Full Text of HB3207 98th General Assembly
HB3207 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB3207 Introduced , by Rep. Brad E. Halbrook 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 members of the Emergency Telephone System Board shall serve staggered 4 year terms. Provides guidelines regarding staggering the terms of currently serving board members. Provides that board members may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms. Provides that the corporate authorities of a county or municipality may, by a vote of three-fourths of the members elected, remove any Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct or neglect of office. 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 | | Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 12 | | General Assembly, appointed members of the Emergency Telephone | 13 | | System Board shall serve staggered 4-year terms. The corporate | 14 | | authorities of any county or municipality shall apply term | 15 | | limits to board members currently serving their terms in the | 16 | | following manner: (1) one-third of board members' terms shall | 17 | | expire on January 1, 2015; (2) one-third of board members' | 18 | | terms shall expire on January 1, 2017; and (3) remaining board | 19 | | members' terms shall expire on January 1, 2019. Board members | 20 | | may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms by the | 21 | | corporate authorities of any county or municipality. | 22 | | The corporate authorities of a county or municipality may, | 23 | | by a vote of three-fourths of the members elected, remove any | 24 | | Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct or | 25 | | neglect of office. | 26 | | (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by |
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| 1 | | ordinance
of the municipality or county, or by | 2 | | intergovernmental agreement in the
case of a joint board. The | 3 | | powers and duties shall include, but need not
be limited to the | 4 | | following: | 5 | | (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system. | 6 | | (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, | 7 | | upgrading, or
maintenance of the system, including the | 8 | | establishment of equipment
specifications and coding | 9 | | systems. | 10 | | (3) Receiving moneys
from the surcharge imposed under | 11 | | Section 15.3, and
from any other source, for deposit into | 12 | | the Emergency Telephone System Fund. | 13 | | (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund. | 14 | | (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation | 15 | | or upgrade of the
system. | 16 | | (6) Participating in a Regional Pilot Project to | 17 | | implement next generation 9-1-1, as defined in this Act, | 18 | | subject to the conditions set forth in this Act. | 19 | | (c) All moneys
received by a board pursuant to a surcharge | 20 | | imposed under
Section 15.3 shall be deposited into a separate | 21 | | interest-bearing
Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The | 22 | | treasurer of the municipality or
county that has established | 23 | | the board or, in the case of a joint board, any
municipal or | 24 | | county treasurer designated in the intergovernmental | 25 | | agreement,
shall be custodian of the fund. All interest | 26 | | accruing on the fund shall remain
in the fund. No expenditures |
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| 1 | | may be made from such fund except upon the
direction of the | 2 | | board by resolution passed by a majority of all members of the
| 3 | | board. Expenditures may be made only to pay for the costs | 4 | | associated with the
following: | 5 | | (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System. | 6 | | (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address | 7 | | Guide data base, and
update and maintenance thereof. | 8 | | (3) The repayment of any moneys
advanced for the | 9 | | implementation of
the system. | 10 | | (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification | 11 | | and Automatic
Location Identification equipment,
a | 12 | | computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains, | 13 | | and integrates
information,
mobile data transmitters | 14 | | equipped with
automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance, | 15 | | replacement and
update thereof
to increase operational | 16 | | efficiency and improve the provision of emergency
| 17 | | services. | 18 | | (5) The non-recurring charges related to installation | 19 | | of the Emergency
Telephone System and the ongoing network | 20 | | charges. | 21 | | (6) The acquisition and installation, or the | 22 | | reimbursement of costs
therefor to other governmental | 23 | | bodies that have incurred those costs, of road
or street | 24 | | signs that are essential to the implementation of the | 25 | | emergency
telephone system and that are not duplicative of | 26 | | signs that are the
responsibility of the jurisdiction |
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| 1 | | charged with maintaining road and street
signs. | 2 | | (7) Other products and services necessary for the | 3 | | implementation,
upgrade, and maintenance of the system and | 4 | | any other purpose related to the
operation of
the system, | 5 | | including costs attributable directly to the construction, | 6 | | leasing,
or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or | 7 | | costs of personnel
attributable directly to the operation | 8 | | of the system. Costs attributable
directly to the operation | 9 | | of an emergency telephone system do not include the
costs | 10 | | of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment | 11 | | that is
dispatched in response to an emergency call. | 12 | | (7.5) The purchase of real property if the purchase is | 13 | | made before March 16, 2006. | 14 | | (8) In the case of a municipality that imposes a | 15 | | surcharge under subsection (h) of Section 15.3, moneys may | 16 | | also be used for any anti-terrorism or emergency | 17 | | preparedness measures, including, but not limited to, | 18 | | preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for | 19 | | federal or State grants, personnel training, and | 20 | | specialized equipment, including surveillance cameras as | 21 | | needed to deal with natural and terrorist-inspired | 22 | | emergency situations or events. | 23 | | (9) The defraying of expenses incurred in | 24 | | participation in a Regional Pilot Project to implement next | 25 | | generation 9-1-1, subject to the conditions set forth in | 26 | | this Act. |
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| 1 | | (10) The implementation of a computer aided dispatch | 2 | | system or hosted supplemental 9-1-1 services. | 3 | | Moneys in the fund may also be transferred to a | 4 | | participating fire protection district to reimburse volunteer | 5 | | firefighters who man remote telephone switching facilities | 6 | | when dedicated 9-1-1 lines are down. | 7 | | (d) The board shall complete the data base before | 8 | | implementation of the
9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the data | 9 | | base shall not at any time
exceed 1% of the total data base. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1443, eff. 8-20-10; | 11 | | 97-517, eff. 8-23-11; 97-1018, eff. 8-17-12.)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.
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