Full Text of HB5502 102nd General Assembly
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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 Sections 2, 15.5, and 60 and by adding Sections | 6 | | 15.5a, 15.6c, and 15.8a as follows:
| 7 | | (50 ILCS 750/2) (from Ch. 134, par. 32)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2023)
| 9 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 10 | | context otherwise requires: | 11 | | "9-1-1 network" means the network used for the delivery of | 12 | | 9-1-1 calls and messages over dedicated and redundant | 13 | | facilities to a primary or backup 9-1-1 PSAP that meets the | 14 | | appropriate grade of service. | 15 | | "9-1-1 system" means the geographic area that has been | 16 | | granted an order of authority by the Commission or the | 17 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator to use "9-1-1" as the primary | 18 | | emergency telephone number, including , but not limited to , the | 19 | | network, software applications, databases, CPE components and | 20 | | operational and management procedures required to provide | 21 | | 9-1-1 service. | 22 | | "9-1-1 Authority" means an Emergency Telephone System | 23 | | Board or , Joint Emergency Telephone System Board that provides |
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| 1 | | for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system. "9-1-1 | 2 | | Authority" includes the Illinois State Police only to the | 3 | | extent it provides 9-1-1 services under this Act. | 4 | | "9-1-1 System Manager" means the manager, director, | 5 | | administrator, or coordinator who at the direction of his or | 6 | | her Emergency Telephone System Board is responsible for the | 7 | | implementation and execution of the order of authority issued | 8 | | by the Commission or the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator through | 9 | | the programs, policies, procedures, and daily operations of | 10 | | the 9-1-1 system consistent with the provisions of this Act. | 11 | | "Administrator" means the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator. | 12 | | "Advanced service" means any telecommunications service | 13 | | with or without dynamic bandwidth allocation, including, but | 14 | | not limited to, ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI), that, | 15 | | through the use of a DS-1, T-1, or other un-channelized or | 16 | | multi-channel transmission facility, is 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. | 20 | | "Aggregator" means an entity that ingresses 9-1-1 calls of | 21 | | multiple traffic types or 9-1-1 calls from multiple | 22 | | originating service providers and combines them on a trunk | 23 | | group or groups (or equivalent egress connection arrangement | 24 | | to a 9-1-1 system provider's E9-1-1/NG9-1-1 network or | 25 | | system), and that uses the routing information provided in the | 26 | | received call setup signaling to select the appropriate trunk |
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| 1 | | group and proceeds to signal call setup toward the 9-1-1 | 2 | | system provider. "Aggregator" includes an originating service | 3 | | provider that provides aggregation functions for its own 9-1-1 | 4 | | calls. "Aggregator" also includes an aggregation network or an | 5 | | aggregation entity that provides aggregator services for other | 6 | | types of system providers, such as cloud-based services or | 7 | | enterprise networks as its client. | 8 | | "ALI" or "automatic location identification" means the | 9 | | automatic display at the public safety answering point of the | 10 | | address or location of the caller's telephone and | 11 | | supplementary emergency services information of the location | 12 | | from which a call originates. | 13 | | "ANI" or "automatic number identification" means the | 14 | | automatic display of the 10-digit 10 digit telephone number | 15 | | associated with the caller's telephone number. | 16 | | "Automatic alarm" and "automatic alerting device" mean any | 17 | | device that will access the 9-1-1 system for emergency | 18 | | services upon activation and does not provide for two-way | 19 | | communication. | 20 | | "Answering point" means a PSAP, SAP, Backup PSAP, Unmanned | 21 | | Backup Answering Point, or VAP. | 22 | | "Authorized entity" means an answering point or | 23 | | participating agency other than a decommissioned PSAP. | 24 | | "Backup PSAP" means an answering point that meets the | 25 | | appropriate standards of service and serves as an alternate to | 26 | | the PSAP operating independently from the PSAP at a different |
