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Full Text of HB0828  95th General Assembly

HB0828sam004 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. William R. Haine

Filed: 5/29/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 828

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 828 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
5 by changing Sections 15.3 and 15.4 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 750/15.3)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.3)
7     Sec. 15.3. Surcharge.
8     (a) The corporate authorities of any municipality or any
9 county may, subject to the limitations of subsections (c), (d),
10 and (h), and in addition to any tax levied pursuant to the
11 Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act, impose a
12 monthly surcharge on billed subscribers of network connection
13 provided by telecommunication carriers engaged in the business
14 of transmitting messages by means of electricity originating
15 within the corporate limits of the municipality or county
16 imposing the surcharge at a rate per network connection

 

 

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1 determined in accordance with subsection (c). Provided,
2 however, that where multiple voice grade communications
3 channels are connected between the subscriber's premises and a
4 public switched network through private branch exchange (PBX)
5 or centrex type service, a municipality imposing a surcharge at
6 a rate per network connection, as determined in accordance with
7 this Act, shall impose 5 such surcharges per network
8 connection, as determined in accordance with subsections (a)
9 and (d) of Section 2.12 of this Act. For mobile
10 telecommunications services, if a surcharge is imposed it shall
11 be imposed based upon the municipality or county that
12 encompasses the customer's place of primary use as defined in
13 the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act. A
14 municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement
15 with any county in which it is partially located, when the
16 county has adopted an ordinance to impose a surcharge as
17 provided in subsection (c), to include that portion of the
18 municipality lying outside the county in that county's
19 surcharge referendum. If the county's surcharge referendum is
20 approved, the portion of the municipality identified in the
21 intergovernmental agreement shall automatically be
22 disconnected from the county in which it lies and connected to
23 the county which approved the referendum for purposes of a
24 surcharge on telecommunications carriers.
25     (b) For purposes of computing the surcharge imposed by
26 subsection (a), the network connections to which the surcharge

 

 

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1 shall apply shall be those in-service network connections,
2 other than those network connections assigned to the
3 municipality or county, where the service address for each such
4 network connection or connections is located within the
5 corporate limits of the municipality or county levying the
6 surcharge. Except for mobile telecommunication services, the
7 "service address" shall mean the location of the primary use of
8 the network connection or connections. For mobile
9 telecommunication services, "service address" means the
10 customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile
11 Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act. With respect to
12 network connections provided for use with pay telephone
13 services for which there is no billed subscriber, the
14 telecommunications carrier providing the network connection
15 shall be deemed to be its own billed subscriber for purposes of
16 applying the surcharge.
17     (c) Upon the passage of an ordinance to impose a surcharge
18 under this Section the clerk of the municipality or county
19 shall certify the question of whether the surcharge may be
20 imposed to the proper election authority who shall submit the
21 public question to the electors of the municipality or county
22 in accordance with the general election law; provided that such
23 question shall not be submitted at a consolidated primary
24 election. The public question shall be in substantially the
25 following form:
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1     Shall the county (or city, village
2 or incorporated town) of ..... impose          YES
3 a surcharge of up to ...˘ per month per
4 network connection, which surcharge will
5 be added to the monthly bill you receive   ------------------
6 for telephone or telecommunications
7 charges, for the purpose of installing
8 (or improving) a 9-1-1 Emergency               NO
9 Telephone System?
10 -------------------------------------------------------------
11     If a majority of the votes cast upon the public question
12 are in favor thereof, the surcharge shall be imposed.
13     However, if a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board is to
14 be created pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement under
15 Section 15.4, the ordinance to impose the surcharge shall be
16 subject to the approval of a majority of the total number of
17 votes cast upon the public question by the electors of all of
18 the municipalities or counties, or combination thereof, that
19 are parties to the intergovernmental agreement.
20     The referendum requirement of this subsection (c) shall not
21 apply to any municipality with a population over 500,000 or to
22 any county in which a proposition as to whether a sophisticated
23 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System should be installed in the
24 county, at a cost not to exceed a specified monthly amount per
25 network connection, has previously been approved by a majority
26 of the electors of the county voting on the proposition at an

 

 

