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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 5. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
62605-53 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-53)
8    Sec. 2605-53. 9-1-1 system; sexual assault and sexual
9abuse.
10    (a) The Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, in
11consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and the
12Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, shall:
13        (1) develop comprehensive guidelines for
14    evidence-based, trauma-informed, victim-centered handling
15    of sexual assault or sexual abuse calls by Public Safety
16    Answering Point telecommunicators tele-communicators; and
17        (2) adopt rules and minimum standards for an
18    evidence-based, trauma-informed, victim-centered training
19    curriculum for handling of sexual assault or sexual abuse
20    calls for Public Safety Answering Point telecommunicators
21    tele-communicators ("PSAP").
22    (a-5) Within one year after the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Office of

 

 

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1the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, in consultation with the
2Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall:
3        (1) develop comprehensive guidelines for training on
4    emergency dispatch procedures, including but not limited
5    to emergency medical dispatch, and the delivery of 9-1-1
6    services and professionalism for public safety
7    telecommunicators and public safety telecommunicator
8    supervisors; and
9        (2) adopt rules and minimum standards for continuing
10    education on emergency dispatch procedures, including but
11    not limited to emergency medical dispatch, and the
12    delivery of 9-1-1 services and professionalism for public
13    safety telecommunicators and public safety
14    telecommunicator Supervisors; and
15    (a-10) The Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator may
16as necessary establish by rule appropriate testing and
17certification processes consistent with the training required
18by this Section.
19    (b) Training requirements:
20        (1) Newly hired PSAP telecommunicators
21    tele-communicators must complete the sexual assault and
22    sexual abuse training curriculum established in subsection
23    (a) of this Section prior to handling emergency calls.
24        (2) All existing PSAP telecommunicators
25    tele-communicators shall complete the sexual assault and
26    sexual abuse training curriculum established in subsection

 

 

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1    (a) of this Section within 2 years of the effective date of
2    this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.
3        (3) Newly hired public safety telecommunicators shall
4    complete the emergency dispatch procedures training
5    curriculum established in subsection (a-5) of this Section
6    prior to independently handling emergency calls within one
7    year of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator establishing the
8    required guidelines, rules, and standards.
9        (4) All public safety telecommunicators and public
10    safety telecommunicator supervisors who were not required
11    to complete new hire training prior to handling emergency
12    calls, must either demonstrate proficiency or complete the
13    training established in subsection (a-5) of this Section
14    within one year of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator
15    establishing the required guidelines, rules, and
16    standards.
17        (5) Upon completion of the training required in either
18    paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (b) whichever is
19    applicable, all public safety telecommunicators and public
20    safety telecommunicator supervisors shall complete the
21    continuing education training regarding the delivery of
22    9-1-1 services and professionalism biennially.
23    (c) The Illinois State Police may adopt rules for the
24administration of this Section.
25(Source: P.A. 99-801, eff. 1-1-17.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
2by changing Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 10.3, 14, 15.2,
315.2a, 15.3, 15.3a, 15.4, 15.4a, 15.6, 15.6a, 15.6b, 17.5, 19,
420, 30, 40, and 99 and by adding Sections 6.2, 7.1, 11.5, and
545 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 750/2)  (from Ch. 134, par. 32)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
8    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
9context otherwise requires:
10    "9-1-1 network" means the network used for the delivery of
119-1-1 calls and messages over dedicated and redundant
12facilities to a primary or backup 9-1-1 PSAP that meets the
13appropriate grade of service P.01 grade of service standards
14for basic 9-1-1 and enhanced 9-1-1 services or meets national
15I3 industry call delivery standards for Next Generation 9-1-1
16services.
17    "9-1-1 system" means the geographic area that has been
18granted an order of authority by the Commission or the
19Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator to use "9-1-1" as the primary
20emergency telephone number, including but not limited to the
21network, software applications, databases, CPE components and
22operational and management procedures required to provide
239-1-1 service.
24    "9-1-1 Authority" means includes an Emergency Telephone
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1provides for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system ,
2and a qualified governmental entity. "9-1-1 Authority"
3includes the Department of State Police only to the extent it
4provides 9-1-1 services under this Act.
5    "9-1-1 System Manager" means the manager, director,
6administrator, or coordinator who at the direction of his or
7her Emergency Telephone System Board is responsible for the
8implementation and execution of the order of authority issued
9by the Commission or the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator through
10the programs, policies, procedures, and daily operations of
11the 9-1-1 system consistent with the provisions of this Act.
12    "Administrator" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
13    "Advanced service" means any telecommunications service
14with or without dynamic bandwidth allocation, including, but
15not limited to, ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI), that,
16through the use of a DS-1, T-1, or other un-channelized or
17multi-channel transmission facility, is capable of
18transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice
19telecommunications services to the public switched network or
20the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency.
21    "Aggregator" means an entity that ingresses 9-1-1 calls of
22multiple traffic types or 9-1-1 calls from multiple
23originating service providers and combines them on a trunk
24group or groups (or equivalent egress connection arrangement
25to a 9-1-1 system provider's E9-1-1/NG9-1-1 network or
26system), and that uses the routing information provided in the

 

 

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1received call setup signaling to select the appropriate trunk
2group and proceeds to signal call setup toward the 9-1-1
3system provider. "Aggregator" includes an originating service
4provider that provides aggregation functions for its own 9-1-1
5calls. "Aggregator" also includes an aggregation network or an
6aggregation entity that provides aggregator services for other
7types of system providers, such as cloud-based services or
8enterprise networks as its client.
9    "ALI" or "automatic location identification" means, in an
10E9-1-1 system, the automatic display at the public safety
11answering point of the caller's telephone number, the address
12or location of the caller's telephone, and supplementary
13emergency services information of the location from which a
14call originates.
15    "ANI" or "automatic number identification" means the
16automatic display of the 10 digit telephone number associated
17with the caller's telephone number 9-1-1 calling party's
18number on the PSAP monitor.
19    "Automatic alarm" and "automatic alerting device" mean any
20device that will access the 9-1-1 system for emergency
21services upon activation and does not provide for two-way
22communication.
23    "Answering point" means a PSAP, SAP, Backup PSAP, Unmanned
24Backup Answering Point, or VAP.
25    "Authorized entity" means an answering point or
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1    "Backup PSAP" means an a public safety answering point
2that meets the appropriate standards of service and serves as
3an alternate to the PSAP operating independently from the PSAP
4for enhanced systems and is at a different location, that has
5the capability to direct dispatch for the PSAP or otherwise
6transfer emergency calls directly to an authorized entity. and
7operates independently from the PSAP. A backup PSAP may accept
8overflow calls from the PSAP or be activated if the primary
9PSAP is disabled.
10    "Board" means an Emergency Telephone System Board or a
11Joint Emergency Telephone System Board created pursuant to
12Section 15.4.
13    "Carrier" includes a telecommunications carrier and a
14wireless carrier.
15    "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
16    "Computer aided dispatch" or "CAD" means a computer-based
17system that aids public safety telecommunicators PSAP
18telecommunicators by automating selected dispatching and
19recordkeeping activities.
20    "Direct dispatch dispatch method" means a 9-1-1 service
21wherein upon receipt of an emergency call, that provides for
22the direct dispatch by a public safety telecommunicator
23transmits - without delay, transfer, relay, or referral - all
24relevant available information to PSAP telecommunicator of the
25appropriate public safety personnel or emergency responders
26unit upon receipt of an emergency call and the decision as to

 

 

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1the proper action to be taken.
2    "Decommissioned" means the revocation of a PSAPs authority
3to handle 9-1-1 calls as an answering point within the 9-1-1
4network.
5    "Department" means the Department of State Police.
6    "DS-1, T-1, or similar un-channelized or multi-channel
7transmission facility" means a facility that can transmit and
8receive a bit rate of at least 1.544 megabits per second
9(Mbps).
10    "Dynamic bandwidth allocation" means the ability of the
11facility or customer to drop and add channels, or adjust
12bandwidth, when needed in real time for voice or data
13purposes.
14    "Emergency call" means any type of request for emergency
15assistance through a 9-1-1 network either to the digits 9-1-1
16or the emergency 24/7 10-digit telephone number for all
17answering points. An emergency call is not limited to a voice
18telephone call. It could be a two-way video call, an
19interactive text, Teletypewriter (TTY), an SMS, an Instant
20Message, or any new mechanism for communications available in
21the future. An emergency call occurs when the request for
22emergency assistance is received by a public safety
23telecommunicator.
24    "Enhanced 9-1-1" or "E9-1-1" means a telephone system that
25includes network switching, database and PSAP premise elements
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1selective routing, selective transfer, fixed transfer, and a
2call back number, including any enhanced 9-1-1 service so
3designated by the Federal Communications Commission in its
4report and order in WC Dockets Nos. 04-36 and 05-196, or any
5successor proceeding.
6    "ETSB" means an emergency telephone system board appointed
7by the corporate authorities of any county or municipality
8that provides for the management and operation of a 9-1-1
9system.
10    "Grade of service" means P.01 for enhanced 9-1-1 services
11or the NENA i3 Solution adopted standard for NG9-1-1.
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,
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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
5    choose;
6        (5) automatically displays data provided by telephone
7    subscribers to 9-1-1 call takers for all types of
8    telephones when a call is placed to 9-1-1 from a
9    registered and confirmed phone number;
10        (6) supports the delivery of telephone subscriber
11    information through a secure internet connection to all
12    emergency telephone system boards;
13        (7) works across all 9-1-1 call taking equipment and
14    allows for the easy transfer of information into a
15    computer aided dispatch system; and
16        (8) may be used to collect information pursuant to an
17    Illinois Premise Alert Program as defined in the Illinois
18    Premise Alert Program (PAP) Act.
19    "Interconnected voice over Internet protocol provider" or
20"Interconnected VoIP provider" has the meaning given to that
21term under Section 13-235 of the Public Utilities Act.
22    "Joint ETSB" means a Joint Emergency Telephone System
23Board established by intergovernmental agreement of two or
24more municipalities or counties, or a combination thereof, to
25provide for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system.
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1or special purpose district located in whole or in part within
2this State that provides or has authority to provide
3firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other emergency
4services.
5    "Mechanical dialer" means any device that accesses either
6manually or remotely triggers a dialing device to access the
79-1-1 system without human intervention and does not provide
8for two-way communication.
9    "Master Street Address Guide" or "MSAG" is a database of
10street names and house ranges within their associated
11communities defining emergency service zones (ESZs) and their
12associated emergency service numbers (ESNs) to enable proper
13routing of 9-1-1 calls.
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
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1access through the public switched network to the local 9-1-1
2Emergency Telephone System if one existed. Where multiple
3voice grade 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 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, but need
22not be limited to, some or all of the following: costs for
23interoffice trunks, selective routing charges, transfer lines
24and toll charges for 9-1-1 services, Automatic Location
25Information (ALI) database charges, independent local exchange
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1charges for third party database for on-site customer premises
2equipment, back-up PSAP trunks for non-system providers,
3periodic database updates as provided by carrier (also known
4as "ALI data dump"), regional ALI storage charges, circuits
5for call delivery (fiber or circuit connection), NG9-1-1
6costs, and all associated fees, taxes, and surcharges on each
7invoice. "Network costs" shall not include radio circuits or
8toll charges that are other than for 9-1-1 services.
9    "Next generation 9-1-1" or "NG9-1-1" means a secure an
10Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) open-standards system
11comprised of hardware, software, data, and operational
12policies and procedures that: managed ESInets, functional
13elements and applications, and databases that replicate
14traditional E9-1-1 features and functions and provide
15additional capabilities. "NG9-1-1" systems are designed to
16provide access to emergency services from all connected
17communications sources, and provide multimedia data
18capabilities for PSAPs and other emergency services
19organizations.
20            (A) provides standardized interfaces from
21        emergency call and message services to support
22        emergency communications;
23            (B) processes all types of emergency calls,
24        including voice, text, data, and multimedia
25        information;
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1        call data useful to call routing and handling;
2            (D) delivers the emergency calls, messages, and
3        data to the appropriate public safety answering point
4        and other appropriate emergency entities based on the
5        location of the caller;
6            (E) supports data, video, and other communications
7        needs for coordinated incident response and
8        management; and
9            (F) interoperates with services and networks used
10        by first responders to facilitate emergency response.
11    "NG9-1-1 costs" means those recurring costs that directly
12relate to the Next Generation 9-1-1 service as determined by
13the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator with the advice of the
14Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, which may include including,
15but need not be limited to, costs for NENA i3 Core Components
16(Border Control Function (BCF), Emergency Call Routing
17Function (ECRF), Location Validation Function (LVF), Emergency
18Services Routing Proxy (ESRP), Policy Store/Policy Routing
19Functions (PSPRF) and Location Information Servers (LIS)),
20Statewide ESInet, software external to the PSAP (data
21collection, identity management, aggregation and GIS
22functionality), and gateways (legacy 9-1-1 tandems or gateways
23or both). 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    "Originating service provider" or "OSP" means the entity
4that provides services to end users that may be used to
5originate voice or nonvoice 9-1-1 requests for assistance and
6who would interconnect, in any of various fashions, to the
79-1-1 system provider for purposes of delivering 9-1-1 traffic
8to the public safety answering points.
9    "Private branch exchange" or "PBX" means a private
10telephone system and associated equipment located on the
11user's property that provides communications between internal
12stations and external networks.
13    "Private business switch service" means network and
14premises based systems including a VoIP, Centrex type service,
15or PBX service, even though key telephone systems or
16equivalent telephone systems registered with the Federal
17Communications Commission under 47 CFR C.F.R. Part 68 are
18directly connected to Centrex type and PBX systems. "Private
19business switch service" does not include key telephone
20systems or equivalent telephone systems registered with the
21Federal Communications Commission under 47 CFR C.F.R. Part 68
22when not used in conjunction with a VoIP, Centrex type, or PBX
23systems. "Private business switch service" typically includes,
24but is not limited to, private businesses, corporations, and
25industries where the telecommunications service is primarily
26for conducting business.

 

 

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1    "Private residential switch service" means network and
2premise based systems including a VoIP, Centrex type service,
3or PBX service or key telephone systems or equivalent
4telephone systems registered with the Federal Communications
5Commission under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 that are directly connected
6to a VoIP, Centrex type service, or PBX systems equipped for
7switched local network connections or 9-1-1 system access to
8residential end users through a private telephone switch.
9"Private residential switch service" does not include key
10telephone systems or equivalent telephone systems registered
11with the Federal Communications Commission under 47 C.F.R.
12Part 68 when not used in conjunction with a VoIP, Centrex type,
13or PBX systems. "Private residential switch service" typically
14includes, but is not limited to, apartment complexes,
15condominiums, and campus or university environments where
16shared tenant service is provided and where the usage of the
17telecommunications service is primarily residential.
18    "Public agency" means the State, and any unit of local
19government or special purpose district located in whole or in
20part within this State, that provides or has authority to
21provide firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other
22emergency services.
23    "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a
24public agency that provides firefighting, police, medical, or
25other emergency services to respond to and manage emergency
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1users of 9-1-1 emergency services, as expressly provided for
2in this Act, the Department of State Police may be considered a
3public safety agency.
4    "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" means the
5primary answering location of an emergency call that meets the
6appropriate standards of service and is responsible for
7receiving and processing is a set of call-takers authorized by
8a governing body and operating under common management that
9receive 9-1-1 calls and asynchronous event notifications for a
10defined geographic area and processes those calls and events
11according to a specified operational policy.
12    "PSAP representative" means the manager or supervisor of a
13Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) who oversees the daily
14operational functions and is responsible for the overall
15management and administration of the PSAP.
16    "Public safety telecommunicator" means any person employed
17in a full-time or part-time capacity at an answering point
18whose duties or responsibilities include answering, receiving,
19or transferring an emergency call for dispatch to the
20appropriate emergency responder.
21    "Public safety telecommunicator supervisor" means any
22person employed in a full-time or part-time capacity at an
23answering point or by a 9-1-1 Authority, whose primary duties
24or responsibilities are to direct, administer, or manage any
25public safety telecommunicator and whose responsibilities
26include answering, receiving, or transferring an emergency

 

 

