into the |
| 12 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Fund. Carriers are not required to remit |
| 13 | | surcharge moneys that are billed to subscribers but not yet |
| 14 | | collected. |
| 15 | | The first remittance by wireless carriers shall include |
| 16 | | the number of subscribers by zip code, and the 9-digit zip code |
| 17 | | if currently being used or later implemented by the carrier, |
| 18 | | that shall be the means by which the Illinois State Police |
| 19 | | shall determine distributions from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund. |
| 20 | | This information shall be updated at least once each year. Any |
| 21 | | carrier that fails to provide the zip code information |
| 22 | | required under this subsection (e) shall be subject to the |
| 23 | | penalty set forth in subsection (g) of this Section. |
| 24 | | (f) If, within 8 calendar days after it is due under |
| 25 | | subsection (e) of this Section, a carrier does not remit the |
| 26 | | surcharge or any portion thereof required under this Section, |
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| 1 | | then the surcharge or portion thereof shall be deemed |
| 2 | | delinquent until paid in full, and the Illinois State Police |
| 3 | | may impose a penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to |
| 4 | | the greater of: |
| 5 | | (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month from the |
| 6 | | time an amount becomes delinquent until the amount is paid |
| 7 | | in full; or |
| 8 | | (2) an amount equal to the product of 1% and the sum of |
| 9 | | all delinquent amounts for each month or portion of a |
| 10 | | month that the delinquent amounts remain unpaid. |
| 11 | | A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (f) |
| 12 | | for a portion of a month during which the carrier pays the |
| 13 | | delinquent amount in full shall be prorated for each day of |
| 14 | | that month that the delinquent amount was paid in full. Any |
| 15 | | penalty imposed under this subsection (f) is in addition to |
| 16 | | the amount of the delinquency and is in addition to any other |
| 17 | | penalty imposed under this Section. |
| 18 | | (g) If, within 8 calendar days after it is due, a wireless |
| 19 | | carrier does not provide the number of subscribers by zip code |
| 20 | | as required under subsection (e) of this Section, then the |
| 21 | | report is deemed delinquent and the Illinois State Police may |
| 22 | | impose a penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to the |
| 23 | | greater of: |
| 24 | | (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month that the |
| 25 | | report is delinquent; or |
| 26 | | (2) an amount equal to the product of $0.01 and the |
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| 1 | | number of subscribers served by the carrier for each month |
| 2 | | or portion of a month that the delinquent report is not |
| 3 | | provided. |
| 4 | | A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (g) |
| 5 | | for a portion of a month during which the carrier provides the |
| 6 | | number of subscribers by zip code as required under subsection |
| 7 | | (e) of this Section shall be prorated for each day of that |
| 8 | | month during which the carrier had not provided the number of |
| 9 | | subscribers by zip code as required under subsection (e) of |
| 10 | | this Section. Any penalty imposed under this subsection (g) is |
| 11 | | in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Section. |
| 12 | | (h) A penalty imposed and collected in accordance with |
| 13 | | subsection (f) or (g) of this Section shall be deposited into |
| 14 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund for distribution according to Section |
| 15 | | 30 of this Act. |
| 16 | | (i) The Illinois State Police may enforce the collection |
| 17 | | of any delinquent amount and any penalty due and unpaid under |
| 18 | | this Section by legal action or in any other manner by which |
| 19 | | the collection of debts due the State of Illinois may be |
| 20 | | enforced under the laws of this State. The Illinois State |
| 21 | | Police may excuse the payment of any penalty imposed under |
| 22 | | this Section if the Administrator determines that the |
| 23 | | enforcement of this penalty is unjust. |
| 24 | | (j) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, |
| 25 | | nothing shall impair the right of wireless carriers to recover |
| 26 | | unreimbursed compliance costs for all emergency communications |
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| 1 | | services directly from their wireless subscribers by line-item |
| 2 | | charges on the wireless subscriber's bill. Those compliance |
| 3 | | costs include all costs incurred by wireless carriers in |
| 4 | | complying with local, State, and federal regulatory or |
| 5 | | legislative mandates that require the transmission and receipt |
| 6 | | of emergency communications to and from the general public, |
| 7 | | including, but not limited to, NG9-1-1 E9-1-1. |
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; |
| 9 | | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-366, eff. 1-1-24.) |
| 10 | | (50 ILCS 750/30) |
| 11 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 12 | | Sec. 30. Statewide 9-1-1 Fund; surcharge disbursement. |
| 13 | | (a) A special fund in the State treasury known as the |
| 14 | | Wireless Service Emergency Fund shall be renamed the Statewide |