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1 election conducted before the effective date of this amendatory
2 Act of 1987.
3     (d) A county may not impose a surcharge, unless requested
4 by a municipality, in any incorporated area which has
5 previously approved a surcharge as provided in subsection (c)
6 or in any incorporated area where the corporate authorities of
7 the municipality have previously entered into a binding
8 contract or letter of intent with a telecommunications carrier
9 to provide sophisticated 9-1-1 service through municipal
10 funds.
11     (e) A municipality or county may at any time by ordinance
12 change the rate of the surcharge imposed under this Section if
13 the new rate does not exceed the rate specified in the
14 referendum held pursuant to subsection (c).
15     (f) The surcharge authorized by this Section shall be
16 collected from the subscriber by the telecommunications
17 carrier providing the subscriber the network connection as a
18 separately stated item on the subscriber's bill.
19     (g) The amount of surcharge collected by the
20 telecommunications carrier shall be paid to the particular
21 municipality or county or Joint Emergency Telephone System
22 Board not later than 30 days after the surcharge is collected,
23 net of any network or other 9-1-1 or sophisticated 9-1-1 system
24 charges then due the particular telecommunications carrier, as
25 shown on an itemized bill. The telecommunications carrier
26 collecting the surcharge shall also be entitled to deduct 3% of

 

 

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1 the gross amount of surcharge collected to reimburse the
2 telecommunications carrier for the expense of accounting and
3 collecting the surcharge.
4     (h) Except as expressly provided in subsection (a) of this
5 Section, a municipality with a population over 500,000 may not
6 impose a monthly surcharge in excess of $2.50 $1.25 per network
7 connection.
8     (i) Any municipality or county or joint emergency telephone
9 system board that has imposed a surcharge pursuant to this
10 Section prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
11 1990 shall hereafter impose the surcharge in accordance with
12 subsection (b) of this Section.
13     (j) The corporate authorities of any municipality or county
14 may issue, in accordance with Illinois law, bonds, notes or
15 other obligations secured in whole or in part by the proceeds
16 of the surcharge described in this Section. Notwithstanding any
17 change in law subsequent to the issuance of any bonds, notes or
18 other obligations secured by the surcharge, every municipality
19 or county issuing such bonds, notes or other obligations shall
20 be authorized to impose the surcharge as though the laws
21 relating to the imposition of the surcharge in effect at the
22 time of issuance of the bonds, notes or other obligations were
23 in full force and effect until the bonds, notes or other
24 obligations are paid in full. The State of Illinois pledges and
25 agrees that it will not limit or alter the rights and powers
26 vested in municipalities and counties by this Section to impose

 

 

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1 the surcharge so as to impair the terms of or affect the
2 security for bonds, notes or other obligations secured in whole
3 or in part with the proceeds of the surcharge described in this
4 Section.
5     (k) Any surcharge collected by or imposed on a
6 telecommunications carrier pursuant to this Section shall be
7 held to be a special fund in trust for the municipality, county
8 or Joint Emergency Telephone Board imposing the surcharge.
9 Except for the 3% deduction provided in subsection (g) above,
10 the special fund shall not be subject to the claims of
11 creditors of the telecommunication carrier.
12 (Source: P.A. 92-474, eff. 8-1-02; 92-526, eff. 1-1-03; 92-557,
13 eff. 1-1-03; revised 10-2-02.)
 
14     (50 ILCS 750/15.4)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4)
15     Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers.
16     (a) The corporate authorities of any county or municipality
17 that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3 shall establish an
18 Emergency Telephone System Board. The corporate authorities
19 shall provide for the manner of appointment and the number of
20 members of the Board, provided that the board shall consist of
21 not fewer than 5 members, one of whom must be a public member
22 who is a resident of the local exchange service territory
23 included in the 9-1-1 coverage area, one of whom (in counties
24 with a population less than 100,000) must be a member of the
25 county board, and at least 3 of whom shall be representative of

 

 

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1 the 9-1-1 public safety agencies, including but not limited to
2 police departments, fire departments, emergency medical
3 services providers, and emergency services and disaster
4 agencies, and appointed on the basis of their ability or
5 experience. Elected officials are also eligible to serve on the
6 board. Members of the board shall serve without compensation
7 but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary
8 expenses. Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or
9 combination thereof, that impose a surcharge under Section 15.3
10 may, instead of establishing individual boards, establish by
11 intergovernmental agreement a Joint Emergency Telephone System
12 Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of appointment of
13 such a joint board shall be prescribed in the agreement.
14     (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by
15 ordinance of the municipality or county, or by
16 intergovernmental agreement in the case of a joint board. The
17 powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited to the
18 following:
19         (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system.
20         (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation,
21     upgrading, or maintenance of the system, including the
22     establishment of equipment specifications and coding
23     systems.
24         (3) Receiving monies from the surcharge imposed under
25     Section 15.3, and from any other source, for deposit into
26     the Emergency Telephone System Fund.

