Full Text of HB1894 100th General Assembly
HB1894ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Chad Hays Filed: 3/29/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1894
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1894 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of State Police Law of the
Civil | 5 | | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Sections | 6 | | 2605-52 and 2605-475 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-52) | 8 | | Sec. 2605-52. Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator. | 9 | | (a) There shall be established an Office of the Statewide | 10 | | 9-1-1 Administrator within the Department. Beginning January | 11 | | 1, 2016, the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator shall | 12 | | be responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing a | 13 | | uniform statewide 9-1-1 system for all areas of the State | 14 | | outside of municipalities having a population over 500,000. | 15 | | (b) The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent | 16 | | of the Senate, a Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator. The |
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| 1 | | Administrator shall serve for a term of 2 years, and until a | 2 | | successor is appointed and qualified; except that the term of | 3 | | the first 9-1-1 Administrator appointed under this Act shall | 4 | | expire on the third Monday in January, 2017. The Administrator | 5 | | shall not hold any other remunerative public office. The | 6 | | Administrator shall receive an annual salary as set by the | 7 | | Governor.
| 8 | | (c) The Department, from appropriations made to it for that | 9 | | purpose, shall make grants to 9-1-1 Authorities for the purpose | 10 | | of defraying costs associated with 9-1-1 system consolidations | 11 | | awarded by the Administrator under Section 15.4b of the | 12 | | Emergency Telephone System Act. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)
| 14 | | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-475) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
| 15 | | Sec. 2605-475. Wireless Emergency Telephone System Safety | 16 | | Act. The Department and Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator shall To | 17 | | exercise the powers and perform the duties specifically | 18 | | assigned to each
the Department under the Wireless Emergency | 19 | | Telephone System Safety Act with respect
to the development and | 20 | | improvement of emergency communications procedures and
| 21 | | facilities in such a manner as to facilitate a quick response | 22 | | to any person
calling the number "9-1-1" seeking police, fire, | 23 | | medical, or other emergency
services through a wireless carrier | 24 | | as defined in Section 10 of the Wireless
Emergency Telephone | 25 | | Safety Act . Nothing in the Wireless Emergency Telephone System
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| 1 | | Safety Act shall require the Department of Illinois State | 2 | | Police to provide
wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 91-660, eff. 12-22-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
| 4 | | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 8.37 as follows:
| 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/8.37)
| 7 | | Sec. 8.37. State Police Wireless Service Emergency Fund.
| 8 | | (a) The State Police Wireless Service Emergency Fund is | 9 | | created as
a special fund in the State Treasury.
| 10 | | (b) Grants or surcharge funds allocated to the Department | 11 | | of State Police from the Statewide 9-1-1 Wireless Service
| 12 | | Emergency Fund shall be deposited into the State Police | 13 | | Wireless Service
Emergency Fund and shall be used in accordance | 14 | | with Section 30 20 of the Wireless
Emergency Telephone System | 15 | | Safety Act.
| 16 | | (c) On July 1, 1999, the State Comptroller and State | 17 | | Treasurer shall
transfer $1,300,000 from the General Revenue | 18 | | Fund to the State Police Wireless
Service Emergency Fund. On | 19 | | June 30, 2003 the State Comptroller and State
Treasurer shall | 20 | | transfer $1,300,000 from the State Police Wireless Service
| 21 | | Emergency Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 91-660, eff. 12-22-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
| 23 | | Section 15. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended |
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| 1 | | by changing Sections 2, 8, 10, 10.3, 12, 14, 15.2a, 15.4, | 2 | | 15.4a, 15.4b, 15.6a, 19, 20, 30, 35, 40, and 99 and by adding | 3 | | Section 17.5 as follows:
| 4 | | (50 ILCS 750/2) (from Ch. 134, par. 32)
| 5 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 6 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 7 | | context otherwise requires: | 8 | | "9-1-1 network" means the network used for the delivery of | 9 | | 9-1-1 calls and messages over dedicated and redundant | 10 | | facilities to a primary or back up 9-1-1 PSAP that meets P.01 | 11 | | grade of service standards for basic 9-1-1 and enhanced 9-1-1 | 12 | | services or meets national I3 industry call delivery standards | 13 | | for Next Generation 9-1-1 services. | 14 | | "9-1-1 system" means the geographic area that has been | 15 | | granted an order of authority by the Commission or the | 16 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator to use "9-1-1" as the primary | 17 | | emergency telephone number. | 18 | | "9-1-1 Authority" includes an Emergency Telephone System | 19 | | Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, and a qualified | 20 | | governmental entity. "9-1-1 Authority" includes the Department | 21 | | of State Police only to the extent it provides 9-1-1 services | 22 | | under this Act. | 23 | | "Administrator" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator. | 24 | | "Advanced service" means any telecommunications service | 25 | | with dynamic bandwidth allocation, including, but not limited |
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| 1 | | to, ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI), that, through the use of | 2 | | a DS-1, T-1, or similar un-channelized or multi-channel | 3 | | transmission facility, is capable of transporting either the | 4 | | subscriber's inter-premises voice telecommunications services | 5 | | to the public switched network or the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls | 6 | | to the public agency. | 7 | | "ALI" or "automatic location identification" means, in an | 8 | | E9-1-1 system, the automatic display at the public safety | 9 | | answering point of the caller's telephone number, the address | 10 | | or location of the telephone, and supplementary emergency | 11 | | services information. | 12 | | "ANI" or "automatic number identification" means the | 13 | | automatic display of the 9-1-1 calling party's number on the | 14 | | PSAP monitor. | 15 | | "Automatic alarm" and "automatic alerting device" mean any | 16 | | device that will access the 9-1-1 system for emergency services | 17 | | upon activation. | 18 | | "Backup PSAP" means a public safety answering point that | 19 | | serves as an alternate to the PSAP for enhanced systems and is | 20 | | at a different location and operates independently from the | 21 | | PSAP. A backup PSAP may accept overflow calls from the PSAP or | 22 | | be activated if the primary PSAP is disabled. | 23 | | "Board" means an Emergency Telephone System Board or a | 24 | | Joint Emergency Telephone System Board created pursuant to | 25 | | Section 15.4. | 26 | | "Carrier" includes a telecommunications carrier and a |
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| 1 | | wireless carrier. | 2 | | "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission. | 3 | | "Computer aided dispatch" or "CAD" means a computer-based | 4 | | system that aids PSAP telecommunicators by automating selected | 5 | | dispatching and record keeping activities database maintained | 6 | | by the public safety agency or public safety answering point | 7 | | used in conjunction with 9-1-1 caller data . | 8 | | "Direct dispatch method" means a 9-1-1 service that | 9 | | provides for the direct dispatch by a PSAP telecommunicator of | 10 | | the appropriate unit upon receipt of an emergency call and the | 11 | | decision as to the proper action to be taken. | 12 | | "Department" means the Department of State Police. | 13 | | "DS-1, T-1, or similar un-channelized or multi-channel | 14 | | transmission facility" means a facility that can transmit and | 15 | | receive a bit rate of at least 1.544 megabits per second | 16 | | (Mbps). | 17 | | "Dynamic bandwidth allocation" means the ability of the | 18 | | facility or customer to drop and add channels, or adjust | 19 | | bandwidth, when needed in real time for voice or data purposes. | 20 | | "Enhanced 9-1-1" or "E9-1-1" means a an emergency telephone | 21 | | system that includes dedicated network switching , database and | 22 | | PSAP premise elements capable of providing automatic location | 23 | | identification data, selective routing, database, ALI, ANI, | 24 | | selective transfer, fixed transfer, and a call back number , | 25 | | including any enhanced 9-1-1 service so designated by the | 26 | | Federal Communications Commission in its report and order in WC |
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| 1 | | Dockets Nos. 04-36 and 05-196, or any successor proceeding . | 2 | | "ETSB" means an emergency telephone system board appointed | 3 | | by the corporate authorities of any county or municipality that | 4 | | provides for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system. | 5 | | "Hearing-impaired individual" means a person with a | 6 | | permanent hearing loss who can regularly and routinely | 7 | | communicate by telephone only through the aid of devices which | 8 | | can send and receive written messages over the telephone | 9 | | network. | 10 | | "Hosted supplemental 9-1-1 service" means a database | 11 | | service that: | 12 | | (1) electronically provides information to 9-1-1 call | 13 | | takers when a call is placed to 9-1-1; | 14 | | (2) allows telephone subscribers to provide | 15 | | information to 9-1-1 to be used in emergency scenarios; | 16 | | (3) collects a variety of formatted data relevant to | 17 | | 9-1-1 and first responder needs, which may include, but is | 18 | | not limited to, photographs of the telephone subscribers, | 19 | | physical descriptions, medical information, household | 20 | | data, and emergency contacts; | 21 | | (4) allows for information to be entered by telephone | 22 | | subscribers through a secure website where they can elect | 23 | | to provide as little or as much information as they choose; | 24 | | (5) automatically displays data provided by telephone | 25 | | subscribers to 9-1-1 call takers for all types of | 26 | | telephones when a call is placed to 9-1-1 from a registered |
