HB2856enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2856 Enrolled LRB098 08809 OMW 38935 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

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 transfer, forward, or relay.

(a) The General Assembly finds the following:

(1) Some 9-1-1 systems throughout this State do not have a procedure in place to manually transfer, forward, or relay 9-1-1 calls originating within one 9-1-1 system's jurisdiction, but which should properly be answered and dispatched by another 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate 9-1-1 system for answering and dispatch of first responders.

(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 authorized individual 9-1-1 systems in counties and municipalities to implement and upgrade enhanced 9-1-1 systems throughout the State.

(b) The Commission shall prepare a directory of all authorized 9-1-1 systems in the State of Illinois. The directory shall include an emergency 10-digit telephone number for a Primary Public Safety Answering Point located in each 9-1-1 system to which 9-1-1 calls from another jurisdiction can be transferred. This directory shall be made available to each 9-1-1 authority for its use in establishing standard operating procedures regarding calls outside its 9-1-1 jurisdiction.

(c) Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the Manager of the Commission's 9-1-1 Program with the following information:

(1) A 10-digit emergency telephone number to which 9-1-1 calls originating in another 9-1-1 jurisdiction can be transferred. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the Commission with any changes to this number immediately upon the change occurring. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide this 10-digit emergency telephone number to the Manager of the Commission's 9-1-1 Program within 30 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.

(2) Its standard operating procedure describing the manner in which the 9-1-1 system will transfer, forward, or relay 9-1-1 calls originating within its jurisdiction, but which should properly be answered and dispatched by another 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate 9-1-1 system. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the standard operating procedures to the Manager of the Commission's 9-1-1 Program within 180 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.

(d) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2015.

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