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Telecommunications Committee
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 827
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 827 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 8h as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 105/8h)
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| Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund. |
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| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section and |
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| Section 8n of this Act, and (c), (d), or (e),
notwithstanding |
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| any other
State law to the contrary, the Governor
may, through |
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| June 30, 2007, from time to time direct the State Treasurer and |
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| Comptroller to transfer
a specified sum from any fund held by |
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| the State Treasurer to the General
Revenue Fund in order to |
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| help defray the State's operating costs for the
fiscal year. |
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| The total transfer under this Section from any fund in any
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| fiscal year shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the |
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| revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year |
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| or (ii) an amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25% |
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| of the July 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year |
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| 2005 only, prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final |
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| balances, the Governor may calculate and direct the State |
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| Treasurer with the Comptroller to transfer additional amounts |
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| determined by applying the formula authorized in Public Act |
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| 93-839 to the funds balances on July 1, 2003.
No transfer may |
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| be made from a fund under this Section that would have the
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| effect of reducing the available balance in the fund to an |
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| amount less than
the amount remaining unexpended and unreserved |
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| from the total appropriation
from that fund estimated to be |
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| expended for that fiscal year. This Section does not apply to |
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| any
funds that are restricted by federal law to a specific use, |
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| to any funds in
the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Intercity |
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| Passenger Rail Fund, the Hospital Provider Fund, the Medicaid |
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| Provider Relief Fund, the Teacher Health Insurance Security |
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| Fund, the Reviewing Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund, |
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| the Voters' Guide Fund, the Foreign Language Interpreter Fund, |
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| the Lawyers' Assistance Program Fund, the Supreme Court Federal |
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| Projects Fund, the Supreme Court Special State Projects Fund, |
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| the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, the Good |
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| Samaritan Energy Trust Fund, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste |
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| Facility Development and Operation Fund, the Horse Racing |
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| Equity Trust Fund, or the Hospital Basic Services Preservation |
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| Fund, or to any
funds to which subsection (f) of Section 20-40 |
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| of the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act applies. No |
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| transfers may be made under this Section from the Pet |
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| Population Control Fund. Notwithstanding any
other provision |
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| of this Section, for fiscal year 2004,
the total transfer under |
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| this Section from the Road Fund or the State
Construction |
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| Account Fund shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the |
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| revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year |
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| or (ii) 25% of the beginning balance in the fund.
For fiscal |
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| year 2005 through fiscal year 2007, no amounts may be |
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| transferred under this Section from the Road Fund, the State |
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| Construction Account Fund, the Criminal Justice Information |
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| Systems Trust Fund, the Wireless Service Emergency Fund, or the |
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| Mandatory Arbitration Fund.
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| In determining the available balance in a fund, the |
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| Governor
may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and |
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| other
resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that |
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| fiscal year.
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| The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the |
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| amounts designated
under this Section as soon as may be |
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| practicable after receiving the direction
to transfer from the |
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| Governor.
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| (a-5) Transfers directed to be made under this Section on |
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| or before February 28, 2006 that are still pending on May 19, |
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| 2006 ( the effective date of Public Act 94-774)
this amendatory |
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| Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be redirected as |
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| provided in Section 8n of this Act.
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| (b) This Section does not apply to: (i) the Ticket For The |
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| Cure Fund; (ii) any fund established under the Community Senior |
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| Services and Resources Act; or (iii) on or after January 1, |
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| 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-511), the Child Labor |
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| and Day and Temporary Labor Enforcement Fund. |
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| (c) This Section does not apply to the Demutualization |
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| Trust Fund established under the Uniform Disposition of |
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| Unclaimed Property Act.
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| (d) This Section does not apply to moneys set aside in the |
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| Illinois State Podiatric Disciplinary Fund for podiatric |
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| scholarships and residency programs under the Podiatric |
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| Scholarship and Residency Act. |
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| (e) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may |
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| be made under this Section from, the Pension Stabilization |
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| Fund.