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1call for dispatch to the appropriate responders.
2    "Qualified governmental entity" means a unit of local
3government authorized to provide 9-1-1 services pursuant to
4this Act where no emergency telephone system board exists.
5    "Referral method" means a 9-1-1 service in which the
6public safety telecommunicator PSAP telecommunicator provides
7the calling party with the telephone number of the appropriate
8public safety agency or other provider of emergency services.
9    "Regular service" means any telecommunications service,
10other than advanced service, that is capable of transporting
11either 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    "Relay method" means a 9-1-1 service in which the public
15safety telecommunicator PSAP telecommunicator takes the
16pertinent information from a caller and relays that
17information to the appropriate public safety agency or other
18provider of emergency services.
19    "Remit period" means the billing period, one month in
20duration, for which a wireless carrier remits a surcharge and
21provides subscriber information by zip code to the Department,
22in accordance with Section 20 of this Act.
23    "Secondary Answering Point" or "SAP" means a location,
24other than a PSAP, that is able to receive the voice, data, and
25call back number of E9-1-1 or NG9-1-1 emergency calls
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1by dispatching police, medical, fire, or other emergency
2responders.
3    "Statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system" means all
4areas of the State where an emergency telephone system board
5or, in the absence of an emergency telephone system board, a
6qualified governmental entity, has not declared its intention
7for one or more of its public safety answering points to serve
8as a primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point for
9its jurisdiction. The operator of the statewide wireless
10emergency 9-1-1 system shall be the Department of State
11Police.
12    "System" means the communications equipment and related
13software applications required to produce a response by the
14appropriate emergency public safety agency or other provider
15of emergency services as a result of an emergency call being
16placed to 9-1-1.
17    "System provider" means the contracted entity providing
189-1-1 network and database services.
19    "Telecommunications carrier" means those entities included
20within the definition specified in Section 13-202 of the
21Public Utilities Act, and includes those carriers acting as
22resellers of telecommunications services. "Telecommunications
23carrier" includes telephone systems operating as mutual
24concerns. "Telecommunications carrier" does not include a
25wireless carrier.
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1send and receive written messages over the telephone network.
2    "Transfer method" means a 9-1-1 service in which the
3public safety telecommunicator, who receives an emergency PSAP
4telecommunicator receiving a call, transmits, redirects, or
5conferences transfers that call to the appropriate public
6safety agency or other provider of emergency services.
7Transfer shall not include a relay or referral of the
8information without transferring the caller.
9    "Transmitting messages" shall have the meaning given to
10that term under Section 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
11    "Trunk line" means a transmission path, or group of
12transmission paths, connecting a subscriber's PBX to a
13telecommunications carrier's public switched network. In the
14case of regular service, each voice grade communications
15channel or equivalent amount of bandwidth capable of
16transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice
17telecommunications services to the public switched network or
18the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be
19considered a trunk line, even if it is bundled with other
20channels or additional bandwidth. In the case of advanced
21service, each DS-1, T-1, or other un-channelized or
22multi-channel transmission facility that is capable of
23transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice
24telecommunications services to the public switched network or
25the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be
26considered a single trunk line, even if it contains multiple

 

 

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1voice grade communications channels or otherwise supports 2 or
2more voice grade calls at a time; provided, however, that each
3additional increment of up to 24 voice grade channels of
4transmission capacity that is capable of transporting either
5the subscriber's inter-premises voice telecommunications
6services to the public switched network or the subscriber's
79-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be considered an
8additional trunk line.
9    "Unmanned backup answering point PSAP" means an a public
10safety answering point that serves as an alternate to the PSAP
11at an alternate location and is typically unmanned but can be
12activated if the primary PSAP is disabled.
13    "Virtual answering point" or "VAP" means a temporary or
14nonpermanent location that is capable of receiving an
15emergency call, contains a fully functional worksite that is
16not bound to a specific location, but rather is portable and
17scalable, connecting public safety telecommunicators emergency
18call takers or dispatchers to the work process, and is capable
19of completing the call dispatching process.
20    "Voice-impaired individual" means a person with a
21permanent speech disability which precludes oral
22communication, who can regularly and routinely communicate by
23telephone only through the aid of devices which can send and
24receive written messages over the telephone network.
25    "Wireless carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular,
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1Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), Wireless Communications Service
2(WCS), or other Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), as
3defined by the Federal Communications Commission, offering
4radio communications that may provide fixed, mobile, radio
5location, or satellite communication services to individuals
6or businesses within its assigned spectrum block and
7geographical area or that offers real-time, two-way voice
8service that is interconnected with the public switched
9network, including a reseller of such service.
10    "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means the ability to relay the
11telephone number of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and
12location information from any mobile handset or text telephone
13device accessing the wireless system to the designated
14wireless public safety answering point as set forth in the
15order of the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Docket No.
1694-102, adopted June 12, 1996, with an effective date of
17October 1, 1996, and any subsequent amendment thereto.
18    "Wireless public safety answering point" means the
19functional division of a 9-1-1 authority accepting wireless
209-1-1 calls.
21    "Wireless subscriber" means an individual or entity to
22whom a wireless service account or number has been assigned by
23a wireless carrier, other than an account or number associated
24with prepaid wireless telecommunication service.
25(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 

 

 

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1    (50 ILCS 750/3)  (from Ch. 134, par. 33)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
3    Sec. 3. (a) By July 1, 2017, every local public agency
4shall be within the jurisdiction of a 9-1-1 system.
5    (b) Within 18 months of the awarding of a contract to a
6vendor certified under Section 13-900 of the Public Utilities
7Act to provide Next Generation 9-1-1 service By December 31,
82021, every 9-1-1 system in Illinois, except in a municipality
9with a population over 500,000, shall provide Next Generation
109-1-1 service. A municipality with a population over 500,000
11shall provide Next Generation 9-1-1 service by December 31,
122023.
13    (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit or
14discourage in any way the formation of multijurisdictional or
15regional systems, and any system established pursuant to this
16Act may include the territory of more than one public agency or
17may include a segment of the territory of a public agency.
18(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 
19    (50 ILCS 750/5)  (from Ch. 134, par. 35)
20    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
21    Sec. 5. The digits "9-1-1" shall be the primary emergency
22telephone number within the system, but a public agency or
23public safety agency shall maintain a separate secondary
2410-digit seven digit emergency backup number for at least 6
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1operation, and shall maintain a separate number for
2nonemergency telephone calls.
3(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
4    (50 ILCS 750/6)  (from Ch. 134, par. 36)
5    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
6    Sec. 6. Capabilities of system; pay telephones. All
7systems shall be designed to meet the specific requirements of
8each community and public agency served by the system. Every
9system shall be designed to have the capability to of
10utilizing the direct dispatch or to method, relay method,
11transfer method, or referral method in response to emergency
12calls. The General Assembly finds and declares that the most
13critical aspect of the design of any system is the procedure
14established for handling a telephone request for emergency
15services.
16    In addition, to maximize efficiency and utilization of the
17system, all pay telephones within each system shall enable a
18caller to dial "9-1-1" for emergency services without the
19necessity of inserting a coin. This paragraph does not apply
20to pay telephones located in penal institutions, as defined in
21Section 2-14 of the Criminal Code of 2012, that have been
22designated for the exclusive use of committed persons.
23(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
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1    Sec. 6.2. Every 9-1-1 system shall be able to accept text
2to 9-1-1 no later than January 1, 2023. The Illinois State
3Police shall adopt rules for the implementation of this
4Section.
 
5    (50 ILCS 750/7)  (from Ch. 134, par. 37)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
7    Sec. 7. The General Assembly finds that, because of
8overlapping jurisdiction of public agencies, public safety
9agencies and telephone service areas, the Administrator, with
10the advice and recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory
11Board, shall establish a general overview or plan to
12effectuate the purposes of this Act within the time frame
13provided in this Act. The General Assembly further finds and
14declares that direct dispatch should be used if possible to
15shorten the time required for the public to request and
16receive emergency aid. The Administrator shall minimize the
17use of transfer, relay, and referral of an emergency call if
18possible and encourage Backup PSAPs to be able to direct
19dispatch. Transfer, relay, and referral of an emergency call
20to an entity other than an answering point or the Illinois
21State Police shall not be used in response to emergency calls
22unless exigent circumstances exist. In order to insure that
23proper preparation and implementation of emergency telephone
24systems are accomplished by all public agencies as required
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1of the Attorney General, shall secure compliance by public
2agencies as provided in this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
4    (50 ILCS 750/7.1 new)
5    Sec. 7.1. Training.
6    (a) Each 9-1-1 Authority, as well as its answering points,
7shall ensure its public safety telecommunicators and public
8safety telecommunicator Supervisors comply with the training,
9testing, and certification requirements established pursuant
10to Section 2605-53 of the Department of State Police Law.
11    (b) Each 9-1-1 Authority, as well as its answering points,
12shall maintain a record regarding its public safety
13telecommunicators and public safety telecommunicator
14Supervisors compliance with this Section for at least 7 years
15and shall make the training records available for inspection
16by the Administrator upon request.
17    (c) Costs incurred for the development of standards,
18training, testing and certification shall be expenses paid by
19the Department from the funds available to the Administrator
20and the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board under Section 30 of
21this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the use of
22grants or other nonsurcharge funding sources available for
23this purpose.
 
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1    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
2    Sec. 8. The Administrator, with the advice and
3recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall
4coordinate the implementation of systems established under
5this Act. To assist with this coordination, all systems
6authorized to operate under this Act shall register with the
7Administrator information regarding its composition and
8organization, including, but not limited to, identification of
9the 9-1-1 System Manager and all answering points.
10Decommissioned PSAPs shall not be registered and are not part
11of the 9-1-1 system in Illinois PSAPs, SAPs, VAPs, Backup
12PSAPs, and Unmanned Backup PSAPs. The Department may adopt
13rules for the administration of this Section.
14(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
15    (50 ILCS 750/10)  (from Ch. 134, par. 40)
16    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
17    Sec. 10. (a) The Administrator, with the advice and
18recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall
19establish uniform technical and operational standards for all
209-1-1 systems in Illinois. All findings, orders, decisions,
21rules, and regulations issued or promulgated by the Commission
22under this Act or any other Act establishing or conferring
23power on the Commission with respect to emergency
24telecommunications services, shall continue in force.
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1applicable, the Administrator shall, with the advice and
2recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, amend
3the Commission's findings, orders, decisions, rules, and
4regulations to conform to the specific provisions of this Act
5as soon as practicable after the effective date of this
6amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly.
7    (a-5) All 9-1-1 systems are responsible for complying with
8the uniform technical and operational standards adopted by the
9Administrator and the Illinois State Police with the advice
10and recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board.
11    (b) The Department may adopt emergency rules necessary to
12implement the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 99th
13General Assembly under subsection (t) of Section 5-45 of the
14Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
15    (c) Nothing in this Act shall deprive the Commission of
16any authority to regulate the provision by telecommunication
17carriers or 9-1-1 system service providers of
18telecommunication or other services under the Public Utilities
19Act.
20    (d) For rules that implicate both the regulation of 9-1-1
21authorities under this Act and the regulation of
22telecommunication carriers and 9-1-1 system service providers
23under the Public Utilities Act, the Department and the
24Commission may adopt joint rules necessary for implementation.
25    (e) Any findings, orders, or decisions of the
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1administrative decision and shall be subject to judicial
2review under the Administrative Review Law.
3(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
4    (50 ILCS 750/10.3)
5    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
6    Sec. 10.3. Notice of address change. The Emergency
7Telephone System Board or qualified governmental entity in any
8county implementing a 9-1-1 system that changes any person's
9address (when the person whose address has changed has not
10moved to a new residence) shall notify the person (i) of the
11person's new address and (ii) that the person should contact
12the local election authority to determine if the person should
13re-register to vote.
14(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
15    (50 ILCS 750/11.5 new)
16    Sec. 11.5. Aggregator and originating service provider
17responsibilities.
18    (a) Each aggregator, and the originating service providers
19whose 9-1-1 calls are being aggregated by the aggregator,
20shall comply with their respective requirements in 83 Ill.
21Adm. Code Part 725.410.
22    (b) Beginning July 1, 2021, each aggregator that is
23operating within the State must email the Office of the
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1information that supports the implementation of and the
2migration to the Statewide NG9-1-1 system:
3        (1) A company 9-1-1 contact, address, email, and phone
4    number.
5        (2) A list of originating service providers that the
6    aggregator transports 9-1-1 calls for and then to the
7    appropriate 9-1-1 system provider. New or current
8    aggregators must update the required information within 30
9    days of implementing any changes in information required
10    by this subsection.
11    (c) Each aggregator shall establish procedures for
12receiving No Record Found errors from the 9-1-1 System
13Provider, identifying the originating service provider who
14delivered the call to the aggregator, and referring the No
15Record Found errors to that originating service provider.
16    (d) Each originating service provider shall establish
17procedures with the 9-1-1 system provider for preventing and
18resolving No Record Found errors in the 9-1-1 database and
19make every effort to ensure 9-1-1 calls are sent to the
20appropriate public safety answering point.
21    (e) If a 9-1-1 system is being transitioned to NG9-1-1
22service or to a new provider, each aggregator shall be
23responsible for coordinating any modifications that are needed
24to ensure that the originating service provider provides the
25required level of service to its customers. Each aggregator
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1migrations in a timely manner with the appropriate 9-1-1
2system provider who shall be managing its respective
3implementation schedule and cut over. Each aggregator shall
4send notice to its originating service provider customers of
5the aggregator's successful turn up of the network changes or
6additions supporting the migration and include the necessary
7information for the originating service provider's migration
8(such as public safety answering point name, Federal
9Communications Commission Identification, and Emergency
10Services Routing Number). The notice shall be provided to the
11originating service providers within 2 weeks of acceptance
12testing and conversion activities between the aggregator and
13the 9-1-1 system provider.
14    (f) The 9-1-1 system provider shall coordinate directly
15with the originating service providers (unless the aggregator
16separately agrees to coordinate with the originating service
17providers) for migration, but in no case shall that migration
18exceed 30 days after receipt of notice from the aggregator,
19unless agreed to by the originating service provider and 9-1-1
20system provider.
21    (g) Each aggregator shall coordinate test calls with the
229-1-1 system provider and the 9-1-1 Authority when turning up
23new circuits or making network changes. Each originating
24service provider shall perform testing of its network and
25provisioning upon notification from the aggregator that the
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1provider.
2    (h) Each aggregator and originating service provider
3customer shall deliver all 9-1-1 calls, audio, data, and
4location to the 9-1-1 system at a location determined by the
5State.
 