 

 

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1         (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
2         (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation
3     or upgrade of the system.
4     (c) All monies received by a board pursuant to a surcharge
5 imposed under Section 15.3 shall be deposited into a separate
6 interest-bearing Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The
7 treasurer of the municipality or county that has established
8 the board or, in the case of a joint board, any municipal or
9 county treasurer designated in the intergovernmental
10 agreement, shall be custodian of the fund. All interest
11 accruing on the fund shall remain in the fund. No expenditures
12 may be made from such fund except upon the direction of the
13 board by resolution passed by a majority of all members of the
14 board. Expenditures may be made only to pay for the costs
15 associated with the following:
16         (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System.
17         (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address
18     Guide data base, and update and maintenance thereof.
19         (3) The repayment of any monies advanced for the
20     implementation of the system.
21         (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification
22     and Automatic Location Identification equipment, a
23     computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains,
24     and integrates information, mobile data transmitters
25     equipped with automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance,
26     replacement and update thereof to increase operational

 

 

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1     efficiency and improve the provision of emergency
2     services.
3         (5) The non-recurring charges related to installation
4     of the Emergency Telephone System and the ongoing network
5     charges.
6         (6) The acquisition and installation, or the
7     reimbursement of costs therefor to other governmental
8     bodies that have incurred those costs, of road or street
9     signs that are essential to the implementation of the
10     emergency telephone system and that are not duplicative of
11     signs that are the responsibility of the jurisdiction
12     charged with maintaining road and street signs.
13         (7) Other products and services necessary for the
14     implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the system and
15     any other purpose related to the operation of the system,
16     including costs attributable directly to the construction,
17     leasing, or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or
18     costs of personnel attributable directly to the operation
19     of the system. Costs attributable directly to the operation
20     of an emergency telephone system do not include the costs
21     of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment
22     that is dispatched in response to an emergency call.
23         (8) In the case of a municipality that imposes a
24     surcharge under subsection (h) of Section 15.3, moneys may
25     also be used for any anti-terrorism or emergency
26     preparedness measures, including, but not limited to,

 

 

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1     preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for
2     federal or State grants, personnel training, and
3     specialized equipment, including surveillance cameras as
4     needed to deal with natural and terrorist-inspired
5     emergency situations or events.
6     (d) The board shall complete the data base before
7 implementation of the 9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the data
8 base shall not at any time exceed 1% of the total data base.
9 (Source: P.A. 92-202, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
10     Section 10. The Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act is
11 amended by changing Sections 15, 17, 25, 35, 45, and 70 as
12 follows:
 
13     (50 ILCS 751/15)
14     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
15     Sec. 15. Wireless emergency 9-1-1 service. The digits
16 "9-1-1" shall be the designated emergency telephone number
17 within the wireless system.
18     (a) Standards. The Illinois Commerce Commission may set
19 non-discriminatory, uniform technical and operational
20 standards consistent with the rules of the Federal
21 Communications Commission for directing calls to authorized
22 public safety answering points. These standards shall not in
23 any way prescribe the technology or manner a wireless carrier
24 shall use to deliver wireless 9-1-1 or wireless E9-1-1 calls

 

 