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| 1 | | and confirmed phone number; | 2 | | (6) supports the delivery of telephone subscriber | 3 | | information through a secure internet connection to all | 4 | | emergency telephone system boards; | 5 | | (7) works across all 9-1-1 call taking equipment and | 6 | | allows for the easy transfer of information into a computer | 7 | | aided dispatch system; and | 8 | | (8) may be used to collect information pursuant to an | 9 | | Illinois Premise Alert Program as defined in the Illinois | 10 | | Premise Alert Program (PAP) Act. | 11 | | "Interconnected voice over Internet protocol provider" or | 12 | | "Interconnected VoIP provider" has the meaning given to that | 13 | | term under Section 13-235 of the Public Utilities Act. | 14 | | "Joint ETSB" means a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board | 15 | | established by intergovernmental agreement of two or more | 16 | | municipalities or counties, or a combination thereof, to | 17 | | provide for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system. | 18 | | "Local public agency" means any unit of local government or | 19 | | special purpose district located in whole or in part within | 20 | | this State that provides or has authority to provide | 21 | | firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other emergency | 22 | | services. | 23 | | "Mechanical dialer" means any device that either manually | 24 | | or remotely triggers a dialing device to access the 9-1-1 | 25 | | system. | 26 | | "Master Street Address Guide" or "MSAG" is a database of |
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| 1 | | street names and house ranges within their associated | 2 | | communities defining emergency service zones (ESZs) and their | 3 | | associated emergency service numbers (ESNs) to enable proper | 4 | | routing of 9-1-1 calls means the computerized geographical | 5 | | database that consists of all street and address data within a | 6 | | 9-1-1 system . | 7 | | "Mobile telephone number" or "MTN" means the telephone | 8 | | number assigned to a wireless telephone at the time of initial | 9 | | activation. | 10 | | "Network connections" means the number of voice grade | 11 | | communications channels directly between a subscriber and a | 12 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network, without | 13 | | the intervention of any other telecommunications carrier's | 14 | | switched network, which would be required to carry the | 15 | | subscriber's inter-premises traffic and which connection | 16 | | either (1) is capable of providing access through the public | 17 | | switched network to a 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System, if one | 18 | | exists, or (2) if no system exists at the time a surcharge is | 19 | | imposed under Section 15.3, that would be capable of providing | 20 | | access through the public switched network to the local 9-1-1 | 21 | | Emergency Telephone System if one existed. Where multiple voice | 22 | | grade communications channels are connected to a | 23 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network through a | 24 | | private branch exchange (PBX) service, there shall be | 25 | | determined to be one network connection for each trunk line | 26 | | capable of transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises |
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| 1 | | traffic to the public switched network or the subscriber's | 2 | | 9-1-1 calls to the public agency. Where multiple voice grade | 3 | | communications channels are connected to a telecommunications | 4 | | carrier's public switched network through centrex type | 5 | | service, the number of network connections shall be equal to | 6 | | the number of PBX trunk equivalents for the subscriber's | 7 | | service, as determined by reference to any generally applicable | 8 | | exchange access service tariff filed by the subscriber's | 9 | | telecommunications carrier with the Commission. | 10 | | "Network costs" means those recurring costs that directly | 11 | | relate to the operation of the 9-1-1 network as determined by | 12 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator with the advice of the | 13 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, which may include including , | 14 | | but need not be limited to, some or all of the following: costs | 15 | | for interoffice trunks, selective routing charges, transfer | 16 | | lines and toll charges for 9-1-1 services, Automatic Location | 17 | | Information (ALI) database charges, call box trunk circuit | 18 | | (including central office only and not including extensions to | 19 | | fire stations), independent local exchange carrier charges and | 20 | | non-system provider charges, carrier charges for third party | 21 | | database for on-site customer premises equipment, back-up PSAP | 22 | | trunks for non-system providers, periodic database updates as | 23 | | provided by carrier (also known as "ALI data dump"), regional | 24 | | ALI storage charges, circuits for call delivery (fiber or | 25 | | circuit connection), NG9-1-1 costs, and all associated fees, | 26 | | taxes, and surcharges on each invoice. "Network costs" shall |
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| 1 | | not include radio circuits or toll charges that are other than | 2 | | for 9-1-1 services. | 3 | | "Next generation 9-1-1" or "NG9-1-1" means an Internet | 4 | | Protocol-based (IP-based) system comprised of managed ESInets, | 5 | | functional elements and applications, and databases that | 6 | | replicate traditional E9-1-1 features and functions and | 7 | | provide additional capabilities. "NG9-1-1" systems are | 8 | | designed to provide access to emergency services from all | 9 | | connected communications sources, and provide multimedia data | 10 | | capabilities for PSAPs and other emergency services | 11 | | organizations. | 12 | | "NG9-1-1 costs" means those recurring costs that directly | 13 | | relate to the Next Generation 9-1-1 service as determined by | 14 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, including, but not limited | 15 | | to, costs for Emergency System Routing Proxy (ESRP), Emergency | 16 | | Call Routing Function/Location Validation Function (ECRF/LVF), | 17 | | Spatial Information Function (SIF), the Border Control | 18 | | Function (BCF), and the Emergency Services Internet Protocol | 19 | | networks (ESInets), legacy network gateways, and all | 20 | | associated fees, taxes, and surcharges on each invoice. | 21 | | "Private branch exchange" or "PBX" means a private | 22 | | telephone system and associated equipment located on the user's | 23 | | property that provides communications between internal | 24 | | stations and external networks. | 25 | | "Private business switch service" means a | 26 | | telecommunications service including centrex type service and |
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| 1 | | PBX service, even though key telephone systems or equivalent | 2 | | telephone systems registered with the Federal Communications | 3 | | Commission under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 are directly connected to | 4 | | centrex type and PBX systems providing 9-1-1 services equipped | 5 | | for switched local network connections or 9-1-1 system access | 6 | | to business end users through a private telephone switch. | 7 | | "Private business switch service" means network and | 8 | | premises based systems including a VoIP, Centrex type service, | 9 | | or PBX service, even though does not include key telephone | 10 | | systems or equivalent telephone systems registered with the | 11 | | Federal Communications Commission under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 are | 12 | | directly connected to Centrex when not used in conjunction with | 13 | | centrex type and PBX systems. "Private business switch service" | 14 | | does not include key telephone systems or equivalent telephone | 15 | | systems registered with the Federal Communications Commission | 16 | | under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 when not used in conjunction with a | 17 | | VoIP, Centrex type, or PBX systems. "Private business switch | 18 | | service" typically includes, but is not limited to, private | 19 | | businesses, corporations, and industries where the | 20 | | telecommunications service is primarily for conducting | 21 | | business. | 22 | | "Private residential switch service" means network and | 23 | | premise based systems a telecommunications service including a | 24 | | VoIP, Centrex centrex type service , or and PBX service or , even | 25 | | though key telephone systems or equivalent telephone systems | 26 | | registered with the Federal Communications Commission under 47 |
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| 1 | | C.F.R. Part 68 that are directly connected to a VoIP, Centrex | 2 | | centrex type service, or and PBX systems providing 9-1-1 | 3 | | services equipped for switched local network connections or | 4 | | 9-1-1 system access to residential end users through a private | 5 | | telephone switch. "Private residential switch service" does | 6 | | not include key telephone systems or equivalent telephone | 7 | | systems registered with the Federal Communications Commission | 8 | | under 47 C.F.R. Part 68 when not used in conjunction with a | 9 | | VoIP, Centrex centrex type , or and PBX systems. "Private | 10 | | residential switch service" typically includes, but is not | 11 | | limited to, apartment complexes, condominiums, and campus or | 12 | | university environments where shared tenant service is | 13 | | provided and where the usage of the telecommunications service | 14 | | is primarily residential. | 15 | | "Public agency" means the State, and any unit of local | 16 | | government or special purpose district located in whole or in | 17 | | part within this State, that provides or has authority to | 18 | | provide firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other | 19 | | emergency services. | 20 | | "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a | 21 | | public agency that provides firefighting, police, medical, or | 22 | | other emergency services to respond to and manage emergency | 23 | | incidents . For the purpose of providing wireless service to | 24 | | users of 9-1-1 emergency services, as expressly provided for in | 25 | | this Act, the Department of State Police may be considered a | 26 | | public safety agency. |
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| 1 | | "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" is a set of | 2 | | call-takers authorized by a governing body and operating under | 3 | | common management that receive 9-1-1 calls and asynchronous | 4 | | event notifications for a defined geographic area and processes | 5 | | those calls and events according to a specified operational | 6 | | policy means the initial answering location of an emergency | 7 | | call . | 8 | | "Qualified governmental entity" means a unit of local | 9 | | government authorized to provide 9-1-1 services pursuant to | 10 | | this Act where no emergency telephone system board exists. | 11 | | "Referral method" means a 9-1-1 service in which the PSAP | 12 | | telecommunicator provides the calling party with the telephone | 13 | | number of the appropriate public safety agency or other | 14 | | provider of emergency services. | 15 | | "Regular service" means any telecommunications service, | 16 | | other than advanced service, that is capable of transporting | 17 | | either the subscriber's inter-premises voice | 18 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or | 19 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency. | 20 | | "Relay method" means a 9-1-1 service in which the PSAP | 21 | | telecommunicator takes the pertinent information from a caller | 22 | | and relays that information to the appropriate public safety | 23 | | agency or other provider of emergency services. | 24 | | "Remit period" means the billing period, one month in | 25 | | duration, for which a wireless carrier remits a surcharge and | 26 | | provides subscriber information by zip code to the Department, |
