Full Text of HB4973 096th General Assembly
HB4973eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section | 5 |
| 5-1132 as follows: | 6 |
| (55 ILCS 5/5-1132 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 5-1132. False alarms. The county board of each county | 8 |
| may, by ordinance, impose a fee against persons making false | 9 |
| alarms. A fee may not be imposed, however, if the emergency | 10 |
| telephone system or a public safety agency is notified that the | 11 |
| alarm is unfounded before a public safety agency responds to | 12 |
| the alarm or if the alarm system is being installed, repaired, | 13 |
| maintained, or tested and the emergency telephone system and | 14 |
| public safety agency are notified in advance of the activity in | 15 |
| connection with the alarm system. In addition, a fee may not be | 16 |
| imposed against a person if the call was initiated due to | 17 |
| symptoms that could require emergency medical attention. | 18 |
| For the purposes of this Section, "alarm" means any | 19 |
| mechanical or electric device or assembly of equipment, | 20 |
| designed or arranged to signal the occurrence of an illegal | 21 |
| entry, a fire, an emergency medical assistance need, or other | 22 |
| activity requiring urgent attention and to which the police | 23 |
| department, the fire department, or an emergency medical |
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| service are expected to respond. | 2 |
| For the purposes of this Section, "false alarm" means an | 3 |
| alarm signal to which a police department, a fire department, | 4 |
| or emergency medical service of the county responds with | 5 |
| emergency service personnel, equipment, or both when a | 6 |
| situation requiring that response does not, in fact, exist, if | 7 |
| the signal is caused by the inadvertence, negligence, or an | 8 |
| intentional act or omission on the part of an alarm company or | 9 |
| alarm user or a malfunction of the alarm. | 10 |
| Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 11 |
| adding Section 11-5.3-2 as follows: | 12 |
| (65 ILCS 5/11-5.3-2 new) | 13 |
| Sec. 11-5.3-2. False alarms. The corporate authorities of | 14 |
| each municipality may, by ordinance, impose a fee against | 15 |
| persons making false alarms. A fee may not be imposed, however, | 16 |
| if the emergency telephone system or a public safety agency is | 17 |
| notified that the alarm is unfounded before a public safety | 18 |
| agency responds to the alarm or if the alarm system is being | 19 |
| installed, repaired, maintained, or tested and the emergency | 20 |
| telephone system and public safety agency are notified in | 21 |
| advance of the activity in connection with the alarm system. In | 22 |
| addition, a fee may not be imposed against a person if the call | 23 |
| was initiated due to symptoms that could require emergency | 24 |
| medical attention. |
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HB4973 Engrossed |
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LRB096 17693 RLJ 33057 b |
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| For the purposes of this Section, "alarm" means any | 2 |
| mechanical or electric device or assembly of equipment, | 3 |
| designed or arranged to signal the occurrence of an illegal | 4 |
| entry, a fire, an emergency medical assistance need, or other | 5 |
| activity requiring urgent attention and to which the police | 6 |
| department, the fire department, or an emergency medical | 7 |
| service are expected to respond. | 8 |
| For the purposes of this Section, "false alarm" means an | 9 |
| alarm signal to which a police department, a fire department, | 10 |
| or emergency medical service of the municipality responds with | 11 |
| emergency service personnel, equipment, or both when a | 12 |
| situation requiring that response does not, in fact, exist, if | 13 |
| the signal is caused by the inadvertence, negligence, or an | 14 |
| intentional act or omission on the part of an alarm company or | 15 |
| alarm user or a malfunction of the alarm.
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