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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3313 Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that an entity that installs or operates a private business switch service shall install and operate that service such that when a user dials the digits "9-1-1" the emergency call can be connected to the 9-1-1 system without first dialing any number or set of numbers. Sets forth penalties for failing to comply with the requirements of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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| | SB3313 | | LRB098 18400 JLK 53537 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 15.8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.8 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 15.8. 9-1-1 dialing from a business. |
| 8 | | (a) Any entity that installs or operates a private business |
| 9 | | switch service and provides telecommunications facilities or |
| 10 | | services to businesses shall ensure that all systems installed |
| 11 | | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
| 12 | | 98th General Assembly are connected to the public switched |
| 13 | | network in a manner such that when a user dials "9-1-1", the |
| 14 | | emergency call connects to the 9-1-1 system without first |
| 15 | | dialing any number or set of numbers. |
| 16 | | (b) The requirements of this Section do not apply to |
| 17 | | correctional institutions and facilities defined in subsection |
| 18 | | (d) of Section 3-1-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. |
| 19 | | (c) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a |
| 20 | | business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and |
| 21 | | not more than $5,000.
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |