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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 17 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/17 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 17. 9-1-1 call transfer, forward, or relay. |
| 8 | | (a) The General Assembly finds the following: |
| 9 | | (1) Some 9-1-1 systems throughout this State do not |
| 10 | | have a procedure in place to manually transfer, forward, or |
| 11 | | relay 9-1-1 calls originating within one 9-1-1 system's |
| 12 | | jurisdiction, but which should properly be answered and |
| 13 | | dispatched by another 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate |
| 14 | | 9-1-1 system for answering and dispatch of first |
| 15 | | responders. |
| 16 | | (2) On September 25, 1975, the General Assembly gave |
| 17 | | oversight authority to 9-1-1 systems in the State to the |
| 18 | | Illinois Commerce Commission. |
| 19 | | (3) Since that date, the Illinois Commerce Commission |
| 20 | | has authorized individual 9-1-1 systems in counties and |
| 21 | | municipalities to implement and upgrade enhanced 9-1-1 |
| 22 | | systems throughout the State. |
| 23 | | (b) The Commission shall prepare a directory of all |
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| 1 | | authorized 9-1-1 systems in the State of Illinois. The |
| 2 | | directory shall include an emergency 10-digit telephone number |
| 3 | | for a Primary Public Safety Answering Point located in each |
| 4 | | 9-1-1 system to which 9-1-1 calls from another jurisdiction can |
| 5 | | be transferred. This directory shall be made available to each |
| 6 | | 9-1-1 authority for its use in establishing standard operating |
| 7 | | procedures regarding calls outside its 9-1-1 jurisdiction. |
| 8 | | (c) Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the Manager of the |
| 9 | | Commission's 9-1-1 Program with the following information: |
| 10 | | (1) A 10-digit emergency telephone number to which |
| 11 | | 9-1-1 calls originating in another 9-1-1 jurisdiction can |
| 12 | | be transferred. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the |
| 13 | | Commission with any changes to this number immediately upon |
| 14 | | the change occurring. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide this |
| 15 | | 10-digit emergency telephone number to the Manager of the |
| 16 | | Commission's 9-1-1 Program within 30 days of the effective |
| 17 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. |
| 18 | | (2) Its standard operating procedure describing the |
| 19 | | manner in which the 9-1-1 system will transfer, forward, or |
| 20 | | relay 9-1-1 calls originating within its jurisdiction, but |
| 21 | | which should properly be answered and dispatched by another |
| 22 | | 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate 9-1-1 system. Each 9-1-1 |
| 23 | | system shall provide the standard operating procedures to |
| 24 | | the Manager of the Commission's 9-1-1 Program within 180 |
| 25 | | days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
| 26 | | 98th General Assembly. |