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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 3. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
7    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
8by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
9from inspection and copying:
10        (a) All information determined to be confidential
11    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
12    Development Act.
13        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
14    library users with specific materials under the Library
15    Records Confidentiality Act.
16        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
17    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
18    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
19    prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
20    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
21    has received.
22        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
23    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating

 

 

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1    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
2    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
3    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
4    Disease Control Act.
5        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
6    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
7        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
8    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
9    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
10        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
12    Tuition Act.
13        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
14    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
15    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
16    general's office that would be exempt if created or
17    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
18    that Act.
19        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
20    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
21    emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
22    Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
24    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by wireless
25    carriers under the Wireless Emergency Telephone System
26    Safety Act.

 

 

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1        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
2    or driver identification information compiled by a law
3    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
4    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
5        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
6    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
7    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
8    Prevention Review Team Act.
9        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
10    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
11    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
12    authorized under that Article.
13        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
14    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
15    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
16    Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
17    until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
18    prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
19    to trial or sentencing.
20        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
21    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
22    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
23        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
24    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
25    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
26    Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of

 

 

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1    the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
2    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
3    Act.
4        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
5    Personnel Records Review Act.
6        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
7    Illinois School Student Records Act.
8        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
9    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
10        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
11    in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
12    stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
13    the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
14    or deidentified health information in the form of health
15    data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
16    Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
17    Information Exchange Authority due to its administration
18    of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms
19    "identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
20    meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and
21    Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
22    subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
23    promulgated thereunder.
24        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
25    team of experts under Brian's Law.
26        (v) Names and information of people who have applied

 

 

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1    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
2    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
3    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
4    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
5    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
6    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
7    Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
8    Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
9    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
10        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
11    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
12    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
13        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
14    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
15    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
16        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
17    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
18    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
19    information about the identity and administrative finding
20    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
21    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
22    eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
23    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
24        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
25    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
26    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services

 

 

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1    Act.
2        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
3    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
4        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
5    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
6        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
7    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
8    authorized under that Act.
9        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
10    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
11    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
12        (ee) (dd) Information that is exempted from disclosure
13    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
14(Source: P.A. 98-49, eff. 7-1-13; 98-63, eff. 7-9-13; 98-756,
15eff. 7-16-14; 98-1039, eff. 8-25-14; 98-1045, eff. 8-25-14;
1699-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 99-352, eff. 1-1-16;
1799-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-776, eff. 8-12-16; 99-863, eff.
188-19-16; revised 9-1-16.)
 
19    Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
20Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Sections
212605-52 and 2605-475 as follows:
 
22    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-52)
23    Sec. 2605-52. Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
24    (a) There shall be established an Office of the Statewide

 

 

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19-1-1 Administrator within the Department. Beginning January
21, 2016, the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator shall
3be responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing a
4uniform statewide 9-1-1 system for all areas of the State
5outside of municipalities having a population over 500,000.
6    (b) The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent
7of the Senate, a Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator. The
8Administrator shall serve for a term of 2 years, and until a
9successor is appointed and qualified; except that the term of
10the first 9-1-1 Administrator appointed under this Act shall
11expire on the third Monday in January, 2017. The Administrator
12shall not hold any other remunerative public office. The
13Administrator shall receive an annual salary as set by the
14Governor.
15    (c) The Department, from appropriations made to it for that
16purpose, shall make grants to 9-1-1 Authorities for the purpose
17of defraying costs associated with 9-1-1 system consolidations
18awarded by the Administrator under Section 15.4b of the
19Emergency Telephone System Act.
20(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)
 
21    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-475)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
22    Sec. 2605-475. Wireless Emergency Telephone System Safety
23Act. The Department and Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator shall To
24exercise the powers and perform the duties specifically
25assigned to each the Department under the Wireless Emergency

 

 

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1Telephone System Safety Act with respect to the development and
2improvement of emergency communications procedures and
3facilities in such a manner as to facilitate a quick response
4to any person calling the number "9-1-1" seeking police, fire,
5medical, or other emergency services through a wireless carrier
6as defined in Section 10 of the Wireless Emergency Telephone
7Safety Act. Nothing in the Wireless Emergency Telephone System
8Safety Act shall require the Department of Illinois State
9Police to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services.
10(Source: P.A. 91-660, eff. 12-22-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
11    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
12Section 8.37 as follows:
 
13    (30 ILCS 105/8.37)
14    Sec. 8.37. State Police Wireless Service Emergency Fund.
15    (a) The State Police Wireless Service Emergency Fund is
16created as a special fund in the State Treasury.
17    (b) Grants or surcharge funds allocated to the Department
18of State Police from the Statewide 9-1-1 Wireless Service
19Emergency Fund shall be deposited into the State Police
20Wireless Service Emergency Fund and shall be used in accordance
21with Section 30 20 of the Wireless Emergency Telephone System
22Safety Act.
23    (c) On July 1, 1999, the State Comptroller and State
24Treasurer shall transfer $1,300,000 from the General Revenue

 

 

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1Fund to the State Police Wireless Service Emergency Fund. On
2June 30, 2003 the State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall
3transfer $1,300,000 from the State Police Wireless Service
4Emergency Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
5(Source: P.A. 91-660, eff. 12-22-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
6    Section 15. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
7by changing Sections 2, 8, 10, 10.3, 12, 14, 15.2a, 15.3,
815.3a, 15.4, 15.4a, 15.4b, 15.6a, 19, 20, 30, 35, 40, 55, and
999 and by adding Section 17.5 as follows:
 
10    (50 ILCS 750/2)  (from Ch. 134, par. 32)
11    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
12    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
13context otherwise requires:
14    "9-1-1 network" means the network used for the delivery of
159-1-1 calls and messages over dedicated and redundant
16facilities to a primary or backup 9-1-1 PSAP that meets P.01
17grade of service standards for basic 9-1-1 and enhanced 9-1-1
18services or meets national I3 industry call delivery standards
19for Next Generation 9-1-1 services.
20    "9-1-1 system" means the geographic area that has been
21granted an order of authority by the Commission or the
22Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator to use "9-1-1" as the primary
23emergency telephone number.
24    "9-1-1 Authority" includes an Emergency Telephone System

 

 

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1Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, and a qualified
2governmental entity. "9-1-1 Authority" includes the Department
3of State Police only to the extent it provides 9-1-1 services
4under this Act.
5    "Administrator" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
6    "Advanced service" means any telecommunications service
7with or without dynamic bandwidth allocation, including, but
8not limited to, ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI), that,
9through the use of a DS-1, T-1, or other similar un-channelized
10or multi-channel transmission facility, is capable of
11transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice
12telecommunications services to the public switched network or
13the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency.
14    "ALI" or "automatic location identification" means, in an
15E9-1-1 system, the automatic display at the public safety
16answering point of the caller's telephone number, the address
17or location of the telephone, and supplementary emergency
18services information.
19    "ANI" or "automatic number identification" means the
20automatic display of the 9-1-1 calling party's number on the
21PSAP monitor.
22    "Automatic alarm" and "automatic alerting device" mean any
23device that will access the 9-1-1 system for emergency services
24upon activation.
25    "Backup PSAP" means a public safety answering point that
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1at a different location and operates independently from the
2PSAP. A backup PSAP may accept overflow calls from the PSAP or
3be activated if the primary PSAP is disabled.
4    "Board" means an Emergency Telephone System Board or a
5Joint Emergency Telephone System Board created pursuant to
6Section 15.4.
7    "Carrier" includes a telecommunications carrier and a
8wireless carrier.
9    "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
10    "Computer aided dispatch" or "CAD" means a computer-based
11system that aids PSAP telecommunicators by automating selected
12dispatching and recordkeeping activities database maintained
13by the public safety agency or public safety answering point
14used in conjunction with 9-1-1 caller data.
15    "Direct dispatch method" means a 9-1-1 service that
16provides for the direct dispatch by a PSAP telecommunicator of
17the appropriate unit upon receipt of an emergency call and the
18decision as to the proper action to be taken.
19    "Department" means the Department of State Police.
20    "DS-1, T-1, or similar un-channelized or multi-channel
21transmission facility" means a facility that can transmit and
22receive a bit rate of at least 1.544 megabits per second
23(Mbps).
24    "Dynamic bandwidth allocation" means the ability of the
25facility or customer to drop and add channels, or adjust
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1    "Enhanced 9-1-1" or "E9-1-1" means a an emergency telephone
2system that includes dedicated network switching, database and
3PSAP premise elements capable of providing automatic location
4identification data, selective routing, database, ALI, ANI,
5selective transfer, fixed transfer, and a call back number,
6including any enhanced 9-1-1 service so designated by the
7Federal Communications Commission in its report and order in WC
8Dockets Nos. 04-36 and 05-196, or any successor proceeding.
9    "ETSB" means an emergency telephone system board appointed
10by the corporate authorities of any county or municipality that
11provides for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system.
12    "Hearing-impaired individual" means a person with a
13permanent hearing loss who can regularly and routinely
14communicate by telephone only through the aid of devices which
15can send and receive written messages over the telephone
16network.
17    "Hosted supplemental 9-1-1 service" means a database
18service that:
19        (1) electronically provides information to 9-1-1 call
20    takers when a call is placed to 9-1-1;
21        (2) allows telephone subscribers to provide
22    information to 9-1-1 to be used in emergency scenarios;
23        (3) collects a variety of formatted data relevant to
24    9-1-1 and first responder needs, which may include, but is
25    not limited to, photographs of the telephone subscribers,
26    physical descriptions, medical information, household

 

 

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1    data, and emergency contacts;
2        (4) allows for information to be entered by telephone
3    subscribers through a secure website where they can elect
4    to provide as little or as much information as they choose;
5        (5) automatically displays data provided by telephone
6    subscribers to 9-1-1 call takers for all types of
7    telephones when a call is placed to 9-1-1 from a registered
8    and confirmed phone number;
9        (6) supports the delivery of telephone subscriber
10    information through a secure internet connection to all
11    emergency telephone system boards;
12        (7) works across all 9-1-1 call taking equipment and
13    allows for the easy transfer of information into a computer
14    aided dispatch system; and
15        (8) may be used to collect information pursuant to an
16    Illinois Premise Alert Program as defined in the Illinois
17    Premise Alert Program (PAP) Act.
18    "Interconnected voice over Internet protocol provider" or
19"Interconnected VoIP provider" has the meaning given to that
20term under Section 13-235 of the Public Utilities Act.
21    "Joint ETSB" means a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board
22established by intergovernmental agreement of two or more
23municipalities or counties, or a combination thereof, to
24provide for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system.
25    "Local public agency" means any unit of local government or
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1this State that provides or has authority to provide
2firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other emergency
3services.
4    "Mechanical dialer" means any device that either manually
5or remotely triggers a dialing device to access the 9-1-1
6system.
7    "Master Street Address Guide" or "MSAG" is a database of
8street names and house ranges within their associated
9communities defining emergency service zones (ESZs) and their
10associated emergency service numbers (ESNs) to enable proper
11routing of 9-1-1 calls means the computerized geographical
12database that consists of all street and address data within a
139-1-1 system.
14    "Mobile telephone number" or "MTN" means the telephone
15number assigned to a wireless telephone at the time of initial
16activation.
17    "Network connections" means the number of voice grade
18communications channels directly between a subscriber and a
19telecommunications carrier's public switched network, without
20the intervention of any other telecommunications carrier's
21switched network, which would be required to carry the
22subscriber's inter-premises traffic and which connection
23either (1) is capable of providing access through the public
24switched network to a 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System, if one
25exists, or (2) if no system exists at the time a surcharge is
26imposed under Section 15.3, that would be capable of providing

 

 

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1access through the public switched network to the local 9-1-1
2Emergency Telephone System if one existed. Where multiple voice
3grade communications channels are connected to a
4telecommunications carrier's public switched network through a
5private branch exchange (PBX) service, there shall be
6determined to be one network connection for each trunk line
7capable of transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises
8traffic to the public switched network or the subscriber's
99-1-1 calls to the public agency. Where multiple voice grade
10communications channels are connected to a telecommunications
11carrier's public switched network through centrex type
12service, the number of network connections shall be equal to
13the number of PBX trunk equivalents for the subscriber's
14service or other multiple voice grade communication channels
15facility, as determined by reference to any generally
16applicable exchange access service tariff filed by the
17subscriber's telecommunications carrier with the Commission.
18    "Network costs" means those recurring costs that directly
19relate to the operation of the 9-1-1 network as determined by
20the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator with the advice of the
21Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, which may include including,
22but need not be limited to, some or all of the following: costs
23for interoffice trunks, selective routing charges, transfer
24lines and toll charges for 9-1-1 services, Automatic Location
25Information (ALI) database charges, call box trunk circuit
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1fire stations), independent local exchange carrier charges and
2non-system provider charges, carrier charges for third party
3database for on-site customer premises equipment, back-up PSAP
4trunks for non-system providers, periodic database updates as
5provided by carrier (also known as "ALI data dump"), regional
6ALI storage charges, circuits for call delivery (fiber or
7circuit connection), NG9-1-1 costs, and all associated fees,
8taxes, and surcharges on each invoice. "Network costs" shall
9not include radio circuits or toll charges that are other than
10for 9-1-1 services.
11    "Next generation 9-1-1" or "NG9-1-1" means an Internet
12Protocol-based (IP-based) system comprised of managed ESInets,
13functional elements and applications, and databases that
14replicate traditional E9-1-1 features and functions and
15provide additional capabilities. "NG9-1-1" systems are
16designed to provide access to emergency services from all
17connected communications sources, and provide multimedia data
18capabilities for PSAPs and other emergency services
19organizations.
20    "NG9-1-1 costs" means those recurring costs that directly
21relate to the Next Generation 9-1-1 service as determined by
22the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, including, but not limited
23to, costs for Emergency System Routing Proxy (ESRP), Emergency
24Call Routing Function/Location Validation Function (ECRF/LVF),
25Spatial Information Function (SIF), the Border Control
26Function (BCF), and the Emergency Services Internet Protocol

 

 

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1networks (ESInets), legacy network gateways, and all
2associated fees, taxes, and surcharges on each invoice.
3    "Private branch exchange" or "PBX" means a private
4telephone system and associated equipment located on the user's
5property that provides communications between internal
6stations and external networks.
7    "Private business switch service" means a
8telecommunications service including centrex type service and
9PBX service, even though key telephone systems or equivalent
10telephone systems registered with the Federal Communications
11Commission under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 are directly connected to
12centrex type and PBX systems providing 9-1-1 services equipped
13for switched local network connections or 9-1-1 system access
14to business end users through a private telephone switch.
15    "Private business switch service" means network and
16premises based systems including a VoIP, Centrex type service,
17or PBX service, even though does not include key telephone
18systems or equivalent telephone systems registered with the
19Federal Communications Commission under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 are
20directly connected to Centrex when not used in conjunction with
21centrex type and PBX systems. "Private business switch service"
22does not include key telephone systems or equivalent telephone
23systems registered with the Federal Communications Commission
24under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 when not used in conjunction with a
25VoIP, Centrex type, or PBX systems. "Private business switch
26service" typically includes, but is not limited to, private

 

 