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| 1 | | in accordance with Section 20 of this Act. | 2 | | "Secondary Answering Point" or "SAP" means a location, | 3 | | other than a PSAP, that is able to receive the voice, data, and | 4 | | call back number of E9-1-1 or NG9-1-1 emergency calls | 5 | | transferred from a PSAP and completes the call taking process | 6 | | by dispatching police, medical, fire, or other emergency | 7 | | responders. | 8 | | "Statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system" means all | 9 | | areas of the State where an emergency telephone system board | 10 | | or, in the absence of an emergency telephone system board, a | 11 | | qualified governmental entity, has not declared its intention | 12 | | for one or more of its public safety answering points to serve | 13 | | as a primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point for | 14 | | its jurisdiction. The operator of the statewide wireless | 15 | | emergency 9-1-1 system shall be the Department of State Police. | 16 | | "System" means the communications equipment and related | 17 | | software applications required to produce a response by the | 18 | | appropriate emergency public safety agency or other provider of | 19 | | emergency services as a result of an emergency call being | 20 | | placed to 9-1-1. | 21 | | "System provider" means the contracted entity providing | 22 | | 9-1-1 network and database services. | 23 | | "Telecommunications carrier" means those entities included | 24 | | within the definition specified in Section 13-202 of the Public | 25 | | Utilities Act, and includes those carriers acting as resellers | 26 | | of telecommunications services. "Telecommunications carrier" |
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| 1 | | includes telephone systems operating as mutual concerns. | 2 | | "Telecommunications carrier" does not include a wireless | 3 | | carrier. | 4 | | "Telecommunications technology" means equipment that can | 5 | | send and receive written messages over the telephone network. | 6 | | "Transfer method" means a 9-1-1 service in which the PSAP | 7 | | telecommunicator receiving a call transfers that call to the | 8 | | appropriate public safety agency or other provider of emergency | 9 | | services. | 10 | | "Transmitting messages" shall have the meaning given to | 11 | | that term under Section 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | 12 | | "Trunk line" means a transmission path, or group of | 13 | | transmission paths, connecting a subscriber's PBX to a | 14 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network. In the | 15 | | case of regular service, each voice grade communications | 16 | | channel or equivalent amount of bandwidth capable of | 17 | | transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice | 18 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or | 19 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be | 20 | | considered a trunk line, even if it is bundled with other | 21 | | channels or additional bandwidth. In the case of advanced | 22 | | service, each DS-1, T-1, or similar un-channelized or | 23 | | multi-channel transmission facility that is capable of | 24 | | transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice | 25 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or | 26 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be |
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| 1 | | considered a single trunk line, even if it contains multiple | 2 | | voice grade communications channels or otherwise supports 2 or | 3 | | more voice grade calls at a time; provided, however, that each | 4 | | additional 1.544 Mbps of transmission capacity that is capable | 5 | | of transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice | 6 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or | 7 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be | 8 | | considered an additional trunk line. | 9 | | "Unmanned backup PSAP" means a public safety answering | 10 | | point that serves as an alternate to the PSAP at an alternate | 11 | | location and is typically unmanned but can be activated if the | 12 | | primary PSAP is disabled. | 13 | | "Virtual answering point" or "VAP" means a temporary or | 14 | | nonpermanent location that is capable of receiving an emergency | 15 | | call, contains a fully functional worksite that is not bound to | 16 | | a specific location, but rather is portable and scalable, | 17 | | connecting emergency call takers or dispatchers to the work | 18 | | process, and is capable of completing the call dispatching | 19 | | process. | 20 | | "Voice-impaired individual" means a person with a | 21 | | permanent speech disability which precludes oral | 22 | | communication, who can regularly and routinely communicate by | 23 | | telephone only through the aid of devices which can send and | 24 | | receive written messages over the telephone network. | 25 | | "Wireless carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular, | 26 | | broadband PCS, geographic area 800 MHZ and 900 MHZ Commercial |
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| 1 | | Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), Wireless Communications Service | 2 | | (WCS), or other Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), as | 3 | | defined by the Federal Communications Commission, offering | 4 | | radio communications that may provide fixed, mobile, radio | 5 | | location, or satellite communication services to individuals | 6 | | or businesses within its assigned spectrum block and | 7 | | geographical area or that offers real-time, two-way voice | 8 | | service that is interconnected with the public switched | 9 | | network, including a reseller of such service. | 10 | | "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means the ability to relay the | 11 | | telephone number of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and location | 12 | | information from any mobile handset or text telephone device | 13 | | accessing the wireless system to the designated wireless public | 14 | | safety answering point as set forth in the order of the Federal | 15 | | Communications Commission, FCC Docket No. 94-102, adopted June | 16 | | 12, 1996, with an effective date of October 1, 1996, and any | 17 | | subsequent amendment thereto. | 18 | | "Wireless public safety answering point" means the | 19 | | functional division of a 9-1-1 authority accepting wireless | 20 | | 9-1-1 calls. | 21 | | "Wireless subscriber" means an individual or entity to whom | 22 | | a wireless service account or number has been assigned by a | 23 | | wireless carrier, other than an account or number associated | 24 | | with prepaid wireless telecommunication service.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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| 1 | | (50 ILCS 750/8) (from Ch. 134, par. 38)
| 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 3 | | Sec. 8.
The Administrator, with the advice and | 4 | | recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall | 5 | | coordinate the implementation of systems established under | 6 | | this Act. To assist with this coordination, all systems | 7 | | authorized to operate under this Act shall register with the | 8 | | Administrator information regarding its composition and | 9 | | organization, including, but not limited to, identification of | 10 | | all PSAPs, SAPs, VAPs, Back-up PSAPs, and Unmanned Back-up | 11 | | PSAPs. The Administrator may adopt rules for the administration | 12 | | of this Section.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .)
| 14 | | (50 ILCS 750/10) (from Ch. 134, par. 40) | 15 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 16 | | Sec. 10. | 17 | | (a) The Administrator, with the advice and recommendation | 18 | | of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall establish uniform | 19 | | technical and operational standards for all 9-1-1 systems in | 20 | | Illinois. All findings, orders, decisions, rules, and | 21 | | regulations issued or promulgated by the Commission under this | 22 | | Act or any other Act establishing or conferring power on the | 23 | | Commission with respect to emergency telecommunications | 24 | | services, shall continue in force. Notwithstanding the | 25 | | provisions of this Section, where applicable, the |
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| 1 | | Administrator shall, with the advice and recommendation of the | 2 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, amend the Commission's | 3 | | findings, orders, decisions, rules, and regulations to conform | 4 | | to the specific provisions of this Act as soon as practicable | 5 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th | 6 | | General Assembly. | 7 | | (b) The Department may adopt emergency rules necessary to | 8 | | implement the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 99th | 9 | | General Assembly under subsection (t) of Section 5-45 of the | 10 | | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. | 11 | | (c) Nothing in this Act shall deprive the Commission of any | 12 | | authority to regulate the provision by telecommunication | 13 | | carriers or 9-1-1 system service providers of | 14 | | telecommunication or other services under the Public Utilities | 15 | | Act. | 16 | | (d) For rules that implicate both the regulation of 9-1-1 | 17 | | authorities under this Act and the regulation of | 18 | | telecommunication carriers and 9-1-1 system service providers | 19 | | under the Public Utilities Act, the Department, and the | 20 | | Commission may adopt joint rules necessary for implementation. | 21 | | (e) Any findings, orders, or decisions of the Administrator | 22 | | under this Section shall be deemed a final administrative | 23 | | decision and shall be subject to judicial review under the | 24 | | Administrative Review Law. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .)
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| 1 | | (50 ILCS 750/10.3)
| 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
| 3 | | Sec. 10.3. Notice of address change. The Emergency | 4 | | Telephone System Board or qualified governmental entity
in
any
| 5 | | county implementing a 9-1-1 system that changes any person's | 6 | | address (when the
person
whose address has changed has not | 7 | | moved to a new residence) shall notify
the person (i) of the | 8 | | person's new address and (ii) that the person should
contact | 9 | | the local
election authority to determine if the person should | 10 | | re-register to vote.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 90-664, eff. 7-30-98 .)
| 12 | | (50 ILCS 750/12) (from Ch. 134, par. 42)
| 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 14 | | Sec. 12.
The Attorney General may, on in behalf of the | 15 | | Department or on his
own initiative, commence judicial | 16 | | proceedings to enforce compliance by any
public agency or | 17 | | public utility providing telephone service with this Act.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .)
| 19 | | (50 ILCS 750/14) (from Ch. 134, par. 44)
| 20 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
| 21 | | Sec. 14.