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| (f) This Section does not apply to the Wireless Service |
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| Emergency Fund or the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-659, eff. 2-3-04; 93-674, |
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| eff. 6-10-04; 93-714, eff. 7-12-04; 93-801, eff. 7-22-04; |
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| 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1054, eff. 11-18-04; 93-1067, eff. |
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| 1-15-05; 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-120, eff. 7-6-05; 94-511, eff. |
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| 1-1-06; 94-535, eff. 8-10-05; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05; 94-645, |
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| eff. 8-22-05; 94-648, eff. 1-1-06; 94-686, eff. 11-2-05; |
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| 94-691, eff. 11-2-05; 94-726, eff. 1-20-06; 94-773, eff. |
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| 5-18-06; 94-774, eff. 5-19-06; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06; 94-839, |
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| eff. 6-6-06; revised 6-19-06.)
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| Section 10. The Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act is |
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| amended by changing Sections 10, 15, 17, 25, and 70 as follows:
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| (50 ILCS 751/10)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
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| "Active prepaid wireless telephone" means a prepaid |
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| wireless telephone
that has been used or activated by the |
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| customer during the month to complete a
telephone call for |
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| which the customer's card or account was decremented.
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| "Basic 9-1-1" means an emergency telephone system which |
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| automatically connects 9-1-1 callers to a designated answering |
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| point. Call routing is determined by an originating central |
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| office only. Basic 9-1-1 may or may not support ANI or ALI.
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| "Emergency telephone system board"
means a board appointed |
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| by the corporate authorities of any county or
municipality that |
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| provides
for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system |
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| within the scope of the
duties and powers
prescribed by the |
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| Emergency Telephone System Act.
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| "Master street address guide" means the computerized |
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| geographical database
that consists of all street and address |
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| data within a 9-1-1 system.
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| "Mobile telephone number" or "MTN" shall mean the telephone |
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| number
assigned to a wireless telephone at the time of initial |
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| activation.
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| "Prepaid wireless telephone service" means wireless |
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| telephone service
which is activated by payment in advance of a |
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| finite dollar amount or for a
finite set of minutes and which, |
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| unless an additional finite dollar amount or
finite set of |
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| minutes is paid in advance, terminates either (i) upon
use by a |
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| customer and delivery by the wireless carrier of an agreed-upon |
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| amount
of service corresponding to the total dollar amount paid |
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| in advance, or within
a certain period of time following |
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| initial purchase or activation.
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| "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a |
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| public agency that
provides fire fighting, police, medical, or |
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| other emergency services. For the
purpose of providing wireless |
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| service to users of 9-1-1 emergency services, as
expressly |
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| provided for in this Act, the Department of State Police may be
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| considered a public safety agency.
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| "Qualified governmental entity"
means a unit of local |
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| government authorized to provide 9-1-1 services
pursuant to the |
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| Emergency Telephone System Act where no emergency telephone
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| system board exists.
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| "Statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system" means all |
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| areas of the State
where an emergency telephone system board |
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| or, in the absence of an emergency
telephone system board, a |
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| qualified governmental entity has not declared its
intention |
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| for one or more of its public safety answering points to serve |
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| as a
primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point for |
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| its jurisdiction.
The operator of the statewide wireless |
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| emergency 9-1-1 system shall be the
Department of State Police.
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| "Sufficient positive balance" means a dollar amount |
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| greater than or equal
to the monthly wireless 9-1-1 surcharge |
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| amount.
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| "Wireless carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular, |
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| broadband PCS,
geographic area 800 MHZ and 900 MHZ Commercial |
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| Mobile Radio Service (CMRS),
Wireless Communications Service |
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| (WCS), or other Commercial Mobile Radio Service
(CMRS), as |
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| defined by the Federal Communications Commission, offering |
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| radio
communications that may provide fixed, mobile, radio |
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| location, or satellite
communication services to individuals |
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| or businesses within its assigned
spectrum block and |
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| geographical area or that offers real-time, two-way voice
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| service that is interconnected with the public switched |
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| network, including a
reseller of such service.
