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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by
5changing Section 15.2a as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 750/15.2a)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2a)
7    Sec. 15.2a. The installation of or connection to a
8telephone company's network of any automatic alarm, automatic
9alerting device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number
109-1-1 to be dialed in order to directly access emergency
11services is prohibited in a 9-1-1 system.
12    This Section does not apply to devices used to enable
13access to the 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled,
14or special needs persons in an emergency situation reported by
15a caregiver after initiating a missing person's report. The
16device must have the capability to be activated and controlled
17remotely by trained personnel at a service center to prevent
18falsely activated or repeated calls to the 9-1-1 system in a
19single incident. The device must have the technical capability
20to generate location information to the 9-1-1 system. Under no
21circumstances shall a device be sold for use in a geographical
22jurisdiction where the 9-1-1 system has not deployed wireless
23phase II location technology. The alerting device shall also

 

 

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1provide for either 2-way communication or send a pre-recorded
2message to a 9-1-1 provider explaining the nature of the
3emergency so that the 9-1-1 provider will be able to dispatch
4the appropriate emergency responder.
5    Violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor. A
6second or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 4
7felony.
8(Source: P.A. 87-146; 88-497.)