The General Assembly declares that a major purpose | 22 | | of in enacting this Act is to ensure that 9-1-1 systems have | 23 | | redundant methods of dispatch for each public safety agency | 24 | | within its jurisdiction, herein known as participating |
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| 1 | | agencies. In addition, that 9-1-1 systems have redundant | 2 | | methods of dispatch for 9-1-1 systems whose jurisdictional | 3 | | boundaries are contiguous, herein known as adjacent 9-1-1 | 4 | | systems, when an emergency request for service is received for | 5 | | a public safety agency that needs to be dispatched by the | 6 | | adjacent 9-1-1 system. Another purpose of this Section is to
| 7 | | eliminate instances in which a public safety agency responding | 8 | | emergency service refuses , once dispatched, to render aid to | 9 | | the
requester because the requester is outside of the | 10 | | jurisdictional boundaries
of the public safety agency | 11 | | emergency service . Therefore, in implementing a 9-1-1 system | 12 | | systems under this Act, all 9-1-1 authorities
public agencies | 13 | | in a single system shall enter into call handling and aid | 14 | | outside jurisdictional boundaries agreements with each | 15 | | participating agency and adjacent 9-1-1 system a joint
powers | 16 | | agreement or any other form of written cooperative agreement | 17 | | which
is applicable when need
arises on a day-to-day basis. | 18 | | Certified notification of the continuation
of such agreements | 19 | | shall be made among the involved parties on an annual
basis. In | 20 | | addition, such agreements shall be entered
into between public | 21 | | agencies and public safety agencies which are
part of different | 22 | | systems but whose jurisdictional boundaries are contiguous . | 23 | | The
agreements shall provide a primary and secondary means of | 24 | | dispatch. It must also provide that, once an emergency unit is | 25 | | dispatched in response
to a request through the system, such | 26 | | unit shall render its services to the requesting
party without |
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| 1 | | regard to whether the unit is operating outside its
normal | 2 | | jurisdictional boundaries. Certified notification of the
| 3 | | continuation of call handling and aid outside jurisdictional | 4 | | boundaries agreements shall be made among the involved parties | 5 | | on an annual basis.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 86-101 .)
| 7 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.2a) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2a)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
| 9 | | Sec. 15.2a. The installation of or connection to a | 10 | | telephone
company's network of any automatic alarm, automatic | 11 | | alerting
device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number | 12 | | 9-1-1 to
be dialed in order to directly access emergency | 13 | | services is
prohibited in a 9-1-1 system. | 14 | | This Section does not apply to a person who connects to a | 15 | | 9-1-1 network using automatic crash notification technology | 16 | | subject to an established protocol. | 17 | | This Section does not apply to devices used to enable | 18 | | access to the 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired or special | 19 | | needs persons or for persons with disabilities in an emergency | 20 | | situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing | 21 | | person's report. The device must have the capability to be | 22 | | activated and controlled remotely by trained personnel at a | 23 | | service center to prevent falsely activated or repeated calls | 24 | | to the 9-1-1 system in a single incident. The device must have | 25 | | the technical capability to generate location information to |
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| 1 | | the 9-1-1 system. Under no circumstances shall a device be sold | 2 | | for use in a geographical jurisdiction where the 9-1-1 system | 3 | | has not deployed wireless phase II location technology. The | 4 | | alerting device shall also provide for either 2-way | 5 | | communication or send a pre-recorded message to a 9-1-1 | 6 | | provider explaining the nature of the emergency so that the | 7 | | 9-1-1 provider will be able to dispatch the appropriate | 8 | | emergency responder. | 9 | | Violation of this Section is
a Class A misdemeanor. A | 10 | | second or subsequent violation of this
Section is a Class 4 | 11 | | felony.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
| 13 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.4) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4) | 14 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 15 | | Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers. | 16 | | (a) An Emergency Telephone System Board established by | 17 | | Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Section, the | 18 | | corporate authorities of any county or municipality prior to | 19 | | January 1, 2016 may continue to operate as provided in this Act
| 20 | | may establish an Emergency
Telephone System Board . | 21 | | (a-5) An Emergency Telephone System Board established by | 22 | | the corporate authorities of any municipality or county on or | 23 | | after January 1, 2016 is abolished, unless the board is a Joint | 24 | | Emergency Telephone System Board or is in the process of | 25 | | joining or becoming a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. |
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| 1 | | On or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 2 | | 100th General Assembly, any 9-1-1 Authority operating without | 3 | | an Emergency Telephone System Board or Joint Emergency | 4 | | Telephone System Board shall establish a Joint Emergency | 5 | | Telephone System Board. | 6 | | (a-10) The corporate authorities of any county or | 7 | | municipality entering into an intergovernmental agreement to | 8 | | create or join a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall | 9 | | rescind any ordinance creating the original Emergency | 10 | | Telephone System Board and shall eliminate the Emergency | 11 | | Telephone System Board, if one exists, effective upon the | 12 | | creation, with regulatory approval by the Administrator, or | 13 | | joining of the Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. | 14 | | (a-15) On or after the effective date of this amendatory | 15 | | Act of the 100th General Assembly, any new intergovernmental | 16 | | agreements entered regarding the oversight of a 9-1-1 Authority | 17 | | by a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall provide for | 18 | | the appointment of a PSAP representative to provide operational | 19 | | oversight. | 20 | | (a-20) The corporate authorities establishing the | 21 | | Emergency Telephone System Board or Joint Emergency Telephone | 22 | | System Board shall provide for the
manner of appointment and | 23 | | the number of members of the Board, provided that
the board | 24 | | shall consist of not fewer than 5 members, one of whom
must be | 25 | | a
public member who is a resident of the local exchange service | 26 | | territory
included in the 9-1-1 coverage area, one of whom (in |
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| 1 | | counties with a
population less than 100,000) may be a member | 2 | | of the county
board, and
at least 3 of whom shall be | 3 | | representative of the 9-1-1 public safety agencies,
including | 4 | | but not limited to police departments, fire departments, | 5 | | emergency
medical services providers, and emergency services | 6 | | and disaster agencies, and
appointed on the basis of their | 7 | | ability or experience. In counties with a population of more | 8 | | than 100,000 but less than 2,000,000, a member of the county | 9 | | board may serve on the Emergency Telephone System Board. | 10 | | Elected officials, including members of a county board, are
| 11 | | also eligible to serve on the board. Members of the board shall | 12 | | serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed for their | 13 | | actual and necessary
expenses. Any 2 or more municipalities, | 14 | | counties, or combination thereof,
may, instead of establishing
| 15 | | individual boards, establish by intergovernmental agreement a | 16 | | Joint
Emergency Telephone System Board pursuant to this | 17 | | Section. The manner of
appointment of such a joint board shall | 18 | | be prescribed in the agreement. | 19 | | (a-25) Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 20 | | the 98th General Assembly, appointed members of the Emergency | 21 | | Telephone System Board shall serve staggered 3-year terms if: | 22 | | (1) the Board serves a county with a population of 100,000 or | 23 | | less; and (2) appointments, on the effective date of this | 24 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, are not for a | 25 | | stated term. The corporate authorities of the county or | 26 | | municipality shall assign terms to the board members serving on |
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| 1 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General | 2 | | Assembly in the following manner: (1) one-third of board | 3 | | members' terms shall expire on January 1, 2015; (2) one-third | 4 | | of board members' terms shall expire on January 1, 2016; and | 5 | | (3) remaining board members' terms shall expire on January 1, | 6 | | 2017. Board members may be re-appointed upon the expiration of | 7 | | their terms by the corporate authorities of the county or | 8 | | municipality. | 9 | | (a-30) The corporate authorities of a county or | 10 | | municipality may, by a vote of the majority of the members | 11 | | elected, remove an Emergency Telephone System Board member for | 12 | | misconduct, official misconduct, or neglect of office. | 13 | | (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by | 14 | | ordinance
of the municipality or county, or by | 15 | | intergovernmental agreement in the
case of a joint board. The | 16 | | powers and duties shall include, but need not
be limited to the | 17 | | following: | 18 | | (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system. | 19 | | (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, | 20 | | upgrading, or
maintenance of the system, including the | 21 | | establishment of equipment
specifications and coding | 22 | | systems. | 23 | | (3) Receiving moneys
from the surcharge imposed under | 24 | | Section 15.3, or disbursed to it under Section 30, and
from | 25 | | any other source, for deposit into the Emergency Telephone | 26 | | System Fund. |
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| 1 | | (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund. | 2 | | (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation | 3 | | or upgrade of the
system. | 4 | | (6) (Blank). | 5 | | (c) All moneys
received by a board pursuant to a surcharge | 6 | | imposed under
Section 15.3, or disbursed to it under Section | 7 | | 30, shall be deposited into a separate interest-bearing
| 8 | | Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The treasurer of the | 9 | | municipality or
county that has established the board or, in | 10 | | the case of a joint board, any
municipal or county treasurer | 11 | | designated in the intergovernmental agreement,
shall be | 12 | | custodian of the fund. All interest accruing on the fund shall | 13 | | remain
in the fund. No expenditures may be made from such fund | 14 | | except upon the
direction of the board by resolution passed by | 15 | | a majority of all members of the
board. | 16 | | (d) The board shall complete a Master Street Address Guide | 17 | | database before implementation of the
9-1-1 system. The error | 18 | | ratio of the database shall not at any time
