093_HB3299

 
                                     LRB093 09062 LRD 09294 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to telecommunications.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
 5    Section 13-802.1 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-802.1 new)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
 8        Sec.  13-802.13.  There  is  hereby  created the Cellular
 9    Telephone 911 Access Committee  (Committee).   The  Committee
10    shall consist of 4 members selected by the Commission who are
11    employed  in  the  cellular telecommunications industry and 4
12    members who are selected by the Citizens Utility Board.   The
13    Committee  shall  establish what measures are technologically
14    and  economically  feasible  to  ensure  that  emergency  911
15    telephone calls that are placed from a cellular telephone are
16    connected whenever possible.  The Committee shall report  its
17    findings to the General Assembly by July 1, 2004 and shall be
18    dissolved on that date.

19        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
20    becoming law.