Rep. Natalie A Manley
Filed: 4/12/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2856




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2856, AS AMENDED, by 
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:

 
5    "Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended 
6by adding Section 17 as follows:
 
7    (50 ILCS 750/17 new)
8    Sec. 17. 9-1-1 call transfer, forward, or relay. 
9    (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
10        (1) Some 9-1-1 systems throughout this State do not 
11    have a procedure in place to manually transfer, forward, or 
12    relay 9-1-1 calls originating within one 9-1-1 system's 
13    jurisdiction, but which should properly be answered and 
14    dispatched by another 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate 
15    9-1-1 system for answering and dispatch of first 
16    responders.
 
 
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1        (2) On September 25, 1975, the General Assembly gave 
2    oversight authority to 9-1-1 systems in the State to the 
3    Illinois Commerce Commission.
4        (3) Since that date, the Illinois Commerce Commission 
5    has authorized individual 9-1-1 systems in counties and 
6    municipalities to implement and upgrade enhanced 9-1-1 
7    systems throughout the State. 
8    (b) The Commission shall prepare a directory of all 
9authorized 9-1-1 systems in the State of Illinois.  The 
10directory shall include an emergency 10-digit telephone number 
11for a Primary Public Safety Answering Point located in each 
129-1-1 system to which 9-1-1 calls from another jurisdiction can 
13be transferred.  This directory shall be made available to each 
149-1-1 authority for its use in establishing standard operating 
15procedures regarding calls outside its 9-1-1 jurisdiction.
16    (c) Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the Manager of the 
17Commission's 9-1-1 Program with the following information:
18        (1) A 10-digit emergency telephone number to which 
19    9-1-1 calls originating in another 9-1-1 jurisdiction can 
20    be transferred.  Each 9-1-1-system shall provide the 
21    Commission with any changes to this number immediately upon 
22    the change occurring. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide this 
23    10-digit emergency telephone number to the Manager of the 
24    Commission's 9-1-1 Program within 30 days of the effective 
25    date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
26        (2) Its standard operating procedure describing the 
 
 
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1    manner in which the 9-1-1 system will transfer, forward, or 
2    relay 9-1-1 calls originating within its jurisdiction, but 
3    which should properly be answered and dispatched by another 
4    9-1-1 system, to the appropriate 9-1-1 system. Each 9-1-1 
5    system shall provide the standard operating procedures to 
6    the Manager of the Commission's 9-1-1 Program within 180 
7    days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
8    98th General Assembly. 
9    (d) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2015.
 

10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
111, 2014.".