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1businesses, corporations, and industries where the
2telecommunications service is primarily for conducting
3business.
4    "Private residential switch service" means network and
5premise based systems a telecommunications service including a
6VoIP, Centrex centrex type service, or and PBX service or , even
7though key telephone systems or equivalent telephone systems
8registered with the Federal Communications Commission under 47
9C.F.R. Part 68 that are directly connected to a VoIP, Centrex
10centrex type service, or and PBX systems providing 9-1-1
11services equipped for switched local network connections or
129-1-1 system access to residential end users through a private
13telephone switch. "Private residential switch service" does
14not include key telephone systems or equivalent telephone
15systems registered with the Federal Communications Commission
16under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 when not used in conjunction with a
17VoIP, Centrex centrex type, or and PBX systems. "Private
18residential switch service" typically includes, but is not
19limited to, apartment complexes, condominiums, and campus or
20university environments where shared tenant service is
21provided and where the usage of the telecommunications service
22is primarily residential.
23    "Public agency" means the State, and any unit of local
24government or special purpose district located in whole or in
25part within this State, that provides or has authority to
26provide firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other

 

 

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1emergency services.
2    "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a
3public agency that provides firefighting, police, medical, or
4other emergency services to respond to and manage emergency
5incidents. For the purpose of providing wireless service to
6users of 9-1-1 emergency services, as expressly provided for in
7this Act, the Department of State Police may be considered a
8public safety agency.
9    "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" is a set of
10call-takers authorized by a governing body and operating under
11common management that receive 9-1-1 calls and asynchronous
12event notifications for a defined geographic area and processes
13those calls and events according to a specified operational
14policy means the initial answering location of an emergency
15call.
16    "Qualified governmental entity" means a unit of local
17government authorized to provide 9-1-1 services pursuant to
18this Act where no emergency telephone system board exists.
19    "Referral method" means a 9-1-1 service in which the PSAP
20telecommunicator provides the calling party with the telephone
21number of the appropriate public safety agency or other
22provider of emergency services.
23    "Regular service" means any telecommunications service,
24other than advanced service, that is capable of transporting
25either the subscriber's inter-premises voice
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1the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency.
2    "Relay method" means a 9-1-1 service in which the PSAP
3telecommunicator takes the pertinent information from a caller
4and relays that information to the appropriate public safety
5agency or other provider of emergency services.
6    "Remit period" means the billing period, one month in
7duration, for which a wireless carrier remits a surcharge and
8provides subscriber information by zip code to the Department,
9in accordance with Section 20 of this Act.
10    "Secondary Answering Point" or "SAP" means a location,
11other than a PSAP, that is able to receive the voice, data, and
12call back number of E9-1-1 or NG9-1-1 emergency calls
13transferred from a PSAP and completes the call taking process
14by dispatching police, medical, fire, or other emergency
15responders.
16    "Statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system" means all
17areas of the State where an emergency telephone system board
18or, in the absence of an emergency telephone system board, a
19qualified governmental entity, has not declared its intention
20for one or more of its public safety answering points to serve
21as a primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point for
22its jurisdiction. The operator of the statewide wireless
23emergency 9-1-1 system shall be the Department of State Police.
24    "System" means the communications equipment and related
25software applications required to produce a response by the
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1emergency services as a result of an emergency call being
2placed to 9-1-1.
3    "System provider" means the contracted entity providing
49-1-1 network and database services.
5    "Telecommunications carrier" means those entities included
6within the definition specified in Section 13-202 of the Public
7Utilities Act, and includes those carriers acting as resellers
8of telecommunications services. "Telecommunications carrier"
9includes telephone systems operating as mutual concerns.
10"Telecommunications carrier" does not include a wireless
11carrier.
12    "Telecommunications technology" means equipment that can
13send and receive written messages over the telephone network.
14    "Transfer method" means a 9-1-1 service in which the PSAP
15telecommunicator receiving a call transfers that call to the
16appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency
17services.
18    "Transmitting messages" shall have the meaning given to
19that term under Section 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
20    "Trunk line" means a transmission path, or group of
21transmission paths, connecting a subscriber's PBX to a
22telecommunications carrier's public switched network. In the
23case of regular service, each voice grade communications
24channel or equivalent amount of bandwidth capable of
25transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice
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1the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be
2considered a trunk line, even if it is bundled with other
3channels or additional bandwidth. In the case of advanced
4service, each DS-1, T-1, or other similar un-channelized or
5multi-channel transmission facility that is capable of
6transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice
7telecommunications services to the public switched network or
8the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be
9considered a single trunk line, even if it contains multiple
10voice grade communications channels or otherwise supports 2 or
11more voice grade calls at a time; provided, however, that each
12additional increment of up to 24 voice grade channels 1.544
13Mbps of transmission capacity that is capable of transporting
14either the subscriber's inter-premises voice
15telecommunications services to the public switched network or
16the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be
17considered an additional trunk line.
18    "Unmanned backup PSAP" means a public safety answering
19point that serves as an alternate to the PSAP at an alternate
20location and is typically unmanned but can be activated if the
21primary PSAP is disabled.
22    "Virtual answering point" or "VAP" means a temporary or
23nonpermanent location that is capable of receiving an emergency
24call, contains a fully functional worksite that is not bound to
25a specific location, but rather is portable and scalable,
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1process, and is capable of completing the call dispatching
2process.
3    "Voice-impaired individual" means a person with a
4permanent speech disability which precludes oral
5communication, who can regularly and routinely communicate by
6telephone only through the aid of devices which can send and
7receive written messages over the telephone network.
8    "Wireless carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular,
9broadband PCS, geographic area 800 MHZ and 900 MHZ Commercial
10Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), Wireless Communications Service
11(WCS), or other Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), as
12defined by the Federal Communications Commission, offering
13radio communications that may provide fixed, mobile, radio
14location, or satellite communication services to individuals
15or businesses within its assigned spectrum block and
16geographical area or that offers real-time, two-way voice
17service that is interconnected with the public switched
18network, including a reseller of such service.
19    "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means the ability to relay the
20telephone number of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and location
21information from any mobile handset or text telephone device
22accessing the wireless system to the designated wireless public
23safety answering point as set forth in the order of the Federal
24Communications Commission, FCC Docket No. 94-102, adopted June
2512, 1996, with an effective date of October 1, 1996, and any
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1    "Wireless public safety answering point" means the
2functional division of a 9-1-1 authority accepting wireless
39-1-1 calls.
4    "Wireless subscriber" means an individual or entity to whom
5a wireless service account or number has been assigned by a
6wireless carrier, other than an account or number associated
7with prepaid wireless telecommunication service.
8(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
9    (50 ILCS 750/8)  (from Ch. 134, par. 38)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
11    Sec. 8. The Administrator, with the advice and
12recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall
13coordinate the implementation of systems established under
14this Act. To assist with this coordination, all systems
15authorized to operate under this Act shall register with the
16Administrator information regarding its composition and
17organization, including, but not limited to, identification of
18all PSAPs, SAPs, VAPs, Backup PSAPs, and Unmanned Backup PSAPs.
19The Department may adopt rules for the administration of this
20Section.
21(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
22    (50 ILCS 750/10)  (from Ch. 134, par. 40)
23    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
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1    (a) The Administrator, with the advice and recommendation
2of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall establish uniform
3technical and operational standards for all 9-1-1 systems in
4Illinois. All findings, orders, decisions, rules, and
5regulations issued or promulgated by the Commission under this
6Act or any other Act establishing or conferring power on the
7Commission with respect to emergency telecommunications
8services, shall continue in force. Notwithstanding the
9provisions of this Section, where applicable, the
10Administrator shall, with the advice and recommendation of the
11Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, amend the Commission's
12findings, orders, decisions, rules, and regulations to conform
13to the specific provisions of this Act as soon as practicable
14after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th
15General Assembly.
16    (b) The Department may adopt emergency rules necessary to
17implement the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 99th
18General Assembly under subsection (t) of Section 5-45 of the
19Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
20    (c) Nothing in this Act shall deprive the Commission of any
21authority to regulate the provision by telecommunication
22carriers or 9-1-1 system service providers of
23telecommunication or other services under the Public Utilities
24Act.
25    (d) For rules that implicate both the regulation of 9-1-1
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1telecommunication carriers and 9-1-1 system service providers
2under the Public Utilities Act, the Department and the
3Commission may adopt joint rules necessary for implementation.
4    (e) Any findings, orders, or decisions of the Administrator
5under this Section shall be deemed a final administrative
6decision and shall be subject to judicial review under the
7Administrative Review Law.
8(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
9    (50 ILCS 750/10.3)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
11    Sec. 10.3. Notice of address change. The Emergency
12Telephone System Board or qualified governmental entity in any
13county implementing a 9-1-1 system that changes any person's
14address (when the person whose address has changed has not
15moved to a new residence) shall notify the person (i) of the
16person's new address and (ii) that the person should contact
17the local election authority to determine if the person should
18re-register to vote.
19(Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
20    (50 ILCS 750/12)  (from Ch. 134, par. 42)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
22    Sec. 12. The Attorney General may, on in behalf of the
23Department or on his own initiative, commence judicial
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1public utility providing telephone service with this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
3    (50 ILCS 750/14)  (from Ch. 134, par. 44)
4    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
5    Sec. 14. The General Assembly declares that a major purpose
6of in enacting this Act is to ensure that 9-1-1 systems have
7redundant methods of dispatch for: (1) each public safety
8agency within its jurisdiction, herein known as participating
9agencies; and (2) 9-1-1 systems whose jurisdictional
10boundaries are contiguous, herein known as adjacent 9-1-1
11systems, when an emergency request for service is received for
12a public safety agency that needs to be dispatched by the
13adjacent 9-1-1 system. Another primary purpose of this Section
14is to eliminate instances in which a public safety agency
15responding emergency service refuses, once dispatched, to
16render aid to the requester because the requester is outside of
17the jurisdictional boundaries of the public safety agency
18emergency service. Therefore, in implementing a 9-1-1 system
19systems under this Act, all 9-1-1 authorities public agencies
20in a single system shall enter into call handling and aid
21outside jurisdictional boundaries agreements with each
22participating agency and adjacent 9-1-1 system a joint powers
23agreement or any other form of written cooperative agreement
24which is applicable when need arises on a day-to-day basis.
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1shall be made among the involved parties on an annual basis. In
2addition, such agreements shall be entered into between public
3agencies and public safety agencies which are part of different
4systems but whose jurisdictional boundaries are contiguous.
5The agreements shall provide a primary and secondary means of
6dispatch. It must also provide that, once an emergency unit is
7dispatched in response to a request through the system, such
8unit shall render its services to the requesting party without
9regard to whether the unit is operating outside its normal
10jurisdictional boundaries. Certified notification of the
11continuation of call handling and aid outside jurisdictional
12boundaries agreements shall be made among the involved parties
13on an annual basis.
14(Source: P.A. 86-101.)
 
15    (50 ILCS 750/15.2a)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2a)
16    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
17    Sec. 15.2a. The installation of or connection to a
18telephone company's network of any automatic alarm, automatic
19alerting device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number
209-1-1 to be dialed in order to directly access emergency
21services is prohibited in a 9-1-1 system.
22    This Section does not apply to a person who connects to a
239-1-1 network using automatic crash notification technology
24subject to an established protocol.
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1access to the 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired or special
2needs persons or for persons with disabilities in an emergency
3situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing
4person's report. The device must have the capability to be
5activated and controlled remotely by trained personnel at a
6service center to prevent falsely activated or repeated calls
7to the 9-1-1 system in a single incident. The device must have
8the technical capability to generate location information to
9the 9-1-1 system. Under no circumstances shall a device be sold
10for use in a geographical jurisdiction where the 9-1-1 system
11has not deployed wireless phase II location technology. The
12alerting device shall also provide for either 2-way
13communication or send a pre-recorded message to a 9-1-1
14provider explaining the nature of the emergency so that the
159-1-1 provider will be able to dispatch the appropriate
16emergency responder.
17    Violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A
18second or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 4
19felony.
20(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
21    (50 ILCS 750/15.3)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.3)
22    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
23    Sec. 15.3. Local non-wireless surcharge.
24    (a) Except as provided in subsection (l) of this Section,
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1may, subject to the limitations of subsections (c), (d), and
2(h), and in addition to any tax levied pursuant to the
3Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act, impose a
4monthly surcharge on billed subscribers of network connection
5provided by telecommunication carriers engaged in the business
6of transmitting messages by means of electricity originating
7within the corporate limits of the municipality or county
8imposing the surcharge at a rate per network connection
9determined in accordance with subsection (c), however the
10monthly surcharge shall not apply to a network connection
11provided for use with pay telephone services. Provided,
12however, that where multiple voice grade communications
13channels are connected between the subscriber's premises and a
14public switched network through private branch exchange (PBX)
15or centrex type service, a municipality imposing a surcharge at
16a rate per network connection, as determined in accordance with
17this Act, shall impose:
18        (i) in a municipality with a population of 500,000 or
19    less or in any county, 5 such surcharges per network
20    connection, as defined under Section 2 determined in
21    accordance with subsections (a) and (d) of Section 2.12 of
22    this Act, for both regular service and advanced service
23    provisioned trunk lines;
24        (ii) in a municipality with a population, prior to
25    March 1, 2010, of 500,000 or more, 5 surcharges per network
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1    accordance with subsections (a) and (d) of Section 2.12 of
2    this Act, for both regular service and advanced service
3    provisioned trunk lines;
4        (iii) in a municipality with a population, as of March
5    1, 2010, of 500,000 or more, 5 surcharges per network
6    connection, as defined under Section 2 determined in
7    accordance with subsections (a) and (d) of Section 2.12 of
8    this Act, for regular service provisioned trunk lines, and
9    12 surcharges per network connection, as defined under
10    Section 2 determined in accordance with subsections (a) and
11    (d) of Section 2.12 of this Act, for advanced service
12    provisioned trunk lines, except where an advanced service
13    provisioned trunk line supports at least 2 but fewer than
14    23 simultaneous voice grade calls ("VGC's"), a
15    telecommunication carrier may elect to impose fewer than 12
16    surcharges per trunk line as provided in subsection (iv) of
17    this Section; or
18        (iv) for an advanced service provisioned trunk line
19    connected between the subscriber's premises and the public
20    switched network through a P.B.X., where the advanced
21    service provisioned trunk line is capable of transporting
22    at least 2 but fewer than 23 simultaneous VGC's per trunk
23    line, the telecommunications carrier collecting the
24    surcharge may elect to impose surcharges in accordance with
25    the table provided in this Section, without limiting any
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1    and maintain records. Any telecommunications carrier
2    electing to impose fewer than 12 surcharges per an advanced
3    service provisioned trunk line shall keep and maintain
4    records adequately to demonstrate the VGC capability of
5    each advanced service provisioned trunk line with fewer
6    than 12 surcharges imposed, provided that 12 surcharges
7    shall be imposed on an advanced service provisioned trunk
8    line regardless of the VGC capability where a
9    telecommunications carrier cannot demonstrate the VGC
10    capability of the advanced service provisioned trunk line.
 
