SB2335ham005 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

Filed: 11/6/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2335

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2335, AS AMENDED, by inserting immediately below the enacting clause the following:

"Section 2. The Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act is amended by changing Section 85 as follows:

(50 ILCS 751/85)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2014)

Sec. 85. 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board. There is hereby created the 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board. The Board shall work with the Commission to determine the 9-1-1 costs necessary for every 9-1-1 system to adequately function and shall submit, by May February 1, 2014, recommendations on whether there is a need to consolidate 9-1-1 functions to the General Assembly. The Board shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor as follows:

(1) the Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce Commission, or his or her designee;

(2) one member representing the Illinois chapter of the National Emergency Number Association;

(3) one member representing the Illinois chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials;

(4) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system from a county with a population of 50,000 or less;

(5) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system from a county with a population between 50,000 and 250,000;

(6) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system from a county with a population of 250,000 or more;

(7) one member representing an incumbent local exchange 9-1-1 system provider;

(8) one member representing a non-incumbent local exchange 9-1-1 system provider;

(9) one member representing a large wireless carrier;

(10) one member representing a small wireless carrier; and

(11) one member representing the Illinois Telecommunications Association.

The Board is abolished on July 1, 2014.

(Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13.)".