HB2856ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Natalie A Manley

Filed: 3/12/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2856

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2856 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by adding Section 17 as follows:

(50 ILCS 750/17 new)

Sec. 17. 9-1-1 call center; call forwarding; study and report.

(a) The General Assembly finds the following:

(1) 9-1-1 call centers are not able to transfer a call made by an individual in an area served by one 9-1-1 call center on behalf of another individual experiencing an emergency outside that area to the 9-1-1 call center serving the area of the emergency.

(2) On September 25, 1975, the General Assembly gave oversight authority to 9-1-1 systems in the State to the Illinois Commerce Commission.

(3) Since that date, the Illinois Commerce Commission has administered the implementation and upgrade of 9-1-1 systems by municipalities and counties.

(b) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall prepare a report that includes, at a minimum, the following:

(1) an analysis of the current ability of 9-1-1 call centers to forward or transfer a call to another 9-1-1 call center and the steps that would be necessary to enable all 9-1-1 call centers to transfer or forward calls to any other 9-1-1 call center within the State;

(2) an analysis regarding the establishment of a navigable directory of all local police departments, fire departments, rescue groups, and other emergency assistance departments for every county in this State, including the steps necessary to create and implement this directory; and

(3) recommended legislation for the State-wide implementation of a 9-1-1 call forwarding feature and the establishment of a navigable directory of all local police departments, fire departments, rescue groups, and other emergency assistance departments for every county in this State in every 9-1-1 call center. Legislation shall be in the form of one or more substantive bills drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

(c) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall prepare its report in cooperation with an Illinois chapter of a nationally recognized association representing emergency numbers, an Illinois chapter of a nationally recognized association representing public communications officers, and an Illinois chapter of a nationally recognized association representing state 9-1-1 administrators.

(d) The report shall be presented to the General Assembly by December 31, 2014.

(e) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2015.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.".