11Facility VGC's 911 Surcharges
12Advanced service provisioned trunk line 18-23 12
13Advanced service provisioned trunk line 12-17 10
14Advanced service provisioned trunk line 2-11 8
15    Subsections (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) are not intended to
16make any change in the meaning of this Section, but are
17intended to remove possible ambiguity, thereby confirming the
18intent of paragraph (a) as it existed prior to and following
19the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
20Assembly.
21    For mobile telecommunications services, if a surcharge is
22imposed it shall be imposed based upon the municipality or
23county that encompasses the customer's place of primary use as
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1Act. A municipality may enter into an intergovernmental
2agreement with any county in which it is partially located,
3when the county has adopted an ordinance to impose a surcharge
4as provided in subsection (c), to include that portion of the
5municipality lying outside the county in that county's
6surcharge referendum. If the county's surcharge referendum is
7approved, the portion of the municipality identified in the
8intergovernmental agreement shall automatically be
9disconnected from the county in which it lies and connected to
10the county which approved the referendum for purposes of a
11surcharge on telecommunications carriers.
12    (b) For purposes of computing the surcharge imposed by
13subsection (a), the network connections to which the surcharge
14shall apply shall be those in-service network connections,
15other than those network connections assigned to the
16municipality or county, where the service address for each such
17network connection or connections is located within the
18corporate limits of the municipality or county levying the
19surcharge. Except for mobile telecommunication services, the
20"service address" shall mean the location of the primary use of
21the network connection or connections. For mobile
22telecommunication services, "service address" means the
23customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile
24Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act.
25    (c) Upon the passage of an ordinance to impose a surcharge
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1shall certify the question of whether the surcharge may be
2imposed to the proper election authority who shall submit the
3public question to the electors of the municipality or county
4in accordance with the general election law; provided that such
5question shall not be submitted at a consolidated primary
6election. The public question shall be in substantially the
7following form:
8-------------------------------------------------------------
9    Shall the county (or city, village
10or incorporated town) of ..... impose          YES
11a surcharge of up to ...¢ per month per
12network connection, which surcharge will
13be added to the monthly bill you receive   ------------------
14for telephone or telecommunications
15charges, for the purpose of installing
16(or improving) a 9-1-1 Emergency               NO
17Telephone System?
18-------------------------------------------------------------
19    If a majority of the votes cast upon the public question
20are in favor thereof, the surcharge shall be imposed.
21    However, if a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board is to
22be created pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement under
23Section 15.4, the ordinance to impose the surcharge shall be
24subject to the approval of a majority of the total number of
25votes cast upon the public question by the electors of all of
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1are parties to the intergovernmental agreement.
2    The referendum requirement of this subsection (c) shall not
3apply to any municipality with a population over 500,000 or to
4any county in which a proposition as to whether a sophisticated
59-1-1 Emergency Telephone System should be installed in the
6county, at a cost not to exceed a specified monthly amount per
7network connection, has previously been approved by a majority
8of the electors of the county voting on the proposition at an
9election conducted before the effective date of this amendatory
10Act of 1987.
11    (d) A county may not impose a surcharge, unless requested
12by a municipality, in any incorporated area which has
13previously approved a surcharge as provided in subsection (c)
14or in any incorporated area where the corporate authorities of
15the municipality have previously entered into a binding
16contract or letter of intent with a telecommunications carrier
17to provide sophisticated 9-1-1 service through municipal
18funds.
19    (e) A municipality or county may at any time by ordinance
20change the rate of the surcharge imposed under this Section if
21the new rate does not exceed the rate specified in the
22referendum held pursuant to subsection (c).
23    (f) The surcharge authorized by this Section shall be
24collected from the subscriber by the telecommunications
25carrier providing the subscriber the network connection as a
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1    (g) The amount of surcharge collected by the
2telecommunications carrier shall be paid to the particular
3municipality or county or Joint Emergency Telephone System
4Board not later than 30 days after the surcharge is collected,
5net of any network or other 9-1-1 or sophisticated 9-1-1 system
6charges then due the particular telecommunications carrier, as
7shown on an itemized bill. The telecommunications carrier
8collecting the surcharge shall also be entitled to deduct 3% of
9the gross amount of surcharge collected to reimburse the
10telecommunications carrier for the expense of accounting and
11collecting the surcharge.
12    (h) Except as expressly provided in subsection (a) of this
13Section, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
14of the 98th General Assembly and until December 31, 2017, July
151, 2017, a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more
16shall not impose a monthly surcharge per network connection in
17excess of the highest monthly surcharge imposed as of January
181, 2014 by any county or municipality under subsection (c) of
19this Section. Beginning January 1, 2018 and until December 31,
202020, a municipality with a population over 500,000 may not
21impose a monthly surcharge in excess of $5.00 per network
22connection. On or after January 1, 2021, July 1, 2017, a
23municipality with a population over 500,000 may not impose a
24monthly surcharge in excess of $2.50 per network connection.
25    (i) Any municipality or county or joint emergency telephone
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1Section prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
21990 shall hereafter impose the surcharge in accordance with
3subsection (b) of this Section.
4    (j) The corporate authorities of any municipality or county
5may issue, in accordance with Illinois law, bonds, notes or
6other obligations secured in whole or in part by the proceeds
7of the surcharge described in this Section. The State of
8Illinois pledges and agrees that it will not limit or alter the
9rights and powers vested in municipalities and counties by this
10Section to impose the surcharge so as to impair the terms of or
11affect the security for bonds, notes or other obligations
12secured in whole or in part with the proceeds of the surcharge
13described in this Section. The pledge and agreement set forth
14in this Section survive the termination of the surcharge under
15subsection (l) by virtue of the replacement of the surcharge
16monies guaranteed under Section 20; the State of Illinois
17pledges and agrees that it will not limit or alter the rights
18vested in municipalities and counties to the surcharge
19replacement funds guaranteed under Section 20 so as to impair
20the terms of or affect the security for bonds, notes or other
21obligations secured in whole or in part with the proceeds of
22the surcharge described in this Section.
23    (k) Any surcharge collected by or imposed on a
24telecommunications carrier pursuant to this Section shall be
25held to be a special fund in trust for the municipality, county
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1Except for the 3% deduction provided in subsection (g) above,
2the special fund shall not be subject to the claims of
3creditors of the telecommunication carrier.
4    (l) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
5of the 99th General Assembly, no county or municipality, other
6than a municipality with a population over 500,000, may impose
7a monthly surcharge under this Section in excess of the amount
8imposed by it on the effective date of this Act. Any surcharge
9imposed pursuant to this Section by a county or municipality,
10other than a municipality with a population in excess of
11500,000, shall cease to be imposed on January 1, 2016.
12(Source: P.A. 98-634, eff. 6-6-14; 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)
 
13    (50 ILCS 750/15.3a)
14    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
15    Sec. 15.3a. Local wireless surcharge.
16    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a unit
17of local government or emergency telephone system board
18providing wireless 9-1-1 service and imposing and collecting a
19wireless carrier surcharge prior to July 1, 1998 may continue
20its practices of imposing and collecting its wireless carrier
21surcharge, but, except as provided in subsection (b) of this
22Section, in no event shall that monthly surcharge exceed $2.50
23per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) connection or
24in-service telephone number billed on a monthly basis. For
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1August 1, 2002, any surcharge imposed shall be imposed based
2upon the municipality or county that encompasses the customer's
3place of primary use as defined in the Mobile
4Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act.
5    (b) Until December 31, 2017, July 1, 2017, the corporate
6authorities of a municipality with a population in excess of
7500,000 on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
899th General Assembly may by ordinance continue to impose and
9collect a monthly surcharge per commercial mobile radio service
10(CMRS) connection or in-service telephone number billed on a
11monthly basis that does not exceed the highest monthly
12surcharge imposed as of January 1, 2014 by any county or
13municipality under subsection (c) of Section 15.3 of this Act.
14Beginning January 1, 2018, and until December 31, 2020, a
15municipality with a population in excess of 500,000 may by
16ordinance continue to impose and collect a monthly surcharge
17per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) connection or
18in-service telephone number billed on a monthly basis that does
19not exceed $5.00. On or after January 1, 2021, July 1, 2017,
20the municipality may continue imposing and collecting its
21wireless carrier surcharge as provided in and subject to the
22limitations of subsection (a) of this Section.
23    (c) In addition to any other lawful purpose, a municipality
24with a population over 500,000 may use the moneys collected
25under this Section for any anti-terrorism or emergency
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1preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for
2federal or State grants, personnel training, and specialized
3equipment, including surveillance cameras, as needed to deal
4with natural and terrorist-inspired emergency situations or
5events.
6(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
7    (50 ILCS 750/15.4)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
9    Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers.
10    (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Section,
11the corporate authorities of any county or municipality may
12establish an Emergency Telephone System Board.
13    The corporate authorities shall provide for the manner of
14appointment and the number of members of the Board, provided
15that the board shall consist of not fewer than 5 members, one
16of whom must be a public member who is a resident of the local
17exchange service territory included in the 9-1-1 coverage area,
18one of whom (in counties with a population less than 100,000)
19may be a member of the county board, and at least 3 of whom
20shall be representative of the 9-1-1 public safety agencies,
21including but not limited to police departments, fire
22departments, emergency medical services providers, and
23emergency services and disaster agencies, and appointed on the
24basis of their ability or experience. In counties with a
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1member of the county board may serve on the Emergency Telephone
2System Board. Elected officials, including members of a county
3board, are also eligible to serve on the board. Members of the
4board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed
5for their actual and necessary expenses. Any 2 or more
6municipalities, counties, or combination thereof, may, instead
7of establishing individual boards, establish by
8intergovernmental agreement a Joint Emergency Telephone System
9Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of appointment of
10such a joint board shall be prescribed in the agreement. On or
11after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
12General Assembly, any new intergovernmental agreement entered
13into to establish or join a Joint Emergency Telephone System
14Board shall provide for the appointment of a PSAP
15representative to the board.
16    Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
17General Assembly, appointed members of the Emergency Telephone
18System Board shall serve staggered 3-year terms if: (1) the
19Board serves a county with a population of 100,000 or less; and
20(2) appointments, on the effective date of this amendatory Act
21of the 98th General Assembly, are not for a stated term. The
22corporate authorities of the county or municipality shall
23assign terms to the board members serving on the effective date
24of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in the
25following manner: (1) one-third of board members' terms shall
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1terms shall expire on January 1, 2016; and (3) remaining board
2members' terms shall expire on January 1, 2017. Board members
3may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms by the
4corporate authorities of the county or municipality.
5    The corporate authorities of a county or municipality may,
6by a vote of the majority of the members elected, remove an
7Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct,
8official misconduct, or neglect of office.
9    (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by
10ordinance of the municipality or county, or by
11intergovernmental agreement in the case of a joint board. The
12powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited to the
13following:
14        (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system.
15        (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation,
16    upgrading, or maintenance of the system, including the
17    establishment of equipment specifications and coding
18    systems.
19        (3) Receiving moneys from the surcharge imposed under
20    Section 15.3, or disbursed to it under Section 30, and from
21    any other source, for deposit into the Emergency Telephone
22    System Fund.
23        (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
24        (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation
25    or upgrade of the system.
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1    (c) All moneys received by a board pursuant to a surcharge
2imposed under Section 15.3, or disbursed to it under Section
330, shall be deposited into a separate interest-bearing
4Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The treasurer of the
5municipality or county that has established the board or, in
6the case of a joint board, any municipal or county treasurer
7designated in the intergovernmental agreement, shall be
8custodian of the fund. All interest accruing on the fund shall
9remain in the fund. No expenditures may be made from such fund
10except upon the direction of the board by resolution passed by
11a majority of all members of the board.
12    (d) The board shall complete a Master Street Address Guide
13database before implementation of the 9-1-1 system. The error
14ratio of the database shall not at any time exceed 1% of the
15total database.
16    (e) On and after January 1, 2016, no municipality or county
17may create an Emergency Telephone System Board unless the board
18is a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. The corporate
19authorities of any county or municipality entering into an
20intergovernmental agreement to create or join a Joint Emergency
21Telephone System Board shall rescind an the ordinance or
22ordinances creating a single the original Emergency Telephone
23System Board and shall eliminate the single Emergency Telephone
24System Board, effective upon the creation of the Joint
25Emergency Telephone System Board, with regulatory approval by
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1System Board. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
2require the dissolution of an Emergency Telephone System Board
3that is not succeeded by a Joint Emergency Telephone System
4Board or is not required to consolidate under Section 15.4a of
5this Act.
6    (f) Within one year after the effective date of this
7amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, any corporate
8authorities of a county or municipality, other than a
9municipality with a population of more than 500,000, operating
10a 9-1-1 system without an Emergency Telephone System Board or
11Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall create or join a
12Joint Emergency Telephone System Board.
13(Source: P.A. 98-481, eff. 8-16-13; 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
14    (50 ILCS 750/15.4a)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
16    Sec. 15.4a. Consolidation.
17    (a) By July 1, 2017, and except as otherwise provided in
18this Section, Emergency Telephone System Boards, Joint
19Emergency Telephone System Boards, qualified governmental
20entities, and PSAPs shall be consolidated as follows, subject
21to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section:
22        (1) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
23    that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board, or
24    qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, shall
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1    whichever is greater. Nothing in this paragraph shall
2    preclude consolidation resulting in one PSAP in the county.
3        (2) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
4    that has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board,
5    Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified
6    governmental entity, any 9-1-1 Authority serving a
7    population of less than 25,000 shall be consolidated such
8    that no 9-1-1 Authority in the county serves a population
9    of less than 25,000.
10        (3) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
11    but less than 1,000,000 that has more than one Emergency
12    Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System
13    Board, or qualified governmental entity, each 9-1-1
14    Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50%
15    or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
16    paragraph shall preclude consolidation of a 9-1-1
17    Authority into a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board,
18    and nothing in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation
19    resulting in one PSAP in the county.
20        (4) In any county with a population of less than
21    250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board
22    or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, the
23    9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at
24    least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in
25    this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in
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1        (5) In any county with a population of less than
2    250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System
3    Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or
4    qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPS, the
5    9-1-1 Authorities shall be consolidated into a single joint
6    board, and the number of PSAPs shall be reduced by at least
7    50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
8    paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in one
9    PSAP in the county.
10        (6) Any 9-1-1 Authority that does not have a PSAP
11    within its jurisdiction shall be consolidated through an
12    intergovernmental agreement with an existing 9-1-1
13    Authority that has a PSAP to create a Joint Emergency
14    Telephone Board.
15        (7) The corporate authorities of each county that has
16    no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 shall provide
17    enhanced 9-1-1 wireline and wireless enhanced 9-1-1
18    service for that county by either (i) entering into an
19    intergovernmental agreement with an existing Emergency
20    Telephone System Board to create a new Joint Emergency
21    Telephone System Board, or (ii) entering into an
22    intergovernmental agreement with the corporate authorities
23    that have created an existing Joint Emergency Telephone
24    System Board.
25    (b) By July 1, 2016, each county required to consolidate
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1each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to
2paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section
3shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver
4pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Office
5Division of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
6        (1) No county or 9-1-1 Authority may avoid the
7    requirements of this Section by converting primary PSAPs to
8    secondary or virtual answering points. Any county or 9-1-1
9    Authority not in compliance with this Section shall be
10    ineligible to receive consolidation grant funds issued
11    under Section 15.4b of this Act or monthly disbursements
12    otherwise due under Section 30 of this Act, until the
13    county or 9-1-1 Authority is in compliance.
14        (2) Within 60 calendar days of receiving a
15    consolidation plan, the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board
16    shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan and
17    provide a recommendation to the Administrator. Notice of
18    the hearing shall be provided to the respective entity to
19    which the plan applies.
20        (3) Within 90 calendar days of receiving a
21    consolidation plan, the Administrator shall approve the
22    plan, approve the plan as modified, or grant a waiver
23    pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. In making his
24    or her decision, the Administrator shall consider any
25    recommendation from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board
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1    the recommendation of the Board, the Administrator shall
2    provide a written explanation for the deviation in his or
3    her decision.
4        (4) The deadlines provided in this subsection may be
5    extended upon agreement between the Administrator and
6    entity which submitted the plan.
7    (c) A waiver from a consolidation required under subsection
8(a) of this Section may be granted if the Administrator finds
9that the consolidation will result in a substantial threat to
10public safety, is economically unreasonable, or is technically
11infeasible.
12    (d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section
13shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be
14subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
15(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
16    (50 ILCS 750/15.4b)
17    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
18    Sec. 15.4b. Consolidation grants.
19    (a) The Administrator, with the advice and recommendation
20of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall administer a 9-1-1
21System Consolidation Grant Program to defray costs associated
22with 9-1-1 system consolidation of systems outside of a
23municipality with a population in excess of 500,000. The
24awarded grants will be used to offset non-recurring costs
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1not be used for ongoing operating costs associated with the
2consolidated system. The Department, in consultation with the
3Administrator and the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall
4adopt rules defining the grant process and criteria for issuing
5the grants. The grants should be awarded based on criteria that
6include, but are not limited to:
7        (1) reducing the number of transfers of a 9-1-1 call;
8        (2) reducing the infrastructure required to adequately
9    provide 9-1-1 network services;
10        (3) promoting cost savings from resource sharing among
11    9-1-1 systems;
12        (4) facilitating interoperability and resiliency for
13    the receipt of 9-1-1 calls;
14        (5) reducing the number of 9-1-1 systems or reducing
15    the number of PSAPs within a 9-1-1 system;
16        (6) cost saving resulting from 9-1-1 system
17    consolidation; and
18        (7) expanding E9-1-1 service coverage as a result of
19    9-1-1 system consolidation including to areas without
20    E9-1-1 service.
21    Priority shall be given first to counties not providing
229-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016, and next to other entities
23consolidating as required under Section 15.4a of this Act.
24    (b) The 9-1-1 System Consolidation Grant application, as
25defined by Department rules, shall be submitted electronically
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1January 2 thereafter. The application shall include a modified
29-1-1 system plan as required by this Act in support of the
3consolidation plan. The Administrator shall have until June 30,
42016 and every June 30 thereafter to approve 9-1-1 System
5Consolidation grants and modified 9-1-1 system plans. Payment
6under the approved 9-1-1 System Consolidation grants shall be
7contingent upon the final approval of a modified 9-1-1 system
8plan.
9    (c) Existing and previously completed consolidation
10projects shall be eligible to apply for reimbursement of costs
11related to the consolidation incurred between 2010 and the
12State fiscal year of the application.
13    (d) The 9-1-1 systems that receive grants under this
14Section shall provide a report detailing grant fund usage to
15the Administrator pursuant to Section 40 of this Act.
16(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
17    (50 ILCS 750/15.6a)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
19    Sec. 15.6a. Wireless emergency 9-1-1 service.
20    (a) The digits "9-1-1" shall be the designated emergency
21telephone number within the wireless system.
22    (b) The Department may set non-discriminatory and uniform
23technical and operational standards consistent with the rules
24of the Federal Communications Commission for directing calls to
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1shall not in any way prescribe the technology or manner a
2wireless carrier shall use to deliver wireless 9-1-1 or
3wireless E9-1-1 calls, and these standards shall not exceed the
4requirements set by the Federal Communications Commission;
5however, standards for directing calls to the authorized public
6safety answering point shall be included. The authority given
7to the Department in this Section is limited to setting
8standards as set forth herein and does not constitute authority
9to regulate wireless carriers.
10    (c) For the purpose of providing wireless 9-1-1 emergency
11services, an emergency telephone system board or, in the
12absence of an emergency telephone system board, a qualified
13governmental entity, may declare its intention for one or more
14of its public safety answering points to serve as a primary
15wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point for its
16jurisdiction by notifying the Administrator in writing within 6
17months after receiving its authority to operate a 9-1-1 system
18under this Act. In addition, 2 or more emergency telephone
19system boards or qualified governmental entities may, by virtue
20of an intergovernmental agreement, provide wireless 9-1-1
21service. Until the jurisdiction comes into compliance with
22Section 15.4a of this Act, the The Department of State Police
23shall be the primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering
24point for any jurisdiction that did not provide notice to the
25Illinois Commerce Commission and the Department prior to
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1    (d) The Administrator, upon a request from a qualified
2governmental entity or an emergency telephone system board and
3with the advice and recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1
4Advisory Board, may grant authority to the emergency telephone
5system board or a qualified governmental entity to provide
6wireless 9-1-1 service in areas for which the Department has
7accepted wireless 9-1-1 responsibility. The Administrator
8shall maintain a current list of all 9-1-1 systems and
9qualified governmental entities providing wireless 9-1-1
10service under this Act.
11(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
12    (50 ILCS 750/17.5 new)
13    Sec. 17.5. 9-1-1 call transfer, forward, or relay.
14    (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
15        (1) Some 9-1-1 systems throughout this State do not
16    have a procedure in place to manually transfer, forward, or
17    relay 9-1-1 calls originating within one 9-1-1 system's
18    jurisdiction, but which should properly be answered and
19    dispatched by another 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate
20    9-1-1 system for answering and dispatch of first
21    responders.
22        (2) On January 1, 2016, the General Assembly gave
23    oversight authority of 9-1-1 systems to the Department of
24    State Police.
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1    authorized individual 9-1-1 systems in counties and
2    municipalities to implement and upgrade enhanced 9-1-1
3    systems throughout the State.
4    (b) The Department shall prepare a directory of all
5authorized 9-1-1 systems in the State. The directory shall
6include an emergency 24/7 10-digit telephone number for all
7primary public safety answering points located in each 9-1-1
8system to which 9-1-1 calls from another jurisdiction can be
9transferred. This directory shall be made available to each
109-1-1 authority for its use in establishing standard operating
11procedures regarding calls outside its 9-1-1 jurisdiction.
12    (c) Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the Department with the
13following information:
14        (1) The name of the PSAP, a list of every participating
15    agency, and the county the PSAP is in, including college
16    and university public safety entities.
17        (2) The 24/7 10-digit emergency telephone number and
18    email address for the dispatch agency to which 9-1-1 calls
19    originating in another 9-1-1 jurisdiction can be
20    transferred or by which the PSAP can be contacted via email
21    to exchange information. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide
22    the Department with any changes to the participating
23    agencies and this number and email address immediately upon
24    the change occurring. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the
25    PSAP information, the 24/7 10-digit emergency telephone
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1    9-1-1 Program within 30 days of the effective date of this
2    amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
3        (3) The standard operating procedure describing the
4    manner in which the 9-1-1 system will transfer, forward, or
5    relay 9-1-1 calls originating within its jurisdiction, but
6    which should properly be answered and dispatched by another
7    9-1-1 system, to the appropriate 9-1-1 system. Each 9-1-1
8    system shall provide the standard operating procedures to
9    the Manager of the Department's 9-1-1 Program within 180
10    days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
11    100th General Assembly.
 