exceed 1% of the | 19 | | total database. | 20 | | (e) (Blank). On and after January 1, 2016, no municipality | 21 | | or county may create an Emergency Telephone System Board unless | 22 | | the board is a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. The | 23 | | corporate authorities of any county or municipality entering | 24 | | into an intergovernmental agreement to create or join a Joint | 25 | | Emergency Telephone System Board shall rescind the ordinance or | 26 | | ordinances creating the original Emergency Telephone System |
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| 1 | | Board and shall eliminate the Emergency Telephone System Board, | 2 | | effective upon the creation, with regulatory approval by the | 3 | | Administrator, or joining of the Joint Emergency Telephone | 4 | | System Board. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 98-481, eff. 8-16-13; 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.4a) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 8 | | Sec. 15.4a. Consolidation. | 9 | | (a) By July 1, 2017, and except as otherwise provided in | 10 | | this Section, Emergency Telephone System Boards, Joint | 11 | | Emergency Telephone System Boards, qualified governmental | 12 | | entities, and PSAPs shall be consolidated as follows, subject | 13 | | to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section: | 14 | | (1) In any county with a population of at least 250,000 | 15 | | that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board, or | 16 | | qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, shall | 17 | | reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, | 18 | | whichever is greater. Nothing in this paragraph shall | 19 | | preclude consolidation resulting in one PSAP in the county. | 20 | | (2) In any county with a population of at least 250,000 | 21 | | that has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board, | 22 | | Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified | 23 | | governmental entity, any 9-1-1 Authority serving a | 24 | | population of less than 25,000 shall be consolidated such | 25 | | that no 9-1-1 Authority in the county serves a population |
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| 1 | | of less than 25,000. | 2 | | (3) In any county with a population of at least 250,000 | 3 | | but less than 1,000,000 that has more than one Emergency | 4 | | Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System | 5 | | Board, or qualified governmental entity, each 9-1-1 | 6 | | Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50% | 7 | | or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this | 8 | | paragraph shall preclude consolidation of a 9-1-1 | 9 | | Authority into a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, | 10 | | and nothing in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation | 11 | | resulting in one PSAP in the county. | 12 | | (4) In any county with a population of less than | 13 | | 250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board | 14 | | or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, the | 15 | | 9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at | 16 | | least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in | 17 | | this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in | 18 | | one PSAP in the county. | 19 | | (5) In any county with a population of less than | 20 | | 250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System | 21 | | Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or | 22 | | qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPS, the | 23 | | 9-1-1 Authorities shall be consolidated into a single joint | 24 | | board, and the number of PSAPs shall be reduced by at least | 25 | | 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this | 26 | | paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in one |
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| 1 | | PSAP in the county. | 2 | | (6) Any 9-1-1 Authority that does not have a PSAP | 3 | | within its jurisdiction shall be consolidated through an | 4 | | intergovernmental agreement with an existing 9-1-1 | 5 | | Authority that has a PSAP to create a Joint Emergency | 6 | | Telephone Board. | 7 | | (7) The corporate authorities of each county that has | 8 | | no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 shall provide | 9 | | enhanced 9-1-1 wireline and wireless enhanced 9-1-1 | 10 | | service for that county by either (i) entering into an | 11 | | intergovernmental agreement with an existing Emergency | 12 | | Telephone System Board to create a new Joint Emergency | 13 | | Telephone System Board, or (ii) entering into an | 14 | | intergovernmental agreement with the corporate authorities | 15 | | that have created an existing Joint Emergency Telephone | 16 | | System Board. | 17 | | (b) By July 1, 2016, each county required to consolidate | 18 | | pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section and | 19 | | each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to | 20 | | paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section | 21 | | shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver | 22 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Office | 23 | | Division of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator . | 24 | | (1) No county or 9-1-1 Authority may avoid the | 25 | | requirements of this Section by converting primary PSAPs to | 26 | | secondary or virtual answering points. Any county or 9-1-1 |
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| 1 | | Authority not in compliance with this Section shall be | 2 | | ineligible to receive consolidation grant funds issued | 3 | | under Section 15.4b of this Act or monthly disbursements | 4 | | otherwise due under Section 30 of this Act, until the | 5 | | county or 9-1-1 Authority is in compliance. | 6 | | (2) Within 60 calendar days of receiving a | 7 | | consolidation plan, the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board | 8 | | shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan and | 9 | | provide a recommendation to the Administrator. Notice of | 10 | | the hearing shall be provided to the respective entity to | 11 | | which the plan applies. | 12 | | (3) Within 90 calendar days of receiving a | 13 | | consolidation plan, the Administrator shall approve the | 14 | | plan, approve the plan as modified, or grant a waiver | 15 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. In making his | 16 | | or her decision, the Administrator shall consider any | 17 | | recommendation from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board | 18 | | regarding the plan. If the Administrator does not follow | 19 | | the recommendation of the Board, the Administrator shall | 20 | | provide a written explanation for the deviation in his or | 21 | | her decision. | 22 | | (4) The deadlines provided in this subsection may be | 23 | | extended upon agreement between the Administrator and | 24 | | entity which submitted the plan. | 25 | | (c) A waiver from a consolidation required under subsection | 26 | | (a) of this Section may be granted if the Administrator finds |
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| 1 | | that the consolidation will result in a substantial threat to | 2 | | public safety, is economically unreasonable, or is technically | 3 | | infeasible. | 4 | | (d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section | 5 | | shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be | 6 | | subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 8 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.4b) | 9 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 10 | | Sec. 15.4b. Consolidation grants. | 11 | | (a) The Administrator, with the advice and recommendation | 12 | | of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall administer a 9-1-1 | 13 | | System Consolidation Grant Program to defray costs associated | 14 | | with 9-1-1 system consolidation of systems outside of a | 15 | | municipality with a population in excess of 500,000. The | 16 | | awarded grants will be used to offset non-recurring costs | 17 | | associated with the consolidation of 9-1-1 systems and shall | 18 | | not be used for ongoing operating costs associated with the | 19 | | consolidated system. The Department, in consultation with the | 20 | | Administrator and the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, shall | 21 | | adopt rules defining the grant process and criteria for issuing | 22 | | the grants. The grants should be awarded based on criteria that | 23 | | include, but are not limited to: | 24 | | (1) reducing the number of transfers of a 9-1-1 call; | 25 | | (2) reducing the infrastructure required to adequately |
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| 1 | | provide 9-1-1 network services; | 2 | | (3) promoting cost savings from resource sharing among | 3 | | 9-1-1 systems; | 4 | | (4) facilitating interoperability and resiliency for | 5 | | the receipt of 9-1-1 calls; | 6 | | (5) reducing the number of 9-1-1 systems or reducing | 7 | | the number of PSAPs within a 9-1-1 system; | 8 | | (6) cost saving resulting from 9-1-1 system | 9 | | consolidation; and | 10 | | (7) expanding E9-1-1 service coverage as a result of | 11 | | 9-1-1 system consolidation including to areas without | 12 | | E9-1-1 service. | 13 | | Priority shall be given first to counties not providing | 14 | | 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016, second and next to other | 15 | | entities consolidating as required under Section 15.4a of this | 16 | | Act , third for NG9-1-1 expenses, and finally for reimbursement | 17 | | costs related to consolidation incurred between January 1, 2010 | 18 | | and January 1, 2016 . | 19 | | (b) The 9-1-1 System Consolidation Grant application, as | 20 | | defined by Department rules, shall be submitted electronically | 21 | | to the Administrator starting January 2, 2016, and every | 22 | | January 2 thereafter. The application shall include a modified | 23 | | 9-1-1 system plan as required by this Act in support of the | 24 | | consolidation plan. The Administrator shall have until June 30, | 25 | | 2016 and every June 30 thereafter to approve 9-1-1 System | 26 | | Consolidation grants and modified 9-1-1 system plans. Payment |
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| 1 | | under the approved 9-1-1 System Consolidation grants shall be | 2 | | contingent upon the final approval of a modified 9-1-1 system | 3 | | plan. | 4 | | (c) Existing and previously completed consolidation | 5 | | projects shall be eligible to apply for reimbursement of costs | 6 | | related to the consolidation incurred between 2010 and the | 7 | | State fiscal year of the application. | 8 | | (d) The 9-1-1 systems that receive grants under this | 9 | | Section shall provide a report detailing grant fund usage to | 10 | | the Administrator pursuant to Section 40 of this Act.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 12 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.6a) | 13 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 14 | | Sec. 15.6a. Wireless emergency 9-1-1 service. | 15 | | (a) The digits "9-1-1" shall be the designated emergency | 16 | | telephone number within the wireless system. | 17 | | (b) The Department may set non-discriminatory and uniform | 18 | | technical and operational standards consistent with the rules | 19 | | of the Federal Communications Commission for directing calls to | 20 | | authorized public safety answering points. These standards | 21 | | shall not in any way prescribe the technology or manner a | 22 | | wireless carrier shall use to deliver wireless 9-1-1 or | 23 | | wireless E9-1-1 calls, and these standards shall not exceed the | 24 | | requirements set by the Federal Communications Commission; | 25 | | however, standards for directing calls to the authorized public |