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| "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means the ability to relay the |
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| telephone number
of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and location |
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| information from any mobile handset or text telephone
device |
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| accessing the wireless system to the designated wireless public |
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| safety
answering point as set forth in the order of the Federal |
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| Communications
Commission, FCC Docket No. 94-102, adopted June |
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| 12, 1996, with an effective
date of October 1, 1996, and any |
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| subsequent amendment thereto.
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| "Wireless Phase 1" means the provision of a 9-1-1 caller's |
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| telephone number and the location of the cell site or base |
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| station receiving the 9-1-1 call, as described in 47 C.F.R. |
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| 20.18.
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| "Wireless Phase 2" means the provision of Phase 1 enhanced |
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| 9-1-1 services along with the location of all 9-1-1 calls by |
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| longitude and latitude in conformance with applicable Federal |
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| Communications Commission accuracy requirements, as described |
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| in 47 C.F.R. 20.18.
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| "Wireless public safety answering point" means the |
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| functional division of
an emergency telephone system board, |
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| qualified governmental entity, or the
Department of State |
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| Police accepting wireless 9-1-1 calls.
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| "Wireless subscriber" means an individual or entity to whom |
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| a wireless
service account or number has been assigned by a |
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| wireless carrier.
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| "Wireless telephone service" includes prepaid wireless |
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| telephone service
and means all "commercial mobile service", as |
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| that term is defined in 47 CFR
20.3, including all personal |
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| communications services, wireless radio telephone
services, |
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| geographic area specialized and enhanced specialized mobile |
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| radio
services, and incumbent wide area specialized mobile |
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| radio licensees that offer
real time, two-way service that is |
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| interconnected with the public switched
telephone network.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-507, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (50 ILCS 751/15)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 15. Wireless emergency 9-1-1 service. The digits |
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| "9-1-1" shall be
the designated emergency telephone number |
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| within the wireless system.
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| (a) Standards.
The Illinois Commerce Commission may set |
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| non-discriminatory, uniform
technical and operational |
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| standards consistent with the rules of the Federal
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| Communications Commission for directing calls to authorized |
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| public safety
answering points. These standards shall not in |
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| any way prescribe the
technology or manner a wireless carrier |
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| shall use to deliver wireless 9-1-1 or
wireless E9-1-1 calls |
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| and these standards shall not exceed the requirements set
by |
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| the Federal Communications Commission. However, standards for |
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| directing
calls to the authorized public safety answering point |
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| shall be included. The
authority given to the Illinois Commerce |
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| Commission in this Section is limited
to setting standards as |
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| set forth herein and does not constitute authority to
regulate |
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| wireless carriers.
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| (b) Wireless public safety answering points.
For the |
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| purpose of providing wireless 9-1-1 emergency services, an |
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| emergency
telephone system board or, in the absence of an |
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| emergency telephone system
board, a qualified governmental |
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| entity may declare its intention for one or
more of its public |
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| safety answering points to serve as a primary wireless 9-1-1
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| public safety answering point for its jurisdiction by notifying |
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| the Chief Clerk
of the Illinois Commerce Commission and the |
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| Director of State Police in writing
within 6 months after the |
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| effective date of this Act or within 6 months after
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| its authority to operate a 9-1-1 system under the Emergency |
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| Telephone
System Act, whichever is later. In addition, 2 or |
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| more emergency telephone
system boards or
qualified units of |
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| local government may, by virtue of an intergovernmental
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| agreement, provide wireless 9-1-1 service. The Department of |
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| State Police
shall be the primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety |
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| answering point for any
jurisdiction not providing notice to |
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| the Commission and the Department of State
Police. Nothing in |
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| this Act shall require the provision of wireless enhanced
9-1-1 |
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| services.