12    (50 ILCS 750/19)
13    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
14    Sec. 19. Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board.
15    (a) Beginning July 1, 2015, there is created the Statewide
169-1-1 Advisory Board within the Department of State Police. The
17Board shall consist of the following 11 voting members:
18        (1) The Director of the State Police, or his or her
19    designee, who shall serve as chairman.
20        (2) The Executive Director of the Commission, or his or
21    her designee.
22        (3) Nine members appointed by the Governor as follows:
23            (A) one member representing the Illinois chapter
24        of the National Emergency Number Association, or his or
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1            (B) one member representing the Illinois chapter
2        of the Association of Public-Safety Communications
3        Officials, or his or her designee;
4            (C) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system
5        from a county with a population of less than 50,000;
6            (D) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system
7        from a county with a population between 50,000 and
8        250,000;
9            (E) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system
10        from a county with a population of more than 250,000;
11            (F) one member representing a municipality with a
12        population of less than 500,000 in a county with a
13        population in excess of 2,000,000;
14            (G) one member representing the Illinois
15        Association of Chiefs of Police;
16            (H) one member representing the Illinois Sheriffs'
17        Association; and
18            (I) one member representing the Illinois Fire
19        Chiefs Association.
20    The Governor shall appoint the following non-voting
21members: (i) one member representing an incumbent local
22exchange 9-1-1 system provider; (ii) one member representing a
23non-incumbent local exchange 9-1-1 system provider; (iii) one
24member representing a large wireless carrier; (iv) one member
25representing an incumbent local exchange a small wireless
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1Telecommunications Association; (vi) one member representing
2the Cable Television and Communication Association of
3Illinois; and (vii) one member representing the Illinois State
4Ambulance Association. The Speaker of the House of
5Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
6Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority
7Leader of the Senate may each appoint a member of the General
8Assembly to temporarily serve as a non-voting member of the
9Board during the 12 months prior to the repeal date of this Act
10to discuss legislative initiatives of the Board.
11    (b) The Governor shall make initial appointments to the
12Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board by August 31, 2015. Six of the
13voting members appointed by the Governor shall serve an initial
14term of 2 years, and the remaining voting members appointed by
15the Governor shall serve an initial term of 3 years.
16Thereafter, each appointment by the Governor shall be for a
17term of 3 years. Non-voting members shall serve for a term of 3
18years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the
19original appointment. Persons appointed to fill a vacancy shall
20serve for the balance of the unexpired term.
21    Members of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall serve
22without compensation.
23    (c) The 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board, as constituted on
24June 1, 2015 without the legislative members, shall serve in
25the role of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board until all
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1under subsection (a) of this Section.
2    (d) The Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall:
3        (1) advise the Department of State Police and the
4    Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator on the oversight of 9-1-1
5    systems and the development and implementation of a uniform
6    statewide 9-1-1 system;
7        (2) make recommendations to the Governor and the
8    General Assembly regarding improvements to 9-1-1 services
9    throughout the State; and
10        (3) exercise all other powers and duties provided in
11    this Act.
12    (e) The Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall submit to the
13General Assembly a report by March 1 of each year providing an
14update on the transition to a statewide 9-1-1 system and
15recommending any legislative action.
16    (f) The Department of State Police shall provide
17administrative support to the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board.
18(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)
 