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| 1 | | safety answering point shall be included. The authority given | 2 | | to the Department in this Section is limited to setting | 3 | | standards as set forth herein and does not constitute authority | 4 | | to regulate wireless carriers. | 5 | | (c) For the purpose of providing wireless 9-1-1 emergency | 6 | | services, an emergency telephone system board or, in the | 7 | | absence of an emergency telephone system board, a qualified | 8 | | governmental entity, may declare its intention for one or more | 9 | | of its public safety answering points to serve as a primary | 10 | | wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point for its | 11 | | jurisdiction by notifying the Administrator in writing within 6 | 12 | | months after receiving its authority to operate a 9-1-1 system | 13 | | under this Act. In addition, 2 or more emergency telephone | 14 | | system boards or qualified governmental entities may, by virtue | 15 | | of an intergovernmental agreement, provide wireless 9-1-1 | 16 | | service. Until the jurisdiction comes into compliance with | 17 | | Section 15.4a of this Act, the The Department of State Police | 18 | | shall be the primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering | 19 | | point for any jurisdiction that did not provide notice to the | 20 | | Illinois Commerce Commission and the Department prior to | 21 | | January 1, 2016. | 22 | | (d) The Administrator, upon a request from a qualified | 23 | | governmental entity or an emergency telephone system board and | 24 | | with the advice and recommendation of the Statewide 9-1-1 | 25 | | Advisory Board, may grant authority to the emergency telephone | 26 | | system board or a qualified governmental entity to provide |
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| 1 | | wireless 9-1-1 service in areas for which the Department has | 2 | | accepted wireless 9-1-1 responsibility. The Administrator | 3 | | shall maintain a current list of all 9-1-1 systems and | 4 | | qualified governmental entities providing wireless 9-1-1 | 5 | | service under this Act.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 7 | | (50 ILCS 750/17.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 17.5. 9-1-1 call transfer, forward, or relay. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly finds the following: | 10 | | (1) Some 9-1-1 systems throughout this State do not | 11 | | have a procedure in place to manually transfer, forward, or | 12 | | relay 9-1-1 calls originating within one 9-1-1 system's | 13 | | jurisdiction, but which should properly be answered and | 14 | | dispatched by another 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate | 15 | | 9-1-1 system for answering and dispatch of first | 16 | | responders. | 17 | | (2) On January 1, 2016, the General Assembly gave | 18 | | oversight authority to 9-1-1 systems to the Department of | 19 | | State Police. | 20 | | (3) Since that date, the Department of State Police has | 21 | | authorized individual 9-1-1 systems in counties and | 22 | | municipalities to implement and upgrade enhanced 9-1-1 | 23 | | systems throughout the State. | 24 | | (b) The Department shall prepare a directory of all | 25 | | authorized 9-1-1 systems in the State. The directory shall |
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| 1 | | include an emergency 24/7 10-digit telephone number for all | 2 | | primary public safety answering points located in each 9-1-1 | 3 | | system to which 9-1-1 calls from another jurisdiction can be | 4 | | transferred. This directory shall be made available to each | 5 | | 9-1-1 authority for its use in establishing standard operating | 6 | | procedures regarding calls outside its 9-1-1 jurisdiction. | 7 | | (c) Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the Department with the | 8 | | following information: | 9 | | (1) The name of the PSAP, a list of every participating | 10 | | agency, and the county the PSAP is in, including college | 11 | | and university public safety entities. | 12 | | (2) The 24/7 10-digit emergency telephone number and | 13 | | email address for the dispatch agency to which 9-1-1 calls | 14 | | originating in another 9-1-1 jurisdiction can be | 15 | | transferred or by which the PSAP can be contacted via email | 16 | | to exchange information. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide | 17 | | the Department with any changes to the participating | 18 | | agencies and this number and email address immediately upon | 19 | | the change occurring. Each 9-1-1 system shall provide the | 20 | | PSAP information, the 24/7 10-digit emergency telephone | 21 | | number and email address to the Manager of the Department's | 22 | | 9-1-1 Program within 30 days of the effective date of this | 23 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. | 24 | | (3) The standard operating procedure describing the | 25 | | manner in which the 9-1-1 system will transfer, forward, or | 26 | | relay 9-1-1 calls originating within its jurisdiction, but |
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| 1 | | which should properly be answered and dispatched by another | 2 | | 9-1-1 system, to the appropriate 9-1-1 system. Each 9-1-1 | 3 | | system shall provide the standard operating procedures to | 4 | | the Manager of the Department's 9-1-1 Program within 180 | 5 | | days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 6 | | 100th General Assembly. | 7 | | (50 ILCS 750/19) | 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 9 | | Sec. 19. Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board. | 10 | | (a) Beginning July 1, 2015, there is created the Statewide | 11 | | 9-1-1 Advisory Board within the Department of State Police. The | 12 | | Board shall consist of the following 11 voting members: | 13 | | (1) The Director of the State Police, or his or her | 14 | | designee, who shall serve as chairman. | 15 | | (2) The Executive Director of the Commission, or his or | 16 | | her designee. | 17 | | (3) Nine members appointed by the Governor as follows: | 18 | | (A) one member representing the Illinois chapter | 19 | | of the National Emergency Number Association, or his or | 20 | | her designee; | 21 | | (B) one member representing the Illinois chapter | 22 | | of the Association of Public-Safety Communications | 23 | | Officials, or his or her designee; | 24 | | (C) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system | 25 | | from a county with a population of less than 50,000; |
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| 1 | | (D) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system | 2 | | from a county with a population between 50,000 and | 3 | | 250,000; | 4 | | (E) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system | 5 | | from a county with a population of more than 250,000; | 6 | | (F) one member representing a municipality with a | 7 | | population of less than 500,000 in a county with a | 8 | | population in excess of 2,000,000; | 9 | | (G) one member representing the Illinois | 10 | | Association of Chiefs of Police; | 11 | | (H) one member representing the Illinois Sheriffs' | 12 | | Association; and | 13 | | (I) one member representing the Illinois Fire | 14 | | Chiefs Association. | 15 | | (4) The Governor shall appoint 4 members from the | 16 | | General Assembly, 2 from the Senate and 2 from the House of | 17 | | Representatives, equally representing the 2 major | 18 | | political parties, to serve temporarily as voting members | 19 | | of the Board for the 12 months prior to the repeal date of | 20 | | this Act as set forth in this Act to discuss legislative | 21 | | initiatives from the Board. | 22 | | The Governor shall appoint the following non-voting | 23 | | members: (i) one member representing an incumbent local | 24 | | exchange 9-1-1 system provider; (ii) one member representing a | 25 | | non-incumbent local exchange 9-1-1 system provider; (iii) one | 26 | | member representing a large wireless carrier; (iv) one member |
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| 1 | | representing an incumbent local exchange a small wireless | 2 | | carrier; and (v) one member representing the Illinois | 3 | | Telecommunications Association ; (vi) one member representing | 4 | | the Cable Television and Communication Association of | 5 | | Illinois; and (vii) one member representing the Illinois State | 6 | | Ambulance Association . | 7 | | (b) The Governor shall make initial appointments to the | 8 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board by August 31, 2015. Six of the | 9 | | voting members appointed by the Governor shall serve an initial | 10 | | term of 2 years, and the remaining voting members appointed by | 11 | | the Governor shall serve an initial term of 3 years. | 12 | | Thereafter, each appointment by the Governor shall be for a | 13 | | term of 3 years. Non-voting members shall serve for a term of 3 | 14 | | years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the | 15 | | original appointment. Persons appointed to fill a vacancy shall | 16 | | serve for the balance of the unexpired term. | 17 | | Members of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall serve | 18 | | without compensation. | 19 | | (c) The 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board, as constituted on | 20 | | June 1, 2015 without the legislative members, shall serve in | 21 | | the role of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board until all | 22 | | appointments of voting members have been made by the Governor | 23 | | under subsection (a) of this Section. | 24 | | (d) The Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall: | 25 | | (1) advise the Department of State Police and the | 26 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator on the oversight of 9-1-1 |
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| 1 | | systems and the development and implementation of a uniform | 2 | | statewide 9-1-1 system; | 3 | | (2) make recommendations to the Governor and the | 4 | | General Assembly regarding improvements to 9-1-1 services | 5 | | throughout the State; and | 6 | | (3) exercise all other powers and duties provided in | 7 | | this Act. | 8 | | (e) The Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall submit to the | 9 | | General Assembly a report by March 1 of each year providing an | 10 | | update on the transition to a statewide 9-1-1 system and | 11 | | recommending any legislative action. | 12 | | (f) The Department of State Police shall provide | 13 | | administrative support to the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.) | 15 | | (50 ILCS 750/20) | 16 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 17 | | Sec. 20. Statewide surcharge. | 18 | | (a) On and after January 1, 2016, and except with respect | 19 | | to those customers who are subject to surcharges as provided in | 20 | | Sections 15.3 and 15.3a of this Act, a monthly surcharge shall | 21 | | be imposed on all customers of telecommunications carriers and | 22 | | wireless carriers as follows: | 23 | | (1) Each telecommunications carrier shall impose a | 24 | | monthly surcharge of $0.87 per network connection; | 25 | | provided, however, the monthly surcharge shall not apply to |
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| 1 | | a network connection provided for use with pay telephone | 2 | | services. Where multiple voice grade communications | 3 | | channels are connected between the subscriber's premises | 4 | | and a public switched network through private branch | 5 | | exchange (PBX) or centrex type service there shall be | 6 | | imposed 5 such surcharges per network connection for both | 7 | | regular service and advanced service provisioned trunk | 8 | | lines. | 9 | | (2) Each wireless carrier shall impose and collect a | 10 | | monthly surcharge of $0.87 per CMRS connection that either | 11 | | has a telephone number within an area code assigned to | 12 | | Illinois by the North American Numbering Plan | 13 | | Administrator or has a billing address in this State. | 14 | | (b) State and local taxes shall not apply to the surcharges | 15 | | imposed under this Section. | 16 | | (c) The surcharges imposed by this Section shall be stated | 17 | | as a separately stated item on subscriber bills. | 18 | | (d) The telecommunications carrier collecting the | 19 | | surcharge may deduct and retain an amount not to exceed shall | 20 | | also be entitled to deduct 3% of the gross amount of surcharge | 21 | | collected to reimburse the telecommunications carrier for the | 22 | | expense of accounting and collecting the surcharge. On and | 23 | | after July 1, 2022, the wireless carrier collecting a surcharge | 24 | | under this Section may deduct and retain an amount not to | 25 | | exceed shall be entitled to deduct up to 3% of the gross amount | 26 | | of the surcharge collected to reimburse the wireless carrier |
