Full Text of SB1240 97th General Assembly
SB1240 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB1240 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. Tim Bivins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 50 ILCS 750/15.4 | from Ch. 134, par. 45.4 |
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Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that an Emergency Telephone System Board shall be authorized to purchase real property if the purchase is made before February 1, 2011. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 15.4 as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.4) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4) | 7 | | Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers. | 8 | | (a) The corporate authorities of any county or municipality
| 9 | | that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3 shall establish an | 10 | | Emergency
Telephone System Board. The corporate authorities | 11 | | shall provide for the
manner of appointment and the number of | 12 | | members of the Board, provided that
the board shall consist of | 13 | | not fewer than 5 members, one of whom
must be a
public member | 14 | | who is a resident of the local exchange service territory
| 15 | | included in the 9-1-1 coverage area, one of whom (in counties | 16 | | with a
population less than 100,000) must be a member of the | 17 | | county
board, and
at least 3 of whom shall be representative of | 18 | | the 9-1-1 public safety agencies,
including but not limited to | 19 | | police departments, fire departments, emergency
medical | 20 | | services providers, and emergency services and disaster | 21 | | agencies, and
appointed on the basis of their ability or | 22 | | experience. In counties with a population of more than 100,000 | 23 | | but less than 2,000,000, a member of the county board may serve |
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| 1 | | on the Emergency Telephone System Board. Elected officials, | 2 | | including members of a county board, are
also eligible to serve | 3 | | on the board. Members of the board shall serve without
| 4 | | compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and | 5 | | necessary
expenses. Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or | 6 | | combination thereof,
that impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 | 7 | | may, instead of establishing
individual boards, establish by | 8 | | intergovernmental agreement a Joint
Emergency Telephone System | 9 | | Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of
appointment of | 10 | | such a joint board shall be prescribed in the agreement. | 11 | | (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by | 12 | | ordinance
of the municipality or county, or by | 13 | | intergovernmental agreement in the
case of a joint board. The | 14 | | powers and duties shall include, but need not
be limited to the | 15 | | following: | 16 | | (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system. | 17 | | (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, | 18 | | upgrading, or
maintenance of the system, including the | 19 | | establishment of equipment
specifications and coding | 20 | | systems. | 21 | | (3) Receiving moneys
from the surcharge imposed under | 22 | | Section 15.3, and
from any other source, for deposit into | 23 | | the Emergency Telephone System Fund. | 24 | | (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund. | 25 | | (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation | 26 | | or upgrade of the
system. |
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| 1 | | (6) Participating in a Regional Pilot Project to | 2 | | implement next generation 9-1-1, as defined in this Act, | 3 | | subject to the conditions set forth in this Act. | 4 | | (c) All moneys
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 moneys
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 | | (7.5) The purchase of real property if the purchase is | 24 | | made before February 1, 2011. | 25 | | (8) In the case of a municipality that imposes a | 26 | | surcharge under subsection (h) of Section 15.3, moneys may |
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| 1 | | also be used for any anti-terrorism or emergency | 2 | | preparedness measures, including, but not limited to, | 3 | | preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for | 4 | | federal or State grants, personnel training, and | 5 | | specialized equipment, including surveillance cameras as | 6 | | needed to deal with natural and terrorist-inspired | 7 | | emergency situations or events. | 8 | | (9) The defraying of expenses incurred in | 9 | | participation in a Regional Pilot Project to implement next | 10 | | generation 9-1-1, subject to the conditions set forth in | 11 | | this Act. | 12 | | Moneys in the fund may also be transferred to a | 13 | | participating fire protection district to reimburse volunteer | 14 | | firefighters who man remote telephone switching facilities | 15 | | when dedicated 9-1-1 lines are down. | 16 | | (d) The board shall complete the data base before | 17 | | implementation of the
9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the data | 18 | | base shall not at any time
exceed 1% of the total data base. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 95-698, eff. 1-1-08; 95-806, eff. 1-1-09; | 20 | | 95-1012, eff. 12-15-08; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1443, eff. | 21 | | 8-20-10.)
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 | | becoming law.
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