6    (50 ILCS 750/14)  (from Ch. 134, par. 44)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
8    Sec. 14. The General Assembly declares that a major
9purpose of this Act is to ensure that 9-1-1 systems have
10redundant methods of dispatch for: (1) each public safety
11agency within its jurisdiction, herein known as participating
12agencies; and (2) 9-1-1 systems whose jurisdictional
13boundaries are contiguous, herein known as adjacent 9-1-1
14systems, when an emergency request for service is received for
15a public safety agency that needs to be dispatched by the
16adjacent 9-1-1 system. Another primary purpose of this Section
17is to eliminate instances in which a public safety agency
18refuses, once dispatched, to render aid outside of the
19jurisdictional boundaries of the public safety agency.
20Therefore, in implementing a 9-1-1 system under this Act, all
219-1-1 authorities shall enter into call handling and aid
22outside jurisdictional boundaries agreements with each
23participating agency and adjacent 9-1-1 system. The agreements
24shall provide a primary and secondary means of dispatch. It
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1in response to a request through the system, such unit shall
2render its services to the requesting party without regard to
3whether the unit is operating outside its normal
4jurisdictional boundaries. Certified notification of the
5continuation of call handling and aid outside jurisdictional
6boundaries agreements shall be made among the involved parties
7on an annual basis. The Illinois State Police may adopt rules
8for the administration of this Section.
9(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
10    (50 ILCS 750/15.2)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2)
11    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
12    Sec. 15.2. Any person placing an "emergency call" to
13calling the number "911" for the purpose of making an a false
14alarm or complaint and reporting false information when, at
15the time the call or transmission is made, the person knows
16there is no reasonable ground for making the call or
17transmission and further knows that the call or transmission
18could result in the emergency response of any public safety
19agency, is subject to the provisions of Section 26-1 of the
20Criminal Code of 2012.
21(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
22    (50 ILCS 750/15.2a)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2a)
23    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
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1telephone company's network of any automatic alarm, automatic
2alerting device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number
39-1-1 to be dialed in order to directly access emergency
4services and does not provide for 2-way communication is
5prohibited in a 9-1-1 system.
6    This Section does not apply to a person who connects to a
79-1-1 network using automatic crash notification technology
8subject to an established protocol.
9    This Section does not apply to devices used to enable
10access to the 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired or special
11needs persons or for persons with disabilities in an emergency
12situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing
13person's report. The device must have the capability to be
14activated and controlled remotely by trained personnel at a
15service center to prevent falsely activated or repeated calls
16to the 9-1-1 system in a single incident. The device must have
17the technical capability to generate location information to
18the 9-1-1 system. Under no circumstances shall a device be
19sold for use in a geographical jurisdiction where the 9-1-1
20system has not deployed wireless phase II location technology.
21The alerting device shall also provide for either 2-way
22communication or send a pre-recorded message to a 9-1-1
23provider explaining the nature of the emergency so that the
249-1-1 provider will be able to dispatch the appropriate
25emergency responder.
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1second or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 4
2felony.
3(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
4    (50 ILCS 750/15.3)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.3)
5    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
6    Sec. 15.3. Local non-wireless surcharge.
7    (a) Except as provided in subsection (l) of this Section,
8the corporate authorities of any municipality or any county
9may, subject to the limitations of subsections (c), (d), and
10(h), and in addition to any tax levied pursuant to the
11Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act, impose a
12monthly surcharge on billed subscribers of network connection
13provided by telecommunication carriers engaged in the business
14of transmitting messages by means of electricity originating
15within the corporate limits of the municipality or county
16imposing the surcharge at a rate per network connection
17determined in accordance with subsection (c), however the
18monthly surcharge shall not apply to a network connection
19provided for use with pay telephone services. Provided,
20however, that where multiple voice grade communications
21channels are connected between the subscriber's premises and a
22public switched network through private branch exchange (PBX)
23or centrex type service, a municipality imposing a surcharge
24at a rate per network connection, as determined in accordance
25with this Act, shall impose:

 

 

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1        (i) in a municipality with a population of 500,000 or
2    less or in any county, 5 such surcharges per network
3    connection, as defined under Section 2 of this Act, for
4    both regular service and advanced service provisioned
5    trunk lines;
6        (ii) in a municipality with a population, prior to
7    March 1, 2010, of 500,000 or more, 5 surcharges per
8    network connection, as defined under Section 2 of this
9    Act, for both regular service and advanced service
10    provisioned trunk lines;
11        (iii) in a municipality with a population, as of March
12    1, 2010, of 500,000 or more, 5 surcharges per network
13    connection, as defined under Section 2 of this Act, for
14    regular service provisioned trunk lines, and 12 surcharges
15    per network connection, as defined under Section 2 of this
16    Act, for advanced service provisioned trunk lines, except
17    where an advanced service provisioned trunk line supports
18    at least 2 but fewer than 23 simultaneous voice grade
19    calls ("VGC's"), a telecommunication carrier may elect to
20    impose fewer than 12 surcharges per trunk line as provided
21    in subsection (iv) of this Section; or
22        (iv) for an advanced service provisioned trunk line
23    connected between the subscriber's premises and the public
24    switched network through a P.B.X., where the advanced
25    service provisioned trunk line is capable of transporting
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1    line, the telecommunications carrier collecting the
2    surcharge may elect to impose surcharges in accordance
3    with the table provided in this Section, without limiting
4    any telecommunications carrier's obligations to otherwise
5    keep and maintain records. Any telecommunications carrier
6    electing to impose fewer than 12 surcharges per an
7    advanced service provisioned trunk line shall keep and
8    maintain records adequately to demonstrate the VGC
9    capability of each advanced service provisioned trunk line
10    with fewer than 12 surcharges imposed, provided that 12
11    surcharges shall be imposed on an advanced service
12    provisioned trunk line regardless of the VGC capability
13    where a telecommunications carrier cannot demonstrate the
14    VGC capability of the advanced service provisioned trunk
15    line.
 
16Facility VGC's 911 Surcharges
17Advanced service provisioned trunk line 18-23 12
18Advanced service provisioned trunk line 12-17 10
19Advanced service provisioned trunk line 2-11 8
20    Subsections (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) are not intended to
21make any change in the meaning of this Section, but are
22intended to remove possible ambiguity, thereby confirming the
23intent of paragraph (a) as it existed prior to and following
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1Assembly.
2    For mobile telecommunications services, if a surcharge is
3imposed it shall be imposed based upon the municipality or
4county that encompasses the customer's place of primary use as
5defined in the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity
6Act. A municipality may enter into an intergovernmental
7agreement with any county in which it is partially located,
8when the county has adopted an ordinance to impose a surcharge
9as provided in subsection (c), to include that portion of the
10municipality lying outside the county in that county's
11surcharge referendum. If the county's surcharge referendum is
12approved, the portion of the municipality identified in the
13intergovernmental agreement shall automatically be
14disconnected from the county in which it lies and connected to
15the county which approved the referendum for purposes of a
16surcharge on telecommunications carriers.
17    (b) For purposes of computing the surcharge imposed by
18subsection (a), the network connections to which the surcharge
19shall apply shall be those in-service network connections,
20other than those network connections assigned to the
21municipality or county, where the service address for each
22such network connection or connections is located within the
23corporate limits of the municipality or county levying the
24surcharge. Except for mobile telecommunication services, the
25"service address" shall mean the location of the primary use
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1telecommunication services, "service address" means the
2customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile
3Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act.
4    (c) Upon the passage of an ordinance to impose a surcharge
5under this Section the clerk of the municipality or county
6shall certify the question of whether the surcharge may be
7imposed to the proper election authority who shall submit the
8public question to the electors of the municipality or county
9in accordance with the general election law; provided that
10such question shall not be submitted at a consolidated primary
11election. The public question shall be in substantially the
12following form:
13-------------------------------------------------------------
14    Shall the county (or city, village
15or incorporated town) of ..... impose          YES
16a surcharge of up to ...¢ per month per
17network connection, which surcharge will
18be added to the monthly bill you receive   ------------------
19for telephone or telecommunications
20charges, for the purpose of installing
21(or improving) a 9-1-1 Emergency               NO
22Telephone System?
23-------------------------------------------------------------
24    If a majority of the votes cast upon the public question
25are in favor thereof, the surcharge shall be imposed.
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1be created pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement under
2Section 15.4, the ordinance to impose the surcharge shall be
3subject to the approval of a majority of the total number of
4votes cast upon the public question by the electors of all of
5the municipalities or counties, or combination thereof, that
6are parties to the intergovernmental agreement.
7    The referendum requirement of this subsection (c) shall
8not apply to any municipality with a population over 500,000
9or to any county in which a proposition as to whether a
10sophisticated 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System should be
11installed in the county, at a cost not to exceed a specified
12monthly amount per network connection, has previously been
13approved by a majority of the electors of the county voting on
14the proposition at an election conducted before the effective
15date of this amendatory Act of 1987.
16    (d) A county may not impose a surcharge, unless requested
17by a municipality, in any incorporated area which has
18previously approved a surcharge as provided in subsection (c)
19or in any incorporated area where the corporate authorities of
20the municipality have previously entered into a binding
21contract or letter of intent with a telecommunications carrier
22to provide sophisticated 9-1-1 service through municipal
23funds.
24    (e) A municipality or county may at any time by ordinance
25change the rate of the surcharge imposed under this Section if
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1referendum held pursuant to subsection (c).
2    (f) The surcharge authorized by this Section shall be
3collected from the subscriber by the telecommunications
4carrier providing the subscriber the network connection as a
5separately stated item on the subscriber's bill.
6    (g) The amount of surcharge collected by the
7telecommunications carrier shall be paid to the particular
8municipality or county or Joint Emergency Telephone System
9Board not later than 30 days after the surcharge is collected,
10net of any network or other 9-1-1 or sophisticated 9-1-1
11system charges then due the particular telecommunications
12carrier, as shown on an itemized bill. The telecommunications
13carrier collecting the surcharge shall also be entitled to
14deduct 3% of the gross amount of surcharge collected to
15reimburse the telecommunications carrier for the expense of
16accounting and collecting the surcharge.
17    (h) Except as expressly provided in subsection (a) of this
18Section, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
19of the 98th General Assembly and until December 31, 2017, a
20municipality with a population of 500,000 or more shall not
21impose a monthly surcharge per network connection in excess of
22the highest monthly surcharge imposed as of January 1, 2014 by
23any county or municipality under subsection (c) of this
24Section. Beginning January 1, 2018 and until December 31, 2023
252021, a municipality with a population over 500,000 may not
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1connection. On or after January 1, 2024 2022, a municipality
2with a population over 500,000 may not impose a monthly
3surcharge in excess of $2.50 per network connection.
4    (i) Any municipality or county or joint emergency
5telephone system board that has imposed a surcharge pursuant
6to this Section prior to the effective date of this amendatory
7Act of 1990 shall hereafter impose the surcharge in accordance
8with subsection (b) of this Section.
9    (j) The corporate authorities of any municipality or
10county may issue, in accordance with Illinois law, bonds,
11notes or other obligations secured in whole or in part by the
12proceeds of the surcharge described in this Section. The State
13of Illinois pledges and agrees that it will not limit or alter
14the rights and powers vested in municipalities and counties by
15this Section to impose the surcharge so as to impair the terms
16of or affect the security for bonds, notes or other
17obligations secured in whole or in part with the proceeds of
18the surcharge described in this Section. The pledge and
19agreement set forth in this Section survive the termination of
20the surcharge under subsection (l) by virtue of the
21replacement of the surcharge monies guaranteed under Section
2220; the State of Illinois pledges and agrees that it will not
23limit or alter the rights vested in municipalities and
24counties to the surcharge replacement funds guaranteed under
25Section 20 so as to impair the terms of or affect the security
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1part with the proceeds of the surcharge described in this
2Section.
3    (k) Any surcharge collected by or imposed on a
4telecommunications carrier pursuant to this Section shall be
5held to be a special fund in trust for the municipality, county
6or Joint Emergency Telephone Board imposing the surcharge.
7Except for the 3% deduction provided in subsection (g) above,
8the special fund shall not be subject to the claims of
9creditors of the telecommunication carrier.
10    (l) Any surcharge imposed pursuant to this Section by a
11county or municipality, other than a municipality with a
12population in excess of 500,000, shall cease to be imposed on
13January 1, 2016.
14(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 
15    (50 ILCS 750/15.3a)
16    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
17    Sec. 15.3a. Local wireless surcharge.
18    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a
19unit of local government or emergency telephone system board
20providing wireless 9-1-1 service and imposing and collecting a
21wireless carrier surcharge prior to July 1, 1998 may continue
22its practices of imposing and collecting its wireless carrier
23surcharge, but, except as provided in subsection (b) of this
24Section, in no event shall that monthly surcharge exceed $2.50
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1in-service telephone number billed on a monthly basis. For
2mobile telecommunications services provided on and after
3August 1, 2002, any surcharge imposed shall be imposed based
4upon the municipality or county that encompasses the
5customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile
6Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act.
7    (b) Until December 31, 2017, the corporate authorities of
8a municipality with a population in excess of 500,000 on the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
10Assembly may by ordinance continue to impose and collect a
11monthly surcharge per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS)
12connection or in-service telephone number billed on a monthly
13basis that does not exceed the highest monthly surcharge
14imposed as of January 1, 2014 by any county or municipality
15under subsection (c) of Section 15.3 of this Act. Beginning
16January 1, 2018, and until December 31, 2023 2021, a
17municipality with a population in excess of 500,000 may by
18ordinance continue to impose and collect a monthly surcharge
19per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) connection or
20in-service telephone number billed on a monthly basis that
21does not exceed $5.00. On or after January 1, 2024 2022, the
22municipality may continue imposing and collecting its wireless
23carrier surcharge as provided in and subject to the
24limitations of subsection (a) of this Section.
25    (c) In addition to any other lawful purpose, a
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1collected under this Section for any anti-terrorism or
2emergency preparedness measures, including, but not limited
3to, preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for
4federal or State grants, personnel training, and specialized
5equipment, including surveillance cameras, as needed to deal
6with natural and terrorist-inspired emergency situations or
7events.
8(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 
9    (50 ILCS 750/15.4)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
11    Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers.
12    (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Section,
13the corporate authorities of any county or municipality may
14establish an Emergency Telephone System Board.
15    The corporate authorities shall provide for the manner of
16appointment and the number of members of the Board, provided
17that the board shall consist of not fewer than 5 members, one
18of whom must be a public member who is a resident of the local
19exchange service territory included in the 9-1-1 coverage
20area, one of whom (in counties with a population less than
21100,000) may be a member of the county board, and at least 3 of
22whom shall be representative of the 9-1-1 public safety
23agencies, including but not limited to police departments,
24fire departments, emergency medical services providers, and
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1basis of their ability or experience. In counties with a
2population of more than 100,000 but less than 2,000,000, a
3member of the county board may serve on the Emergency
4Telephone System Board. Elected officials, including members
5of a county board, are also eligible to serve on the board.
6Members of the board shall serve without compensation but
7shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses.
8Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or combination
9thereof, may, instead of establishing individual boards,
10establish by intergovernmental agreement a Joint Emergency
11Telephone System Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of
12appointment of such a joint board shall be prescribed in the
13agreement. On or after the effective date of this amendatory
14Act of the 100th General Assembly, any new intergovernmental
15agreement entered into to establish or join a Joint Emergency
16Telephone System Board shall provide for the appointment of a
17PSAP representative to the board.
18    Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
19General Assembly, appointed members of the Emergency Telephone
20System Board shall serve staggered 3-year terms if: (1) the
21Board serves a county with a population of 100,000 or less; and
22(2) appointments, on the effective date of this amendatory Act
23of the 98th General Assembly, are not for a stated term. The
24corporate authorities of the county or municipality shall
25assign terms to the board members serving on the effective
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1following manner: (1) one-third of board members' terms shall
2expire on January 1, 2015; (2) one-third of board members'
3terms shall expire on January 1, 2016; and (3) remaining board
4members' terms shall expire on January 1, 2017. Board members
5may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms by the
6corporate authorities of the county or municipality.
7    The corporate authorities of a county or municipality may,
8by a vote of the majority of the members elected, remove an
9Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct,
10official misconduct, or neglect of office.
11    (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by
12ordinance of the municipality or county, or by
13intergovernmental agreement in the case of a joint board. The
14powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited to the
15following:
16        (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system.
17        (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation,
18    upgrading, or maintenance of the system, including the
19    establishment of equipment specifications and coding
20    systems.
21        (3) Receiving moneys from the surcharge imposed under
22    Section 15.3, or disbursed to it under Section 30, and
23    from any other source, for deposit into the Emergency
24    Telephone System Fund.
25        (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
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1    or upgrade of the system.
2        (6) (Blank).
3        (7) Designating a 9-1-1 System Manager, whose duties
4    and responsibilities shall be set forth by the Emergency
5    Telephone System Board in writing.
6    (c) All moneys received by a board pursuant to a surcharge
7imposed under Section 15.3, or disbursed to it under Section
830, shall be deposited into a separate interest-bearing
9Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The treasurer of the
10municipality or county that has established the board or, in
11the case of a joint board, any municipal or county treasurer
12designated in the intergovernmental agreement, shall be
13custodian of the fund. All interest accruing on the fund shall
14remain in the fund. No expenditures may be made from such fund
15except upon the direction of the board by resolution passed by
16a majority of all members of the board.
17    (d) The board shall complete a Master Street Address Guide
18database before implementation of the 9-1-1 system. The error
19ratio of the database shall not at any time exceed 1% of the
20total database.
21    (e) On and after January 1, 2016, no municipality or
22county may create an Emergency Telephone System Board unless
23the board is a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. The
24corporate authorities of any county or municipality entering
25into an intergovernmental agreement to create or join a Joint
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1ordinances creating a single Emergency Telephone System Board
2and shall eliminate the single Emergency Telephone System
3Board, effective upon the creation of the Joint Emergency
4Telephone System Board, with regulatory approval by the
5Administrator, or joining of the Joint Emergency Telephone
6System Board. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
7require the dissolution of an Emergency Telephone System Board
8that is not succeeded by a Joint Emergency Telephone System
9Board or is not required to consolidate under Section 15.4a of
10this Act.
11    (f) Within one year after the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, any corporate
13authorities of a county or municipality, other than a
14municipality with a population of more than 500,000, operating
15a 9-1-1 system without an Emergency Telephone System Board or
16Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall create or join a
17Joint Emergency Telephone System Board.
18(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
19    (50 ILCS 750/15.4a)
20    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
21    Sec. 15.4a. Consolidation.
22    (a) By July 1, 2017, and except as otherwise provided in
23this Section, Emergency Telephone System Boards, Joint
24Emergency Telephone System Boards, qualified governmental
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1to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section:
2        (1) In any county with a population of at least
3    250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System
4    Board, or qualified governmental entity and more than 2
5    PSAPs, shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50% or
6    to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
7    paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in one
8    PSAP in the county.
9        (2) In any county with a population of at least
10    250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System
11    Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or
12    qualified governmental entity, any 9-1-1 Authority serving
13    a population of less than 25,000 shall be consolidated
14    such that no 9-1-1 Authority in the county serves a
15    population of less than 25,000.
16        (3) In any county with a population of at least
17    250,000 but less than 1,000,000 that has more than one
18    Emergency Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency
19    Telephone System Board, or qualified governmental entity,
20    each 9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by
21    at least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing
22    in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation of a 9-1-1
23    Authority into a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board,
24    and nothing in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation
25    resulting in one PSAP in the county.
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1    250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board
2    or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs,
3    the 9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at
4    least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in
5    this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in
6    one PSAP in the county.
7        (5) In any county with a population of less than
8    250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System
9    Board or , Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or
10    qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPS, the
11    9-1-1 Authorities shall be consolidated into a single
12    joint board, and the number of PSAPs shall be reduced by at
13    least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in
14    this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in
15    one PSAP in the county.
16        (6) Any 9-1-1 Authority that does not have a PSAP
17    within its jurisdiction shall be consolidated through an
18    intergovernmental agreement with an existing 9-1-1
19    Authority that has a PSAP to create a Joint Emergency
20    Telephone Board.
21        (7) The corporate authorities of each county that has
22    no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 shall provide
23    enhanced 9-1-1 wireline and wireless enhanced 9-1-1
24    service for that county by either (i) entering into an
25    intergovernmental agreement with an existing Emergency
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1    Telephone System Board, or (ii) entering into an
2    intergovernmental agreement with the corporate authorities
3    that have created an existing Joint Emergency Telephone
4    System Board.
5    (b) By July 1, 2016, each county required to consolidate
6pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section
7and each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to
8paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section
9shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver
10pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Office of
11the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
12        (1) No county or 9-1-1 Authority may avoid the
13    requirements of this Section by converting primary PSAPs
14    to secondary or virtual answering points; however a PSAP
15    may be decommissioned. Staff from decommissioned PSAPs may
16    remain to perform nonemergency police, fire, or EMS
17    responsibilities. Any county or 9-1-1 Authority not in
18    compliance with this Section shall be ineligible to
19    receive consolidation grant funds issued under Section
20    15.4b of this Act or monthly disbursements otherwise due
21    under Section 30 of this Act, until the county or 9-1-1
22    Authority is in compliance.
23        (2) Within 60 calendar days of receiving a
24    consolidation plan or waiver, the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory
25    Board shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan
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1    of the hearing shall be provided to the respective entity
2    to which the plan applies.
3        (3) Within 90 calendar days of receiving a
4    consolidation plan, the Administrator shall approve the
5    plan or waiver, approve the plan as modified, or grant a
6    waiver pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. In
7    making his or her decision, the Administrator shall
8    consider any recommendation from the Statewide 9-1-1
9    Advisory Board regarding the plan. If the Administrator
10    does not follow the recommendation of the Board, the
11    Administrator shall provide a written explanation for the
12    deviation in his or her decision.
13        (4) The deadlines provided in this subsection may be
14    extended upon agreement between the Administrator and
15    entity which submitted the plan.
16    (c) A waiver from a consolidation required under
17subsection (a) of this Section may be granted if the
18Administrator finds that the consolidation will result in a
19substantial threat to public safety, is economically
20unreasonable, or is technically infeasible.
21    (d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section
22shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be
23subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review
24Law.
25(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 