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1 and these standards shall not exceed the requirements set by
2 the Federal Communications Commission. However, standards for
3 directing calls to the authorized public safety answering point
4 shall be included. The authority given to the Illinois Commerce
5 Commission in this Section is limited to setting standards as
6 set forth herein and does not constitute authority to regulate
7 wireless carriers.
8     (b) Wireless public safety answering points. For the
9 purpose of providing wireless 9-1-1 emergency services, an
10 emergency telephone system board or, in the absence of an
11 emergency telephone system board, a qualified governmental
12 entity may declare its intention for one or more of its public
13 safety answering points to serve as a primary wireless 9-1-1
14 public safety answering point for its jurisdiction by notifying
15 the Chief Clerk of the Illinois Commerce Commission and the
16 Director of State Police in writing within 6 months after the
17 effective date of this Act or within 6 months after receiving
18 its authority to operate a 9-1-1 system under the Emergency
19 Telephone System Act, whichever is later. In addition, 2 or
20 more emergency telephone system boards or qualified units of
21 local government may, by virtue of an intergovernmental
22 agreement, provide wireless 9-1-1 service. The Department of
23 State Police shall be the primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety
24 answering point for any jurisdiction not providing notice to
25 the Commission and the Department of State Police. Nothing in
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1 services.
2     The Illinois Commerce Commission, upon a joint request from
3 the Department of State Police and a qualified governmental
4 entity or an emergency telephone system board, may grant
5 authority to the emergency telephone system board or a
6 qualified governmental entity to provide wireless 9-1-1
7 service in areas for which the Department of State Police has
8 accepted wireless 9-1-1 responsibility. The Illinois Commerce
9 Commission shall maintain a current list of all 9-1-1 systems
10 and qualified governmental entities providing wireless 9-1-1
11 service under this Act.
12     Any emergency telephone system board or qualified
13 governmental entity providing wireless 9-1-1 service prior to
14 the effective date of this Act may continue to operate upon
15 notification as previously described in this Section. An
16 emergency telephone system board or a qualified governmental
17 entity shall submit, with its notification, the date upon which
18 it commenced operating.
19     (c) Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board. The Wireless Enhanced
20 9-1-1 Board is created. The Board consists of 7 members
21 appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the
22 Senate. It is recommended that the Governor appoint members
23 from the following: the Illinois Chapter of the National
24 Emergency Numbers Association, the Illinois State Police, law
25 enforcement agencies, the wireless telecommunications
26 industry, an emergency telephone system board in Cook County

 

 

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1 (outside the City of Chicago), an emergency telephone system
2 board in the Metro-east area, and an emergency telephone system
3 board in the collar counties (Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, and
4 Will counties). Members of the Board may not receive any
5 compensation but may, however, be reimbursed for any necessary
6 expenditure in connection with their duties.
7     Except as provided in Section 45, the Wireless Enhanced
8 9-1-1 Board shall set the amount of the monthly wireless
9 surcharge required to be imposed under Section 17 on all
10 wireless subscribers in this State. Prior to the Wireless
11 Enhanced 9-1-1 Board setting any surcharge, the Board shall
12 publish the proposed surcharge in the Illinois Register, hold
13 hearings on the surcharge and the requirements for an efficient
14 wireless emergency number system, and elicit public comment.
15 The Board shall determine the minimum cost necessary for
16 implementation of this system and the amount of revenue
17 produced based upon the number of wireless telephones in use.
18 The Board shall set the surcharge at the minimum amount
19 necessary to achieve the goals of the Act and shall, by July 1,
20 2000, file this information with the Governor, the Clerk of the
21 House, and the Secretary of the Senate. The surcharge may not
22 be more than $0.75 per month per CMRS connection.
23     The Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board shall report to the
24 General Assembly by July 1, 2000 on implementing wireless
25 non-emergency services for the purpose of public safety using
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1 3-1-1 services in a 6 county area, including rural Cook County
2 (outside of the City of Chicago), and DuPage, Lake, McHenry,
3 Will, and Kane Counties, as well as counties outside of this
4 area by an emergency telephone system board, a qualified
5 governmental entity, or private industry. The Board, upon
6 completion of all its duties required under this Act, is
7 dissolved.
8 (Source: P.A. 91-660, eff. 12-22-99.)
 
9     (50 ILCS 751/17)
10     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
11     Sec. 17. Wireless carrier surcharge.
12     (a) Except as provided in Section 45, each wireless carrier
13 shall impose a monthly wireless carrier surcharge per CMRS
14 connection that either has a telephone number within an area
15 code assigned to Illinois by the North American Numbering Plan
16 Administrator or has a billing address in this State. In the
17 case of prepaid wireless telephone service, this surcharge
18 shall be remitted based upon the address associated with the
19 point of purchase, the customer billing address, or the
20 location associated with the MTN for each active prepaid
21 wireless telephone that has a sufficient positive balance as of
22 the last day of each month, if that information is available.
23 No wireless carrier shall impose the surcharge authorized by
24 this Section upon any subscriber who is subject to the
25 surcharge imposed by a unit of local government pursuant to