19    (50 ILCS 750/20)
20    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
21    Sec. 20. Statewide surcharge.
22    (a) On and after January 1, 2016, and except with respect
23to those customers who are subject to surcharges as provided in
24Sections 15.3 and 15.3a of this Act, a monthly surcharge shall
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1wireless carriers as follows:
2        (1) Each telecommunications carrier shall impose a
3    monthly surcharge of $0.87 per network connection;
4    provided, however, the monthly surcharge shall not apply to
5    a network connection provided for use with pay telephone
6    services. Where multiple voice grade communications
7    channels are connected between the subscriber's premises
8    and a public switched network through private branch
9    exchange (PBX), or centrex type service, or other multiple
10    voice grade communication channels facility, there shall
11    be imposed 5 such surcharges per network connection for
12    both regular service and advanced service provisioned
13    trunk lines. Until December 31, 2017, the surcharge shall
14    be $0.87 per network connection and on and after January 1,
15    2018, the surcharge shall be $1.50 per network connection.
16        (2) Each wireless carrier shall impose and collect a
17    monthly surcharge of $0.87 per CMRS connection that either
18    has a telephone number within an area code assigned to
19    Illinois by the North American Numbering Plan
20    Administrator or has a billing address in this State. Until
21    December 31, 2017, the surcharge shall be $0.87 per
22    connection and on and after January 1, 2018, the surcharge
23    shall be $1.50 per connection.
24    (b) State and local taxes shall not apply to the surcharges
25imposed under this Section.
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1as a separately stated item on subscriber bills.
2    (d) The telecommunications carrier collecting the
3surcharge may deduct and retain an amount not to exceed shall
4also be entitled to deduct 3% of the gross amount of surcharge
5collected to reimburse the telecommunications carrier for the
6expense of accounting and collecting the surcharge. On and
7after July 1, 2022, the wireless carrier collecting a surcharge
8under this Section may deduct and retain an amount not to
9exceed shall be entitled to deduct up to 3% of the gross amount
10of the surcharge collected to reimburse the wireless carrier
11for the expense of accounting and collecting the surcharge.
12    (e) Surcharges imposed under this Section shall be
13collected by the carriers and shall be remitted to the
14Department, within 30 days of collection, remitted, either by
15check or electronic funds transfer, by the end of the next
16calendar month after the calendar month in which it was
17collected to the Department for deposit into the Statewide
189-1-1 Fund. Carriers are not required to remit surcharge moneys
19that are billed to subscribers but not yet collected.
20    The first remittance by wireless carriers shall include the
21number of subscribers by zip code, and the 9-digit zip code if
22currently being used or later implemented by the carrier, that
23shall be the means by which the Department shall determine
24distributions from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund. This information
25shall be updated at least once each year. Any carrier that
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1subsection (e) shall be subject to the penalty set forth in
2subsection (g) of this Section.
3    (f) If, within 8 calendar 5 business days after it is due
4under subsection (e) of this Section, a carrier does not remit
5the surcharge or any portion thereof required under this
6Section, then the surcharge or portion thereof shall be deemed
7delinquent until paid in full, and the Department may impose a
8penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to the greater
9of:
10        (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month from the
11    time an amount becomes delinquent until the amount is paid
12    in full; or
13        (2) an amount equal to the product of 1% and the sum of
14    all delinquent amounts for each month or portion of a month
15    that the delinquent amounts remain unpaid.
16    A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (f)
17for a portion of a month during which the carrier pays the
18delinquent amount in full shall be prorated for each day of
19that month that the delinquent amount was paid in full. Any
20penalty imposed under this subsection (f) is in addition to the
21amount of the delinquency and is in addition to any other
22penalty imposed under this Section.
23    (g) If, within 8 calendar 5 business days after it is due,
24a wireless carrier does not provide the number of subscribers
25by zip code as required under subsection (e) of this Section,
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1impose a penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to the
2greater of:
3        (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month that the
4    report is delinquent; or
5        (2) an amount equal to the product of $0.01 and the
6    number of subscribers served by the carrier for each month
7    or portion of a month that the delinquent report is not
8    provided.
9    A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (g)
10for a portion of a month during which the carrier provides the
11number of subscribers by zip code as required under subsection
12(e) of this Section shall be prorated for each day of that
13month during which the carrier had not provided the number of
14subscribers by zip code as required under subsection (e) of
15this Section. Any penalty imposed under this subsection (g) is
16in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Section.
17    (h) A penalty imposed and collected in accordance with
18subsection (f) or (g) of this Section shall be deposited into
19the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund for distribution according to Section
2030 of this Act.
21    (i) The Department may enforce the collection of any
22delinquent amount and any penalty due and unpaid under this
23Section by legal action or in any other manner by which the
24collection of debts due the State of Illinois may be enforced
25under the laws of this State. The Department may excuse the
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1Administrator determines that the enforcement of this penalty
2is unjust.
3    (j) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
4nothing shall impair the right of wireless carriers to recover
5compliance costs for all emergency communications services
6that are not reimbursed out of the Wireless Carrier
7Reimbursement Fund directly from their wireless subscribers by
8line-item charges on the wireless subscriber's bill. Those
9compliance costs include all costs incurred by wireless
10carriers in complying with local, State, and federal regulatory
11or legislative mandates that require the transmission and
12receipt of emergency communications to and from the general
13public, including, but not limited to, E9-1-1.
14(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
15    (50 ILCS 750/30)
16    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
17    Sec. 30. Statewide 9-1-1 Fund; surcharge disbursement.
18    (a) A special fund in the State treasury known as the
19Wireless Service Emergency Fund shall be renamed the Statewide
209-1-1 Fund. Any appropriations made from the Wireless Service
21Emergency Fund shall be payable from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund.
22The Fund shall consist of the following:
23        (1) 9-1-1 wireless surcharges assessed under the
24    Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act.
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1    Act.
2        (3) Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharges assessed under
3    Section 15 of the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act.
4        (4) Any appropriations, grants, or gifts made to the
5    Fund.
6        (5) Any income from interest, premiums, gains, or other
7    earnings on moneys in the Fund.
8        (6) Money from any other source that is deposited in or
9    transferred to the Fund.
10    (b) Subject to appropriation and availability of funds, the
11Department shall distribute the 9-1-1 surcharges monthly as
12follows:
13        (1) From each surcharge collected and remitted under
14    Section 20 of this Act:
15            (A) $0.013 shall be distributed monthly in equal
16        amounts to each County Emergency Telephone System
17        Board or qualified governmental entity in counties
18        with a population under 100,000 according to the most
19        recent census data which is authorized to serve as a
20        primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point
21        for the county and to provide wireless 9-1-1 service as
22        prescribed by subsection (b) of Section 15.6a of this
23        Act, and which does provide such service.
24            (B) $0.033 shall be transferred by the Comptroller
25        at the direction of the Department to the Wireless
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1        July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, $0.026 shall be
2        transferred; from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019,
3        $0.020 shall be transferred; from July 1, 2019, through
4        June 30, 2020, $0.013 shall be transferred; from July
5        1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, $0.007 will be
6        transferred; and after June 30, 2021, no transfer shall
7        be made to the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund.
8            (C) Until December 31, 2017, $0.007 and on and
9        after January 1, 2018, $0.017 shall be used to cover
10        the Department's administrative costs.
11            (D) Beginning January 1, 2018, until June 30, 2020,
12        $0.12, and on and after July 1, 2020, $0.04 shall be
13        used to make monthly proportional grants to the
14        appropriate 9-1-1 Authority currently taking wireless
15        9-1-1 based upon the United States Postal Zip Code of
16        the billing addresses of subscribers wireless
17        carriers.
18            (E) Until June 30, 2020, $0.05 shall be used by the
19        Department for grants for NG9-1-1 expenses, with
20        priority given to 9-1-1 Authorities that provide 9-1-1
21        service within the territory of a Large Electing
22        Provider as defined in Section 13-406.1 of the Public
23        Utilities Act.
24            (F) On and after July 1, 2020, $0.13 shall be used
25        for the implementation of and continuing expenses for
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1        (2) After disbursements under paragraph (1) of this
2    subsection (b), all remaining funds in the Statewide 9-1-1
3    Fund shall be disbursed in the following priority order:
4            (A) The Fund shall will pay monthly to:
5                (i) the 9-1-1 Authorities that imposed
6            surcharges under Section 15.3 of this Act and were
7            required to report to the Illinois Commerce
8            Commission under Section 27 of the Wireless
9            Emergency Telephone Safety Act on October 1, 2014,
10            except a 9-1-1 Authority in a municipality with a
11            population in excess of 500,000, an amount equal to
12            the average monthly wireline and VoIP surcharge
13            revenue attributable to the most recent 12-month
14            period reported to the Department under that
15            Section for the October 1, 2014 filing, subject to
16            the power of the Department to investigate the
17            amount reported and adjust the number by order
18            under Article X of the Public Utilities Act, so
19            that the monthly amount paid under this item
20            accurately reflects one-twelfth of the aggregate
21            wireline and VoIP surcharge revenue properly
22            attributable to the most recent 12-month period
23            reported to the Commission; or
24                (ii) county qualified governmental entities
25            that did not impose a surcharge under Section 15.3
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1            impose a surcharge as of June 30, 2015, an amount
2            equivalent to their population multiplied by .37
3            multiplied by the rate of $0.69; counties that are
4            not county qualified governmental entities and
5            that did not impose a surcharge as of December 31,
6            2015, shall not begin to receive the payment
7            provided for in this subsection until E9-1-1 and
8            wireless E9-1-1 services are provided within their
9            counties; or
10                (iii) counties without 9-1-1 service that had
11            a surcharge in place by December 31, 2015, an
12            amount equivalent to their population multiplied
13            by .37 multiplied by their surcharge rate as
14            established by the referendum.
15            (B) All 9-1-1 network costs for systems outside of
16        municipalities with a population of at least 500,000
17        shall be paid by the Department directly to the
18        vendors.
19            (C) All expenses incurred by the Administrator and
20        the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board and costs
21        associated with procurement under Section 15.6b
22        including requests for information and requests for
23        proposals.
24            (D) Funds may be held in reserve by the Statewide
25        9-1-1 Advisory Board and disbursed by the Department
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1        15.4a, 15.4b, and for NG9-1-1 expenses up to $12.5
2        million per year in State fiscal years 2016 and 2017;
3        up to $20 $13.5 million in State fiscal year 2018; up
4        to $20.9 $14.4 million in State fiscal year 2019; up to
5        $15.3 million in State fiscal year 2020; up to $16.2
6        million in State fiscal year 2021; up to $23.1 million
7        in State fiscal year 2022; and up to $17.0 million per
8        year for State fiscal year 2023 and each year
9        thereafter. The amount held in reserve in State fiscal
10        years 2018 and 2019 shall not be less than $6.5
11        million. Disbursements under this subparagraph (D)
12        shall be prioritized as follows: (i) consolidation
13        grants prioritized under subsection (a) of Section
14        15.4b of this Act; (ii) NG9-1-1 expenses; and (iii)
15        consolidation grants under Section 15.4b of this Act
16        for consolidation expenses incurred between January 1,
17        2010, and January 1, 2016.
18            (E) All remaining funds per remit month shall be
19        used to make monthly proportional grants to the
20        appropriate 9-1-1 Authority currently taking wireless
21        9-1-1 based upon the United States Postal Zip Code of
22        the billing addresses of subscribers of wireless
23        carriers.
24    (c) The moneys deposited into the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund
25under this Section shall not be subject to administrative
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1    (d) Whenever two or more 9-1-1 Authorities consolidate, the
2resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall be
3entitled to the monthly payments that had theretofore been made
4to each consolidating 9-1-1 Authority. Any reserves held by any
5consolidating 9-1-1 Authority shall be transferred to the
6resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. Whenever a
7county that has no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 enters
8into an agreement to consolidate to create or join a Joint
9Emergency Telephone System Board, the Joint Emergency
10Telephone System Board shall be entitled to the monthly
11payments that would have otherwise been paid to the county if
12it had provided 9-1-1 service.
13(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
14    (50 ILCS 750/35)
15    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
16    Sec. 35. 9-1-1 surcharge; allowable expenditures. Except
17as otherwise provided in this Act, expenditures from surcharge
18revenues received under this Act may be made by municipalities,
19counties, and 9-1-1 Authorities only to pay for the costs
20associated with the following:
21        (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System.
22        (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address
23    Guide database, and update and maintenance thereof.
24        (3) The repayment of any moneys advanced for the
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1        (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification
2    and Automatic Location Identification equipment, a
3    computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains,
4    and integrates information, mobile data transmitters
5    equipped with automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance,
6    replacement, and update thereof to increase operational
7    efficiency and improve the provision of emergency
8    services.
9        (5) The non-recurring charges related to installation
10    of the Emergency Telephone System.
11        (6) The initial acquisition and installation, or the
12    reimbursement of costs therefor to other governmental
13    bodies that have incurred those costs, of road or street
14    signs that are essential to the implementation of the
15    Emergency Telephone System and that are not duplicative of
16    signs that are the responsibility of the jurisdiction
17    charged with maintaining road and street signs. Funds may
18    not be used for ongoing expenses associated with road or
19    street sign maintenance and replacement.
20        (7) Other products and services necessary for the
21    implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the system and
22    any other purpose related to the operation of the system,
23    including costs attributable directly to the construction,
24    leasing, or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or
25    costs of personnel attributable directly to the operation
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1    of an emergency telephone system do not include the costs
2    of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment
3    that is dispatched in response to an emergency call.
4        (8) The defraying of expenses incurred to implement
5    Next Generation 9-1-1, subject to the conditions set forth
6    in this Act.
7        (9) The implementation of a computer aided dispatch
8    system or hosted supplemental 9-1-1 services.
9        (10) The design, implementation, operation,
10    maintenance, or upgrade of wireless 9-1-1, or E9-1-1, or
11    NG9-1-1 emergency services and public safety answering
12    points.
13    Moneys in the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund may also be transferred
14to a participating fire protection district to reimburse
15volunteer firefighters who man remote telephone switching
16facilities when dedicated 9-1-1 lines are down.
17    In the case of a municipality with a population over
18500,000, moneys may also be used for any anti-terrorism or
19emergency preparedness measures, including, but not limited
20to, preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for
21federal or State grants, personnel training, and specialized
22equipment, including surveillance cameras, as needed to deal
23with natural and terrorist-inspired emergency situations or
24events.
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1    (50 ILCS 750/40)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
3    Sec. 40. Financial reports.
4    (a) The Department shall create uniform accounting
5procedures, with such modification as may be required to give
6effect to statutory provisions applicable only to
7municipalities with a population in excess of 500,000, that any
8emergency telephone system board, qualified governmental
9entity, or unit of local government receiving surcharge money
10pursuant to Section 15.3, 15.3a, or 30 of this Act must follow.
11    (b) By January 31, 2018, and every January 31 thereafter
12October 1, 2016, and every October 1 thereafter, each emergency
13telephone system board, qualified governmental entity, or unit
14of local government receiving surcharge money pursuant to
15Section 15.3, 15.3a, or 30 shall report to the Department
16audited financial statements showing total revenue and
17expenditures for the period beginning with the end of the
18period covered by the last submitted report through the end of
19the previous calendar year previous fiscal year in a form and
20manner as prescribed by the Department. Such financial
21information shall include:
22        (1) a detailed summary of revenue from all sources
23    including, but not limited to, local, State, federal, and
24    private revenues, and any other funds received;
25        (2) all expenditures made during the reporting period
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1    capital expenditures, and cash balances; and
2        (3) call data and statistics, when available, from the
3    reporting period, as specified by the Department and
4    collected in accordance with any reporting method
5    established or required such other financial information
6    that is relevant to the provision of 9-1-1 services as
7    determined by the Department; .
8        (4) all costs associated with dispatching appropriate
9    public safety agencies to respond to 9-1-1 calls received
10    by the PSAP; and
11        (5) all funding sources and amounts of funding used for
12    costs described in paragraph (4) of this subsection (b).
13    The emergency telephone system board, qualified
14governmental entity, or unit of local government is responsible
15for any costs associated with auditing such financial
16statements. The Department shall post the audited financial
17statements on the Department's website.
18    (c) Along with its audited financial statement, each
19emergency telephone system board, qualified governmental
20entity, or unit of local government receiving a grant under
21Section 15.4b of this Act shall include a report of the amount
22of grant moneys received and how the grant moneys were used. In
23case of a conflict between this requirement and the Grant
24Accountability and Transparency Act, or with the rules of the
25Governor's Office of Management and Budget adopted thereunder,
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1    (d) If an emergency telephone system board or qualified
2governmental entity that receives funds from the Statewide
39-1-1 Fund fails to file the 9-1-1 system financial reports as
4required under this Section, the Department shall suspend and
5withhold monthly disbursements otherwise due to the emergency
6telephone system board or qualified governmental entity under
7Section 30 of this Act until the report is filed.
8    Any monthly disbursements that have been withheld for 12
9months or more shall be forfeited by the emergency telephone
10system board or qualified governmental entity and shall be
11distributed proportionally by the Department to compliant
12emergency telephone system boards and qualified governmental
13entities that receive funds from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund.
14    Any emergency telephone system board or qualified
15governmental entity not in compliance with this Section shall
16be ineligible to receive any consolidation grant or
17infrastructure grant issued under this Act.
18    (e) The Department may adopt emergency rules necessary to
19implement the provisions of this Section.
20    (f) Any findings or decisions of the Department under this
21Section shall be deemed a final administrative decision and
22shall be subject to judicial review under the Administrative
23Review Law.
24    (g) Beginning October 1, 2017, the Department shall provide
25a quarterly report to the Board of its expenditures from the
26Statewide 9-1-1 Fund for the prior fiscal quarter.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
2    (50 ILCS 750/55)
3    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
4    Sec. 55. Public disclosure. Because of the highly
5competitive nature of the wireless telephone industry, public
6disclosure of information about surcharge moneys paid by
7wireless carriers could have the effect of stifling competition
8to the detriment of the public and the delivery of wireless
99-1-1 services. Therefore, the Illinois Commerce Commission,
10the Department of State Police, governmental agencies, and
11individuals with access to that information shall take
12appropriate steps to prevent public disclosure of this
13information. Information and data supporting the amount and
14distribution of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by an
15individual wireless carrier shall be deemed exempt information
16for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act and shall not be
17publicly disclosed. The gross amount paid by all carriers shall
18not be deemed exempt and may be publicly disclosed.
19(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
20    (50 ILCS 750/99)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
22    Sec. 99. Repealer. This Act is repealed on December 31,
232020 July 1, 2017.
24(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. The Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act is
2amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
3    (50 ILCS 753/15)
4    Sec. 15. Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge.
5    (a) Until September 30, 2015, there is hereby imposed on
6consumers a prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge of 1.5% per retail
7transaction. Beginning October 1, 2015, the prepaid wireless
89-1-1 surcharge shall be 3% per retail transaction. The
9surcharge authorized by this subsection (a) does not apply in a
10home rule municipality having a population in excess of
11500,000.
12    (a-5) On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
13of the 98th General Assembly and until December 31, 2020, July
141, 2017, a home rule municipality having a population in excess
15of 500,000 on the effective date of this amendatory Act may
16impose a prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge not to exceed 9% per
17retail transaction sourced to that jurisdiction and collected
18and remitted in accordance with the provisions of subsection
19(b-5) of this Section. On or after January 1, 2021, July 1,
202017, a home rule municipality having a population in excess of
21500,000 on the effective date of this Act may only impose a
22prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge not to exceed 7% per retail
23transaction sourced to that jurisdiction and collected and
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1    (b) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall be collected
2by the seller from the consumer with respect to each retail
3transaction occurring in this State and shall be remitted to
4the Department by the seller as provided in this Act. The
5amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall be
6separately stated as a distinct item apart from the charge for
7the prepaid wireless telecommunications service on an invoice,
8receipt, or other similar document that is provided to the
9consumer by the seller or shall be otherwise disclosed to the
10consumer. If the seller does not separately state the surcharge
11as a distinct item to the consumer as provided in this Section,
12then the seller shall maintain books and records as required by
13this Act which clearly identify the amount of the 9-1-1
14surcharge for retail transactions.
15    For purposes of this subsection (b), a retail transaction
16occurs in this State if (i) the retail transaction is made in
17person by a consumer at the seller's business location and the
18business is located within the State; (ii) the seller is a
19provider and sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service
20to a consumer located in Illinois; (iii) the retail transaction
21is treated as occurring in this State for purposes of the
22Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; or (iv) a seller that is
23included within the definition of a "retailer maintaining a
24place of business in this State" under Section 2 of the Use Tax
25Act makes a sale of prepaid wireless telecommunications service
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1transaction which does not occur in person at a seller's
2business location, if a consumer uses a credit card to purchase
3prepaid wireless telecommunications service on-line or over
4the telephone, and no product is shipped to the consumer, the
5transaction occurs in this State if the billing address for the
6consumer's credit card is in this State.
7    (b-5) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge imposed under
8subsection (a-5) of this Section shall be collected by the
9seller from the consumer with respect to each retail
10transaction occurring in the municipality imposing the
11surcharge. The amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge
12shall be separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other
13similar document that is provided to the consumer by the seller
14or shall be otherwise disclosed to the consumer. If the seller
15does not separately state the surcharge as a distinct item to
16the consumer as provided in this Section, then the seller shall
17maintain books and records as required by this Act which
18clearly identify the amount of the 9-1-1 surcharge for retail
19transactions.
20    For purposes of this subsection (b-5), a retail transaction
21occurs in the municipality if (i) the retail transaction is
22made in person by a consumer at the seller's business location
23and the business is located within the municipality; (ii) the
24seller is a provider and sells prepaid wireless
25telecommunications service to a consumer located in the
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1occurring in the municipality for purposes of the Retailers'
2Occupation Tax Act; or (iv) a seller that is included within
3the definition of a "retailer maintaining a place of business
4in this State" under Section 2 of the Use Tax Act makes a sale
5of prepaid wireless telecommunications service to a consumer
6located in the municipality. In the case of a retail
7transaction which does not occur in person at a seller's
8business location, if a consumer uses a credit card to purchase
9prepaid wireless telecommunications service on-line or over
10the telephone, and no product is shipped to the consumer, the
11transaction occurs in the municipality if the billing address
12for the consumer's credit card is in the municipality.
13    (c) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge is imposed on the
14consumer and not on any provider. The seller shall be liable to
15remit all prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharges that the seller
16collects from consumers as provided in Section 20, including
17all such surcharges that the seller is deemed to collect where
18the amount of the surcharge has not been separately stated on
19an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the
20consumer by the seller. The surcharge collected or deemed
21collected by a seller shall constitute a debt owed by the
22seller to this State, and any such surcharge actually collected
23shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Department.
24    For purposes of this subsection (c), the surcharge shall
25not be imposed or collected from entities that have an active
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1under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
2    (d) The amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge that
3is collected by a seller from a consumer, if such amount is
4separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar
5document provided to the consumer by the seller, shall not be
6included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, surcharge, or
7other charge that is imposed by this State, any political
8subdivision of this State, or any intergovernmental agency.
9    (e) (Blank).
10    (e-5) Any changes in the rate of the surcharge imposed by a
11municipality under the authority granted in subsection (a-5) of
12this Section shall be effective on the first day of the first
13calendar month to occur at least 60 days after the enactment of
14the change. The Department shall provide not less than 30 days'
15notice of the increase or reduction in the rate of such
16surcharge on the Department's website.
17    (f) When prepaid wireless telecommunications service is
18sold with one or more other products or services for a single,
19non-itemized price, then the percentage specified in
20subsection (a) or (a-5) of this Section 15 shall be applied to
21the entire non-itemized price unless the seller elects to apply
22the percentage to (i) the dollar amount of the prepaid wireless
23telecommunications service if that dollar amount is disclosed
24to the consumer or (ii) the portion of the price that is
25attributable to the prepaid wireless telecommunications
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1and verifiable standards from its books and records that are
2kept in the regular course of business for other purposes,
3including, but not limited to, books and records that are kept
4for non-tax purposes. However, if a minimal amount of prepaid
5wireless telecommunications service is sold with a prepaid
6wireless device for a single, non-itemized price, then the
7seller may elect not to apply the percentage specified in
8subsection (a) or (a-5) of this Section 15 to such transaction.
9For purposes of this subsection, an amount of service
10denominated as 10 minutes or less or $5 or less is considered
11minimal.
12    (g) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge imposed under
13subsections (a) and (a-5) of this Section is not imposed on the
14provider or the consumer for wireless Lifeline service where
15the consumer does not pay the provider for the service. Where
16the consumer purchases from the provider optional minutes,
17texts, or other services in addition to the federally funded
18Lifeline benefit, a consumer must pay the prepaid wireless
199-1-1 surcharge, and it must be collected by the seller
20according to subsection (b-5).
21(Source: P.A. 98-634, eff. 6-6-14; 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)
 