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| 1 | | location , that has the capability to direct dispatch for the | 2 | | PSAP or otherwise transfer emergency calls directly to an | 3 | | authorized entity. A backup PSAP may accept overflow calls | 4 | | from the PSAP or be activated if the primary PSAP is disabled. | 5 | | "Board" means an Emergency Telephone System Board or a | 6 | | Joint Emergency Telephone System Board created pursuant to | 7 | | Section 15.4. | 8 | | "Call back number" means a number used by a PSAP to | 9 | | recontact a location from which a 9-1-1 call was placed, | 10 | | regardless of whether that number is a direct-dial number for | 11 | | a station used to originate a 9-1-1 call. | 12 | | "Carrier" includes a telecommunications carrier and a | 13 | | wireless carrier. | 14 | | "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission. | 15 | | "Computer aided dispatch" or "CAD" means a computer-based | 16 | | system that aids public safety telecommunicators by automating | 17 | | selected dispatching and recordkeeping activities. | 18 | | "Direct dispatch" means a 9-1-1 service wherein upon | 19 | | receipt of an emergency call, a public safety telecommunicator | 20 | | transmits - without delay, transfer, relay, or referral - all | 21 | | relevant available information to the appropriate public | 22 | | safety personnel or emergency responders. | 23 | | "Dispatchable location" means the street address of a | 24 | | 9-1-1 caller and additional information, such as room number, | 25 | | floor number, or similar information, necessary to identify | 26 | | the location of the 9-1-1 caller. |
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| 1 | | "Decommissioned" means the revocation of a PSAPs authority | 2 | | to handle 9-1-1 calls as an answering point within the 9-1-1 | 3 | | network. | 4 | | "DS-1, T-1, or similar un-channelized or multi-channel | 5 | | transmission facility" means a facility that can transmit and | 6 | | receive a bit rate of at least 1.544 megabits per second | 7 | | (Mbps). | 8 | | "Dynamic bandwidth allocation" means the ability of the | 9 | | facility or customer to drop and add channels, or adjust | 10 | | bandwidth, when needed in real time for voice or data | 11 | | purposes. | 12 | | "Emergency call" means any type of request for emergency | 13 | | assistance through a 9-1-1 network either to the digits 9-1-1 | 14 | | or the emergency 24/7 10-digit telephone number for all | 15 | | answering points. An emergency call is not limited to a voice | 16 | | telephone call. It could be a two-way video call, an | 17 | | interactive text, Teletypewriter (TTY), an SMS, an Instant | 18 | | Message, or any new mechanism for communications available in | 19 | | the future. An emergency call occurs when the request for | 20 | | emergency assistance is received by a public safety | 21 | | telecommunicator. | 22 | | "Enhanced 9-1-1" or "E9-1-1" means a telephone system that | 23 | | includes network switching, database and PSAP premise elements | 24 | | capable of providing automatic location identification data, | 25 | | selective routing, selective transfer, fixed transfer, and a | 26 | | call back number, including any enhanced 9-1-1 service so |
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| 1 | | designated by the Federal Communications Commission in its | 2 | | report and order in WC Dockets Nos. 04-36 and 05-196, or any | 3 | | successor proceeding. | 4 | | "ETSB" means an emergency telephone system board appointed | 5 | | by the corporate authorities of any county or municipality | 6 | | that provides for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 | 7 | | system. | 8 | | "Grade of service" means P.01 for enhanced 9-1-1 services | 9 | | or the NENA i3 Solution adopted standard for NG9-1-1. | 10 | | "Hearing-impaired individual" means a person with a | 11 | | permanent hearing loss who can regularly and routinely | 12 | | communicate by telephone only through the aid of devices which | 13 | | can send and receive written messages over the telephone | 14 | | network. | 15 | | "Hosted supplemental 9-1-1 service" means a database | 16 | | service that: | 17 | | (1) electronically provides information to 9-1-1 call | 18 | | takers when a call is placed to 9-1-1; | 19 | | (2) allows telephone subscribers to provide | 20 | | information to 9-1-1 to be used in emergency scenarios; | 21 | | (3) collects a variety of formatted data relevant to | 22 | | 9-1-1 and first responder needs, which may include, but is | 23 | | not limited to, photographs of the telephone subscribers, | 24 | | physical descriptions, medical information, household | 25 | | data, and emergency contacts; | 26 | | (4) allows for information to be entered by telephone |
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| 1 | | subscribers through a secure website where they can elect | 2 | | to provide as little or as much information as they | 3 | | choose; | 4 | | (5) automatically displays data provided by telephone | 5 | | subscribers to 9-1-1 call takers for all types of | 6 | | telephones when a call is placed to 9-1-1 from a | 7 | | registered and confirmed phone number; | 8 | | (6) supports the delivery of telephone subscriber | 9 | | information through a secure internet connection to all | 10 | | emergency telephone system boards; | 11 | | (7) works across all 9-1-1 call taking equipment and | 12 | | allows for the easy transfer of information into a | 13 | | computer aided dispatch system; and | 14 | | (8) may be used to collect information pursuant to an | 15 | | Illinois Premise Alert Program as defined in the Illinois | 16 | | Premise Alert Program (PAP) Act. | 17 | | "Interconnected voice over Internet protocol provider" or | 18 | | "Interconnected VoIP provider" has the meaning given to that | 19 | | term under Section 13-235 of the Public Utilities Act. | 20 | | "Joint ETSB" means a Joint Emergency Telephone System | 21 | | Board established by intergovernmental agreement of two or | 22 | | more municipalities or counties, or a combination thereof, to | 23 | | provide for the management and operation of a 9-1-1 system. | 24 | | "Key telephone system" means a type of MLTS designed to | 25 | | provide shared access to several outside lines through buttons | 26 | | or keys typically offering identified access lines with direct |