 

 

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1 Section 45. Prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
2 of the 95th General Assembly, the surcharge amount shall be the
3 amount set by the Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board. Beginning on
4 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
5 Assembly, the monthly surcharge imposed under this Section
6 shall be $0.73 per CMRS connection. The wireless carrier that
7 provides wireless service to the subscriber shall collect the
8 surcharge set by the Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board from the
9 subscriber. For mobile telecommunications services provided on
10 and after August 1, 2002, any surcharge imposed under this Act
11 shall be imposed based upon the municipality or county that
12 encompasses the customer's place of primary use as defined in
13 the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act. The
14 surcharge shall be stated as a separate item on the
15 subscriber's monthly bill. The wireless carrier shall begin
16 collecting the surcharge on bills issued within 90 days after
17 the Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Board sets the monthly wireless
18 surcharge. State and local taxes shall not apply to the
19 wireless carrier surcharge.
20     (b) Except as provided in Section 45, a wireless carrier
21 shall, within 45 days of collection, remit, either by check or
22 by electronic funds transfer, to the State Treasurer the amount
23 of the wireless carrier surcharge collected from each
24 subscriber. Of the amounts remitted under this subsection prior
25 to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
26 General Assembly, and for surcharges imposed before the

 

 

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1 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
2 Assembly but remitted after its effective date, the State
3 Treasurer shall deposit one-third into the Wireless Carrier
4 Reimbursement Fund and two-thirds into the Wireless Service
5 Emergency Fund. For surcharges collected and remitted on or
6 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
7 General Assembly, $0.1475 per surcharge collected shall be
8 deposited into the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund, and
9 $0.5825 per surcharge collected shall be deposited into the
10 Wireless Service Emergency Fund. Of the amounts deposited into
11 the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund under this subsection,
12 $0.01 per surcharge collected may be distributed to the
13 carriers to cover their administrative costs. Of the amounts
14 deposited into the Wireless Service Emergency Fund under this
15 subsection, $0.01 per surcharge collected may be disbursed to
16 the Illinois Commerce Commission to cover its administrative
17 costs.
18     (c) The first such remittance by wireless carriers shall
19 include the number of customers by zip code, and the 9-digit
20 zip code if currently being used or later implemented by the
21 carrier, that shall be the means by which the Illinois Commerce
22 Commission shall determine distributions from the Wireless
23 Service Emergency Fund. This information shall be updated no
24 less often than every year. Wireless carriers are not required
25 to remit surcharge moneys that are billed to subscribers but
26 not yet collected.

 

 

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1     (d) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
2 nothing shall impair the right of wireless carriers to recover
3 compliance costs for all emergency communications services
4 directly from their customers via line-item charges on the
5 customer's bill. Those compliance costs include all costs
6 incurred by wireless carriers in complying with local, State,
7 and federal regulatory or legislative mandates that require the
8 transmission and receipt of emergency communications to and
9 from the general public, including, but not limited to, E-911.
10     (e) The Auditor General shall conduct, on an annual basis,
11 an audit of the Wireless Service Emergency Fund and the
12 Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund for compliance with the
13 requirements of this Act. The audit shall include, but not be
14 limited to, the following determinations:
15         (1) Whether the Commission is maintaining detailed
16     records of all receipts and disbursements from the Wireless
17     Carrier Emergency Fund and the Wireless Carrier
18     Reimbursement Fund.
19         (2) Whether the Commission's administrative costs
20     charged to the funds are adequately documented and are
21     reasonable.
22         (3) Whether the Commission's procedures for making
23     grants and providing reimbursements in accordance with the
24     Act are adequate.
25         (4) The status of the implementation of wireless 9-1-1
26     and E9-1-1 services in Illinois.

 

 

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1     The Commission, the Department of State Police, and any
2 other entity or person that may have information relevant to
3 the audit shall cooperate fully and promptly with the Office of
4 the Auditor General in conducting the audit. The Auditor
5 General shall commence the audit as soon as possible and
6 distribute the report upon completion in accordance with
7 Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
8 (Source: P.A. 92-526, eff. 7-1-02; 93-507, eff. 1-1-04; 93-839,
9 eff. 7-30-04.)
 