22    Section 25. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
23Sections 13-102, 13-103, 13-230, 13-301.1, 13-406, 13-703,
2413-1200, 21-401, and 21-1601 and by adding Section 13-406.1 as
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1    (220 ILCS 5/13-102)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-102)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
3    Sec. 13-102. Findings. With respect to telecommunications
4services, as herein defined, the General Assembly finds that:
5    (a) universally available and widely affordable
6telecommunications services are essential to the health,
7welfare and prosperity of all Illinois citizens;
8    (b) federal regulatory and judicial rulings in the 1980s
9caused a restructuring of the telecommunications industry and
10opened some aspects of the industry to competitive entry,
11thereby necessitating revision of State telecommunications
12regulatory policies and practices;
13    (c) revisions in telecommunications regulatory policies
14and practices in Illinois beginning in the mid-1980s brought
15the benefits of competition to consumers in many
16telecommunications markets, but not in local exchange
17telecommunications service markets;
18    (d) the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 established
19the goal of opening all telecommunications service markets to
20competition and accords to the states the responsibility to
21establish and enforce policies necessary to attain that goal;
22    (e) it is in the immediate interest of the People of the
23State of Illinois for the State to exercise its rights within
24the new framework of federal telecommunications policy to
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1telecommunications service markets are realized as effectively
2as possible;
3    (f) the competitive offering of all telecommunications
4services will increase innovation and efficiency in the
5provision of telecommunications services and may lead to
6reduced prices for consumers, increased investment in
7communications infrastructure, the creation of new jobs, and
8the attraction of new businesses to Illinois; and
9    (g) protection of the public interest requires changes in
10the regulation of telecommunications carriers and services to
11ensure, to the maximum feasible extent, the reasonable and
12timely development of effective competition in all
13telecommunications service markets; .
14    (h) Illinois residents rely on today's modern wired and
15wireless Internet Protocol (IP) networks and services to
16improve their lives by connecting them to school and college
17degrees, work and job opportunities, family and friends,
18information, and entertainment, as well as emergency
19responders and public safety officials; Illinois businesses
20rely on these modern IP networks and services to compete in a
21global marketplace by expanding their customer base, managing
22inventory and operations more efficiently, and offering
23customers specialized and personalized products and services;
24without question, Illinois residents and our State's economy
25rely profoundly on the modern wired and wireless IP networks
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1    (i) the transition from 20th century traditional circuit
2switched and other legacy telephone services to modern 21st
3century next generation Internet Protocol (IP) services is
4taking place at an extraordinary pace as Illinois consumers are
5upgrading to home communications service using IP technology,
6including high speed Internet, Voice over Internet Protocol,
7and wireless service;
8    (j) this rapid transition to IP-based communications has
9dramatically transformed the way people communicate and has
10provided significant benefits to consumers in the form of
11innovative functionalities resulting from the seamless
12convergence of voice, video, and text, benefits realized by the
13General Assembly when it chose to transition its own
14telecommunications system to an all IP communications network
15in 2016;
16    (k) the benefits of the transition to IP-based networks and
17services were also recognized by the General Assembly in 2015
18through the enactment of legislation requiring that every 9-1-1
19emergency system in Illinois provide Next Generation 9-1-1
20service by July 1, 2020, and requiring that the Next Generation
219-1-1 network must be an IP-based platform; and
22    (l) completing the transition to all IP-based networks and
23technologies is in the public interest because it will promote
24continued innovation, consumer benefits, increased
25efficiencies, and increased investment in IP-based networks
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1(Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97.)
 
2    (220 ILCS 5/13-103)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-103)
3    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
4    Sec. 13-103. Policy. Consistent with its findings, the
5General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State of
6Illinois that:
7    (a) telecommunications services should be available to all
8Illinois citizens at just, reasonable, and affordable rates and
9that such services should be provided as widely and
10economically as possible in sufficient variety, quality,
11quantity and reliability to satisfy the public interest;
12    (b) consistent with the protection of consumers of
13telecommunications services and the furtherance of other
14public interest goals, competition in all telecommunications
15service markets should be pursued as a substitute for
16regulation in determining the variety, quality and price of
17telecommunications services and that the economic burdens of
18regulation should be reduced to the extent possible consistent
19with the furtherance of market competition and protection of
20the public interest;
21    (c) all necessary and appropriate modifications to State
22regulation of telecommunications carriers and services should
23be implemented without unnecessary disruption to the
24telecommunications infrastructure system or to consumers of
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1appropriate to establish rules to encourage and ensure orderly
2transitions in the development of markets for all
3telecommunications services;
4    (d) the consumers of telecommunications services and
5facilities provided by persons or companies subject to
6regulation pursuant to this Act and Article should be required
7to pay only reasonable and non-discriminatory rates or charges
8and that in no case should rates or charges for non-competitive
9telecommunications services include any portion of the cost of
10providing competitive telecommunications services, as defined
11in Section 13-209, or the cost of any nonregulated activities;
12    (e) the regulatory policies and procedures provided in this
13Article are established in recognition of the changing nature
14of the telecommunications industry and therefore should be
15subject to systematic legislative review to ensure that the
16public benefits intended to result from such policies and
17procedures are fully realized; and
18    (f) development of and prudent investment in advanced
19telecommunications services and networks that foster economic
20development of the State should be encouraged through the
21implementation and enforcement of policies that promote
22effective and sustained competition in all telecommunications
23service markets; and .
24    (g) completion of the transition to modern IP-based
25networks should be encouraged through relief from the outdated
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1circuit switched networks from which Illinois consumers have
2largely transitioned, while at the same time ensuring that
3consumers have access to available alternative services that
4provide quality voice service and access to emergency
5communications.
6(Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97.)
 
7    (220 ILCS 5/13-230)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
9    Sec. 13-230. Prepaid calling service. "Prepaid calling
10service" means telecommunications service that must be paid for
11in advance by an end user, enables the end user to originate
12calls using an access number or authorization code, whether
13manually or electronically dialed, and is sold in predetermined
14units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a
15known amount. A prepaid calling service call is a call made by
16an end user using prepaid calling service. "Prepaid calling
17service" does not include a wireless telecommunications
18service that allows a caller to dial 9-1-1 to access the 9-1-1
19system, which service must be paid for in advance, and is sold
20in predetermined units or dollars and the amount declines with
21use in a known amount prepaid wireless telecommunications
22service as defined in Section 10 of the Wireless Emergency
23Telephone Safety Act.
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1    (220 ILCS 5/13-301.1)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-301.1)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
3    Sec. 13-301.1. Universal Telephone Service Assistance
4Program.
5    (a) The Commission shall by rule or regulation establish a
6Universal Telephone Service Assistance Program for low income
7residential customers. The program shall provide for a
8reduction of access line charges, a reduction of connection
9charges, or any other alternative assistance or program to
10increase accessibility to telephone service and broadband
11Internet access service that the Commission deems advisable
12subject to the availability of funds for the program as
13provided in subsections subsection (d) and (e). The Commission
14shall establish eligibility requirements for benefits under
15the program.
16    (b) The Commission shall adopt rules providing for enhanced
17enrollment for eligible consumers to receive lifeline service.
18Enhanced enrollment may include, but is not limited to, joint
19marketing, joint application, or joint processing with the
20Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, the Medicaid
21Program, and the Food Stamp Program. The Department of Human
22Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and
23the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, upon
24request of the Commission, shall assist in the adoption and
25implementation of those rules. The Commission and the
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1Family Services, and the Department of Commerce and Economic
2Opportunity may enter into memoranda of understanding
3establishing the respective duties of the Commission and the
4Departments in relation to enhanced enrollment.
5    (c) In this Section: ,
6        "Lifeline "lifeline service" means a retail local
7    service offering described by 47 CFR C.F.R. Section
8    54.401(a), as amended.
9    (d) The Commission shall require by rule or regulation that
10each telecommunications carrier providing local exchange
11telecommunications services notify its customers that if the
12customer wishes to participate in the funding of the Universal
13Telephone Service Assistance Program he may do so by electing
14to contribute, on a monthly basis, a fixed amount that will be
15included in the customer's monthly bill. The customer may cease
16contributing at any time upon providing notice to the
17telecommunications carrier providing local exchange
18telecommunications services. The notice shall state that any
19contribution made will not reduce the customer's bill for
20telecommunications services. Failure to remit the amount of
21increased payment will reduce the contribution accordingly.
22The Commission shall specify the monthly fixed amount or
23amounts that customers wishing to contribute to the funding of
24the Universal Telephone Service Assistance Program may choose
25from in making their contributions. Every telecommunications
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1shall remit the amounts contributed in accordance with the
2terms of the Universal Telephone Service Assistance Program.
3    (e) Amounts collected and remitted under subsection (d)
4may, to the extent the Commission deems advisable, be used for
5funding a program to be administered by the entity designated
6by the Commission as administrator of the Universal Telephone
7Service Assistance Program for educating and assisting
8low-income residential customers with a transition to Internet
9protocol-based networks and services. This program may
10include, but need not be limited to, measures designed to
11notify and educate residential customers regarding the
12availability of alternative voice services with access to
139-1-1, access to and use of broadband Internet access service,
14and pricing options.
15(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)";
16and
 
17    (220 ILCS 5/13-406)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-406)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
19    Sec. 13-406. Abandonment of service. No telecommunications
20carrier offering or providing noncompetitive
21telecommunications service pursuant to a valid Certificate of
22Service Authority or certificate of public convenience and
23necessity shall discontinue or abandon such service once
24initiated until and unless it shall demonstrate, and the
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1discontinuance or abandonment will not deprive customers of any
2necessary or essential telecommunications service or access
3thereto and is not otherwise contrary to the public interest.
4No telecommunications carrier offering or providing
5competitive telecommunications service shall completely
6discontinue or abandon such service to an identifiable class or
7group of customers once initiated except upon 60 days notice to
8the Commission and affected customers. The Commission may, upon
9its own motion or upon complaint, investigate the proposed
10discontinuance or abandonment of a competitive
11telecommunications service and may, after notice and hearing,
12prohibit such proposed discontinuance or abandonment if the
13Commission finds that it would be contrary to the public
14interest. If the Commission does not provide notice of a
15hearing within 60 calendar days after the notification or holds
16a hearing and fails to find that the proposed discontinuation
17or abandonment would be contrary to the public interest, the
18provider may discontinue or abandon such service after
19providing at least 30 days notice to affected customers. This
20Section does not apply to a Large Electing Provider proceeding
21under Section 13-406.1.
22(Source: P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)
 