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| 1 | | line appearance or termination on a given telephone set. | 2 | | "Local public agency" means any unit of local government | 3 | | or special purpose district located in whole or in part within | 4 | | this State that provides or has authority to provide | 5 | | firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other emergency | 6 | | services. | 7 | | "Mechanical dialer" means any device that accesses the | 8 | | 9-1-1 system without human intervention and does not provide | 9 | | for two-way communication. | 10 | | "Master Street Address Guide" or "MSAG" is a database of | 11 | | street names and house ranges within their associated | 12 | | communities defining emergency service zones (ESZs) and their | 13 | | associated emergency service numbers (ESNs) to enable proper | 14 | | routing of 9-1-1 calls. | 15 | | "Mobile telephone number" or "MTN" means the telephone | 16 | | number assigned to a wireless telephone at the time of initial | 17 | | activation. | 18 | | "Multi-line telephone system" or "MLTS" means a system | 19 | | that is comprised of a common control unit or units, telephone | 20 | | sets, control hardware and software, and adjunct systems and | 21 | | that enables users to make and receive telephone calls using | 22 | | shared resources, such as telephone network trunks or data | 23 | | link bandwidth. The terms "multi-line telephone system" and | 24 | | "MLTS" include, but are not limited to: network-based and | 25 | | premises-based systems, such as Centrex service; | 26 | | premises-based, hosted, and cloud-based VoIP systems; PBX, |
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| 1 | | hybrid, and key telephone systems (as classified by the | 2 | | Federal Communications Commission under 47 CFR Part 68 or any | 3 | | successor rules); and systems owned or leased by governmental | 4 | | agencies, nonprofit entities, and for-profit businesses. | 5 | | "Network connections" means the number of voice grade | 6 | | communications channels directly between a subscriber and a | 7 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network, without | 8 | | the intervention of any other telecommunications carrier's | 9 | | switched network, which would be required to carry the | 10 | | subscriber's inter-premises traffic and which connection | 11 | | either (1) is capable of providing access through the public | 12 | | switched network to a 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone System, if one | 13 | | exists, or (2) if no system exists at the time a surcharge is | 14 | | imposed under Section 15.3, that would be capable of providing | 15 | | access through the public switched network to the local 9-1-1 | 16 | | Emergency Telephone System if one existed. Where multiple | 17 | | voice grade communications channels are connected to a | 18 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network through a | 19 | | private branch exchange (PBX) service, there shall be | 20 | | determined to be one network connection for each trunk line | 21 | | capable of transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises | 22 | | traffic to the public switched network or the subscriber's | 23 | | 9-1-1 calls to the public agency. Where multiple voice grade | 24 | | communications channels are connected to an OSP's a | 25 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network through | 26 | | Centrex type service, the number of network connections shall |
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| 1 | | be equal to the number of PBX trunk equivalents for the | 2 | | subscriber's service or other multiple voice grade | 3 | | communication channels facility, as determined by reference to | 4 | | any generally applicable exchange access service tariff filed | 5 | | by the subscriber's telecommunications carrier with the | 6 | | Commission. | 7 | | "Network costs" means those recurring costs that directly | 8 | | relate to the operation of the 9-1-1 network as determined by | 9 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator with the advice of the | 10 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, which may include, but need | 11 | | not be limited to, some or all of the following: costs for | 12 | | interoffice trunks, selective routing charges, transfer lines | 13 | | and toll charges for 9-1-1 services, Automatic Location | 14 | | Information (ALI) database charges, independent local exchange | 15 | | carrier charges and non-system provider charges, carrier | 16 | | charges for third party database for on-site customer premises | 17 | | equipment, back-up PSAP trunks for non-system providers, | 18 | | periodic database updates as provided by carrier (also known | 19 | | as "ALI data dump"), regional ALI storage charges, circuits | 20 | | for call delivery (fiber or circuit connection), NG9-1-1 | 21 | | costs, and all associated fees, taxes, and surcharges on each | 22 | | invoice. "Network costs" shall not include radio circuits or | 23 | | toll charges that are other than for 9-1-1 services. | 24 | | "Next generation 9-1-1" or "NG9-1-1" means a secure | 25 | | Internet Protocol-based (IP-based) open-standards system | 26 | | comprised of hardware, software, data, and operational |
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| 1 | | policies and procedures that: | 2 | | (A) provides standardized interfaces from | 3 | | emergency call and message services to support | 4 | | emergency communications; | 5 | | (B) processes all types of emergency calls, | 6 | | including voice, text, data, and multimedia | 7 | | information; | 8 | | (C) acquires and integrates additional emergency | 9 | | call data useful to call routing and handling; | 10 | | (D) delivers the emergency calls, messages, and | 11 | | data to the appropriate public safety answering point | 12 | | and other appropriate emergency entities based on the | 13 | | location of the caller; | 14 | | (E) supports data, video, and other communications | 15 | | needs for coordinated incident response and | 16 | | management; and | 17 | | (F) interoperates with services and networks used | 18 | | by first responders to facilitate emergency response. | 19 | | "NG9-1-1 costs" means those recurring costs that directly | 20 | | relate to the Next Generation 9-1-1 service as determined by | 21 | | the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator with the advice of the | 22 | | Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board, which may include, but need | 23 | | not be limited to, costs for NENA i3 Core Components (Border | 24 | | Control Function (BCF), Emergency Call Routing Function | 25 | | (ECRF), Location Validation Function (LVF), Emergency Services | 26 | | Routing Proxy (ESRP), Policy Store/Policy Routing Functions |
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| 1 | | (PSPRF) , and Location Information Servers (LIS)), Statewide | 2 | | ESInet, software external to the PSAP (data collection, | 3 | | identity management, aggregation , and GIS functionality), and | 4 | | gateways (legacy 9-1-1 tandems or gateways or both). | 5 | | "Originating service provider" or "OSP" means the entity | 6 | | that provides services to end users that may be used to | 7 | | originate voice or nonvoice 9-1-1 requests for assistance and | 8 | | who would interconnect, in any of various fashions, to the | 9 | | 9-1-1 system provider for purposes of delivering 9-1-1 traffic | 10 | | to the public safety answering points. | 11 | | "Private branch exchange" or "PBX" means a private | 12 | | telephone system and associated equipment located on the | 13 | | user's property that provides communications between internal | 14 | | stations and external networks. | 15 | | "Private business switch service" means network and | 16 | | premises based systems including a VoIP, Centrex type service, | 17 | | or PBX service, even though key telephone systems or | 18 | | equivalent telephone systems registered with the Federal | 19 | | Communications Commission under 47 CFR Part 68 are directly | 20 | | connected to Centrex type and PBX systems. "Private business | 21 | | switch service" does not include key telephone systems or | 22 | | equivalent telephone systems registered with the Federal | 23 | | Communications Commission under 47 CFR Part 68 when not used | 24 | | in conjunction with a VoIP, Centrex type, or PBX systems. | 25 | | "Private business switch service" typically includes, but is | 26 | | not limited to, private businesses, corporations, and |
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| 1 | | industries where the telecommunications service is primarily | 2 | | for conducting business. | 3 | | "Private residential switch service" means network and | 4 | | premise based systems including a VoIP, Centrex type service, | 5 | | or PBX service or key telephone systems or equivalent | 6 | | telephone systems registered with the Federal Communications | 7 | | Commission under 47 CFR C.F.R. Part 68 that are directly | 8 | | connected to a VoIP, Centrex type service, or PBX systems | 9 | | equipped for switched local network connections or 9-1-1 | 10 | | system access to residential end users through a private | 11 | | telephone switch. "Private residential switch service" does | 12 | | not include key telephone systems or equivalent telephone | 13 | | systems registered with the Federal Communications Commission | 14 | | under 47 CFR C.F.R. Part 68 when not used in conjunction with a | 15 | | VoIP, Centrex type, or PBX systems. "Private residential | 16 | | switch service" typically includes, but is not limited to, | 17 | | apartment complexes, condominiums, and campus or university | 18 | | environments where shared tenant service is provided and where | 19 | | the usage of the telecommunications service is primarily | 20 | | residential. | 21 | | "Public agency" means the State, and any unit of local | 22 | | government or special purpose district located in whole or in | 23 | | part within this State, that provides or has authority to | 24 | | provide firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other | 25 | | emergency services. | 26 | | "Public safety agency" means a functional division of a |