 

 

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1    (50 ILCS 750/15.6)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
3    Sec. 15.6. Enhanced 9-1-1 service; business service.
4    (a) After June 30, 2000, or within 18 months after
5enhanced 9-1-1 service becomes available, any entity that
6installs or operates a private business switch service and
7provides telecommunications facilities or services to
8businesses shall assure that the system is connected to the
9public switched network in a manner that calls to 9-1-1 result
10in automatic number and location identification. For buildings
11having their own street address and containing workspace of
1240,000 square feet or less, location identification shall
13include the building's street address. For buildings having
14their own street address and containing workspace of more than
1540,000 square feet, location identification shall include the
16building's street address and one distinct location
17identification per 40,000 square feet of workspace. Separate
18buildings containing workspace of 40,000 square feet or less
19having a common public street address shall have a distinct
20location identification for each building in addition to the
21street address.
22    (b) Exemptions. Buildings containing workspace of more
23than 40,000 square feet are exempt from the multiple location
24identification requirements of subsection (a) if the building
25maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate means of
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1include, but not be limited to, a telephone system that
2provides the physical location of 9-1-1 calls coming from
3within the building. Health care facilities are presumed to
4meet the requirements of this paragraph if the facilities are
5staffed with medical or nursing personnel 24 hours per day and
6if an alternative means of providing information about the
7source of an emergency call exists. Buildings under this
8exemption must provide 9-1-1 service that provides the
9building's street address.
10    Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 square
11feet are exempt from subsection (a) if the building maintains,
12at all times, alternative and adequate means of signaling and
13responding to emergencies, including a telephone system that
14provides the location of a 9-1-1 call coming from within the
15building, and the building is serviced by its own medical,
16fire and security personnel. Buildings under this exemption
17are subject to emergency phone system certification by the
18Administrator.
19    Buildings in communities not serviced by enhanced 9-1-1
20service are exempt from subsection (a).
21    Correctional institutions and facilities, as defined in
22subsection (d) of Section 3-1-2 of the Unified Code of
23Corrections, are exempt from subsection (a).
24    (c) This Act does not apply to any PBX telephone extension
25that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical signals
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1    (d) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a
2business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and
3not more than $5,000.
4    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to preclude
5the Attorney General on behalf of the Department or on his or
6her own initiative, or any other interested person, from
7seeking judicial relief, by mandamus, injunction, or
8otherwise, to compel compliance with this Section.
9    (f) The Department may promulgate rules for the
10administration of this Section.
11(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
12    (50 ILCS 750/15.6a)
13    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
14    Sec. 15.6a. Wireless emergency 9-1-1 service.
15    (a) The digits "9-1-1" shall be the designated emergency
16telephone number within the wireless system.
17    (b) The Department may set non-discriminatory and uniform
18technical and operational standards consistent with the rules
19of the Federal Communications Commission for directing calls
20to authorized public safety answering points. These standards
21shall not in any way prescribe the technology or manner a
22wireless carrier shall use to deliver wireless 9-1-1 or
23wireless E9-1-1 calls, and these standards shall not exceed
24the requirements set by the Federal Communications Commission;
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1public safety answering point shall be included. The authority
2given to the Department in this Section is limited to setting
3standards as set forth herein and does not constitute
4authority to regulate wireless carriers.
5    (c) For the purpose of providing wireless 9-1-1 emergency
6services, an emergency telephone system board or, in the
7absence of an emergency telephone system board, a qualified
8governmental entity, may declare its intention for one or more
9of its public safety answering points to serve as a primary
10wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point for its
11jurisdiction by notifying the Administrator in writing within
126 months after receiving its authority to operate a 9-1-1
13system under this Act. In addition, 2 or more emergency
14telephone system boards or qualified governmental entities
15may, by virtue of an intergovernmental agreement, provide
16wireless 9-1-1 service. Until the jurisdiction comes into
17compliance with Section 15.4a of this Act, the Department of
18State Police shall be the primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety
19answering point for any jurisdiction that did not provide
20notice to the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Department
21prior to January 1, 2016.
22    (d) The Administrator, upon a request from a qualified
23governmental entity or an emergency telephone system board and
24with the advice and recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1
25Advisory Board, may grant authority to the emergency telephone
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1wireless 9-1-1 service in areas for which the Department has
2accepted wireless 9-1-1 responsibility. The Administrator
3shall maintain a current list of all 9-1-1 systems and
4qualified governmental entities providing wireless 9-1-1
5service under this Act.
6(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
7    (50 ILCS 750/15.6b)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
9    Sec. 15.6b. Next Generation 9-1-1 service.
10    (a) The Administrator, with the advice and recommendation
11of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall develop and
12implement a plan for a statewide Next Generation 9-1-1
13network. The Next Generation 9-1-1 network must be an Internet
14protocol-based platform that at a minimum provides:
15        (1) improved 9-1-1 call delivery;
16        (2) enhanced interoperability;
17        (3) increased ease of communication between 9-1-1
18    service providers, allowing immediate transfer of 9-1-1
19    calls, caller information, photos, and other data
20    statewide;
21        (4) a hosted solution with redundancy built in; and
22        (5) compliance with the most current NENA Standards i3
23    Solution 08-003.
24    (b) By July 1, 2016, the Administrator, with the advice
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1shall design and issue a competitive request for a proposal to
2secure the services of a consultant to complete a feasibility
3study on the implementation of a statewide Next Generation
49-1-1 network in Illinois. By July 1, 2017, the consultant
5shall complete the feasibility study and make recommendations
6as to the appropriate procurement approach for developing a
7statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 network.
8    (c) Within 12 months of the final report from the
9consultant under subsection (b) of this Section, the
10Department shall procure and finalize a contract with a vendor
11certified under Section 13-900 of the Public Utilities Act to
12establish a statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 network. The
13Illinois State Police, in consultation with and subject to the
14approval of the Chief Procurement Officer, may procure a
15single contract or multiple contracts to implement the
16provisions of this Section. A contract or contracts under this
17subsection are not subject to the provisions of the Illinois
18Procurement Code, except for Sections 20-60, 20-65, 20-70, and
1920-160 and Article 50 of that Code, provided that the Chief
20Procurement Officer may, in writing with justification, waive
21any certification required under Article 50 of the Illinois
22Procurement Code. This exemption is inoperative 2 years from
23the effective date of this Amendatory Act of the 102nd General
24Assembly. Within 18 months of securing the contract By July 1,
252021, the vendor shall implement a Next Generation 9-1-1
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1Illinois residents to access the system utilizing their
2current infrastructure if it meets the standards adopted by
3the Department.
4(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 
5    (50 ILCS 750/17.5)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
7    Sec. 17.5. Statewide 9-1-1 Call Directory call transfer,
8forward, or relay.
9    (a) The General Assembly finds the following:
10        (1) Some 9-1-1 systems throughout this State do not
11    have a procedure in place to manually transfer, forward,
12    or relay 9-1-1 calls originating within one 9-1-1 system's
13    jurisdiction, but which should properly be answered and
14    dispatched by another 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate
15    9-1-1 system for answering and dispatch of first
16    responders.
17        (2) On January 1, 2016, the General Assembly gave
18    oversight authority of 9-1-1 systems to the Department of
19    State Police.
20        (3) Since that date, the Department of State Police
21    has authorized individual 9-1-1 systems in counties and
22    municipalities to implement and upgrade enhanced 9-1-1
23    systems throughout the State.
24    (b) The Department shall prepare a directory of all
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1include an emergency 24/7 10-digit telephone number for all
2primary public safety answering points located in each 9-1-1
3system to which 9-1-1 calls from another jurisdiction can be
4transferred. This directory shall be made available to each
59-1-1 authority for its use in establishing standard operating
6procedures regarding calls outside its 9-1-1 jurisdiction.
7    (c) Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the Department with
8the following information:
9        (1) The name of the PSAP, a list of every
10    participating agency, and the county the PSAP is in,
11    including college and university public safety entities.
12        (2) The 24/7 10-digit emergency telephone number and
13    email address for the dispatch agency to which 9-1-1 calls
14    originating in another 9-1-1 jurisdiction can be
15    transferred or by which the PSAP can be contacted via
16    email to exchange information. The emergency telephone
17    number must be a direct line that is not answered by an
18    automated system but rather is answered by a person. Each
19    9-1-1 system shall provide the Department with any changes
20    to the participating agencies and this number and email
21    address immediately upon the change occurring. Each 9-1-1
22    system shall provide the PSAP information and , the 24/7
23    10-digit emergency telephone number and email address to
24    the Manager of the Department's 9-1-1 Program within 30
25    days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
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1        (3) The standard operating procedure describing the
2    manner in which the 9-1-1 system will transfer, forward,
3    or relay 9-1-1 calls originating within its jurisdiction,
4    but which should properly be answered and dispatched by
5    another 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate 9-1-1 system.
6    Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the standard operating
7    procedures to the Manager of the Department's 9-1-1
8    Program within 180 days after the effective date of this
9    amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
10    (d) Unless exigent circumstances dictate otherwise, each
119-1-1 system's public safety telecommunicators shall be
12responsible for remaining on the line with the caller when a
139-1-1 call originates within its jurisdiction to ensure the
149-1-1 call is transferred to the appropriate authorized entity
15for answer and dispatch until a public safety telecommunicator
16is on the line and confirms jurisdiction for the call.
17(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
18    (50 ILCS 750/19)
19    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
20    Sec. 19. Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board.
21    (a) Beginning July 1, 2015, there is created the Statewide
229-1-1 Advisory Board within the Department of State Police.
23The Board shall consist of the following 11 voting members:
24        (1) The Director of the State Police, or his or her
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1        (2) The Executive Director of the Commission, or his
2    or her designee.
3        (3) Nine members appointed by the Governor as follows:
4            (A) one member representing the Illinois chapter
5        of the National Emergency Number Association, or his
6        or her designee;
7            (B) one member representing the Illinois chapter
8        of the Association of Public-Safety Communications
9        Officials, or his or her designee;
10            (C) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system
11        from a county with a population of less than 37,000
12        50,000;
13            (C-5) one member representing a county 9-1-1
14        system from a county with a population between 37,000
15        and 100,000;
16            (D) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system
17        from a county with a population between 100,001 50,000
18        and 250,000;
19            (E) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system
20        from a county with a population of more than 250,000;
21            (F) one member representing a municipal or
22        intergovernmental cooperative 9-1-1 system, excluding
23        any single municipality over 500,000 municipality with
24        a population of less than 500,000 in a county with a
25        population in excess of 2,000,000;
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1        Association of Chiefs of Police;
2            (H) one member representing the Illinois Sheriffs'
3        Association; and
4            (I) one member representing the Illinois Fire
5        Chiefs Association.
6    The Governor shall appoint the following non-voting
7members: (i) one member representing an incumbent local
8exchange 9-1-1 system provider; (ii) one member representing a
9non-incumbent local exchange 9-1-1 system provider; (iii) one
10member representing a large wireless carrier; (iv) one member
11representing an incumbent local exchange carrier; (v) one
12member representing the Illinois Broadband and
13Telecommunications Association; (vi) one member representing
14the Illinois Broadband and Cable Television and Communication
15Association of Illinois; and (vii) one member representing the
16Illinois State Ambulance Association. The Speaker of the House
17of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
18Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority
19Leader of the Senate may each appoint a member of the General
20Assembly to temporarily serve as a non-voting member of the
21Board during the 12 months prior to the repeal date of this Act
22to discuss legislative initiatives of the Board.
23    (b) The Governor shall make initial appointments to the
24Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board by August 31, 2015. Six of the
25voting members appointed by the Governor shall serve an
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1appointed by the Governor shall serve an initial term of 3
2years. Thereafter, each appointment by the Governor shall be
3for a term of 3 years. Non-voting members shall serve for a
4term of 3 years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner
5as the original appointment. Persons appointed to fill a
6vacancy shall serve for the balance of the unexpired term.
7    Members of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall serve
8without compensation.
9    (c) The 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board, as constituted on
10June 1, 2015 without the legislative members, shall serve in
11the role of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board until all
12appointments of voting members have been made by the Governor
13under subsection (a) of this Section.
14    (d) The Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall:
15        (1) advise the Department of State Police and the
16    Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator on the oversight of 9-1-1
17    systems and the development and implementation of a
18    uniform statewide 9-1-1 system;
19        (2) make recommendations to the Governor and the
20    General Assembly regarding improvements to 9-1-1 services
21    throughout the State; and
22        (3) exercise all other powers and duties provided in
23    this Act.
24    (e) The Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall submit to the
25General Assembly a report by March 1 of each year providing an
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1recommending any legislative action.
2    (f) The Department of State Police shall provide
3administrative support to the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board.
4(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
5    (50 ILCS 750/20)
6    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
7    Sec. 20. Statewide surcharge.
8    (a) On and after January 1, 2016, and except with respect
9to those customers who are subject to surcharges as provided
10in Sections 15.3 and 15.3a of this Act, a monthly surcharge
11shall be imposed on all customers of telecommunications
12carriers and wireless carriers as follows:
13        (1) Each telecommunications carrier shall impose a
14    monthly surcharge per network connection; provided,
15    however, the monthly surcharge shall not apply to a
16    network connection provided for use with pay telephone
17    services. Where multiple voice grade communications
18    channels are connected between the subscriber's premises
19    and a public switched network through private branch
20    exchange (PBX), Centrex centrex type service, or other
21    multiple voice grade communication channels facility,
22    there shall be imposed 5 such surcharges per network
23    connection for both regular service and advanced service
24    provisioned trunk lines. Until December 31, 2017, the
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1    after January 1, 2018, the surcharge shall be $1.50 per
2    network connection.
3        (2) Each wireless carrier shall impose and collect a
4    monthly surcharge per CMRS connection that either has a
5    telephone number within an area code assigned to Illinois
6    by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator or has