10     (50 ILCS 751/25)
11     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
12     Sec. 25. Wireless Service Emergency Fund; distribution of
13 moneys. Within 60 days after the effective date of this Act,
14 wireless carriers shall submit to the Illinois Commerce
15 Commission the number of wireless subscribers by zip code and
16 the 9-digit zip code of the wireless subscribers, if currently
17 being used or later implemented by the carrier.
18     The Illinois Commerce Commission shall, subject to
19 appropriation, make monthly proportional grants to the
20 appropriate emergency telephone system board or qualified
21 governmental entity based upon the United States Postal Zip
22 Code of the wireless subscriber's billing address. No matching
23 funds shall be required from grant recipients.
24     If the Illinois Commerce Commission is notified of an area
25 of overlapping jurisdiction, grants for that area shall be made

 

 

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1 based upon reference to an official Master Street Address Guide
2 to the emergency telephone system board or qualified
3 governmental entity whose public service answering points
4 provide wireless 9-1-1 service in that area. The emergency
5 telephone system board or qualified governmental entity shall
6 provide the Illinois Commerce Commission with a valid copy of
7 the appropriate Master Street Address Guide. The Illinois
8 Commerce Commission does not have a duty to verify
9 jurisdictional responsibility.
10     In the event of a subscriber billing address being matched
11 to an incorrect jurisdiction by the Illinois Commerce
12 Commission, the recipient, upon notification from the Illinois
13 Commerce Commission, shall redirect the funds to the correct
14 jurisdiction. The Illinois Commerce Commission shall not be
15 held liable for any damages relating to an act or omission
16 under this Act, unless the act or omission constitutes gross
17 negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct.
18     In the event of a dispute between emergency telephone
19 system boards or qualified governmental entities concerning a
20 subscriber billing address, the Illinois Commerce Commission
21 shall resolve the dispute.
22     The Illinois Commerce Commission shall maintain detailed
23 records of all receipts and disbursements and shall provide an
24 annual accounting of all receipts and disbursements to the
25 Auditor General.
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1 govern the grant process.
2     The Illinois Commerce Commission may also use moneys in the
3 Wireless Service Emergency Fund for the purpose of conducting a
4 study to determine the future technological and financial needs
5 of the wireless 9-1-1 systems. A study shall include input from
6 the telecommunications industry, the Illinois National
7 Emergency Number Association, and the public safety community.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
9     (50 ILCS 751/35)
10     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
11     Sec. 35. Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund;
12 reimbursement. To recover costs from the Wireless Carrier
13 Reimbursement Fund, the wireless carrier shall submit sworn
14 invoices to the Illinois Commerce Commission. In no event may
15 any invoice for payment be approved for (i) costs that are not
16 related to compliance with the requirements established by the
17 wireless enhanced 9-1-1 mandates of the Federal Communications
18 Commission, (ii) costs with respect to any wireless enhanced
19 9-1-1 service that is not operable at the time the invoice is
20 submitted, or (iii) costs of any wireless carrier exceeding
21 100% of the wireless emergency services charges remitted to the
22 Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund by the wireless carrier
23 under Section 17(b) unless the wireless carrier received prior
24 approval for the expenditures from the Illinois Commerce
25 Commission.

 

 

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1     If in any month the total amount of invoices submitted to
2 the Illinois Commerce Commission and approved for payment
3 exceeds the amount available in the Wireless Carrier
4 Reimbursement Fund, wireless carriers that have invoices
5 approved for payment shall receive a pro-rata share of the
6 amount available in the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund
7 based on the relative amount of their approved invoices
8 available that month, and the balance of the payments shall be
9 carried into the following months until all of the approved
10 payments are made.
11     A wireless carrier may not receive payment from the
12 Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund for its costs of providing
13 wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services in an area when a unit of
14 local government or emergency telephone system board provides
15 wireless 9-1-1 services in that area and was imposing and
16 collecting a wireless carrier surcharge prior to July 1, 1998.
17     The Illinois Commerce Commission shall maintain detailed
18 records of all receipts and disbursements and shall provide an
19 annual accounting of all receipts and disbursements to the
20 Auditor General.
21     The Illinois Commerce Commission shall adopt rules to
22 govern the reimbursement process.
23     Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
24 General Assembly, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State
25 Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer
26 shall transfer the sum of $8,000,000 from the Wireless Carrier

 

 