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| 1 | | public agency that provides firefighting, police, medical, or | 2 | | other emergency services to respond to and manage emergency | 3 | | incidents. For the purpose of providing wireless service to | 4 | | users of 9-1-1 emergency services, as expressly provided for | 5 | | in this Act, the Illinois State Police may be considered a | 6 | | public safety agency. | 7 | | "Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" means the | 8 | | primary answering location of an emergency call that meets the | 9 | | appropriate standards of service and is responsible for | 10 | | receiving and processing those calls and events according to a | 11 | | specified operational policy. | 12 | | "PSAP representative" means the manager or supervisor of a | 13 | | Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) who oversees the daily | 14 | | operational functions and is responsible for the overall | 15 | | management and administration of the PSAP. | 16 | | "Public safety telecommunicator" means any person employed | 17 | | in a full-time or part-time capacity at an answering point | 18 | | whose duties or responsibilities include answering, receiving, | 19 | | or transferring an emergency call for dispatch to the | 20 | | appropriate emergency responder. | 21 | | "Public safety telecommunicator supervisor" means any | 22 | | person employed in a full-time or part-time capacity at an | 23 | | answering point or by a 9-1-1 Authority, whose primary duties | 24 | | or responsibilities are to direct, administer, or manage any | 25 | | public safety telecommunicator and whose responsibilities | 26 | | include answering, receiving, or transferring an emergency |
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| 1 | | call for dispatch to the appropriate emergency responders. | 2 | | "Referral" means a 9-1-1 service in which the public | 3 | | safety telecommunicator provides the calling party with the | 4 | | telephone number of the appropriate public safety agency or | 5 | | other provider of emergency services. | 6 | | "Regular service" means any telecommunications service, | 7 | | other than advanced service, that is capable of transporting | 8 | | either the subscriber's inter-premises voice | 9 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or | 10 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency. | 11 | | "Relay" means a 9-1-1 service in which the public safety | 12 | | telecommunicator takes the pertinent information from a caller | 13 | | and relays that information to the appropriate public safety | 14 | | agency or other provider of emergency services. | 15 | | "Remit period" means the billing period, one month in | 16 | | duration, for which a wireless carrier remits a surcharge and | 17 | | provides subscriber information by zip code to the Illinois | 18 | | State Police, in accordance with Section 20 of this Act. | 19 | | "Secondary Answering Point" or "SAP" means a location, | 20 | | other than a PSAP, that is able to receive the voice, data, and | 21 | | call back number of E9-1-1 or NG9-1-1 emergency calls | 22 | | transferred from a PSAP and completes the call taking process | 23 | | by dispatching police, medical, fire, or other emergency | 24 | | responders. | 25 | | "Shared residential MLTS service" means the use of one or | 26 | | more MLTS or MLTS services to provide telephone service to |
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| 1 | | residential facilities, including, but not limited to, | 2 | | single-family dwellings and multi-family dwellings, such as | 3 | | apartments, even if the service is not individually billed. | 4 | | "Shared telecommunications services" means the provision | 5 | | of telecommunications and information management services and | 6 | | equipment within a user group located in discrete private | 7 | | premises in building complexes, campuses, or high-rise | 8 | | buildings by a commercial shared services provider or by a | 9 | | user association, through privately owned customer premises | 10 | | equipment and associated data processing and information | 11 | | management services. The term "shared telecommunications | 12 | | services" includes the provisioning of connections to the | 13 | | facilities of a local exchange carrier or an interexchange | 14 | | carrier. | 15 | | "Statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system" means all | 16 | | areas of the State where an emergency telephone system board | 17 | | has not declared its intention for one or more of its public | 18 | | safety answering points to serve as a primary wireless 9-1-1 | 19 | | public safety answering point for its jurisdiction. The | 20 | | operator of the statewide wireless emergency 9-1-1 system | 21 | | shall be the Illinois State Police. | 22 | | "System" means the communications equipment and related | 23 | | software applications required to produce a response by the | 24 | | appropriate emergency public safety agency or other provider | 25 | | of emergency services as a result of an emergency call being | 26 | | placed to 9-1-1. |
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| 1 | | "System provider" means the contracted entity providing | 2 | | 9-1-1 network and database services. | 3 | | "Telecommunications carrier" means those entities included | 4 | | within the definition specified in Section 13-202 of the | 5 | | Public Utilities Act, and includes those carriers acting as | 6 | | resellers of telecommunications services. "Telecommunications | 7 | | carrier" includes telephone systems operating as mutual | 8 | | concerns. "Telecommunications carrier" does not include a | 9 | | wireless carrier. | 10 | | "Telecommunications technology" means equipment that can | 11 | | send and receive written messages over the telephone network. | 12 | | "Temporary residence MLTS" means the use of a MLTS or MLTS | 13 | | service to provide telephone service to occupants of temporary | 14 | | or transient dwellings, including, but not limited to, | 15 | | dormitories, hotels, motels, health care facilities, and | 16 | | nursing homes, or other similar facilities. | 17 | | "Transfer" means a 9-1-1 service in which the public | 18 | | safety telecommunicator, who receives an emergency call, | 19 | | transmits, redirects, or conferences that call to the | 20 | | appropriate public safety agency or other provider of | 21 | | emergency services. "Transfer" Transfer shall not include a | 22 | | relay or referral of the information without transferring the | 23 | | caller. | 24 | | "Transmitting messages" shall have the meaning given to | 25 | | that term under Section 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | 26 | | "Trunk line" means a transmission path, or group of |
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| 1 | | transmission paths, connecting a subscriber's PBX to a | 2 | | telecommunications carrier's public switched network. In the | 3 | | case of regular service, each voice grade communications | 4 | | channel or equivalent amount of bandwidth capable of | 5 | | 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 a trunk line, even if it is bundled with other | 9 | | channels or additional bandwidth. In the case of advanced | 10 | | service, each DS-1, T-1, or other un-channelized or | 11 | | multi-channel transmission facility that is capable of | 12 | | transporting either the subscriber's inter-premises voice | 13 | | telecommunications services to the public switched network or | 14 | | the subscriber's 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be | 15 | | considered a single trunk line, even if it contains multiple | 16 | | voice grade communications channels or otherwise supports 2 or | 17 | | more voice grade calls at a time; provided, however, that each | 18 | | additional increment of up to 24 voice grade channels of | 19 | | transmission capacity that is capable of transporting either | 20 | | the subscriber's inter-premises voice telecommunications | 21 | | services to the public switched network or the subscriber's | 22 | | 9-1-1 calls to the public agency shall be considered an | 23 | | additional trunk line. | 24 | | "Unmanned backup answering point" means an answering point | 25 | | that serves as an alternate to the PSAP at an alternate | 26 | | location and is typically unmanned but can be activated if the |
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| 1 | | primary PSAP is disabled. | 2 | | "Virtual answering point" or "VAP" means a temporary or | 3 | | nonpermanent location that is capable of receiving an | 4 | | emergency call, contains a fully functional worksite that is | 5 | | not bound to a specific location, but rather is portable and | 6 | | scalable, connecting public safety telecommunicators to the | 7 | | work process, and is capable of completing the call | 8 | | dispatching process. | 9 | | "Voice-impaired individual" means a person with a | 10 | | permanent speech disability which precludes oral | 11 | | communication, who can regularly and routinely communicate by | 12 | | telephone only through the aid of devices which can send and | 13 | | receive written messages over the telephone network. | 14 | | "Wireless carrier" means a provider of two-way cellular, | 15 | | broadband PCS, geographic area 800 MHZ and 900 MHZ Commercial | 16 | | Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), Wireless Communications Service | 17 | | (WCS), or other Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS), as | 18 | | defined by the Federal Communications Commission, offering | 19 | | radio communications that may provide fixed, mobile, radio | 20 | | location, or satellite communication services to individuals | 21 | | or businesses within its assigned spectrum block and | 22 | | geographical area or that offers real-time, two-way voice | 23 | | service that is interconnected with the public switched | 24 | | network, including a reseller of such service. | 25 | | "Wireless enhanced 9-1-1" means the ability to relay the | 26 | | telephone number of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and |