7    a billing address in this State. Until December 31, 2017,
8    the surcharge shall be $0.87 per connection and on and
9    after January 1, 2018, the surcharge shall be $1.50 per
10    connection.
11    (b) State and local taxes shall not apply to the
12surcharges imposed under this Section.
13    (c) The surcharges imposed by this Section shall be stated
14as a separately stated item on subscriber bills.
15    (d) The telecommunications carrier collecting the
16surcharge may deduct and retain 1.74% an amount not to exceed
173% of the gross amount of surcharge collected to reimburse the
18telecommunications carrier for the expense of accounting and
19collecting the surcharge. On and after July 1, 2022, the
20wireless carrier collecting a surcharge under this Section may
21deduct and retain 1.74% an amount not to exceed 3% of the gross
22amount of the surcharge collected to reimburse the wireless
23carrier for the expense of accounting and collecting the
24surcharge.
25    (d-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of
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1and retained if the telecommunications or wireless carrier can
2support through documentation, expenses that exceed the 1.74%
3allowed. The documentation shall be submitted to the Illinois
4State Police and input obtained from the Statewide 9-1-1
5Advisory Board prior to approval of the deduction.
6    (e) Surcharges imposed under this Section shall be
7collected by the carriers and shall be remitted to the
8Department, either by check or electronic funds transfer, by
9the end of the next calendar month after the calendar month in
10which it was collected for deposit into the Statewide 9-1-1
11Fund. Carriers are not required to remit surcharge moneys that
12are billed to subscribers but not yet collected.
13    The first remittance by wireless carriers shall include
14the number of subscribers by zip code, and the 9-digit zip code
15if currently being used or later implemented by the carrier,
16that shall be the means by which the Department shall
17determine distributions from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund. This
18information shall be updated at least once each year. Any
19carrier that fails to provide the zip code information
20required under this subsection (e) shall be subject to the
21penalty set forth in subsection (g) of this Section.
22    (f) If, within 8 calendar days after it is due under
23subsection (e) of this Section, a carrier does not remit the
24surcharge or any portion thereof required under this Section,
25then the surcharge or portion thereof shall be deemed
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1penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to the greater
2of:
3        (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month from the
4    time an amount becomes delinquent until the amount is paid
5    in full; or
6        (2) an amount equal to the product of 1% and the sum of
7    all delinquent amounts for each month or portion of a
8    month that the delinquent amounts remain unpaid.
9    A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (f)
10for a portion of a month during which the carrier pays the
11delinquent amount in full shall be prorated for each day of
12that month that the delinquent amount was paid in full. Any
13penalty imposed under this subsection (f) is in addition to
14the amount of the delinquency and is in addition to any other
15penalty imposed under this Section.
16    (g) If, within 8 calendar days after it is due, a wireless
17carrier does not provide the number of subscribers by zip code
18as required under subsection (e) of this Section, then the
19report is deemed delinquent and the Department may impose a
20penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to the greater
21of:
22        (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month that the
23    report is delinquent; or
24        (2) an amount equal to the product of $0.01 and the
25    number of subscribers served by the carrier for each month
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1    provided.
2    A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (g)
3for a portion of a month during which the carrier provides the
4number of subscribers by zip code as required under subsection
5(e) of this Section shall be prorated for each day of that
6month during which the carrier had not provided the number of
7subscribers by zip code as required under subsection (e) of
8this Section. Any penalty imposed under this subsection (g) is
9in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Section.
10    (h) A penalty imposed and collected in accordance with
11subsection (f) or (g) of this Section shall be deposited into
12the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund for distribution according to Section
1330 of this Act.
14    (i) The Department may enforce the collection of any
15delinquent amount and any penalty due and unpaid under this
16Section by legal action or in any other manner by which the
17collection of debts due the State of Illinois may be enforced
18under the laws of this State. The Department may excuse the
19payment of any penalty imposed under this Section if the
20Administrator determines that the enforcement of this penalty
21is unjust.
22    (j) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
23nothing shall impair the right of wireless carriers to recover
24compliance costs for all emergency communications services
25that are not reimbursed out of the Wireless Carrier
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1line-item charges on the wireless subscriber's bill. Those
2compliance costs include all costs incurred by wireless
3carriers in complying with local, State, and federal
4regulatory or legislative mandates that require the
5transmission and receipt of emergency communications to and
6from the general public, including, but not limited to,
7E9-1-1.
8(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
9    (50 ILCS 750/30)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
11    Sec. 30. Statewide 9-1-1 Fund; surcharge disbursement.
12    (a) A special fund in the State treasury known as the
13Wireless Service Emergency Fund shall be renamed the Statewide
149-1-1 Fund. Any appropriations made from the Wireless Service
15Emergency Fund shall be payable from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund.
16The Fund shall consist of the following:
17        (1) 9-1-1 wireless surcharges assessed under the
18    Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act.
19        (2) 9-1-1 surcharges assessed under Section 20 of this
20    Act.
21        (3) Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharges assessed under
22    Section 15 of the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act.
23        (4) Any appropriations, grants, or gifts made to the
24    Fund.
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1    other earnings on moneys in the Fund.
2        (6) Money from any other source that is deposited in
3    or transferred to the Fund.
4    (b) Subject to appropriation and availability of funds,
5the Department shall distribute the 9-1-1 surcharges monthly
6as follows:
7        (1) From each surcharge collected and remitted under
8    Section 20 of this Act:
9            (A) $0.013 shall be distributed monthly in equal
10        amounts to each County Emergency Telephone System
11        Board or qualified governmental entity in counties
12        with a population under 100,000 according to the most
13        recent census data which is authorized to serve as a
14        primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point
15        for the county and to provide wireless 9-1-1 service
16        as prescribed by subsection (b) of Section 15.6a of
17        this Act, and which does provide such service.
18            (B) $0.033 shall be transferred by the Comptroller
19        at the direction of the Department to the Wireless
20        Carrier Reimbursement Fund until June 30, 2017; from
21        July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, $0.026 shall be
22        transferred; from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019,
23        $0.020 shall be transferred; from July 1, 2019,
24        through June 30, 2020, $0.013 shall be transferred;
25        from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, $0.007 will be
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1        shall be made to the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement
2        Fund.
3            (C) Until December 31, 2017, $0.007 and on and
4        after January 1, 2018, $0.017 shall be used to cover
5        the Department's administrative costs.
6            (D) Beginning January 1, 2018, until June 30,
7        2020, $0.12, and on and after July 1, 2020, $0.04 shall
8        be used to make monthly proportional grants to the
9        appropriate 9-1-1 Authority currently taking wireless
10        9-1-1 based upon the United States Postal Zip Code of
11        the billing addresses of subscribers wireless
12        carriers.
13            (E) Until June 30, 2023 2021, $0.05 shall be used
14        by the Department for grants for NG9-1-1 expenses,
15        with priority given to 9-1-1 Authorities that provide
16        9-1-1 service within the territory of a Large Electing
17        Provider as defined in Section 13-406.1 of the Public
18        Utilities Act.
19            (F) On and after July 1, 2020, $0.13 shall be used
20        for the implementation of and continuing expenses for
21        the Statewide NG9-1-1 system.
22        (2) After disbursements under paragraph (1) of this
23    subsection (b), all remaining funds in the Statewide 9-1-1
24    Fund shall be disbursed in the following priority order:
25            (A) The Fund shall pay monthly to:
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1            surcharges under Section 15.3 of this Act and were
2            required to report to the Illinois Commerce
3            Commission under Section 27 of the Wireless
4            Emergency Telephone Safety Act on October 1, 2014,
5            except a 9-1-1 Authority in a municipality with a
6            population in excess of 500,000, an amount equal
7            to the average monthly wireline and VoIP surcharge
8            revenue attributable to the most recent 12-month
9            period reported to the Department under that
10            Section for the October 1, 2014 filing, subject to
11            the power of the Department to investigate the
12            amount reported and adjust the number by order
13            under Article X of the Public Utilities Act, so
14            that the monthly amount paid under this item
15            accurately reflects one-twelfth of the aggregate
16            wireline and VoIP surcharge revenue properly
17            attributable to the most recent 12-month period
18            reported to the Commission; or
19                (ii) county qualified governmental entities
20            that did not impose a surcharge under Section 15.3
21            as of December 31, 2015, and counties that did not
22            impose a surcharge as of June 30, 2015, an amount
23            equivalent to their population multiplied by .37
24            multiplied by the rate of $0.69; counties that are
25            not county qualified governmental entities and
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1            2015, shall not begin to receive the payment
2            provided for in this subsection until E9-1-1 and
3            wireless E9-1-1 services are provided within their
4            counties; or
5                (iii) counties without 9-1-1 service that had
6            a surcharge in place by December 31, 2015, an
7            amount equivalent to their population multiplied
8            by .37 multiplied by their surcharge rate as
9            established by the referendum.
10            (B) All 9-1-1 network costs for systems outside of
11        municipalities with a population of at least 500,000
12        shall be paid by the Department directly to the
13        vendors.
14            (C) All expenses incurred by the Administrator and
15        the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board and costs
16        associated with procurement under Section 15.6b
17        including requests for information and requests for
18        proposals.
19            (D) Funds may be held in reserve by the Statewide
20        9-1-1 Advisory Board and disbursed by the Department
21        for grants under Section 15.4b of this Act and for
22        NG9-1-1 expenses up to $12.5 million per year in State
23        fiscal years 2016 and 2017; up to $20 million in State
24        fiscal year 2018; up to $20.9 million in State fiscal
25        year 2019; up to $15.3 million in State fiscal year
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1        to $23.1 million in State fiscal year 2022; and up to
2        $17.0 million per year for State fiscal year 2023 and
3        each year thereafter. The amount held in reserve in
4        State fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023 2018 and 2019
5        shall not be less than $6.5 million. Disbursements
6        under this subparagraph (D) shall be prioritized as
7        follows: (i) consolidation grants prioritized under
8        subsection (a) of Section 15.4b of this Act; (ii)
9        NG9-1-1 expenses; and (iii) consolidation grants under
10        Section 15.4b of this Act for consolidation expenses
11        incurred between January 1, 2010, and January 1, 2016.
12            (E) All remaining funds per remit month 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 of wireless
17        carriers.
18    (c) The moneys deposited into the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund
19under this Section shall not be subject to administrative
20charges or chargebacks unless otherwise authorized by this
21Act.
22    (d) Whenever two or more 9-1-1 Authorities consolidate,
23the resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall be
24entitled to the monthly payments that had theretofore been
25made to each consolidating 9-1-1 Authority. Any reserves held
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1the resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. Whenever
2a county that has no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 enters
3into an agreement to consolidate to create or join a Joint
4Emergency Telephone System Board, the Joint Emergency
5Telephone System Board shall be entitled to the monthly
6payments that would have otherwise been paid to the county if
7it had provided 9-1-1 service.
8(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 
9    (50 ILCS 750/40)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
11    Sec. 40. Financial reports.
12    (a) The Department shall create uniform accounting
13procedures, with such modification as may be required to give
14effect to statutory provisions applicable only to
15municipalities with a population in excess of 500,000, that
16any emergency telephone system board, qualified governmental
17entity, or unit of local government receiving surcharge money
18pursuant to Section 15.3, 15.3a, or 30 of this Act must follow.
19    (b) By January 31, 2018, and every January 31 thereafter,
20each emergency telephone system board, qualified governmental
21entity, or unit of local government receiving surcharge money
22pursuant to Section 15.3, 15.3a, or 30 shall report to the
23Department audited financial statements showing total revenue
24and expenditures for the period beginning with the end of the
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1the previous calendar year in a form and manner as prescribed
2by the Department. Such financial information shall include:
3        (1) a detailed summary of revenue from all sources
4    including, but not limited to, local, State, federal, and
5    private revenues, and any other funds received;
6        (2) all expenditures made during the reporting period
7    from distributions under this Act;
8        (3) call data and statistics, when available, from the
9    reporting period, as specified by the Department and
10    collected in accordance with any reporting method
11    established or required by the Department;
12        (4) all costs associated with dispatching appropriate
13    public safety agencies to respond to 9-1-1 calls received
14    by the PSAP; and
15        (5) all funding sources and amounts of funding used
16    for costs described in paragraph (4) of this subsection
17    (b).
18    The emergency telephone system board, qualified
19governmental entity, or unit of local government is
20responsible for any costs associated with auditing such
21financial statements. The Department shall post the audited
22financial statements on the Department's website.
23    (c) Along with its audited financial statement, each
24emergency telephone system board, qualified governmental
25entity, or unit of local government receiving a grant under
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1of grant moneys received and how the grant moneys were used. In
2case of a conflict between this requirement and the Grant
3Accountability and Transparency Act, or with the rules of the
4Governor's Office of Management and Budget adopted thereunder,
5that Act and those rules shall control.
6    (d) If an emergency telephone system board or qualified
7governmental entity that receives funds from the Statewide
89-1-1 Fund fails to file the 9-1-1 system financial reports as
9required under this Section, the Department shall suspend and
10withhold monthly disbursements otherwise due to the emergency
11telephone system board or qualified governmental entity under
12Section 30 of this Act until the report is filed.
13    Any monthly disbursements that have been withheld for 12
14months or more shall be forfeited by the emergency telephone
15system board or qualified governmental entity and shall be
16distributed proportionally by the Department to compliant
17emergency telephone system boards and qualified governmental
18entities that receive funds from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund.
19    Any emergency telephone system board or qualified
20governmental entity not in compliance with this Section shall
21be ineligible to receive any consolidation grant or
22infrastructure grant issued under this Act.
23    (e) The Department may adopt emergency rules necessary to
24implement the provisions of this Section.
25    (f) Any findings or decisions of the Department under this
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1shall be subject to judicial review under the Administrative
2Review Law.
3    (g) Beginning October 1, 2017, the Department shall
4provide a quarterly report to the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory
5Board of its expenditures from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund for
6the prior fiscal quarter.
7(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
8    (50 ILCS 750/99)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
10    Sec. 99. Repealer. This Act is repealed on December 31,
112023 2021.
12(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 
13    (50 ILCS 750/9 rep.)
14    (50 ILCS 750/13 rep.)
15    (50 ILCS 750/17 rep.)
16    Section 15. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
17by repealing Sections 9, 13, and 17.
 