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1 Reimbursement Fund to the Wireless Service Emergency Fund. That
2 amount shall be used by the Illinois Commerce Commission to
3 make grants in the manner described in Section 25 of this Act.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-507, eff. 1-1-04; 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
5     (50 ILCS 751/45)
6     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
7     Sec. 45. Continuation of current practices.
8 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a unit of
9 local government or emergency telephone system board providing
10 wireless 9-1-1 service and imposing and collecting a wireless
11 carrier surcharge prior to July 1, 1998 may continue its
12 practices of imposing and collecting its wireless carrier
13 surcharge, but in no event shall that monthly surcharge exceed
14 $2.50 $1.25 per commercial mobile radio service (CMRS)
15 connection or in-service telephone number billed on a monthly
16 basis. For mobile telecommunications services provided on and
17 after August 1, 2002, any surcharge imposed shall be imposed
18 based upon the municipality or county that encompasses the
19 customer's place of primary use as defined in the Mobile
20 Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act.
21     In addition to any other lawful purpose, a municipality
22 with a population over 500,000 may use the moneys collected
23 under this Section for any anti-terrorism or emergency
24 preparedness measures, including, but not limited to,
25 preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for

 

 

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1 federal or State grants, personnel training, and specialized
2 equipment, including surveillance cameras as needed to deal
3 with natural and terrorist-inspired emergency situations or
4 events.
5 (Source: P.A. 91-660, eff. 12-22-99; 92-526, eff. 7-1-02.)".
 
6     (50 ILCS 751/70)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2008)
8     Sec. 70. Repealer. This Act is repealed on April 1, 2013
9 2008.
10 (Source: P.A. 93-507, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
11     Section 15. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
12 Section 13-203 as follows:
 
13     (220 ILCS 5/13-203)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-203)
14     (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
15     Sec. 13-203. Telecommunications service.
16     "Telecommunications service" means the provision or
17 offering for rent, sale or lease, or in exchange for other
18 value received, of the transmittal of information, by means of
19 electromagnetic, including light, transmission with or without
20 benefit of any closed transmission medium, including all
21 instrumentalities, facilities, apparatus, and services
22 (including the collection, storage, forwarding, switching, and
23 delivery of such information) used to provide such transmission

 

 

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1 and also includes access and interconnection arrangements and
2 services.
3     "Telecommunications service" does not include, however:
4         (a) the rent, sale, or lease, or exchange for other
5     value received, of customer premises equipment except for
6     customer premises equipment owned or provided by a
7     telecommunications carrier and used for answering 911
8     calls, and except for customer premises equipment provided
9     under Section 13-703;
10         (b) telephone or telecommunications answering
11     services, paging services, and physical pickup and
12     delivery incidental to the provision of information
13     transmitted through electromagnetic, including light,
14     transmission; or
15         (c) community antenna television service which is
16     operated to perform for hire the service of receiving and
17     distributing video and audio program signals by wire, cable
18     or other means to members of the public who subscribe to
19     such service, to the extent that such service is utilized
20     solely for the one-way distribution of such entertainment
21     services with no more than incidental subscriber
22     interaction required for the selection of such
23     entertainment service.
24     For the purposes of this Act only, "telecommunications
25 service" does not include public mobile service, as defined
26 under Section 13-214 of this Act, or commercial mobile service,

 

 

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1 as defined under 47 U.S.C. 332.
2     The Commission may, by rulemaking, exclude (1) private line
3 service which is not directly or indirectly used for the
4 origination or termination of switched telecommunications
5 service, (2) cellular radio service, (3) high-speed
6 point-to-point data transmission at or above 9.6 kilobits, or
7 (4) the provision of telecommunications service by a company or
8 person otherwise subject to Section 13-202 (c) to a
9 telecommunications carrier, which is incidental to the
10 provision of service subject to Section 13-202 (c), from active
11 regulatory oversight to the extent it finds, after notice,
12 hearing and comment that such exclusion is consistent with the
13 public interest and the purposes and policies of this Article.
14 To the extent that the Commission has excluded cellular radio
15 service from active regulatory oversight for any provider of
16 cellular radio service in this State pursuant to this Section,
17 the Commission shall exclude all other providers of cellular
18 radio service in the State from active regulatory oversight
19 without an additional rulemaking proceeding where there are 2
20 or more certified providers of cellular radio service in a
21 geographic area.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97.)".