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| 1 | | for the expense of accounting and collecting the surcharge. | 2 | | (e) Surcharges imposed under this Section shall be | 3 | | collected by the carriers and, shall be remitted to the | 4 | | Department, within 30 days of collection, remitted, either by | 5 | | check or electronic funds transfer, by the end of the next | 6 | | calendar month after the calendar month in which it was | 7 | | collected to the Department for deposit into the Statewide | 8 | | 9-1-1 Fund. Carriers are not required to remit surcharge moneys | 9 | | that are billed to subscribers but not yet collected. | 10 | | The first remittance by wireless carriers shall include the | 11 | | number of subscribers by zip code, and the 9-digit zip code if | 12 | | currently being used or later implemented by the carrier, that | 13 | | shall be the means by which the Department shall determine | 14 | | distributions from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund. This information | 15 | | shall be updated at least once each year. Any carrier that | 16 | | fails to provide the zip code information required under this | 17 | | subsection (e) shall be subject to the penalty set forth in | 18 | | subsection (g) of this Section. | 19 | | (f) If, within 8 calendar 5 business days after it is due | 20 | | under subsection (e) of this Section, a carrier does not remit | 21 | | the surcharge or any portion thereof required under this | 22 | | Section, then the surcharge or portion thereof shall be deemed | 23 | | delinquent until paid in full, and the Department may impose a | 24 | | penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to the greater | 25 | | of: | 26 | | (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month from the |
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| 1 | | time an amount becomes delinquent until the amount is paid | 2 | | in full; or | 3 | | (2) an amount equal to the product of 1% and the sum of | 4 | | all delinquent amounts for each month or portion of a month | 5 | | that the delinquent amounts remain unpaid. | 6 | | A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (f) | 7 | | for a portion of a month during which the carrier pays the | 8 | | delinquent amount in full shall be prorated for each day of | 9 | | that month that the delinquent amount was paid in full. Any | 10 | | penalty imposed under this subsection (f) is in addition to the | 11 | | amount of the delinquency and is in addition to any other | 12 | | penalty imposed under this Section. | 13 | | (g) If, within 5 business days after it is due, a wireless | 14 | | carrier does not provide the number of subscribers by zip code | 15 | | as required under subsection (e) of this Section, then the | 16 | | report is deemed delinquent and the Department may impose a | 17 | | penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to the greater | 18 | | of: | 19 | | (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month that the | 20 | | report is delinquent; or | 21 | | (2) an amount equal to the product of $0.01 and the | 22 | | number of subscribers served by the carrier for each month | 23 | | or portion of a month that the delinquent report is not | 24 | | provided . | 25 | | A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (g) | 26 | | for a portion of a month during which the carrier provides the |
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| 1 | | number of subscribers by zip code as required under subsection | 2 | | (e) of this Section shall be prorated for each day of that | 3 | | month during which the carrier had not provided the number of | 4 | | subscribers by zip code as required under subsection (e) of | 5 | | this Section. Any penalty imposed under this subsection (g) is | 6 | | in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Section. | 7 | | (h) A penalty imposed and collected in accordance with | 8 | | subsection (f) or (g) of this Section shall be deposited into | 9 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund for distribution according to Section | 10 | | 30 of this Act. | 11 | | (i) The Department may enforce the collection of any | 12 | | delinquent amount and any penalty due and unpaid under this | 13 | | Section by legal action or in any other manner by which the | 14 | | collection of debts due the State of Illinois may be enforced | 15 | | under the laws of this State. The Department may excuse the | 16 | | payment of any penalty imposed under this Section if the | 17 | | Administrator determines that the enforcement of this penalty | 18 | | is unjust. | 19 | | (j) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, | 20 | | nothing shall impair the right of wireless carriers to recover | 21 | | compliance costs for all emergency communications services | 22 | | that are not reimbursed out of the Wireless Carrier | 23 | | Reimbursement Fund directly from their wireless subscribers by | 24 | | line-item charges on the wireless subscriber's bill. Those | 25 | | compliance costs include all costs incurred by wireless | 26 | | carriers in complying with local, State, and federal regulatory |
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| 1 | | or legislative mandates that require the transmission and | 2 | | receipt of emergency communications to and from the general | 3 | | public, including, but not limited to, E9-1-1.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 5 | | (50 ILCS 750/30) | 6 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 7 | | Sec. 30. Statewide 9-1-1 Fund; surcharge disbursement. | 8 | | (a) A special fund in the State treasury known as the | 9 | | Wireless Service Emergency Fund shall be renamed the Statewide | 10 | | 9-1-1 Fund. Any appropriations made from the Wireless Service | 11 | | Emergency Fund shall be payable from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund. | 12 | | The Fund shall consist of the following: | 13 | | (1) 9-1-1 wireless surcharges assessed under the | 14 | | Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act. | 15 | | (2) 9-1-1 surcharges assessed under Section 20 of this | 16 | | Act. | 17 | | (3) Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharges assessed under | 18 | | Section 15 of the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act. | 19 | | (4) Any appropriations, grants, or gifts made to the | 20 | | Fund. | 21 | | (5) Any income from interest, premiums, gains, or other | 22 | | earnings on moneys in the Fund. | 23 | | (6) Money from any other source that is deposited in or | 24 | | transferred to the Fund. | 25 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall |
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| 1 | | distribute the 9-1-1 surcharges monthly as follows: | 2 | | (1) From each surcharge collected and remitted under | 3 | | Section 20 of this Act: | 4 | | (A) $0.013 shall be distributed monthly in equal | 5 | | amounts to each County Emergency Telephone System | 6 | | Board or qualified governmental entity in counties | 7 | | with a population under 100,000 according to the most | 8 | | recent census data which is authorized to serve as a | 9 | | primary wireless 9-1-1 public safety answering point | 10 | | for the county and to provide wireless 9-1-1 service as | 11 | | prescribed by subsection (b) of Section 15.6a of this | 12 | | Act, and which does provide such service. | 13 | | (B) $0.033 shall be transferred by the Comptroller | 14 | | at the direction of the Department to the Wireless | 15 | | Carrier Reimbursement Fund until June 30, 2017; from | 16 | | July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, $0.026 shall be | 17 | | transferred; from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, | 18 | | $0.020 shall be transferred; from July 1, 2019, through | 19 | | June 30, 2020, $0.013 shall be transferred; from July | 20 | | 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, $0.007 will be | 21 | | transferred; and after June 30, 2021, no transfer shall | 22 | | be made to the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund. | 23 | | (C) $0.007 shall be used to cover the Department's | 24 | | administrative costs. | 25 | | (2) After disbursements under paragraph (1) of this | 26 | | subsection (b), all remaining funds in the Statewide 9-1-1 |
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| 1 | | Fund shall be disbursed in the following priority order: | 2 | | (A) The Fund will pay monthly to: | 3 | | (i) the 9-1-1 Authorities that imposed | 4 | | surcharges under Section 15.3 of this Act and were | 5 | | required to report to the Illinois Commerce | 6 | | Commission under Section 27 of the Wireless | 7 | | Emergency Telephone Safety Act on October 1, 2014, | 8 | | except a 9-1-1 Authority in a municipality with a | 9 | | population in excess of 500,000, an amount equal to | 10 | | the average monthly wireline and VoIP surcharge | 11 | | revenue attributable to the most recent 12-month | 12 | | period reported to the Department under that | 13 | | Section for the October 1, 2014 filing, subject to | 14 | | the power of the Department to investigate the | 15 | | amount reported and adjust the number by order | 16 | | under Article X of the Public Utilities Act, so | 17 | | that the monthly amount paid under this item | 18 | | accurately reflects one-twelfth of the aggregate | 19 | | wireline and VoIP surcharge revenue properly | 20 | | attributable to the most recent 12-month period | 21 | | reported to the Commission; or | 22 | | (ii) county qualified governmental entities | 23 | | that did not impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 | 24 | | as of December 31, 2015, and counties that did not | 25 | | impose a surcharge as of June 30, 2015, an amount | 26 | | equivalent to their population multiplied by .37 |
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| 1 | | multiplied by the rate of $0.69; counties that are | 2 | | not county qualified governmental entities and | 3 | | that did not impose a surcharge as of December 31, | 4 | | 2015, shall not begin to receive the payment | 5 | | provided for in this subsection until E9-1-1 and | 6 | | wireless E9-1-1 services are provided within their | 7 | | counties; or | 8 | | (iii) counties without 9-1-1 service that had | 9 | | a surcharge in place by December 31, 2015, an | 10 | | amount equivalent to their population multiplied | 11 | | by .37 multiplied by their surcharge rate as | 12 | | established by the referendum. | 13 | | (B) All 9-1-1 network costs for systems outside of | 14 | | municipalities with a population of at least 500,000 | 15 | | shall be paid by the Department directly to the | 16 | | vendors. | 17 | | (C) All expenses incurred by the Administrator and | 18 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board and costs | 19 | | associated with procurement under Section 15.6b | 20 | | including requests for information and requests for | 21 | | proposals. | 22 | | (D) Funds may be held in reserve by the Statewide | 23 | | 9-1-1 Advisory Board and disbursed by the Department | 24 | | for grants under Sections 15.4a, 15.4b, and for NG9-1-1 | 25 | | expenses up to $12.5 million per year in State fiscal | 26 | | years 2016 and 2017; up to $13.5 million in State |
