Full Text of HB4088 100th General Assembly
HB4088 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB4088 Introduced , by Rep. Sheri Jesiel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that a 9-1-1 Authority shall not be subject to consolidation which requires a 9-1-1 Authority in a county with a population of at least 250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified governmental entity, serving a population of less than 25,000 to consolidate such that no 9-1-1 Authority serves a population of less than 25,000, if the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) serves a municipality that employs less than 20 full-time emergency responders; (2) serves a municipality which borders Lake Michigan and has police patrol responsibilities for a major marina on Lake Michigan; (3) provides dispatch resources for public safety helicopter response; (4) has response requirements through its Emergency Management Agency in the event of a nuclear emergency at a nuclear power plant within 5 miles of the Authority; and (5) has public safety telecommunicators also serve as sworn part-time police officers. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 15.4a as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.4a) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020) | 8 | | Sec. 15.4a.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 |
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| 1 | | population of less than 25,000 shall be consolidated such | 2 | | that no 9-1-1 Authority in the county serves a population | 3 | | of less than 25,000. | 4 | | (3) In any county with a population of at least 250,000 | 5 | | but less than 1,000,000 that has more than one Emergency | 6 | | Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System | 7 | | Board, or qualified governmental entity, each 9-1-1 | 8 | | Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50% | 9 | | or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this | 10 | | paragraph shall preclude consolidation of a 9-1-1 | 11 | | Authority into a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, | 12 | | and nothing in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation | 13 | | resulting in one PSAP in the county. | 14 | | (4) In any county with a population of less than | 15 | | 250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board | 16 | | or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, the | 17 | | 9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at | 18 | | least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in | 19 | | this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in | 20 | | one PSAP in the county. | 21 | | (5) In any county with a population of less than | 22 | | 250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System | 23 | | Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or | 24 | | qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPS, the | 25 | | 9-1-1 Authorities shall be consolidated into a single joint | 26 | | board, and the number of PSAPs shall be reduced by at least |
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| 1 | | 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this | 2 | | paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in one | 3 | | PSAP in the county. | 4 | | (6) Any 9-1-1 Authority that does not have a PSAP | 5 | | within its jurisdiction shall be consolidated through an | 6 | | intergovernmental agreement with an existing 9-1-1 | 7 | | Authority that has a PSAP to create a Joint Emergency | 8 | | Telephone Board. | 9 | | (7) The corporate authorities of each county that has | 10 | | no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 shall provide | 11 | | enhanced 9-1-1 wireline and wireless enhanced 9-1-1 | 12 | | service for that county by either (i) entering into an | 13 | | intergovernmental agreement with an existing Emergency | 14 | | Telephone System Board to create a new Joint Emergency | 15 | | Telephone System Board, or (ii) entering into an | 16 | | intergovernmental agreement with the corporate authorities | 17 | | that have created an existing Joint Emergency Telephone | 18 | | System Board. | 19 | | (a-5) A 9-1-1 Authority shall not be subject to the | 20 | | consolidation requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) | 21 | | of this Section if the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) serves a | 22 | | municipality that employs less than 20 full-time emergency | 23 | | responders; (2) serves a municipality which borders Lake | 24 | | Michigan and has police patrol responsibilities for a major | 25 | | marina on Lake Michigan; (3) provides dispatch resources for | 26 | | public safety helicopter response; (4) has response |
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| 1 | | requirements through its Emergency Management Agency in the | 2 | | event of a nuclear emergency at a nuclear power plant within 5 | 3 | | miles of the Authority; and (5) has public safety | 4 | | telecommunicators also serve as sworn part-time police | 5 | | officers. | 6 | | (b) By July 1, 2016, each county required to consolidate | 7 | | pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section and | 8 | | each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to | 9 | | paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section | 10 | | shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver | 11 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Office of | 12 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator. | 13 | | (1) No county or 9-1-1 Authority may avoid the | 14 | | requirements of this Section by converting primary PSAPs to | 15 | | secondary or virtual answering points. Any county or 9-1-1 | 16 | | Authority not in compliance with this Section shall be | 17 | | ineligible to receive consolidation grant funds issued | 18 | | under Section 15.4b of this Act or monthly disbursements | 19 | | otherwise due under Section 30 of this Act, until the | 20 | | county or 9-1-1 Authority is in compliance. | 21 | | (2) Within 60 calendar days of receiving a | 22 | | consolidation plan, the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board | 23 | | shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan and | 24 | | provide a recommendation to the Administrator. Notice of | 25 | | the hearing shall be provided to the respective entity to | 26 | | which the plan applies. |
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| 1 | | (3) Within 90 calendar days of receiving a | 2 | | consolidation plan, the Administrator shall approve the | 3 | | plan, approve the plan as modified, or grant a waiver | 4 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. In making his | 5 | | or her decision, the Administrator shall consider any | 6 | | recommendation from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board | 7 | | regarding the plan. If the Administrator does not follow | 8 | | the recommendation of the Board, the Administrator shall | 9 | | provide a written explanation for the deviation in his or | 10 | | her decision. | 11 | | (4) The deadlines provided in this subsection may be | 12 | | extended upon agreement between the Administrator and | 13 | | entity which submitted the plan. | 14 | | (c) A waiver from a consolidation required under subsection | 15 | | (a) of this Section may be granted if the Administrator finds | 16 | | that the consolidation will result in a substantial threat to | 17 | | public safety, is economically unreasonable, or is technically | 18 | | infeasible. | 19 | | (d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section | 20 | | shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be | 21 | | subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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