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| The Illinois Commerce Commission, upon a joint request from |
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| the Department of
State Police and a qualified
governmental |
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| entity or an emergency telephone system board, may grant
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| authority to the
emergency telephone system board or a |
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| qualified governmental entity to provide
wireless
9-1-1 |
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| service in areas for which the Department of State Police has |
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| accepted
wireless 9-1-1
responsibility. The Illinois Commerce |
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| Commission shall maintain a current list
of all 9-1-1
systems |
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| and qualified governmental entities providing wireless 9-1-1 |
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| service
under this Act.
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| Any emergency telephone system board or qualified |
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| governmental entity
providing
wireless 9-1-1 service prior to |
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| the effective date of this Act
may continue to
operate upon |
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| notification as previously described in this Section. An
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| emergency
telephone system
board or a qualified governmental |
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| entity shall submit, with its notification,
the date
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| it commenced operating.
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| (c) Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board. The Wireless Enhanced |
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| 9-1-1 Board is
created. The Board consists of 7
members
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| appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the |
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| Senate.
It is recommended that the Governor appoint members |
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| from the following: the
Illinois Chapter of the National |
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| Emergency Numbers Association, the Illinois
State Police, law |
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| enforcement
agencies, the wireless telecommunications |
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| industry, an emergency
telephone system board in Cook County |
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| (outside the City of
Chicago), an emergency telephone system |
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| board in
the Metro-east area,
and an emergency telephone system |
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| board in the
collar counties (Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, and |
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| Will
counties). Members of the Board
may not receive any |
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| compensation but may, however, be reimbursed for any
necessary |
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| expenditure in connection with their duties.
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| Except as provided in Section 45, the Wireless Enhanced |
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| 9-1-1 Board shall
set the amount of the monthly wireless |
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| surcharge required to be imposed under
Section 17 on all |
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| wireless subscribers in this State.
Prior to the Wireless |
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| Enhanced 9-1-1 Board setting any surcharge, the Board
shall
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| publish the proposed surcharge in the Illinois Register, hold |
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| hearings on the
surcharge
and the requirements for an efficient |
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| wireless emergency number system, and
elicit
public comment. |
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| The Board shall determine the minimum cost necessary for
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| implementation of this system and the amount of revenue |
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| produced based upon the
number of wireless telephones in use. |
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| The Board shall set the surcharge at the
minimum
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| necessary to achieve the goals of the Act and shall, by July 1, |
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| 2000,
file this
information with the Governor, the Clerk of the |
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| House, and the Secretary of the
Senate.
The surcharge may not |
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| be more than $0.75 per month per CMRS connection.
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| The Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board shall report to the |
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| General Assembly by
July 1, 2000 on implementing wireless |
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| non-emergency services for the
purpose of public safety using |
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| the digits 3-1-1. The Board shall consider the
delivery of |
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| 3-1-1 services in a 6 county area, including rural Cook County
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| (outside of the City of Chicago), and DuPage, Lake, McHenry, |
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| Will, and Kane
Counties, as well as counties outside of this |
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| area by an emergency telephone
system board, a qualified |
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| governmental entity, or private industry. The Board,
upon |
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| completion of all its duties required under this Act, is |
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| dissolved.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-660, eff. 12-22-99 .)
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| (50 ILCS 751/17)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 17. Wireless carrier surcharge.
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| (a) Except as provided in Section 45, each wireless
carrier |
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| shall impose a monthly wireless carrier surcharge per CMRS |
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| connection
that either has a telephone number within an area |
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| code assigned to Illinois by
the North American Numbering Plan |
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| Administrator or has a billing address in
this State.
In the |
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| case of prepaid wireless telephone service, this surcharge |
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| shall be
remitted based upon the address associated with the |
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| point of purchase, the
customer billing
address, or the |
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| location associated with the MTN for each active prepaid
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| wireless telephone that has a sufficient positive balance
as of |
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| the last day of each month, if that information is available. |
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| No
wireless carrier
shall impose the surcharge authorized by |
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| this
Section upon any subscriber who is subject to the |
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| surcharge imposed by a unit
of local
government
pursuant to |
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| Section 45.