| 15 | | 9-1-1 Fund. Any appropriations made from the Wireless Service |
| 16 | | Emergency Fund shall be payable from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund. |
| 17 | | The Fund shall consist of the following: |
| 18 | | (1) (Blank). |
| 19 | | (2) 9-1-1 surcharges assessed under Section 20 of this |
| 20 | | Act. |
| 21 | | (3) Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharges assessed under |
| 22 | | Section 15 of the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act. |
| 23 | | (4) Any appropriations, grants, or gifts made to the |
| 24 | | Fund. |
| 25 | | (5) Any income from interest, premiums, gains, or |
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| 1 | | other earnings on moneys in the Fund. |
| 2 | | (6) Money from any other source that is deposited in |
| 3 | | or transferred to the Fund. |
| 4 | | (b) Subject to appropriation and availability of funds, |
| 5 | | the Illinois State Police shall distribute the 9-1-1 |
| 6 | | surcharges monthly as follows: |
| 7 | | (1) From each surcharge collected and remitted under |
| 8 | | Section 20 of this Act: |
| 9 | | (A) $0.013 shall be distributed monthly in equal |
| 10 | | amounts to each County Emergency Telephone System |
| 11 | | Board in counties with a population under 100,000 |
| 12 | | according to the most recent census data which is |
| 13 | | authorized to serve as a primary wireless 9-1-1 public |
| 14 | | safety answering point for the county and to provide |
| 15 | | wireless 9-1-1 service as prescribed by subsection (b) |
| 16 | | of Section 15.6a of this Act, and which does provide |
| 17 | | such service. |
| 18 | | (B) (Blank). |
| 19 | | (C) Until December 31, 2017, $0.007 and on and |
| 20 | | after January 1, 2018, $0.017 shall be used to cover |
| 21 | | the Illinois State Police's administrative costs. |
| 22 | | (D) Beginning January 1, 2018, until June 30, |
| 23 | | 2020, $0.12, and on and after July 1, 2020, $0.04 shall |
| 24 | | be used to make monthly disbursements to the |
| 25 | | appropriate 9-1-1 Authority currently taking wireless |
| 26 | | 9-1-1 based upon the United States Postal Zip Code of |
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| 1 | | the billing addresses of subscribers wireless |
| 2 | | carriers. |
| 3 | | (E) Until June 30, 2025, $0.05 shall be used by the |
| 4 | | Illinois State Police for grants for NG9-1-1 expenses, |
| 5 | | with priority given to 9-1-1 Authorities that provide |
| 6 | | 9-1-1 service within the territory of a Large Electing |
| 7 | | Provider as defined in Section 13-406.1 of the Public |
| 8 | | Utilities Act. |
| 9 | | (F) On and after July 1, 2020, $0.13 shall be used |
| 10 | | for the implementation of and continuing expenses for |
| 11 | | the Statewide NG9-1-1 system. |
| 12 | | (1.5) Beginning on the effective date of this |
| 13 | | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, to assist |
| 14 | | with the implementation of the statewide Next Generation |
| 15 | | 9-1-1 network, the Illinois State Police's administrative |
| 16 | | costs include the one-time capital cost of upgrading the |
| 17 | | Illinois State Police's call-handling equipment to meet |
| 18 | | the standards necessary to access and increase |
| 19 | | interoperability with the statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 |
| 20 | | network. |
| 21 | | (A) Upon completion of the Illinois State Police's |
| 22 | | call-handling equipment upgrades, but no later than |
| 23 | | June 30, 2024, surplus moneys in excess of $1,000,000 |
| 24 | | from subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) not utilized by |
| 25 | | the Illinois State Police for administrative costs |
| 26 | | shall be distributed to the 9-1-1 Authorities in |
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| 1 | | accordance with subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) on |
| 2 | | an annual basis at the end of the State fiscal year. |
| 3 | | Any remaining surplus money may also be distributed |
| 4 | | consistent with this paragraph (1.5) at the discretion |
| 5 | | of the Illinois State Police. |
| 6 | | (B) Upon implementation of the Statewide NG9-1-1 |
| 7 | | system, but no later than June 30, 2024, surplus |
| 8 | | moneys in excess of $5,000,000 from subparagraph (F) |
| 9 | | of paragraph (1) not utilized by the Illinois State |
| 10 | | Police for the implementation of and continuing |
| 11 | | expenses for the Statewide NG9-1-1 system shall be |
| 12 | | distributed to the 9-1-1 Authorities in accordance |
| 13 | | with subparagraph (E) of subsection (2) on an annual |
| 14 | | basis at the end of the State fiscal year. Any |
| 15 | | remaining surplus money may also be distributed |
| 16 | | consistent with this paragraph (1.5) at the discretion |
| 17 | | of the Illinois State Police. |
| 18 | | (2) After disbursements under paragraph (1) of this |
| 19 | | subsection (b), all remaining funds in the Statewide 9-1-1 |
| 20 | | Fund shall be disbursed in the following priority order: |
| 21 | | (A) The Fund shall pay monthly to: |
| 22 | | (i) the 9-1-1 Authorities that imposed |
| 23 | | surcharges under Section 15.3 of this Act and were |
| 24 | | required to report to the Illinois Commerce |
| 25 | | Commission under Section 27 of the Wireless |
| 26 | | Emergency Telephone Safety Act on October 1, 2014, |
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| 1 | | except a 9-1-1 Authority in a municipality with a |
| 2 | | population in excess of 500,000, an amount equal |