23    (220 ILCS 5/13-406.1 new)
24    Sec. 13-406.1. Large Electing Provider transition to
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1    (a) As used in this Section:
2    "Alternative voice service" means service that includes
3all of the applicable functionalities for voice telephony
4services described in 47 CFR 54.101(a).
5    "Existing customer" means a residential customer of the
6Large Electing Provider who is subscribing to a
7telecommunications service on the date the Large Electing
8Provider sends its notice under paragraph (1) of subsection (c)
9of this Section of its intent to cease offering and providing
10service. For purposes of this Section, a residential customer
11of the Large Electing Provider whose service has been
12temporarily suspended, but not finally terminated as of the
13date that the Large Electing Provider sends that notice, shall
14be deemed to be an "existing customer".
15    "Large Electing Provider" means an Electing Provider, as
16defined in Section 13-506.2 of this Act, that (i) reported in
17its annual competition report for the year 2016 filed with the
18Commission under Section 13-407 of this Act and 83 Ill. Adm.
19Code 793 that it provided at least 700,000 access lines to end
20users; and (ii) is affiliated with a provider of commercial
21mobile radio service, as defined in 47 CFR 20.3, as of January
221, 2017.
23    "New customer" means a residential customer who is not
24subscribing to a telecommunications service provided by the
25Large Electing Provider on the date the Large Electing Provider
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1Section of its intent to cease offering and providing that
2service.
3    "Provider" includes every corporation, company,
4association, firm, partnership, and individual and their
5lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court that sell
6or offer to sell an alternative voice service.
7    "Reliable access to 9-1-1" means access to 9-1-1 that
8complies with the applicable rules, regulations, and
9guidelines established by the Federal Communications
10Commission and the applicable provisions of the Emergency
11Telephone System Act and implementing rules.
12    "Willing provider" means a provider that voluntarily
13participates in the request for service process.
14    (b) Beginning June 30, 2017, a Large Electing Provider may,
15to the extent permitted by and consistent with federal law,
16including, as applicable, approval by the Federal
17Communications Commission of the discontinuance of the
18interstate-access component of a telecommunications service,
19cease to offer and provide a telecommunications service to an
20identifiable class or group of customers, other than voice
21telecommunications service to residential customers or a
22telecommunications service to a class of customers under
23subsection (b-5) of this Section, upon 60 days' notice to the
24Commission and affected customers.
25    (b-5) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this
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1Provider may, to the extent permitted by and consistent with
2federal law, including, if applicable, approval by the Federal
3Communications Commission of the discontinuance of the
4interstate-access component of a telecommunication service,
5cease to offer and provide a telecommunications service to one
6or more of the following classes or groups of customers upon 60
7days' notice to the Commission and affected customers: (1)
8electric utilities, as defined in Section 16-102 of this Act;
9(2) public utilities, as defined in Section 3-105 of this Act,
10that offers natural gas or water services; (3) electric, gas,
11and water utilities that are excluded from the definition of
12public utility under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section
133-105 of this Act; (4) water companies as described in
14paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 3-105 of this Act;
15(5) natural gas cooperatives as described in paragraph (4) of
16subsection (b) of Section 3-105 of this Act; (6) electric
17cooperatives as defined in Section 3-119 of this Act; (7)
18entities engaged in the commercial generation of electric power
19and energy; (8) the functional divisions of public agencies, as
20defined in Section 2 of the Emergency Telephone System Act,
21that provide police or firefighting services; and (9) 9-1-1
22Authorities, as defined in Section 2 of the Emergency Telephone
23System Act; provided that the date shall be extended to
24December 21, 2022, for (i) an electric utility, as defined in
25Section 16-102 of this Act, that serves more than 3 million
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1commercial generation of electric power and energy that
2operates one or more nuclear power plants in the State.
3    (c) Beginning June 30, 2017, a Large Electing Provider may,
4to the extent permitted by and consistent with federal law,
5cease to offer and provide voice telecommunications service to
6an identifiable class or group of residential customers, which,
7for the purposes of this subsection (c), shall be referred to
8as "requested service", subject to compliance with the
9following requirements:
10        (1) No less than 255 days prior to providing notice to
11    the Federal Communications Commission of its intent to
12    discontinue the interstate-access component of the
13    requested service, the Large Electing Provider shall:
14            (A) file a notice of the proposed cessation of the
15        requested service with the Commission, which shall
16        include a statement that the Large Electing Provider
17        will comply with any service discontinuance rules and
18        regulations of the Federal Communications Commission
19        pertaining to compatibility of alternative voice
20        services with medical monitoring devices; and
21            (B) provide notice of the proposed cessation of the
22        requested service to each of the Large Electing
23        Provider's existing customers within the affected
24        geographic area by first-class mail separate from
25        customer bills. If the customer has elected to receive
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1        electronically and by first-class mail separate from
2        customer bills. The notice provided under this
3        subparagraph (B) shall describe the requested service,
4        identify the earliest date on which the Large Electing
5        Provider intends to cease offering or providing the
6        telecommunications service, provide a telephone number
7        by which the existing customer may contact a service
8        representative of the Large Electing Provider, and
9        provide a telephone number by which the existing
10        customer may contact the Commission's Consumer
11        Services Division. The notice shall also include the
12        following statement:
13                "If you do not believe that an alternative
14            voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1
15            is available to you, from either [name of Large
16            Electing Provider] or another provider of wired or
17            wireless voice service where you live, you have the
18            right to request the Illinois Commerce Commission
19            to investigate the availability of alternative
20            voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1.
21            To do so, you must submit such a request either in
22            writing or by signing and returning a copy of this
23            notice, no later than (insert date), 60 days after
24            the date of the notice to the following address:
25            Chief Clerk of the Illinois Commerce Commission
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1            Springfield, Illinois 62706
2                You must include in your request a reference to
3            the notice you received from [Large Electing
4            Provider's name] and the date of notice.".
5            Thirty days following the date of notice, the Large
6        Electing Provider shall provide each customer to which
7        the notice was sent a follow-up notice containing the
8        same information and reminding customers of the
9        deadline for requesting the Commission to investigate
10        alternative voice service with access to 9-1-1.
11        (2) After June 30, 2017, and only in a geographic area
12    for which a Large Electing Provider has provided notice of
13    proposed cessation of the requested service to existing
14    customers under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), an
15    existing customer of that provider may, within 60 days
16    after issuance of such notice, request the Commission to
17    investigate the availability of alternative voice service
18    including reliable access to 9-1-1 to that customer. For
19    the purposes of this paragraph (2), existing customers who
20    make such a request are referred to as "requesting existing
21    customers". The Large Electing Provider may cease to offer
22    or provide the requested service to existing customers who
23    do not make a request for investigation beginning 30 days
24    after issuance of the notice required by paragraph (5) of
25    this subsection (c).
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1        under this paragraph (2), the Commission shall conduct
2        a single investigation to be commenced 75 days after
3        the receipt of notice under paragraph (1) of this
4        subsection (c), and completed within 135 days after
5        commencement. The Commission shall, within 135 days
6        after commencement of the investigation, make one of
7        the findings described in subdivisions (i) and (ii) of
8        this subparagraph (A) for each requesting existing
9        customer.
10                (i) If, as a result of the investigation, the
11            Commission finds that service from at least one
12            provider offering alternative voice service
13            including reliable access to 9-1-1 through any
14            technology or medium is available to one or more
15            requesting existing customers, the Commission
16            shall declare by order that, with respect to each
17            requesting existing customer for which such a
18            finding is made, the Large Electing Provider may
19            cease to offer or provide the requested service
20            beginning 30 days after the issuance of the notice
21            required by paragraph (5) of this subsection (c).
22                (ii) If, as a result of the investigation, the
23            Commission finds that service from at least one
24            provider offering alternative voice service,
25            including reliable access to 9-1-1, through any
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1            more requesting existing customers, the Commission
2            shall declare by order that an emergency exists
3            with respect to each requesting existing customer
4            for which such a finding is made.
5            (B) If the Commission declares an emergency under
6        subdivision (ii) of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph
7        (2) with respect to one or more requesting existing
8        customers, the Commission shall conduct a request for
9        service process to identify a willing provider of
10        alternative voice service including reliable access to
11        9-1-1. A provider shall not be required to participate
12        in the request for service process. The willing
13        provider may utilize any form of technology that is
14        capable of providing alternative voice service
15        including reliable access to 9-1-1, including, without
16        limitation, Voice over Internet Protocol services and
17        wireless services. The Commission shall, within 45
18        days after the issuance of an order finding that an
19        emergency exists, make one of the determinations
20        described in subdivisions (i) and (ii) of this
21        subparagraph (B) for each requesting existing customer
22        for which an emergency has been declared.
23                (i) If the Commission determines that another
24            provider is willing and capable of providing
25            alternative voice service including reliable
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1            customers for which an emergency has been
2            declared, the Commission shall declare by order
3            that, with respect to each requesting existing
4            customer for which such a determination is made,
5            the Large Electing Provider may cease to offer or
6            provide the requested service beginning 30 days
7            after the issuance of the notice required by
8            paragraph (5) of this Section.
9                (ii) If the Commission determines that for one
10            or more of the requesting existing customers for
11            which an emergency has been declared there is no
12            other provider willing and capable of providing
13            alternative voice service including reliable
14            access to 9-1-1, the Commission shall issue an
15            order requiring the Large Electing Provider to
16            provide alternative voice service including
17            reliable access to 9-1-1 to each requesting
18            existing customer utilizing any form of technology
19            capable of providing alternative voice service
20            including reliable access to 9-1-1, including,
21            without limitation, continuation of the requested
22            service, Voice over Internet Protocol services,
23            and wireless services, until another willing
24            provider is available. A Large Electing Provider
25            may fulfill the requirement through an affiliate
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1            may request that such an order be rescinded upon a
2            showing that an alternative voice service
3            including reliable access to 9-1-1 has become
4            available to the requesting existing customer from
5            another provider.
6        (3) If the Commission receives no requests for
7    investigation from any existing customer under paragraph
8    (2) of this subsection (c) within 60 days after issuance of
9    the notice under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), the
10    Commission shall provide written notice to the Large
11    Electing Provider of that fact no later than 75 days after
12    receipt of notice under paragraph (1) of this subsection
13    (c). Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (c)
14    to the contrary, if no existing customer requests an
15    investigation under paragraph (2) of this subsection (c),
16    the Large Electing Provider may immediately provide the
17    notice to the Federal Communications Commission as
18    described in paragraph (4) of this subsection (c).
19        (4) At the same time that it provides notice to the
20    Federal Communications Commission of its intent to
21    discontinue the interstate-access component of the
22    requested service, the Large Electing Provider shall:
23            (A) file a notice of proposal to cease to offer and
24        provide the requested service with the Commission; and
25            (B) provide a notice of proposal to cease to offer
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1        customers and new customers receiving the service at
2        the time of the notice within each affected geographic
3        area, with the notice made by first-class mail or
4        within customer bills delivered by mail or equivalent
5        means of notice, including electronic means if the
6        customer has elected to receive electronic billing.
7        The notice provided under this subparagraph (B) shall
8        include a brief description of the requested service,
9        the date on which the Large Electing Provider intends
10        to cease offering or providing the telecommunications
11        service, and a statement as required by 47 CFR 63.71
12        that describes the process by which the customer may
13        submit comments to the Federal Communications
14        Commission.
15        (5) Upon approval by the Federal Communications
16    Commission of its request to discontinue the
17    interstate-access component of the requested service and
18    subject to the requirements of any order issued by the
19    Commission under subdivision (ii) of subparagraph (B) of
20    paragraph (2) of this subsection (c), the Large Electing
21    Provider may immediately cease to offer the requested
22    service to all customers not receiving the service on the
23    date of the Federal Communications Commission's approval
24    and may cease to offer and provide the requested service to
25    all customers receiving the service at the time of the
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1    notice to the Commission and affected customers. Notice to
2    affected customers under this paragraph (5) shall be
3    provided by first-class mail separate from customer bills.
4    The notice provided under this paragraph (5) shall describe
5    the requested service, identify the date on which the Large
6    Electing Provider intends to cease offering or providing
7    the telecommunications service, and provide a telephone
8    number by which the existing customer may contact a service
9    representative of the Large Electing Provider.
10        (6) The notices provided for in paragraph (1) of this
11    subsection (c) are not required as a prerequisite for the
12    Large Electing Provider to cease to offer or provide a
13    telecommunications service in a geographic area where
14    there are no residential customers taking service from the
15    Large Electing Provider on the date that the Large Electing
16    Provider files notice to the Federal Communications
17    Commission of its intent to discontinue the
18    interstate-access component of the requested service in
19    that geographic area.
20        (7) For a period of 45 days following the date of a
21    notice issued under paragraph (5) of this Section, an
22    existing customer (i) who is located in the affected
23    geographic area subject to that notice; (ii) who was
24    receiving the requested service as of the date of the
25    Federal Communications Commission's approval of the Large
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1    interstate-access component of the requested service;
2    (iii) who did not make a timely request for investigation
3    under paragraph (2) of this subsection (c); and (iv) whose
4    service will be or has been discontinued under paragraph
5    (5), may request assistance from the Large Electing
6    Provider in identifying providers of alternative voice
7    service including reliable access to 9-1-1. Within 15 days
8    of the request, the Large Electing Provider shall provide
9    the customer with a list of alternative voice service
10    providers.
11        (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
12    except as expressly authorized by this subsection (c), the
13    Commission may not, upon its own motion or upon complaint,
14    investigate, suspend, disapprove, condition, or otherwise
15    regulate the cessation of a telecommunications service to
16    an identifiable class or group of customers once initiated
17    by a Large Electing Provider under subsection (b) or (b-5)
18    of this Section or this subsection (c).
 
19    (220 ILCS 5/13-703)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-703)
20    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
21    Sec. 13-703. (a) The Commission shall design and implement
22a program whereby each telecommunications carrier providing
23local exchange service shall provide a telecommunications
24device capable of servicing the needs of those persons with a
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1at no charge additional to the basic exchange rate, to any
2subscriber who is certified as having a hearing or speech
3disability by a hearing care professional, as defined in the
4Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act, a speech-language
5pathologist, or a qualified State agency and to any subscriber
6which is an organization serving the needs of those persons
7with a hearing or speech disability as determined and specified
8by the Commission pursuant to subsection (d).
9    (b) The Commission shall design and implement a program,
10whereby each telecommunications carrier providing local
11exchange service shall provide a telecommunications relay
12system, using third party intervention to connect those persons
13having a hearing or speech disability with persons of normal
14hearing by way of intercommunications devices and the telephone
15system, making available reasonable access to all phases of
16public telephone service to persons who have a hearing or
17speech disability. In order to design a telecommunications
18relay system which will meet the requirements of those persons
19with a hearing or speech disability available at a reasonable
20cost, the Commission shall initiate an investigation and
21conduct public hearings to determine the most cost-effective
22method of providing telecommunications relay service to those
23persons who have a hearing or speech disability when using
24telecommunications devices and therein solicit the advice,
25counsel, and physical assistance of Statewide nonprofit
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1speech disabilities in such hearings and during the development
2and implementation of the system. The Commission shall phase in
3this program, on a geographical basis, as soon as is
4practicable, but no later than June 30, 1990.
5    (c) The Commission shall establish a competitively neutral
6rate recovery mechanism that establishes charges in an amount
7to be determined by the Commission for each line of a
8subscriber to allow telecommunications carriers providing
9local exchange service to recover costs as they are incurred
10under this Section. Beginning no later than April 1, 2016, and
11on a yearly basis thereafter, the Commission shall initiate a
12proceeding to establish the competitively neutral amount to be
13charged or assessed to subscribers of telecommunications
14carriers and wireless carriers, Interconnected VoIP service
15providers, and consumers of prepaid wireless
16telecommunications service in a manner consistent with this
17subsection (c) and subsection (f) of this Section. The
18Commission shall issue its order establishing the
19competitively neutral amount to be charged or assessed to
20subscribers of telecommunications carriers and wireless
21carriers, Interconnected VoIP service providers, and
22purchasers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service on
23or prior to June 1 of each year, and such amount shall take
24effect June 1 of each year.
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1wireless telecommunications service shall have 60 days from the
2date the Commission files its order to implement the new rate
3established by the order.
4    (d) The Commission shall determine and specify those
5organizations serving the needs of those persons having a
6hearing or speech disability that shall receive a
7telecommunications device and in which offices the equipment
8shall be installed in the case of an organization having more
9than one office. For the purposes of this Section,
10"organizations serving the needs of those persons with hearing
11or speech disabilities" means centers for independent living as
12described in Section 12a of the Rehabilitation of Persons with
13Disabilities Act and not-for-profit organizations whose
14primary purpose is serving the needs of those persons with
15hearing or speech disabilities. The Commission shall direct the
16telecommunications carriers subject to its jurisdiction and
17this Section to comply with its determinations and
18specifications in this regard.
19    (e) As used in this Section:
20    "Prepaid wireless telecommunications service" has the
21meaning given to that term under Section 10 of the Prepaid
22Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act.
23    "Retail transaction" has the meaning given to that term
24under Section 10 of the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act.
25    "Seller" has the meaning given to that term under Section
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1    "Telecommunications carrier providing local exchange
2service" includes, without otherwise limiting the meaning of
3the term, telecommunications carriers which are purely mutual
4concerns, having no rates or charges for services, but paying
5the operating expenses by assessment upon the members of such a
6company and no other person.
7    "Wireless carrier" has the meaning given to that term under
8Section 2 10 of the Wireless Emergency Telephone System Safety
9Act.
10    (f) Interconnected VoIP service providers, sellers of
11prepaid wireless telecommunications service, and wireless
12carriers in Illinois shall collect and remit assessments
13determined in accordance with this Section in a competitively
14neutral manner in the same manner as a telecommunications
15carrier providing local exchange service. However, the
16assessment imposed on consumers of prepaid wireless
17telecommunications service shall be collected by the seller
18from the consumer and imposed per retail transaction as a
19percentage of that retail transaction on all retail
20transactions occurring in this State. The assessment on
21subscribers of wireless carriers and consumers of prepaid
22wireless telecommunications service shall not be imposed or
23collected prior to June 1, 2016.
24    Sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service
25shall remit the assessments to the Department of Revenue on the
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1collected under the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act. For
2the purposes of display on the consumers' receipts, the rates
3of the fee collected under the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge
4Act and the assessment under this Section may be combined. In
5administration and enforcement of this Section, the provisions
6of Sections 15 and 20 of the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge
7Act (except subsections (a), (a-5), (b-5), (e), and (e-5) of
8Section 15 and subsections (c) and (e) of Section 20 of the
9Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act and, from June 29, 2015
10(the effective date of Public Act 99-6), the seller shall be
11permitted to deduct and retain 3% of the assessments that are
12collected by the seller from consumers and that are remitted
13and timely filed with the Department) that are not inconsistent
14with this Section, shall apply, as far as practicable, to the
15subject matter of this Section to the same extent as if those
16provisions were included in this Section. The Department shall
17deposit all assessments and penalties collected under this
18Section into the Illinois Telecommunications Access
19Corporation Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury.
20On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
21Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
22amount available to the Commission for distribution out of the
23Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation Fund. The
24amount certified shall be the amount (not including credit
25memoranda) collected during the second preceding calendar
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1determines is necessary to offset any amounts which were
2erroneously paid to a different taxing body or fund. The amount
3paid to the Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation
4Fund shall not include any amount equal to the amount of
5refunds made during the second preceding calendar month by the
6Department to retailers under this Section or any amount that
7the Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts
8which were payable to a different taxing body or fund but were
9erroneously paid to the Illinois Telecommunications Access
10Corporation Fund. The Commission shall distribute all the funds
11to the Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation and the
12funds may only be used in accordance with the provisions of
13this Section. The Department shall deduct 2% of all amounts
14deposited in the Illinois Telecommunications Access
15Corporation Fund during every year of remitted assessments. Of
16the 2% deducted by the Department, one-half shall be
17transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund to
18reimburse the Department for its direct costs of administering
19the collection and remittance of the assessment. The remaining
20one-half shall be transferred into the Public Utility Fund to
21reimburse the Commission for its costs of distributing to the
22Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation the amount
23certified by the Department for distribution. The amount to be
24charged or assessed under subsections (c) and (f) is not
25imposed on a provider or the consumer for wireless Lifeline
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1service. Where the consumer purchases from the provider
2optional minutes, texts, or other services in addition to the
3federally funded Lifeline benefit, a consumer must pay the
4charge or assessment, and it must be collected by the seller
5according to this subsection (f).
6    Interconnected VoIP services shall not be considered an
7intrastate telecommunications service for the purposes of this
8Section in a manner inconsistent with federal law or Federal
9Communications Commission regulation.
10    (g) The provisions of this Section are severable under
11Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
12    (h) The Commission may adopt rules necessary to implement
13this Section.
14(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-642,
15eff. 7-28-16; 99-847, eff. 8-19-16; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17;
16revised 2-15-17.)
 
17    (220 ILCS 5/13-1200)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
19    Sec. 13-1200. Repealer. This Article is repealed December
2031, 2020 July 1, 2017.
21(Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13; 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)
 
22    (220 ILCS 5/21-401)
23    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
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1    (a)(1) A person or entity seeking to provide cable service
2or video service pursuant to this Article shall not use the
3public rights-of-way for the installation or construction of
4facilities for the provision of cable service or video service
5or offer cable service or video service until it has obtained a
6State-issued authorization to offer or provide cable or video
7service under this Section, except as provided for in item (2)
8of this subsection (a). All cable or video providers offering
9or providing service in this State shall have authorization
10pursuant to either (i) the Cable and Video Competition Law of
112007 (220 ILCS 5/21-100 et seq.); (ii) Section 11-42-11 of the
12Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-42-11); or (iii) Section
135-1095 of the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/5-1095).
14    (2) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a local unit of
15government from granting a permit to a person or entity for the
16use of the public rights-of-way to install or construct
17facilities to provide cable service or video service, at its
18sole discretion. No unit of local government shall be liable
19for denial or delay of a permit prior to the issuance of a
20State-issued authorization.
21    (b) The application to the Commission for State-issued
22authorization shall contain a completed affidavit submitted by
23the applicant and signed by an officer or general partner of
24the applicant affirming all of the following:
25        (1) That the applicant has filed or will timely file
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1    required by that agency in advance of offering cable
2    service or video service in this State.
3        (2) That the applicant agrees to comply with all
4    applicable federal and State statutes and regulations.
5        (3) That the applicant agrees to comply with all
6    applicable local unit of government regulations.
7        (4) An exact description of the cable service or video
8    service area where the cable service or video service will
9    be offered during the term of the State-issued
10    authorization. The service area shall be identified in
11    terms of either (i) exchanges, as that term is defined in
12    Section 13-206 of this Act; (ii) a collection of United
13    States Census Bureau Block numbers (13 digit); (iii) if the
14    area is smaller than the areas identified in either (i) or
15    (ii), by geographic information system digital boundaries
16    meeting or exceeding national map accuracy standards; or
17    (iv) local unit of government. The description shall
18    include the number of low-income households within the
19    service area or footprint. If an applicant is an incumbent
20    cable operator, the incumbent cable operator and any
21    successor-in-interest shall be obligated to provide access
22    to cable services or video services within any local units
23    of government at the same levels required by the local
24    franchising authorities for the local unit of government on
25    June 30, 2007 (the effective date of Public Act 95-9), and
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1    smaller than the service areas contained in its franchise
2    or franchises within the jurisdiction of the local unit of
3    government in which it seeks to offer cable or video
4    service.
5        (5) The location and telephone number of the
6    applicant's principal place of business within this State
7    and the names of the applicant's principal executive
8    officers who are responsible for communications concerning
9    the application and the services to be offered pursuant to
10    the application, the applicant's legal name, and any name
11    or names under which the applicant does or will provide
12    cable services or video services in this State.
13        (6) A certification that the applicant has
14    concurrently delivered a copy of the application to all
15    local units of government that include all or any part of
16    the service area identified in item (4) of this subsection
17    (b) within such local unit of government's jurisdictional
18    boundaries.
19        (7) The expected date that cable service or video
20    service will be initially offered in the area identified in
21    item (4) of this subsection (b). In the event that a holder
22    does not offer cable services or video services within 3
23    months after the expected date, it shall amend its
24    application and update the expected date service will be
25    offered and explain the delay in offering cable services or
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1        (8) For any entity that received State-issued
2    authorization prior to this amendatory Act of the 98th
3    General Assembly as a cable operator and that intends to
4    proceed as a cable operator under this Article, the entity
5    shall file a written affidavit with the Commission and
6    shall serve a copy of the affidavit with any local units of
7    government affected by the authorization within 30 days
8    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
9    General Assembly stating that the holder will be providing
10    cable service under the State-issued authorization.
11    The application shall include adequate assurance that the
12applicant possesses the financial, managerial, legal, and
13technical qualifications necessary to construct and operate
14the proposed system, to promptly repair any damage to the
15public right-of-way caused by the applicant, and to pay the
16cost of removal of its facilities. To accomplish these
17requirements, the applicant may, at the time the applicant
18seeks to use the public rights-of-way in that jurisdiction, be
19required by the State of Illinois or later be required by the
20local unit of government, or both, to post a bond, produce a
21certificate of insurance, or otherwise demonstrate its
22financial responsibility.
23    The application shall include the applicant's general
24standards related to customer service required by Section
2522-501 of this Act, which shall include, but not be limited to,
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1appointment hours; employee ID requirements; customer service
2telephone numbers and hours; procedures for billing, charges,
3deposits, refunds, and credits; procedures for termination of
4service; notice of deletion of programming service and changes
5related to transmission of programming or changes or increases
6in rates; use and availability of parental control or lock-out
7devices; complaint procedures and procedures for bill dispute
8resolution and a description of the rights and remedies
9available to consumers if the holder does not materially meet
10their customer service standards; and special services for
11customers with visual, hearing, or mobility disabilities.
12    (c)(1) The applicant may designate information that it
13submits in its application or subsequent reports as
14confidential or proprietary, provided that the applicant
15states the reasons the confidential designation is necessary.
16The Commission shall provide adequate protection for such
17information pursuant to Section 4-404 of this Act. If the
18Commission, a local unit of government, or any other party
19seeks public disclosure of information designated as
20confidential, the Commission shall consider the confidential
21designation in a proceeding under the Illinois Administrative
22Procedure Act, and the burden of proof to demonstrate that the
23designated information is confidential shall be upon the
24applicant. Designated information shall remain confidential
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1designated as confidential shall be provided to local units of
2government for purposes of assessing compliance with this
3Article as permitted under a Protective Order issued by the
4Commission pursuant to the Commission's rules and to the
5Attorney General pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Attorney
6General Act (15 ILCS 205/6.5). Information designated as
7confidential under this Section or determined to be
8confidential upon Commission review shall only be disclosed
9pursuant to a valid and enforceable subpoena or court order or
10as required by the Freedom of Information Act. Nothing herein
11shall delay the application approval timeframes set forth in
12this Article.
13    (2) Information regarding the location of video services
14that have been or are being offered to the public and aggregate
15information included in the reports required by this Article
16shall not be designated or treated as confidential.
17    (d)(1) The Commission shall post all applications it
18receives under this Article on its web site within 5 business
19days.
20    (2) The Commission shall notify an applicant for a cable
21service or video service authorization whether the applicant's
22application and affidavit are complete on or before the 15th
23business day after the applicant submits the application. If
24the application and affidavit are not complete, the Commission
25shall state in its notice all of the reasons the application or
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1complete application. The Commission shall have 30 days after
2submission by the applicant of a complete application and
3affidavit to issue the service authorization. If the Commission
4does not notify the applicant regarding the completeness of the
5application and affidavit or issue the service authorization
6within the time periods required under this subsection, the
7application and affidavit shall be considered complete and the
8service authorization issued upon the expiration of the 30th
9day.
10    (e) Any authorization issued by the Commission will expire
11on December 31, 2023 2020 and shall contain or include all of
12the following:
13        (1) A grant of authority, including an authorization
14    issued prior to this amendatory Act of the 98th General
15    Assembly, to provide cable service or video service in the
16    service area footprint as requested in the application,
17    subject to the provisions of this Article in existence on
18    the date the grant of authority was issued, and any
19    modifications to this Article enacted at any time prior to
20    the date in Section 21-1601 of this Act, and to the laws of
21    the State and the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the
22    local units of government.
23        (2) A grant of authority to use, occupy, and construct
24    facilities in the public rights-of-way for the delivery of
25    cable service or video service in the service area
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1    regulations of this State and local units of governments.
2        (3) A statement that the grant of authority is subject
3    to lawful operation of the cable service or video service
4    by the applicant, its affiliated entities, or its
5    successors-in-interest.
6    (e-5) The Commission shall notify a local unit of
7government within 3 business days of the grant of any
8authorization within a service area footprint if that
9authorization includes any part of the local unit of
10government's jurisdictional boundaries and state whether the
11holder will be providing video service or cable service under
12the authorization.
13    (f) The authorization issued pursuant to this Section by
14the Commission may be transferred to any successor-in-interest
15to the applicant to which it is initially granted without
16further Commission action if the successor-in-interest (i)
17submits an application and the information required by
18subsection (b) of this Section for the successor-in-interest
19and (ii) is not in violation of this Article or of any federal,
20State, or local law, ordinance, rule, or regulation. A
21successor-in-interest shall file its application and notice of
22transfer with the Commission and the relevant local units of
23government no less than 15 business days prior to the
24completion of the transfer. The Commission is not required or
25authorized to act upon the notice of transfer; however, the
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1successor-in-interest's application. A local unit of
2government or the Attorney General may seek to bar a transfer
3of ownership by filing suit in a court of competent
4jurisdiction predicated on the existence of a material and
5continuing breach of this Article by the holder, a pattern of
6noncompliance with customer service standards by the potential
7successor-in-interest, or the insolvency of the potential
8successor-in-interest. If a transfer is made when there are
9violations of this Article or of any federal, State, or local
10law, ordinance, rule, or regulation, the successor-in-interest
11shall be subject to 3 times the penalties provided for in this
12Article.
13    (g) The authorization issued pursuant to this Section by
14the Commission may be terminated, or its cable service or video
15service area footprint may be modified, by the cable service
16provider or video service provider by submitting notice to the
17Commission and to the relevant local unit of government
18containing a description of the change on the same terms as the
19initial description pursuant to item (4) of subsection (b) of
20this Section. The Commission is not required or authorized to
21act upon that notice. It shall be a violation of this Article
22for a holder to discriminate against potential residential
23subscribers because of the race or income of the residents in
24the local area in which the group resides by terminating or
25modifying its cable service or video service area footprint. It
26shall be a violation of this Article for a holder to terminate

 

 

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1or modify its cable service or video service area footprint if
2it leaves an area with no cable service or video service from
3any provider.
4    (h) The Commission's authority to administer this Article
5is limited to the powers and duties explicitly provided under
6this Article. Its authority under this Article does not include
7or limit the powers and duties that the Commission has under
8the other Articles of this Act, the Illinois Administrative
9Procedure Act, or any other law or regulation to conduct
10proceedings, other than as provided in subsection (c), or has
11to promulgate rules or regulations. The Commission shall not
12have the authority to limit or expand the obligations and
13requirements provided in this Section or to regulate or control
14a person or entity to the extent that person or entity is
15providing cable service or video service, except as provided in
16this Article.
17(Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-6,
18eff. 6-29-15.)
 
19    (220 ILCS 5/21-1601)
20    Sec. 21-1601. Repealer. Sections 21-101 through 21-1501 of
21this Article are repealed December 31, 2020 July 1, 2017.
22(Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13; 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.