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| 1 | | fiscal year 2018; up to $14.4 million in State fiscal | 2 | | year 2019; up to $15.3 million in State fiscal year | 3 | | 2020; up to $16.2 million in State fiscal year 2021; up | 4 | | to $23.1 million in State fiscal year 2022; and up to | 5 | | $17.0 million per year for State fiscal year 2023 and | 6 | | each year thereafter. No funds shall be required to be | 7 | | disbursed by the Department for grants under Sections | 8 | | 15.4a and 15.4b of this Act and for NG9-1-1 expenses in | 9 | | any fiscal year in which funds are redistributed or | 10 | | redirected away from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund for | 11 | | purposes other than those specified in this Act. | 12 | | (E) All remaining funds per remit month shall be | 13 | | used to make monthly proportional grants to the | 14 | | appropriate 9-1-1 Authority currently taking wireless | 15 | | 9-1-1 based upon the United States Postal Zip Code of | 16 | | the billing addresses of subscribers of wireless | 17 | | carriers. | 18 | | (c) The moneys deposited into the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund | 19 | | under this Section shall not be subject to administrative | 20 | | charges or chargebacks unless otherwise authorized by this Act. | 21 | | (d) Whenever two or more 9-1-1 Authorities consolidate, the | 22 | | resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall be | 23 | | entitled to the monthly payments that had theretofore been made | 24 | | to each consolidating 9-1-1 Authority. Any reserves held by any | 25 | | consolidating 9-1-1 Authority shall be transferred to the | 26 | | resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. Whenever a |
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| 1 | | county that has no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 enters | 2 | | into an agreement to consolidate to create or join a Joint | 3 | | Emergency Telephone System Board, the Joint Emergency | 4 | | Telephone System Board shall be entitled to the monthly | 5 | | payments that would have otherwise been paid to the county if | 6 | | it had provided 9-1-1 service.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 8 | | (50 ILCS 750/35) | 9 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 10 | | Sec. 35. 9-1-1 surcharge; allowable expenditures. Except | 11 | | as otherwise provided in this Act, expenditures from surcharge | 12 | | revenues received under this Act may be made by municipalities, | 13 | | counties, and 9-1-1 Authorities only to pay for the costs | 14 | | associated with the following: | 15 | | (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System. | 16 | | (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address | 17 | | Guide database, and update and maintenance thereof. | 18 | | (3) The repayment of any moneys advanced for the | 19 | | implementation of the system. | 20 | | (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification | 21 | | and Automatic Location Identification equipment, a | 22 | | computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains, | 23 | | and integrates information, mobile data transmitters | 24 | | equipped with automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance, | 25 | | 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. | 5 | | (6) The initial acquisition and installation, or the | 6 | | reimbursement of costs therefor to other governmental | 7 | | bodies that have incurred those costs, of road or street | 8 | | signs that are essential to the implementation of the | 9 | | Emergency Telephone System and that are not duplicative of | 10 | | signs that are the responsibility of the jurisdiction | 11 | | charged with maintaining road and street signs. Funds may | 12 | | not be used for ongoing expenses associated with road or | 13 | | street sign maintenance and replacement. | 14 | | (7) Other products and services necessary for the | 15 | | implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the system and | 16 | | any other purpose related to the operation of the system, | 17 | | including costs attributable directly to the construction, | 18 | | leasing, or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or | 19 | | costs of personnel attributable directly to the operation | 20 | | of the system. Costs attributable directly to the operation | 21 | | of an emergency telephone system do not include the costs | 22 | | of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment | 23 | | that is dispatched in response to an emergency call. | 24 | | (8) The defraying of expenses incurred to implement | 25 | | Next Generation 9-1-1, subject to the conditions set forth | 26 | | in this Act. |
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| 1 | | (9) The implementation of a computer aided dispatch | 2 | | system or hosted supplemental 9-1-1 services. | 3 | | (10) The design, implementation, operation, | 4 | | maintenance, or upgrade of wireless 9-1-1 , or E9-1-1 , or | 5 | | NG9-1-1 emergency services and public safety answering | 6 | | points. | 7 | | Moneys in the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund may also be transferred | 8 | | to a participating fire protection district to reimburse | 9 | | volunteer firefighters who man remote telephone switching | 10 | | facilities when dedicated 9-1-1 lines are down. | 11 | | In the case of a municipality with a population over | 12 | | 500,000, moneys may also be used for any anti-terrorism or | 13 | | emergency preparedness measures, including, but not limited | 14 | | to, preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for | 15 | | federal or State grants, personnel training, and specialized | 16 | | equipment, including surveillance cameras, as needed to deal | 17 | | with natural and terrorist-inspired emergency situations or | 18 | | events.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 20 | | (50 ILCS 750/40) | 21 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 22 | | Sec. 40. Financial reports. | 23 | | (a) The Department shall create uniform accounting | 24 | | procedures, with such modification as may be required to give | 25 | | effect to statutory provisions applicable only to |
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| 1 | | municipalities with a population in excess of 500,000, that any | 2 | | emergency telephone system board, qualified governmental | 3 | | entity, or unit of local government receiving surcharge money | 4 | | pursuant to Section 15.3, 15.3a, or 30 of this Act must follow. | 5 | | (b) Beginning January 31, 2018, and every January 31 | 6 | | thereafter, each Emergency Telephone System Board, qualified | 7 | | governmental entity, or unit of local government receiving | 8 | | surcharge money under Section 15.3, 15.3a, or 30 of this Act | 9 | | shall report to the Department audited financial statements | 10 | | showing total revenue and expenditures for the period starting | 11 | | since the last submitted report through the end of the previous | 12 | | calendar year, in a form and manner as prescribed by the | 13 | | Department. By October 1, 2016, and every October 1 thereafter, | 14 | | each emergency telephone system board, qualified governmental | 15 | | entity, or unit of local government receiving surcharge money | 16 | | pursuant to Section 15.3, 15.3a, or 30 shall report to the | 17 | | Department audited financial statements showing total revenue | 18 | | and expenditures for the previous fiscal year in a form and | 19 | | manner as prescribed by the Department. Such financial | 20 | | information shall include: | 21 | | (1) a detailed summary of revenue from all sources | 22 | | including, but not limited to, local, State, federal, and | 23 | | private revenues, and any other funds received; | 24 | | (2) all expenditures made during the immediately | 25 | | preceding calendar year from distributions under this Act; | 26 | | operating expenses, capital expenditures, and cash |
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| 1 | | balances; and | 2 | | (3) call data and statistics, when available, from the | 3 | | immediately preceding calendar year, as specified by the | 4 | | Department and collected in accordance with any reporting | 5 | | method established or required such other financial | 6 | | information that is relevant to the provision of 9-1-1 | 7 | | services as determined by the Department ; . | 8 | | (4) all costs associated with dispatching appropriate | 9 | | public safety agencies to respond to 9-1-1 calls received | 10 | | by the PSAP; and | 11 | | (5) all funding sources and amounts of funding used for | 12 | | costs described in paragraph (4) of this subsection (b). | 13 | | The emergency telephone system board, qualified | 14 | | governmental entity, or unit of local government is responsible | 15 | | for any costs associated with auditing such financial | 16 | | statements. The Department shall post the audited financial | 17 | | statements on the Department's website. | 18 | | (c) Along with its audited financial statement, each | 19 | | emergency telephone system board, qualified governmental | 20 | | entity, or unit of local government receiving a grant under | 21 | | Section 15.4b of this Act shall include a report of the amount | 22 | | of grant moneys received and how the grant moneys were used. In | 23 | | case of a conflict between this requirement and the Grant | 24 | | Accountability and Transparency Act, or with the rules of the | 25 | | Governor's Office of Management and Budget adopted thereunder, | 26 | | that Act and those rules shall control. |
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| 1 | | (d) If an emergency telephone system board or qualified | 2 | | governmental entity that receives funds from the Statewide | 3 | | 9-1-1 Fund fails to file the 9-1-1 system financial reports as | 4 | | required under this Section, the Department shall suspend and | 5 | | withhold monthly disbursements otherwise due to the emergency | 6 | | telephone system board or qualified governmental entity under | 7 | | Section 30 of this Act until the report is filed. | 8 | | Any monthly disbursements that have been withheld for 12 | 9 | | months or more shall be forfeited by the emergency telephone | 10 | | system board or qualified governmental entity and shall be | 11 | | distributed proportionally by the Department to compliant | 12 | | emergency telephone system boards and qualified governmental | 13 | | entities that receive funds from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund. | 14 | | Any emergency telephone system board or qualified | 15 | | governmental entity not in compliance with this Section shall | 16 | | be ineligible to receive any consolidation grant or | 17 | | infrastructure grant issued under this Act. | 18 | | (e) The Department may adopt emergency rules necessary to | 19 | | implement the provisions of this Section.
| 20 | | (f) Any findings or decisions of the Department under this | 21 | | Section shall be deemed a final administrative decision and | 22 | | shall be subject to judicial review under the Administrative | 23 | | Review Law. | 24 | | (g) Beginning October 1, 2017, the Department shall provide | 25 | | a quarterly report to the Board of its expenditures from the | 26 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Fund for the prior fiscal quarter. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16 .) | 2 | | (50 ILCS 750/99) | 3 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 4 | | Sec. 99. Repealer. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2020 | 5 | | 2017 .
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.) | 7 | | Section 20. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 8 | | Sections 13-1200 and 21-1601 as follows: | 9 | | (220 ILCS 5/13-1200) | 10 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | 11 | | Sec. 13-1200. Repealer. This Article is repealed July 1, | 12 | | 2020 2017 . | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13; 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.) | 14 | | (220 ILCS 5/21-1601)
| 15 | | Sec. 21-1601. Repealer. Sections 21-101 through 21-1501 of | 16 | | this Article are repealed July 1, 2020 2017 .
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13; 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.".
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