Before the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, the amount of the monthly surcharge |
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| imposed under this Section shall be the amount set by the |
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| Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board. Beginning with the first monthly |
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| billing cycle after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 95th General Assembly, the amount of the monthly |
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| surcharge imposed under this Section shall be $1.50 per CMRS |
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| connection.
The wireless carrier that provides wireless |
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| service to the
subscriber shall collect the surcharge set by |
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| the Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board
from the subscriber.
For |
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| mobile telecommunications services provided on and after |
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| August 1, 2002,
any surcharge imposed under this Act shall be |
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| imposed based upon the
municipality or county that encompasses
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| the customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile |
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| Telecommunications
Sourcing Conformity Act.
The surcharge |
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| shall be stated as a separate item on the
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| bill. The wireless carrier shall begin collecting the
surcharge |
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| on bills issued within 90 days after the Wireless Enhanced |
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Board sets the monthly wireless surcharge. State and |
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| local taxes shall not
apply to the wireless carrier surcharge.
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| (b) Except as provided in Section 45, a wireless carrier |
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| shall, within 45
days of collection, remit, either by check or |
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| by electronic funds transfer, to
the State Treasurer the amount |
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| of the wireless carrier surcharge collected
from each |
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| subscriber. Of the amounts remitted under this subsection, the |
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| State Treasurer shall deposit $0.25 per surcharge collected |
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| into the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund. The remainder of |
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| the funds shall be deposited into the Wireless Service |
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| Emergency Fund and shall be disbursed in accordance with |
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| Section 25 of this Act.
Of the amounts remitted under this |
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| subsection, the State
Treasurer shall deposit one-third into |
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| the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund
and two-thirds into the |
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| Wireless Service Emergency Fund.
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| (c) In addition, each carrier shall report the total number |
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| of surcharges collected during each remittance period, |
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| including the 9-digit zip code assigned to the subscriber's |
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| billing address. The carriers shall submit their reports to the |
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| Illinois Commerce Commission, and the Commission shall rely on |
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| the reports when making monthly grants from the Wireless |
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| Service Emergency Fund under Section 25 of this Act.
The first |
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| such remittance by wireless carriers shall include the number
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| of customers by zip code, and the 9-digit zip code if currently |
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| being used or
later implemented by the carrier, that shall be |
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Illinois Commerce Commission shall |
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the Wireless Service Emergency |
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This information shall be updated no less often than |
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| every year. Wireless
carriers are not required to remit |
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| surcharge moneys that are billed to
subscribers but not yet |
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| collected.
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| (d) The Auditor General shall conduct an audit of the |
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| Reimbursement Fund for compliance with the requirements of this |
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| Act. The audit shall include, but not be limited to, the |
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| following determinations:
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| (1) Whether the Commission is maintaining detailed |
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| records of all receipts and disbursements from the Wireless |
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| Carrier Emergency Fund and the Wireless Carrier |
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| Reimbursement Fund.
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| (2) Whether the Commission's administrative costs |
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| charged to the funds are adequately documented and are |
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| reasonable.
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| (3) Whether the Commission's procedures for making |
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| grants and providing reimbursements in accordance with the |
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| Act are adequate.
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| (4) The status of the implementation of wireless 9-1-1 |
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| and E9-1-1 services in Illinois.
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| The Commission, the Department of State Police, and any |
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| other entity or person that may have information relevant to |
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| the audit shall cooperate fully and promptly with the Office of |
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| the Auditor General in conducting the audit. The Auditor |
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| General shall commence the audit as soon as possible and |
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| distribute the report upon completion in accordance with |
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| Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-526, eff. 7-1-02; 93-507, eff. 1-1-04; 93-839, |
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| (50 ILCS 751/25)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 25. Wireless Service Emergency Fund; distribution of |
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| moneys.
Within 60 days after the effective date of this Act, |
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| wireless carriers
shall submit to the Illinois Commerce |
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| Commission the number of
wireless subscribers by zip code and |
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| the 9-digit zip code of the wireless
subscribers, if currently |
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| being used or later implemented by the carrier.