| 3 | | to the average monthly wireline and VoIP surcharge |
| 4 | | revenue attributable to the most recent 12-month |
| 5 | | period reported to the Illinois State Police under |
| 6 | | that Section for the October 1, 2014 filing, |
| 7 | | subject to the power of the Illinois State Police |
| 8 | | to investigate the amount reported and adjust the |
| 9 | | number by order under Article X of the Public |
| 10 | | Utilities Act, so that the monthly amount paid |
| 11 | | under this item accurately reflects one-twelfth of |
| 12 | | the aggregate wireline and VoIP surcharge revenue |
| 13 | | properly attributable to the most recent 12-month |
| 14 | | period reported to the Commission; or |
| 15 | | (ii) county qualified governmental entities |
| 16 | | that did not impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 |
| 17 | | as of December 31, 2015, and counties that did not |
| 18 | | impose a surcharge as of June 30, 2015, an amount |
| 19 | | equivalent to their population multiplied by .37 |
| 20 | | multiplied by the rate of $0.69; counties that are |
| 21 | | not county qualified governmental entities and |
| 22 | | that did not impose a surcharge as of December 31, |
| 23 | | 2015, shall not begin to receive the payment |
| 24 | | provided for in this subsection until NG9-1-1 |
| 25 | | E9-1-1 and wireless NG9-1-1 E9-1-1 services are |
| 26 | | provided within their counties; or |
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| 1 | | (iii) counties without 9-1-1 service that had |
| 2 | | a surcharge in place by December 31, 2015, an |
| 3 | | amount equivalent to their population multiplied |
| 4 | | by .37 multiplied by their surcharge rate as |
| 5 | | established by the referendum. |
| 6 | | (B) All 9-1-1 network costs for systems outside of |
| 7 | | municipalities with a population of at least 500,000 |
| 8 | | shall be paid by the Illinois State Police directly to |
| 9 | | the vendors. |
| 10 | | (C) All expenses incurred by the Administrator and |
| 11 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board and costs |
| 12 | | associated with procurement under Section 15.6b |
| 13 | | including requests for information and requests for |
| 14 | | proposals. |
| 15 | | (D) Funds may be held in reserve by the Statewide |
| 16 | | 9-1-1 Advisory Board and disbursed by the Illinois |
| 17 | | State Police for grants under Section 15.4b of this |
| 18 | | Act and for NG9-1-1 expenses up to $12.5 million per |
| 19 | | year in State fiscal years 2016 and 2017; up to $20 |
| 20 | | million in State fiscal year 2018; up to $20.9 million |
| 21 | | in State fiscal year 2019; up to $15.3 million in State |
| 22 | | fiscal year 2020; up to $16.2 million in State fiscal |
| 23 | | year 2021; up to $23.1 million in State fiscal year |
| 24 | | 2022; and up to $17.0 million per year for State fiscal |
| 25 | | year 2023 and each year thereafter. The amount held in |
| 26 | | reserve in State fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023 |
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| 1 | | shall not be less than $6.5 million. Disbursements |
| 2 | | under this subparagraph (D) shall be prioritized as |
| 3 | | follows: (i) consolidation grants prioritized under |
| 4 | | subsection (a) of Section 15.4b of this Act; (ii) |
| 5 | | NG9-1-1 expenses; and (iii) consolidation grants under |
| 6 | | Section 15.4b of this Act for consolidation expenses |
| 7 | | incurred between January 1, 2010, and January 1, 2016. |
| 8 | | (E) All remaining funds per remit month shall be |
| 9 | | used to make monthly disbursements to the appropriate |
| 10 | | 9-1-1 Authority currently taking wireless 9-1-1 based |
| 11 | | upon the United States Postal Zip Code of the billing |
| 12 | | addresses of subscribers of wireless carriers. |
| 13 | | (c) The moneys deposited into the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund |
| 14 | | under this Section shall not be subject to administrative |
| 15 | | charges or chargebacks unless otherwise authorized by this |
| 16 | | Act. |
| 17 | | (d) Whenever two or more 9-1-1 Authorities consolidate, |
| 18 | | the resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall be |
| 19 | | entitled to the monthly payments that had theretofore been |
| 20 | | made to each consolidating 9-1-1 Authority. Any reserves held |
| 21 | | by any consolidating 9-1-1 Authority shall be transferred to |
| 22 | | the resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. Whenever |
| 23 | | a county that has no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 enters |
| 24 | | into an agreement to consolidate to create or join a Joint |
| 25 | | Emergency Telephone System Board, the Joint Emergency |
| 26 | | Telephone System Board shall be entitled to the monthly |
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| 1 | | payments that would have otherwise been paid to the county if |
| 2 | | it had provided 9-1-1 service. |
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; |
| 4 | | 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-366, eff. 1-1-24; 103-564, eff. |
| 5 | | 11-17-23.) |
| 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/99) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) |
| 8 | | Sec. 99. Repealer. This Act is repealed on December 31, |
| 9 | | 2028 2025. |
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 103-366, eff. 7-28-23.) |
| 11 | | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
| 12 | | 1, 2026. |