Full Text of HB1970 102nd General Assembly
HB1970 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB1970 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that a 9-1-1 Authority in a county that: has a population of at least 250,000, has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified governmental entity, and is serving a population of less than 25,000 is exempt from consolidation requirements if the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) as of January 1, 2021, is the only remaining authority in the State that has not met the consolidation requirements; (2) serves a municipality with a population of less than 6,000 people; and (3) has received intergovernmental agreement rejections by 5 or more contiguous counties or 9-1-1 authorities to consolidate 9-1-1 services. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 15.4a as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.4a) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2021) | 8 | | Sec. 15.4a.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 | 15 | | 250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System | 16 | | Board, or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 | 17 | | PSAPs, shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50% or | 18 | | to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this | 19 | | paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in one | 20 | | PSAP in the county. | 21 | | (2) In any county with a population of at least | 22 | | 250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System | 23 | | Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or |
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| 1 | | qualified governmental entity, any 9-1-1 Authority serving | 2 | | a population of less than 25,000 shall be consolidated | 3 | | such that no 9-1-1 Authority in the county serves a | 4 | | population of less than 25,000. | 5 | | (3) In any county with a population of at least | 6 | | 250,000 but less than 1,000,000 that has more than one | 7 | | Emergency Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency | 8 | | Telephone System Board, or qualified governmental entity, | 9 | | each 9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by | 10 | | at least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing | 11 | | in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation of a 9-1-1 | 12 | | Authority into a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, | 13 | | and nothing in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation | 14 | | resulting in one PSAP in the county. | 15 | | (4) In any county with a population of less than | 16 | | 250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board | 17 | | or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, | 18 | | the 9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at | 19 | | least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in | 20 | | this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in | 21 | | one PSAP in the county. | 22 | | (5) In any county with a population of less than | 23 | | 250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System | 24 | | Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or | 25 | | qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPS, the | 26 | | 9-1-1 Authorities shall be consolidated into a single |
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| 1 | | joint board, and the number of PSAPs shall be reduced by at | 2 | | least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in | 3 | | this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in | 4 | | one PSAP in the county. | 5 | | (6) Any 9-1-1 Authority that does not have a PSAP | 6 | | within its jurisdiction shall be consolidated through an | 7 | | intergovernmental agreement with an existing 9-1-1 | 8 | | Authority that has a PSAP to create a Joint Emergency | 9 | | Telephone Board. | 10 | | (7) The corporate authorities of each county that has | 11 | | no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 shall provide | 12 | | enhanced 9-1-1 wireline and wireless enhanced 9-1-1 | 13 | | service for that county by either (i) entering into an | 14 | | intergovernmental agreement with an existing Emergency | 15 | | Telephone System Board to create a new Joint Emergency | 16 | | Telephone System Board, or (ii) entering into an | 17 | | intergovernmental agreement with the corporate authorities | 18 | | that have created an existing Joint Emergency Telephone | 19 | | System Board. | 20 | | (a-5) A 9-1-1 Authority shall not be subject to the | 21 | | consolidation requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) | 22 | | of this Section if the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) as of January 1, | 23 | | 2021, is the only remaining authority in the State that has not | 24 | | met the consolidation requirements of this Act; (2) serves a | 25 | | municipality with a population of less than 6,000 people; and | 26 | | (3) has received intergovernmental agreement rejections by 5 |
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| 1 | | or more contiguous counties or 9-1-1 authorities to | 2 | | consolidate 9-1-1 services. | 3 | | (b) By July 1, 2016, each county required to consolidate | 4 | | pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section | 5 | | and each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to | 6 | | paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section | 7 | | shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver | 8 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Office of | 9 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator. | 10 | | (1) No county or 9-1-1 Authority may avoid the | 11 | | requirements of this Section by converting primary PSAPs | 12 | | to secondary or virtual answering points. Any county or | 13 | | 9-1-1 Authority not in compliance with this Section shall | 14 | | be ineligible to receive consolidation grant funds issued | 15 | | under Section 15.4b of this Act or monthly disbursements | 16 | | otherwise due under Section 30 of this Act, until the | 17 | | county or 9-1-1 Authority is in compliance. | 18 | | (2) Within 60 calendar days of receiving a | 19 | | consolidation plan, the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board | 20 | | shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan and | 21 | | provide a recommendation to the Administrator. Notice of | 22 | | the hearing shall be provided to the respective entity to | 23 | | which the plan applies. | 24 | | (3) Within 90 calendar days of receiving a | 25 | | consolidation plan, the Administrator shall approve the | 26 | | plan, approve the plan as modified, or grant a waiver |
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| 1 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. In making his | 2 | | or her decision, the Administrator shall consider any | 3 | | recommendation from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board | 4 | | regarding the plan. If the Administrator does not follow | 5 | | the recommendation of the Board, the Administrator shall | 6 | | provide a written explanation for the deviation in his or | 7 | | her decision. | 8 | | (4) The deadlines provided in this subsection may be | 9 | | extended upon agreement between the Administrator and | 10 | | entity which submitted the plan. | 11 | | (c) A waiver from a consolidation required under | 12 | | subsection (a) of this Section may be granted if the | 13 | | Administrator finds that the consolidation will result in a | 14 | | substantial threat to public safety, is economically | 15 | | unreasonable, or is technically infeasible. | 16 | | (d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section | 17 | | shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be | 18 | | subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review | 19 | | Law.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17 .)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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