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| The Illinois Commerce Commission shall, subject to
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| appropriation, make monthly proportional grants to the |
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| appropriate emergency
telephone system board or qualified |
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| governmental entity based upon the reports prepared by the |
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| carriers under subsection (c) of Section 17 of this Act.
based |
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| upon the United
States Postal Zip Code of the wireless |
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| subscriber's billing address.
Beginning on the effective date |
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| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the grant |
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| moneys shall be distributed as follows: |
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| (1) each Basic 9-1-1 system in existence on the |
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| the Illinois Commerce Commission to answer 9-1-1 calls, |
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| including the Illinois State Police, shall receive 0.50 for |
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| each surcharge imposed and collected from a subscriber |
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| whose billing address is located within a zip code under |
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| the jurisdiction of that system;
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| (2) each Wireless Phase 1 system shall receive $0.50 |
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| for each surcharge imposed and collected on or after the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly from a subscriber whose billing address is located |
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| within a zip code under the jurisdiction of that system; |
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| (3) each Wireless Phase 2 system shall receive $1.25 |
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| for each surcharge imposed and collected on or after the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly from a subscriber whose billing address is located |
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| within a zip code under the jurisdiction of that system; |
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| and |
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| (4) each Wireless Phase 1 and Wireless Phase 2 system |
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| shall receive $0.50 for each surcharge imposed before the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly and collected before, on, or after the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly |
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| from a subscriber whose billing address is located within a |
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| zip code under the jurisdiction of that system.
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| No
matching funds shall be required from grant recipients.
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| The Illinois Commerce Commission shall use any funds |
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| remaining in the Wireless Service Emergency Fund after the |
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| monthly grants have been disbursed to make additional grants to |
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| any qualified governmental entity or emergency telephone |
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| system board that has filed a required plan with the Illinois |
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| Commerce Commission and has not, by referendum, adopted a |
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| surcharge prior to the effective date of this Act. Grant moneys |
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| shall be used for the purpose of developing a sophisticated |
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| system, as defined in Section 2.08 of the Emergency Telephone |
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| System Act, or for the purpose of upgrading from a Phase 1 to a |
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| Phase 2 system.
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| If the Illinois Commerce Commission is notified of an area
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| of overlapping jurisdiction, grants for that area shall be made |
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| based upon
reference to an official Master Street Address Guide |
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| to the emergency
telephone system board or qualified |
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| governmental entity whose public
service answering points |
17 |
| provide wireless 9-1-1 service in that area.
The emergency |
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| telephone system board or qualified governmental entity shall
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| provide the Illinois Commerce Commission with a valid copy of |
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| the
appropriate Master Street Address Guide. The Illinois |
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| Commerce Commission does not have a duty to verify |
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| jurisdictional responsibility.
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| In the event of a subscriber billing address being matched |
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| to an incorrect
jurisdiction by the Illinois Commerce |
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| Commission, the recipient,
upon notification from the Illinois |
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| Commerce Commission, shall
redirect the funds to the correct |
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| jurisdiction. The Illinois Commerce Commission
shall not be |
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| held liable for any damages relating to an
act or omission |
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| under this Act, unless the act or omission constitutes gross
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| negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct.
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| In the event of a dispute between emergency telephone |
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| system boards or
qualified governmental entities concerning a |
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| subscriber billing address, the
Illinois Commerce Commission |
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| shall resolve the dispute.
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| The Illinois Commerce Commission shall maintain detailed |
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| records
of all receipts and disbursements and shall provide an |
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| annual accounting of all
receipts and disbursements to the |
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| Auditor General.
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| The Illinois Commerce Commission shall adopt rules to |
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| govern the
grant process.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| (50 ILCS 751/70)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
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| Sec. 70. Repealer. This Act is repealed on April 1, 2013
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| 2008 .
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| (Source: P.A. 93-507, eff. 1-1-04.)".
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