18    Section 20. The Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act is
19amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
20    (50 ILCS 753/15)
21    Sec. 15. Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge.
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1consumers a prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge of 1.5% per
2retail transaction. Beginning October 1, 2015, the prepaid
3wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall be 3% per retail transaction.
4The surcharge authorized by this subsection (a) does not apply
5in a home rule municipality having a population in excess of
6500,000.
7    (a-5) On or after the effective date of this amendatory
8Act of the 98th General Assembly and until December 31, 2023
92020, a home rule municipality having a population in excess
10of 500,000 on the effective date of this amendatory Act may
11impose a prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge not to exceed 9% per
12retail transaction sourced to that jurisdiction and collected
13and remitted in accordance with the provisions of subsection
14(b-5) of this Section. On or after January 1, 2021, a home rule
15municipality having a population in excess of 500,000 on the
16effective date of this Act may only impose a prepaid wireless
179-1-1 surcharge not to exceed 7% per retail transaction
18sourced to that jurisdiction and collected and remitted in
19accordance with the provisions of subsection (b-5).
20    (b) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall be
21collected by the seller from the consumer with respect to each
22retail transaction occurring in this State and shall be
23remitted to the Department by the seller as provided in this
24Act. The amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge shall
25be separately stated as a distinct item apart from the charge
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1invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided
2to the consumer by the seller or shall be otherwise disclosed
3to the consumer. If the seller does not separately state the
4surcharge as a distinct item to the consumer as provided in
5this Section, then the seller shall maintain books and records
6as required by this Act which clearly identify the amount of
7the 9-1-1 surcharge for retail transactions.
8    For purposes of this subsection (b), a retail transaction
9occurs in this State if (i) the retail transaction is made in
10person by a consumer at the seller's business location and the
11business is located within the State; (ii) the seller is a
12provider and sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service
13to a consumer located in Illinois; (iii) the retail
14transaction is treated as occurring in this State for purposes
15of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; or (iv) a seller that is
16included within the definition of a "retailer maintaining a
17place of business in this State" under Section 2 of the Use Tax
18Act makes a sale of prepaid wireless telecommunications
19service to a consumer located in Illinois. In the case of a
20retail transaction which does not occur in person at a
21seller's business location, if a consumer uses a credit card
22to purchase prepaid wireless telecommunications service
23on-line or over the telephone, and no product is shipped to the
24consumer, the transaction occurs in this State if the billing
25address for the consumer's credit card is in this State.
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1subsection (a-5) of this Section shall be collected by the
2seller from the consumer with respect to each retail
3transaction occurring in the municipality imposing the
4surcharge. The amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge
5shall be separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other
6similar document that is provided to the consumer by the
7seller or shall be otherwise disclosed to the consumer. If the
8seller does not separately state the surcharge as a distinct
9item to the consumer as provided in this Section, then the
10seller shall maintain books and records as required by this
11Act which clearly identify the amount of the 9-1-1 surcharge
12for retail transactions.
13    For purposes of this subsection (b-5), a retail
14transaction occurs in the municipality if (i) the retail
15transaction is made in person by a consumer at the seller's
16business location and the business is located within the
17municipality; (ii) the seller is a provider and sells prepaid
18wireless telecommunications service to a consumer located in
19the municipality; (iii) the retail transaction is treated as
20occurring in the municipality for purposes of the Retailers'
21Occupation Tax Act; or (iv) a seller that is included within
22the definition of a "retailer maintaining a place of business
23in this State" under Section 2 of the Use Tax Act makes a sale
24of prepaid wireless telecommunications service to a consumer
25located in the municipality. In the case of a retail
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1business location, if a consumer uses a credit card to
2purchase prepaid wireless telecommunications service on-line
3or over the telephone, and no product is shipped to the
4consumer, the transaction occurs in the municipality if the
5billing address for the consumer's credit card is in the
6municipality.
7    (c) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge is imposed on the
8consumer and not on any provider. The seller shall be liable to
9remit all prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharges that the seller
10collects from consumers as provided in Section 20, including
11all such surcharges that the seller is deemed to collect where
12the amount of the surcharge has not been separately stated on
13an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the
14consumer by the seller. The surcharge collected or deemed
15collected by a seller shall constitute a debt owed by the
16seller to this State, and any such surcharge actually
17collected shall be held in trust for the benefit of the
18Department.
19    For purposes of this subsection (c), the surcharge shall
20not be imposed or collected from entities that have an active
21tax exemption identification number issued by the Department
22under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
23    (d) The amount of the prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge
24that is collected by a seller from a consumer, if such amount
25is separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar
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1included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, surcharge, or
2other charge that is imposed by this State, any political
3subdivision of this State, or any intergovernmental agency.
4    (e) (Blank).
5    (e-5) Any changes in the rate of the surcharge imposed by a
6municipality under the authority granted in subsection (a-5)
7of this Section shall be effective on the first day of the
8first calendar month to occur at least 60 days after the
9enactment of the change. The Department shall provide not less
10than 30 days' notice of the increase or reduction in the rate
11of such surcharge on the Department's website.
12    (f) When prepaid wireless telecommunications service is
13sold with one or more other products or services for a single,
14non-itemized price, then the percentage specified in
15subsection (a) or (a-5) of this Section 15 shall be applied to
16the entire non-itemized price unless the seller elects to
17apply the percentage to (i) the dollar amount of the prepaid
18wireless telecommunications service if that dollar amount is
19disclosed to the consumer or (ii) the portion of the price that
20is attributable to the prepaid wireless telecommunications
21service if the retailer can identify that portion by
22reasonable and verifiable standards from its books and records
23that are kept in the regular course of business for other
24purposes, including, but not limited to, books and records
25that are kept for non-tax purposes. However, if a minimal
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1with a prepaid wireless device for a single, non-itemized
2price, then the seller may elect not to apply the percentage
3specified in subsection (a) or (a-5) of this Section 15 to such
4transaction. For purposes of this subsection, an amount of
5service denominated as 10 minutes or less or $5 or less is
6considered minimal.
7    (g) The prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharge imposed under
8subsections (a) and (a-5) of this Section is not imposed on the
9provider or the consumer for wireless Lifeline service where
10the consumer does not pay the provider for the service. Where
11the consumer purchases from the provider optional minutes,
12texts, or other services in addition to the federally funded
13Lifeline benefit, a consumer must pay the prepaid wireless
149-1-1 surcharge, and it must be collected by the seller
15according to subsection (b-5).
16(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
17    Section 25. The Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act
18is amended by changing Sections 15 and 90 and by adding Section
1945 as follows:
 
