HB6919 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 18351 AMC 44058 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6919

Introduced 02/09/04, by Elizabeth Coulson - Sidney H. Mathias - Raymond Poe

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/13-802.1 new

Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Cellular Telephone 911 Access Committee. Provides that the Committee shall establish what is technologically and economically feasible to ensure that cellular telephone emergency 911 calls are connected when possible. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to telecommunications.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 13-802.1 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/13-802.1 new)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)

Sec. 13-802.1. Cellular Telephone 911 Access Committee. There is hereby created the Cellular Telephone 911 Access Committee (Committee). The Committee shall consist of 4 members selected by the Commission who are employed in the cellular telecommunications industry and 4 members who are selected by the Citizens Utility Board. The Committee shall establish what measures are technologically and economically feasible to ensure that emergency 911 telephone calls that are placed from a cellular telephone are connected whenever possible. The Committee shall report its findings to the General Assembly by July 1, 2005 and shall be dissolved on that date.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.