20    (50 ILCS 840/15)  (was 50 ILCS 835/15)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2021)
22    Sec. 15. Regulation of small wireless facilities.
23    (a) This Section applies to activities of a wireless
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1    (b) Except as provided in this Section, an authority may
2not prohibit, regulate, or charge for the collocation of small
3wireless facilities.
4    (c) Small wireless facilities shall be classified as
5permitted uses and subject to administrative review in
6conformance with this Act, except as provided in paragraph (5)
7of subsection (d) of this Section regarding height exceptions
8or variances, but not subject to zoning review or approval if
9they are collocated (i) in rights-of-way in any zone, or (ii)
10outside rights-of-way in property zoned exclusively for
11commercial or industrial use.
12    (d) An authority may require an applicant to obtain one or
13more permits to collocate a small wireless facility. An
14authority shall receive applications for, process, and issue
15permits subject to the following requirements:
16        (1) An authority may not directly or indirectly
17    require an applicant to perform services unrelated to the
18    collocation for which approval is sought, such as in-kind
19    contributions to the authority, including reserving fiber,
20    conduit, or utility pole space for the authority on the
21    wireless provider's utility pole. An authority may reserve
22    space on authority utility poles for future public safety
23    uses or for the authority's electric utility uses, but a
24    reservation of space may not preclude the collocation of a
25    small wireless facility unless the authority reasonably
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1    accommodate both uses.
2        (2) An applicant shall not be required to provide more
3    information to obtain a permit than the authority requires
4    of a communications service provider that is not a
5    wireless provider that requests to attach facilities to a
6    structure; however, a wireless provider may be required to
7    provide the following information when seeking a permit to
8    collocate small wireless facilities on a utility pole or
9    wireless support structure:
10            (A) site specific structural integrity and, for an
11        authority utility pole, make-ready analysis prepared
12        by a structural engineer, as that term is defined in
13        Section 4 of the Structural Engineering Practice Act
14        of 1989;
15            (B) the location where each proposed small
16        wireless facility or utility pole would be installed
17        and photographs of the location and its immediate
18        surroundings depicting the utility poles or structures
19        on which each proposed small wireless facility would
20        be mounted or location where utility poles or
21        structures would be installed;
22            (C) specifications and drawings prepared by a
23        structural engineer, as that term is defined in
24        Section 4 of the Structural Engineering Practice Act
25        of 1989, for each proposed small wireless facility
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1        installed;
2            (D) the equipment type and model numbers for the
3        antennas and all other wireless equipment associated
4        with the small wireless facility;
5            (E) a proposed schedule for the installation and
6        completion of each small wireless facility covered by
7        the application, if approved; and
8            (F) certification that the collocation complies
9        with paragraph (6) to the best of the applicant's
10        knowledge; and .
11            (G) the wireless provider's certification from a
12        radio engineer that it operates the small wireless
13        facility within all applicable FCC standards.
14        (3) Subject to paragraph (6), an authority may not
15    require the placement of small wireless facilities on any
16    specific utility pole, or category of utility poles, or
17    require multiple antenna systems on a single utility pole;
18    however, with respect to an application for the
19    collocation of a small wireless facility associated with a
20    new utility pole, an authority may propose that the small
21    wireless facility be collocated on an existing utility
22    pole or existing wireless support structure within 200 100
23    feet of the proposed collocation, which the applicant
24    shall accept if it has the right to use the alternate
25    structure on reasonable terms and conditions and the
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1    limits or additional material costs as determined by the
2    applicant. The authority may require the applicant to
3    provide a written certification describing the property
4    rights, technical limits or material cost reasons the
5    alternate location does not satisfy the criteria in this
6    paragraph (3).
7        (4) Subject to paragraph (6), an authority may not
8    limit the placement of small wireless facilities mounted
9    on a utility pole or a wireless support structure by
10    minimum horizontal separation distances.
11        (5) An authority may limit the maximum height of a
12    small wireless facility to 10 feet above the utility pole
13    or wireless support structure on which the small wireless
14    facility is collocated. Subject to any applicable waiver,
15    zoning, or other process that addresses wireless provider
16    requests for an exception or variance and does not
17    prohibit granting of such exceptions or variances, the
18    authority may limit the height of new or replacement
19    utility poles or wireless support structures on which
20    small wireless facilities are collocated to the higher of:
21    (i) 10 feet in height above the tallest existing utility
22    pole, other than a utility pole supporting only wireless
23    facilities, that is in place on the date the application
24    is submitted to the authority, that is located within 300
25    feet of the new or replacement utility pole or wireless
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1    within the jurisdictional boundary of the authority,
2    provided the authority may designate which intersecting
3    right-of-way within 300 feet of the proposed utility pole
4    or wireless support structures shall control the height
5    limitation for such facility; or (ii) 45 feet above ground
6    level.
7        (6) An authority may require that:
8            (A) the wireless provider's operation of the small
9        wireless facilities does not interfere with the
10        frequencies used by a public safety agency for public
11        safety communications; a wireless provider shall
12        install small wireless facilities of the type and
13        frequency that will not cause unacceptable
14        interference with a public safety agency's
15        communications equipment; unacceptable interference
16        will be determined by and measured in accordance with
17        industry standards and the FCC's regulations
18        addressing unacceptable interference to public safety
19        spectrum or any other spectrum licensed by a public
20        safety agency; if a small wireless facility causes
21        such interference, and the wireless provider has been
22        given written notice of the interference by the public
23        safety agency, the wireless provider, at its own
24        expense, shall take all reasonable steps necessary to
25        correct and eliminate the interference, including, but
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1        facility and later powering up the small wireless
2        facility for intermittent testing, if necessary; the
3        authority may terminate a permit for a small wireless
4        facility based on such interference if the wireless
5        provider is not making a good faith effort to remedy
6        the problem in a manner consistent with the abatement
7        and resolution procedures for interference with public
8        safety spectrum established by the FCC including 47
9        CFR 22.970 through 47 CFR 22.973 and 47 CFR 90.672
10        through 47 CFR 90.675;
11            (B) the wireless provider comply with requirements
12        that are imposed by a contract between an authority
13        and a private property owner that concern design or
14        construction standards applicable to utility poles and
15        ground-mounted equipment located in the right-of-way;
16            (C) the wireless provider comply with applicable
17        spacing requirements in applicable codes and
18        ordinances concerning the location of ground-mounted
19        equipment located in the right-of-way if the
20        requirements include a waiver, zoning, or other
21        process that addresses wireless provider requests for
22        exception or variance and do not prohibit granting of
23        such exceptions or variances;
24            (D) the wireless provider comply with local code
25        provisions or regulations concerning undergrounding
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1        the modification of existing utility poles in a
2        right-of-way without prior approval if the
3        requirements include a waiver, zoning, or other
4        process that addresses requests to install such new
5        utility poles or modify such existing utility poles
6        and do not prohibit the replacement of utility poles;
7            (E) the wireless provider comply with generally
8        applicable standards that are consistent with this Act
9        and adopted by an authority for construction and
10        public safety in the rights-of-way, including, but not
11        limited to, reasonable and nondiscriminatory wiring
12        and cabling requirements, grounding requirements,
13        utility pole extension requirements, acoustic
14        regulations, and signage limitations; and shall comply
15        with reasonable and nondiscriminatory requirements
16        that are consistent with this Act and adopted by an
17        authority regulating the location, size, surface area
18        and height of small wireless facilities, or the
19        abandonment and removal of small wireless facilities;
20            (F) the wireless provider not collocate small
21        wireless facilities on authority utility poles that
22        are part of an electric distribution or transmission
23        system within the communication worker safety zone of
24        the pole or the electric supply zone of the pole;
25        however, the antenna and support equipment of the
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1        communications space on the authority utility pole and
2        on the top of the pole, if not otherwise unavailable,
3        if the wireless provider complies with applicable
4        codes for work involving the top of the pole; for
5        purposes of this subparagraph (F), the terms
6        "communications space", "communication worker safety
7        zone", and "electric supply zone" have the meanings
8        given to those terms in the National Electric Safety
9        Code as published by the Institute of Electrical and
10        Electronics Engineers;
11            (G) the wireless provider comply with the
12        applicable codes and local code provisions or
13        regulations that concern public safety;
14            (H) the wireless provider comply with written
15        design standards that are generally applicable for
16        decorative utility poles, or reasonable stealth,
17        concealment, and aesthetic requirements that are
18        identified by the authority in an ordinance, written
19        policy adopted by the governing board of the
20        authority, a comprehensive plan, or other written
21        design plan that applies to other occupiers of the
22        rights-of-way, including on a historic landmark or in
23        a historic district; and
24            (I) subject to subsection (c) of this Section, and
25        except for facilities excluded from evaluation for
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1        1.1307(a)(4), reasonable, technically feasible and
2        non-discriminatory design or concealment measures in a
3        historic district or historic landmark; any such
4        design or concealment measures, including restrictions
5        on a specific category of poles, may not have the
6        effect of prohibiting any provider's technology; such
7        design and concealment measures shall not be
8        considered a part of the small wireless facility for
9        purposes of the size restrictions of a small wireless
10        facility; this paragraph may not be construed to limit
11        an authority's enforcement of historic preservation in
12        conformance with the requirements adopted pursuant to
13        the Illinois State Agency Historic Resources
14        Preservation Act or the National Historic Preservation
15        Act of 1966, 54 U.S.C. Section 300101 et seq., and the
16        regulations adopted to implement those laws; and .
17            (J) When a wireless provider replaces or adds a
18        new radio transceiver or antennas to an existing small
19        wireless facility, certification by the wireless
20        provider from a radio engineer that the continuing
21        operation of the small wireless facility complies with
22        all applicable FCC standards.
23        (7) Within 30 days after receiving an application, an
24    authority must determine whether the application is
25    complete and notify the applicant. If an application is
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1    missing information. An application shall be deemed
2    complete if the authority fails to provide notification to
3    the applicant within 30 days after when all documents,
4    information, and fees specifically enumerated in the
5    authority's permit application form are submitted by the
6    applicant to the authority. Processing deadlines are
7    tolled from the time the authority sends the notice of
8    incompleteness to the time the applicant provides the
9    missing information.
10        (8) An authority shall process applications as
11    follows:
12            (A) an application to collocate a small wireless
13        facility on an existing utility pole or wireless
14        support structure shall be processed on a
15        nondiscriminatory basis and deemed approved if the
16        authority fails to approve or deny the application
17        within 90 days; however, if an applicant intends to
18        proceed with the permitted activity on a deemed
19        approved basis, the applicant must notify the
20        authority in writing of its intention to invoke the
21        deemed approved remedy no sooner than 75 days after
22        the submission of a completed application; the permit
23        shall be deemed approved on the latter of the 90th day
24        after submission of the complete application or the
25        10th day after the receipt of the deemed approved
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1        approved notice shall not preclude the authority's
2        denial of the permit request within the time limits as
3        provided under this Act; and
4            (B) an application to collocate a small wireless
5        facility that includes the installation of a new
6        utility pole shall be processed on a nondiscriminatory
7        basis and deemed approved if the authority fails to
8        approve or deny the application within 120 days;
9        however, if an applicant intends to proceed with the
10        permitted activity on a deemed approved basis, the
11        applicant must notify the authority in writing of its
12        intention to invoke the deemed approved remedy no
13        sooner than 105 days after the submission of a
14        completed application; the permit shall be deemed
15        approved on the latter of the 120th day after
16        submission of the complete application or the 10th day
17        after the receipt of the deemed approved notice by the
18        authority; the receipt of the deemed approved notice
19        shall not preclude the authority's denial of the
20        permit request within the time limits as provided
21        under this Act.
22        (9) An authority shall approve an application unless
23    the application does not meet the requirements of this
24    Act. If an authority determines that applicable codes,
25    local code provisions or regulations that concern public
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1    the utility pole or wireless support structure be replaced
2    before the requested collocation, approval may be
3    conditioned on the replacement of the utility pole or
4    wireless support structure at the cost of the provider.
5    The authority must document the basis for a denial,
6    including the specific code provisions or application
7    conditions on which the denial was based, and send the
8    documentation to the applicant on or before the day the
9    authority denies an application. The applicant may cure
10    the deficiencies identified by the authority and resubmit
11    the revised application once within 30 days after notice
12    of denial is sent to the applicant without paying an
13    additional application fee. The authority shall approve or
14    deny the revised application within 30 days after the
15    applicant resubmits the application or it is deemed
16    approved; however, the applicant must notify the authority
17    in writing of its intention to proceed with the permitted
18    activity on a deemed approved basis, which may be
19    submitted with the resubmitted application. Any subsequent
20    review shall be limited to the deficiencies cited in the
21    denial. However, this revised application cure does not
22    apply if the cure requires the review of a new location,
23    new or different structure to be collocated upon, new
24    antennas, or other wireless equipment associated with the
25    small wireless facility.
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1    tolled by:
2            (A) the express agreement in writing by both the
3        applicant and the authority; or
4            (B) a local, State, or federal disaster
5        declaration or similar emergency that causes the
6        delay.
7        (11) An applicant seeking to collocate small wireless
8    facilities within the jurisdiction of a single authority
9    shall be allowed, at the applicant's discretion, to file a
10    consolidated application and receive a single permit for
11    the collocation of up to 25 small wireless facilities if
12    the collocations each involve substantially the same type
13    of small wireless facility and substantially the same type
14    of structure. If an application includes multiple small
15    wireless facilities, the authority may remove small
16    wireless facility collocations from the application and
17    treat separately small wireless facility collocations for
18    which incomplete information has been provided or that do
19    not qualify for consolidated treatment or that are denied.
20    The authority may issue separate permits for each
21    collocation that is approved in a consolidated
22    application.
23        (12) Collocation for which a permit is granted shall
24    be completed within 180 days after issuance of the permit,
25    unless the authority and the wireless provider agree to
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1    for an authority utility pole or by the lack of commercial
2    power or backhaul availability at the site, provided the
3    wireless provider has made a timely request within 60 days
4    after the issuance of the permit for commercial power or
5    backhaul services, and the additional time to complete
6    installation does not exceed 360 days after issuance of
7    the permit. Otherwise, the permit shall be void unless the
8    authority grants an extension in writing to the applicant.
9        (13) The duration of a permit shall be for a period of
10    not less than 5 years, and the permit shall be renewed for
11    equivalent durations unless the authority makes a finding
12    that the small wireless facilities or the new or modified
13    utility pole do not comply with the applicable codes or
14    local code provisions or regulations in paragraphs (6) and
15    (9). If this Act is repealed as provided in Section 90,
16    renewals of permits shall be subject to the applicable
17    authority code provisions or regulations in effect at the
18    time of renewal.
19        (14) An authority may not prohibit, either expressly
20    or de facto, the (i) filing, receiving, or processing
21    applications, or (ii) issuing of permits or other
22    approvals, if any, for the collocation of small wireless
23    facilities unless there has been a local, State, or
24    federal disaster declaration or similar emergency that
25    causes the delay.
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1    information, and notices by personal delivery or as
2    otherwise required by the authority. An authority may
3    require that permits, supporting information, and notices
4    be submitted by personal delivery at the authority's
5    designated place of business, by regular mail postmarked
6    on the date due, or by any other commonly used means,
7    including electronic mail, as required by the authority.
8    (e) Application fees are subject to the following
9requirements:
10        (1) An authority may charge an application fee of up
11    to $650 for an application to collocate a single small
12    wireless facility on an existing utility pole or wireless
13    support structure and up to $350 for each small wireless
14    facility addressed in an application to collocate more
15    than one small wireless facility on existing utility poles
16    or wireless support structures.
17        (2) An authority may charge an application fee of
18    $1,000 for each small wireless facility addressed in an
19    application that includes the installation of a new
20    utility for such collocation.
21        (3) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of State
22    law or local ordinance, applications pursuant to this
23    Section must be accompanied by the required application
24    fee.
25        (4) Within 2 months after the effective date of this
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1    consistent with this subsection, through ordinance, or in
2    a written schedule of permit fees adopted by the
3    authority.
4    (f) An authority shall not require an application,
5approval, or permit, or require any fees or other charges,
6from a communications service provider authorized to occupy
7the rights-of-way, for: (i) routine maintenance; (ii) the
8replacement of wireless facilities with wireless facilities
9that are substantially similar, the same size, or smaller if
10the wireless provider notifies the authority at least 10 days
11prior to the planned replacement and includes equipment
12specifications for the replacement of equipment consistent
13with the requirements of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of
14subsection (d) of this Section; or (iii) the installation,
15placement, maintenance, operation, or replacement of micro
16wireless facilities that are suspended on cables that are
17strung between existing utility poles in compliance with
18applicable safety codes. However, an authority may require a
19permit to work within rights-of-way for activities that affect
20traffic patterns or require lane closures.
21    (g) Nothing in this Act authorizes a person to collocate
22small wireless facilities on: (1) property owned by a private
23party or property owned or controlled by a unit of local
24government that is not located within rights-of-way, subject
25to subsection (j) of this Section, or a privately owned
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1of the property owner; (2) property owned, leased, or
2controlled by a park district, forest preserve district, or
3conservation district for public park, recreation, or
4conservation purposes without the consent of the affected
5district, excluding the placement of facilities on
6rights-of-way located in an affected district that are under
7the jurisdiction and control of a different unit of local
8government as provided by the Illinois Highway Code; or (3)
9property owned by a rail carrier registered under Section
1018c-7201 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Metra Commuter Rail or
11any other public commuter rail service, or an electric utility
12as defined in Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act,
13without the consent of the rail carrier, public commuter rail
14service, or electric utility. The provisions of this Act do
15not apply to an electric or gas public utility or such
16utility's wireless facilities if the facilities are being
17used, developed, and maintained consistent with the provisions
18of subsection (i) of Section 16-108.5 of the Public Utilities
19Act.
20    For the purposes of this subsection, "public utility" has
21the meaning given to that term in Section 3-105 of the Public
22Utilities Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
23relieve any person from any requirement (1) to obtain a
24franchise or a State-issued authorization to offer cable
25service or video service or (2) to obtain any required
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1communications facilities, other than small wireless
2facilities subject to this Act.
3    (h) Agreements between authorities and wireless providers
4that relate to the collocation of small wireless facilities in
5the right-of-way, including the collocation of small wireless
6facilities on authority utility poles, that are in effect on
7the effective date of this Act remain in effect for all small
8wireless facilities collocated on the authority's utility
9poles pursuant to applications submitted to the authority
10before the effective date of this Act, subject to applicable
11termination provisions. Such agreements entered into after the
12effective date of the Act shall comply with the Act.
13    (i) An authority shall allow the collocation of small
14wireless facilities on authority utility poles subject to the
15following:
16        (1) An authority may not enter into an exclusive
17    arrangement with any person for the right to attach small
18    wireless facilities to authority utility poles.
19        (2) The rates and fees for collocations on authority
20    utility poles shall be nondiscriminatory regardless of the
21    services provided by the collocating person.
22        (3) An authority may charge an annual recurring rate
23    to collocate a small wireless facility on an authority
24    utility pole located in a right-of-way that equals (i)
25    $200 per year or (ii) the actual, direct, and reasonable
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1    the authority utility pole. Rates for collocation on
2    authority utility poles located outside of a right-of-way
3    are not subject to these limitations. In any controversy
4    concerning the appropriateness of a cost-based rate for an
5    authority utility pole located within a right-of-way, the
6    authority shall have the burden of proving that the rate
7    does not exceed the actual, direct, and reasonable costs
8    for the applicant's proposed use of the authority utility
9    pole. Nothing in this paragraph (3) prohibits a wireless
10    provider and an authority from mutually agreeing to an
11    annual recurring rate of less than $200 to collocate a
12    small wireless facility on an authority utility pole.
13        (4) Authorities or other persons owning or controlling
14    authority utility poles within the right-of-way shall
15    offer rates, fees, and other terms that comply with
16    subparagraphs (A) through (E) of this paragraph (4).
17    Within 2 months after the effective date of this Act, an
18    authority or a person owning or controlling authority
19    utility poles shall make available, through ordinance or
20    an authority utility pole attachment agreement, license or
21    other agreement that makes available to wireless
22    providers, the rates, fees, and terms for the collocation
23    of small wireless facilities on authority utility poles
24    that comply with this Act and with subparagraphs (A)
25    through (E) of this paragraph (4). In the absence of such
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1    until such a compliant ordinance or agreement is adopted,
2    wireless providers may collocate small wireless facilities
3    and install utility poles under the requirements of this
4    Act.
5            (A) The rates, fees, and terms must be
6        nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral, and
7        commercially reasonable, and may address, among other
8        requirements, the requirements in subparagraphs (A)
9        through (I) of paragraph (6) of subsection (d) of this
10        Section; subsections (e), (i), and (k) of this
11        Section; Section 30; and Section 35, and must comply
12        with this Act.
13            (B) For authority utility poles that support
14        aerial facilities used to provide communications
15        services or electric service, wireless providers shall
16        comply with the process for make-ready work under 47
17        U.S.C. 224 and its implementing regulations, and the
18        authority shall follow a substantially similar process
19        for make-ready work except to the extent that the
20        timing requirements are otherwise addressed in this
21        Act. The good-faith estimate of the person owning or
22        controlling the authority utility pole for any
23        make-ready work necessary to enable the pole to
24        support the requested collocation shall include
25        authority utility pole replacement, if necessary.
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1        support aerial facilities used to provide
2        communications services or electric service, the
3        authority shall provide a good-faith estimate for any
4        make-ready work necessary to enable the authority
5        utility pole to support the requested collocation,
6        including pole replacement, if necessary, within 90
7        days after receipt of a complete application.
8        Make-ready work, including any authority utility pole
9        replacement, shall be completed within 60 days of
10        written acceptance of the good-faith estimate by the
11        applicant at the wireless provider's sole cost and
12        expense. Alternatively, if the authority determines
13        that applicable codes or public safety regulations
14        require the authority utility pole to be replaced to
15        support the requested collocation, the authority may
16        require the wireless provider to replace the authority
17        utility pole at the wireless provider's sole cost and
18        expense.
19            (D) The authority shall not require more
20        make-ready work than required to meet applicable codes
21        or industry standards. Make-ready work may include
22        work needed to accommodate additional public safety
23        communications needs that are identified in a
24        documented and approved plan for the deployment of
25        public safety equipment as specified in paragraph (1)
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1        existing or preliminary authority or public service
2        agency budget for attachment within one year of the
3        application. Fees for make-ready work, including any
4        authority utility pole replacement, shall not exceed
5        actual costs or the amount charged to communications
6        service providers for similar work and shall not
7        include any consultants' fees or expenses for
8        authority utility poles that do not support aerial
9        facilities used to provide communications services or
10        electric service. Make-ready work, including any pole
11        replacement, shall be completed within 60 days of
12        written acceptance of the good-faith estimate by the
13        wireless provider, at its sole cost and expense.
14            (E) A wireless provider that has an existing
15        agreement with the authority on the effective date of
16        the Act may accept the rates, fees, and terms that an
17        authority makes available under this Act for the
18        collocation of small wireless facilities or the
19        installation of new utility poles for the collocation
20        of small wireless facilities that are the subject of
21        an application submitted 2 or more years after the
22        effective date of the Act as provided in this
23        paragraph (4) by notifying the authority that it opts
24        to accept such rates, fees, and terms. The existing
25        agreement remains in effect, subject to applicable
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1        facilities the wireless provider has collocated on the
2        authority's utility poles pursuant to applications
3        submitted to the authority before the wireless
4        provider provides such notice and exercises its option
5        under this subparagraph.
6    (j) An authority shall authorize the collocation of small
7wireless facilities on utility poles owned or controlled by
8the authority that are not located within rights-of-way to the
9same extent the authority currently permits access to utility
10poles for other commercial projects or uses. The collocations
11shall be subject to reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates,
12fees, and terms as provided in an agreement between the
13authority and the wireless provider.
14    (k) Nothing in this Section precludes an authority from
15adopting reasonable rules with respect to the removal of
16abandoned small wireless facilities. A small wireless facility
17that is not operated for a continuous period of 12 months shall
18be considered abandoned and the owner of the facility must
19remove the small wireless facility within 90 days after
20receipt of written notice from the authority notifying the
21owner of the abandonment. The notice shall be sent by
22certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by the
23authority to the owner at the last known address of the owner.
24If the small wireless facility is not removed within 90 days of
25such notice, the authority may remove or cause the removal of
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1agreement for authority utility poles or through whatever
2actions are provided for abatement of nuisances or by other
3law for removal and cost recovery. An authority may require a
4wireless provider to provide written notice to the authority
5if it sells or transfers small wireless facilities subject to
6this Act within the jurisdictional boundary of the authority.
7Such notice shall include the name and contact information of
8the new wireless provider.
9    (l) Nothing in this Section requires an authority to
10install or maintain any specific utility pole or to continue
11to install or maintain utility poles in any location if the
12authority makes a non-discriminatory decision to eliminate
13above-ground utility poles of a particular type generally,
14such as electric utility poles, in all or a significant
15portion of its geographic jurisdiction. For authority utility
16poles with collocated small wireless facilities in place when
17an authority makes a decision to eliminate above-ground
18utility poles of a particular type generally, the authority
19shall either (i) continue to maintain the authority utility
20pole or install and maintain a reasonable alternative utility
21pole or wireless support structure for the collocation of the
22small wireless facility, or (ii) offer to sell the utility
23pole to the wireless provider at a reasonable cost or allow the
24wireless provider to install its own utility pole so it can
25maintain service from that location.
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1    (50 ILCS 840/45 new)
2    Sec. 45. Continuation of Act; validation.
3    (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that this
4amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly manifests the
5intention of the General Assembly to extend the repeal of this
6Act and have this Act continue in effect until December 31,
72024.
8    (b) This Section shall be deemed to have been in
9continuous effect since June 1, 2021 and it shall continue to
10be in effect henceforward until it is otherwise lawfully
11repealed. All previously enacted amendments to this Act taking
12effect on or after June 1, 2021, are hereby validated. All
13actions taken in reliance on or under this Act by any person or
14entity are hereby validated.
15    (c) In order to ensure the continuing effectiveness of
16this Act, it is set forth in full and reenacted by this
17amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. Striking and
18underscoring are used only to show changes being made to the
19base text. This reenactment is intended as a continuation of
20this Act. It is not intended to supersede any amendment to this
21Act that is enacted by the 102nd General Assembly.
 
22    (50 ILCS 840/90)  (was 50 ILCS 835/90)
23    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2021)
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1June 1, 2021.
2(Source: P.A. 100-585, eff. 6-1-18.)
 
3    Section 30. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
4adding Section 11-80-24 as follows:
 
5    (65 ILCS 5/11-80-24 new)
6    Sec. 11-80-24. Collocation of small wireless facilities.
7    (a) A municipality may propose that a small wireless
8facility be collocated on an existing utility pole within 200
9feet of the wireless providers proposed location within its
10public rights-of-way under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of
11Section 15 of the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act and
12the entity owning the utility pole shall provide access for
13that purpose.
14    (b) Any fee charged for the use of a utility pole under
15this Section shall be at the lowest rate charged by the entity
16owning the utility pole for other wireless providers and shall
17not exceed the entity's actual costs.
18    (c) Nothing in this Section alters anything in Section 15
19of the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act.
 
20    Section 35. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
21changing Sections 13-406, 13-1200, 21-401, and 21-1601 as
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1    (220 ILCS 5/13-406)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-406)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
3    Sec. 13-406. Abandonment of service.
4    (a) No telecommunications carrier offering or providing
5noncompetitive telecommunications service pursuant to a valid
6Certificate of Service Authority or certificate of public
7convenience and necessity shall discontinue or abandon such
8service once initiated until and unless it shall demonstrate,
9and the Commission finds, after notice and hearing, that such
10discontinuance or abandonment will not deprive customers of
11any necessary or essential telecommunications service or
12access thereto and is not otherwise contrary to the public
13interest. No telecommunications carrier offering or providing
14competitive telecommunications service shall completely
15discontinue or abandon such service to an identifiable class
16or group of customers once initiated except upon 60 days' days
17notice to the Commission and affected customers. The
18Commission may, upon its own motion or upon complaint,
19investigate the proposed discontinuance or abandonment of a
20competitive telecommunications service and may, after notice
21and hearing, prohibit such proposed discontinuance or
22abandonment if the Commission finds that it would be contrary
23to the public interest. If the Commission does not provide
24notice of a hearing within 60 calendar days after the
25notification or holds a hearing and fails to find that the
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1the public interest, the provider may discontinue or abandon
2such service after providing at least 30 days' days notice to
3affected customers. This Section does not apply to a Large
4Electing Provider proceeding under Section 13-406.1.
5    (b) A Small Electing Provider may choose to cease offering
6or providing a telecommunications service pursuant to either
7this Section or Section 13-406.1 of this Act in the same manner
8as a Large Electing Provider. A Small Electing Provider that
9elects to cease offering or providing a telecommunications
10service pursuant to Section 13-406.1 shall be subject to all
11of the provisions that apply to a Large Electing Provider
12under Section 13-406.1. In this subsection (b), "Small
13Electing Provider" means an incumbent local exchange carrier,
14as defined in Section 13-202.5 of this Act, that is an Electing
15Provider, as defined in Section 13-506.2 of this Act, and
16that, together with all of its incumbent local exchange
17carrier affiliates offering telecommunications services within
18the State of Illinois, has fewer than 40,000 subscriber access
19lines as of January 1, 2020.
20(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
 
21    (220 ILCS 5/13-1200)
22    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
23    Sec. 13-1200. Repealer. This Article is repealed December
2431, 2026 2021.
25(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 

 

 

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1    (220 ILCS 5/21-401)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021)
3    Sec. 21-401. Applications.
4    (a)(1) A person or entity seeking to provide cable service
5or video service pursuant to this Article shall not use the
6public rights-of-way for the installation or construction of
7facilities for the provision of cable service or video service
8or offer cable service or video service until it has obtained a
9State-issued authorization to offer or provide cable or video
10service under this Section, except as provided for in item (2)
11of this subsection (a). All cable or video providers offering
12or providing service in this State shall have authorization
13pursuant to either (i) the Cable and Video Competition Law of
142007 (220 ILCS 5/21-100 et seq.); (ii) Section 11-42-11 of the
15Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-42-11); or (iii) Section
165-1095 of the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/5-1095).
17    (2) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a local unit of
18government from granting a permit to a person or entity for the
19use of the public rights-of-way to install or construct
20facilities to provide cable service or video service, at its
21sole discretion. No unit of local government shall be liable
22for denial or delay of a permit prior to the issuance of a
23State-issued authorization.
24    (b) The application to the Commission for State-issued
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1the applicant and signed by an officer or general partner of
2the applicant affirming all of the following:
3        (1) That the applicant has filed or will timely file
4    with the Federal Communications Commission all forms
5    required by that agency in advance of offering cable
6    service or video service in this State.
7        (2) That the applicant agrees to comply with all
8    applicable federal and State statutes and regulations.
9        (3) That the applicant agrees to comply with all
10    applicable local unit of government regulations.
11        (4) An exact description of the cable service or video
12    service area where the cable service or video service will
13    be offered during the term of the State-issued
14    authorization. The service area shall be identified in
15    terms of either (i) exchanges, as that term is defined in
16    Section 13-206 of this Act; (ii) a collection of United
17    States Census Bureau Block numbers (13 digit); (iii) if
18    the area is smaller than the areas identified in either
19    (i) or (ii), by geographic information system digital
20    boundaries meeting or exceeding national map accuracy
21    standards; or (iv) local unit of government. The
22    description shall include the number of low-income
23    households within the service area or footprint. If an
24    applicant is an incumbent cable operator, the incumbent
25    cable operator and any successor-in-interest shall be
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1    services within any local units of government at the same
2    levels required by the local franchising authorities for
3    the local unit of government on June 30, 2007 (the
4    effective date of Public Act 95-9), and its application
5    shall provide a description of an area no smaller than the
6    service areas contained in its franchise or franchises
7    within the jurisdiction of the local unit of government in
8    which it seeks to offer cable or video service.
9        (5) The location and telephone number of the
10    applicant's principal place of business within this State
11    and the names of the applicant's principal executive
12    officers who are responsible for communications concerning
13    the application and the services to be offered pursuant to
14    the application, the applicant's legal name, and any name
15    or names under which the applicant does or will provide
16    cable services or video services in this State.
17        (6) A certification that the applicant has
18    concurrently delivered a copy of the application to all
19    local units of government that include all or any part of
20    the service area identified in item (4) of this subsection
21    (b) within such local unit of government's jurisdictional
22    boundaries.
23        (7) The expected date that cable service or video
24    service will be initially offered in the area identified
25    in item (4) of this subsection (b). In the event that a
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1    within 3 months after the expected date, it shall amend
2    its application and update the expected date service will
3    be offered and explain the delay in offering cable
4    services or video services.
5        (8) For any entity that received State-issued
6    authorization prior to this amendatory Act of the 98th
7    General Assembly as a cable operator and that intends to
8    proceed as a cable operator under this Article, the entity
9    shall file a written affidavit with the Commission and
10    shall serve a copy of the affidavit with any local units of
11    government affected by the authorization within 30 days
12    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
13    98th General Assembly stating that the holder will be
14    providing cable service under the State-issued
15    authorization.
16    The application shall include adequate assurance that the
17applicant possesses the financial, managerial, legal, and
18technical qualifications necessary to construct and operate
19the proposed system, to promptly repair any damage to the
20public right-of-way caused by the applicant, and to pay the
21cost of removal of its facilities. To accomplish these
22requirements, the applicant may, at the time the applicant
23seeks to use the public rights-of-way in that jurisdiction, be
24required by the State of Illinois or later be required by the
25local unit of government, or both, to post a bond, produce a
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1financial responsibility.
2    The application shall include the applicant's general
3standards related to customer service required by Section
422-501 of this Act, which shall include, but not be limited to,
5installation, disconnection, service and repair obligations;
6appointment hours; employee ID requirements; customer service
7telephone numbers and hours; procedures for billing, charges,
8deposits, refunds, and credits; procedures for termination of
9service; notice of deletion of programming service and changes
10related to transmission of programming or changes or increases
11in rates; use and availability of parental control or lock-out
12devices; complaint procedures and procedures for bill dispute
13resolution and a description of the rights and remedies
14available to consumers if the holder does not materially meet
15their customer service standards; and special services for
16customers with visual, hearing, or mobility disabilities.
17    (c)(1) The applicant may designate information that it
18submits in its application or subsequent reports as
19confidential or proprietary, provided that the applicant
20states the reasons the confidential designation is necessary.
21The Commission shall provide adequate protection for such
22information pursuant to Section 4-404 of this Act. If the
23Commission, a local unit of government, or any other party
24seeks public disclosure of information designated as
25confidential, the Commission shall consider the confidential
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1Procedure Act, and the burden of proof to demonstrate that the
2designated information is confidential shall be upon the
3applicant. Designated information shall remain confidential
4pending the Commission's determination of whether the
5information is entitled to confidential treatment. Information
6designated as confidential shall be provided to local units of
7government for purposes of assessing compliance with this
8Article as permitted under a Protective Order issued by the
9Commission pursuant to the Commission's rules and to the
10Attorney General pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Attorney
11General Act (15 ILCS 205/6.5). Information designated as
12confidential under this Section or determined to be
13confidential upon Commission review shall only be disclosed
14pursuant to a valid and enforceable subpoena or court order or
15as required by the Freedom of Information Act. Nothing herein
16shall delay the application approval timeframes set forth in
17this Article.
18    (2) Information regarding the location of video services
19that have been or are being offered to the public and aggregate
20information included in the reports required by this Article
21shall not be designated or treated as confidential.
22    (d)(1) The Commission shall post all applications it
23receives under this Article on its web site within 5 business
24days.
25    (2) The Commission shall notify an applicant for a cable
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1application and affidavit are complete on or before the 15th
2business day after the applicant submits the application. If
3the application and affidavit are not complete, the Commission
4shall state in its notice all of the reasons the application or
5affidavit are incomplete, and the applicant shall resubmit a
6complete application. The Commission shall have 30 days after
7submission by the applicant of a complete application and
8affidavit to issue the service authorization. If the
9Commission does not notify the applicant regarding the
10completeness of the application and affidavit or issue the
11service authorization within the time periods required under
12this subsection, the application and affidavit shall be
13considered complete and the service authorization issued upon
14the expiration of the 30th day.
15    (e) Any authorization issued by the Commission will expire
16on December 31, 2029 2024 and shall contain or include all of
17the following:
18        (1) A grant of authority, including an authorization
19    issued prior to this amendatory Act of the 98th General
20    Assembly, to provide cable service or video service in the
21    service area footprint as requested in the application,
22    subject to the provisions of this Article in existence on
23    the date the grant of authority was issued, and any
24    modifications to this Article enacted at any time prior to
25    the date in Section 21-1601 of this Act, and to the laws of
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1    the local units of government.
2        (2) A grant of authority to use, occupy, and construct
3    facilities in the public rights-of-way for the delivery of
4    cable service or video service in the service area
5    footprint, subject to the laws, ordinances, rules, or
6    regulations of this State and local units of governments.
7        (3) A statement that the grant of authority is subject
8    to lawful operation of the cable service or video service
9    by the applicant, its affiliated entities, or its
10    successors-in-interest.
11    (e-5) The Commission shall notify a local unit of
12government within 3 business days of the grant of any
13authorization within a service area footprint if that
14authorization includes any part of the local unit of
15government's jurisdictional boundaries and state whether the
16holder will be providing video service or cable service under
17the authorization.
18    (f) The authorization issued pursuant to this Section by
19the Commission may be transferred to any successor-in-interest
20to the applicant to which it is initially granted without
21further Commission action if the successor-in-interest (i)
22submits an application and the information required by
23subsection (b) of this Section for the successor-in-interest
24and (ii) is not in violation of this Article or of any federal,
25State, or local law, ordinance, rule, or regulation. A
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1transfer with the Commission and the relevant local units of
2government no less than 15 business days prior to the
3completion of the transfer. The Commission is not required or
4authorized to act upon the notice of transfer; however, the
5transfer is not effective until the Commission approves the
6successor-in-interest's application. A local unit of
7government or the Attorney General may seek to bar a transfer
8of ownership by filing suit in a court of competent
9jurisdiction predicated on the existence of a material and
10continuing breach of this Article by the holder, a pattern of
11noncompliance with customer service standards by the potential
12successor-in-interest, or the insolvency of the potential
13successor-in-interest. If a transfer is made when there are
14violations of this Article or of any federal, State, or local
15law, ordinance, rule, or regulation, the successor-in-interest
16shall be subject to 3 times the penalties provided for in this
17Article.
18    (g) The authorization issued pursuant to this Section by
19the Commission may be terminated, or its cable service or
20video service area footprint may be modified, by the cable
21service provider or video service provider by submitting
22notice to the Commission and to the relevant local unit of
23government containing a description of the change on the same
24terms as the initial description pursuant to item (4) of
25subsection (b) of this Section. The Commission is not required
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1of this Article for a holder to discriminate against potential
2residential subscribers because of the race or income of the
3residents in the local area in which the group resides by
4terminating or modifying its cable service or video service
5area footprint. It shall be a violation of this Article for a
6holder to terminate or modify its cable service or video
7service area footprint if it leaves an area with no cable
8service or video service from any provider.
9    (h) The Commission's authority to administer this Article
10is limited to the powers and duties explicitly provided under
11this Article. Its authority under this Article does not
12include or limit the powers and duties that the Commission has
13under the other Articles of this Act, the Illinois
14Administrative Procedure Act, or any other law or regulation
15to conduct proceedings, other than as provided in subsection
16(c), or has to promulgate rules or regulations. The Commission
17shall not have the authority to limit or expand the
18obligations and requirements provided in this Section or to
19regulate or control a person or entity to the extent that
20person or entity is providing cable service or video service,
21except as provided in this Article.
22(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 
23    (220 ILCS 5/21-1601)
24    Sec. 21-1601. Repealer. Sections 21-101 through 21-1501 of
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1(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 101-639, eff. 6-12-20.)
 
2    Section 40. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
3Section 2 and by adding Section 2.1 as follows:
 
4    (820 ILCS 130/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
5    Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
6mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
7hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
8contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
9repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
10whether owned, leased, or rented.
11    As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
12otherwise:
13    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
14demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
15out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
16all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
17loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
18any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
19to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
20(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
21Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
22Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act,
23or the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
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1funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
2Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
3Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
46z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
5under Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, funds
6authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond
7Act, funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of
8the State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes
9under Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public
10works" also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in
11part with funds from the Department of Commerce and Economic
12Opportunity under the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
13Program Act for which there is no project labor agreement;
14(ii) all work performed pursuant to a public private agreement
15under the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway
16Act or the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban
17Airport Act; and (iii) all projects undertaken under a
18public-private agreement under the Public-Private Partnerships
19for Transportation Act. "Public works" also includes all
20projects at leased facility property used for airport purposes
21under Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act.
22"Public works" also includes the construction of a new wind
23power facility by a business designated as a High Impact
24Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) of the Illinois Enterprise
25Zone Act. "Public works" does not include work done directly
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1public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part
2out of public funds. "Public works" also includes construction
3projects performed by a third party contracted by any public
4utility, as described in subsection (a) of Section 2.1, in
5public rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the
6Public Utilities Act, whether or not done under public
7supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of
8public funds. "Public works" also includes construction
9projects that exceed 15 aggregate miles of new fiber optic
10cable, performed by a third party contracted by any public
11utility, as described in subsection (b) of Section 2.1, in
12public rights-of-way, as defined in Section 21-201 of the
13Public Utilities Act, whether or not done under public
14supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of
15public funds. "Public works" also includes any corrective
16action performed pursuant to Title XVI of the Environmental
17Protection Act for which payment from the Underground Storage
18Tank Fund is requested. "Public works" does not include
19projects undertaken by the owner at an owner-occupied
20single-family residence or at an owner-occupied unit of a
21multi-family residence. "Public works" does not include work
22performed for soil and water conservation purposes on
23agricultural lands, whether or not done under public
24supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds,
25done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of
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1    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
2laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
3repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
4whether owned, leased, or rented.
5    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
6public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
7available in the county a sufficient number of competent
8skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the
9public works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any
10other county nearest the one in which the work or construction
11is to be performed and from which such persons may be obtained
12in sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
13respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
14Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
15of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
16construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
17workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
18    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
19commission of the State or any political subdivision or
20department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or
21in part by public funds, and includes every county, city,
22town, village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
23reclamation improvement or other district and every other
24political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
25whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
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1    "Labor organization" means an organization that is the
2exclusive representative of an employer's employees recognized
3or certified pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act.
4    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
5"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
6wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
7annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship
8programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
9Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
10vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in
11which the work is being performed, to employees engaged in
12work of a similar character on public works.
13(Source: P.A. 100-1177, eff. 6-1-19.)
 
14    (820 ILCS 130/2.1 new)
15    Sec. 2.1. Public utilities.
16    (a) For purposes of this Act, to the extent permitted by
17and consistent with federal law, "public utility" has the
18meaning given that term in Section 3-105 of the Public
19Utilities Act.
20    (b) For purposes of this Act, "public utility" also
21includes:
22        (1) telecommunications carriers, as defined in Section
23    13-202 of the Public Utilities Act, but not including
24    incumbent local exchange carriers that serve fewer than
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1        (2) providers of cable service or video service, as
2    defined in Section 21-201 of the Public Utilities Act;
3        (3) providers of wireless services, including, but not
4    limited to, private radio service, public mobile service,
5    or commercial mobile service within the meaning of Section
6    332 of the federal Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
7    332);
8        (4) interconnected voice over Internet protocol
9    providers as defined in Section 13-235 of the Public
10    Utilities Act;
11        (5) providers of broadband service, as defined in
12    Section 21-201 of the Public Utilities Act; and
13        (6) persons or entities engaged in the installation,
14    repair, or maintenance of fiber optic cable that is or
15    will be used by persons described in paragraphs (1)
16    through (5) of this subsection.
 
17    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
18severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law, except that Section 40 takes effect on January
211, 2022.