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| 1 | | location information from any mobile handset or text telephone | 2 | | device accessing the wireless system to the designated | 3 | | wireless public safety answering point as set forth in the | 4 | | order of the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Docket No. | 5 | | 94-102, adopted June 12, 1996, with an effective date of | 6 | | October 1, 1996, and any subsequent amendment thereto. | 7 | | "Wireless public safety answering point" means the | 8 | | functional division of a 9-1-1 authority accepting wireless | 9 | | 9-1-1 calls. | 10 | | "Wireless subscriber" means an individual or entity to | 11 | | whom a wireless service account or number has been assigned by | 12 | | a wireless carrier, other than an account or number associated | 13 | | with prepaid wireless telecommunication service.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; | 15 | | revised 10-5-21.)
| 16 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.5)
| 17 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2023)
| 18 | | Sec. 15.5. Grandfathered private Private residential | 19 | | switch or MLTS 9-1-1 service 9-1-1
service. | 20 | | (a) An After June 30, 1995, an entity that manages | 21 | | provides or operates a private residential switch service or | 22 | | shared residential or temporary residential MLTS service that | 23 | | was installed on or before February 16, 2020 private
| 24 | | residential switch service and provides telecommunications | 25 | | facilities or
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| 1 | | residential end users the same
level of 9-1-1 service as the | 2 | | public agency and the telecommunications carrier
are providing | 3 | | to other residential end users of the local 9-1-1 system. This
| 4 | | service shall ensure that the system is connected to the | 5 | | public switched telephone network so that calls to 9-1-1 route | 6 | | to the appropriate 9-1-1 jurisdiction and shall ensure that | 7 | | the system includes, but is not include, but not be limited to, | 8 | | the capability to provide ANI identify the
telephone number , | 9 | | the extension number, and the ALI containing the dispatchable | 10 | | physical location that is the
source
of the call to 9-1-1 the | 11 | | number designated as the emergency telephone number .
| 12 | | (b) The private residential switch or shared residential | 13 | | or temporary residential MLTS service operator is responsible | 14 | | for forwarding
end user ANI and ALI automatic location | 15 | | identification record information to the 9-1-1
system
provider | 16 | | according to the format, frequency, and procedures established | 17 | | by that
system provider.
| 18 | | (c) This Act does not apply to any MLTS PBX telephone | 19 | | extension that uses radio
transmissions to convey electrical | 20 | | signals directly between the telephone
extension and the | 21 | | serving MLTS PBX .
| 22 | | (d) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a | 23 | | business
offense
and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and | 24 | | not more than $5,000.
| 25 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be
construed to preclude | 26 | | the Attorney General on behalf of the Illinois State Police or |
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his or her own initiative, or any other interested person, | 2 | | from seeking
judicial relief, by mandamus, injunction, or | 3 | | otherwise, to compel compliance
with this Section.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
| 5 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.5a new) | 6 | | Sec. 15.5a. Grandfathered private business switch or MLTS | 7 | | 9-1-1 service. | 8 | | (a) After June 30, 2000, or within 18 months after | 9 | | enhanced 9-1-1 or NG9-1-1 service becomes available, whichever | 10 | | is later, any entity that manages or operates a private | 11 | | business switch or a telecommunication facility or MLTS | 12 | | service for businesses that was installed on or before | 13 | | February 16, 2020 shall ensure that the system is connected to | 14 | | the public switched network so that calls to 9-1-1 route to the | 15 | | appropriate 9-1-1 jurisdiction with the proper ANI and ALI. | 16 | | For buildings having their own street address and containing | 17 | | workspace of 40,000 square feet or less, location | 18 | | identification shall include the building's street address. | 19 | | For buildings having their own street address and containing | 20 | | workspace of more than 40,000 square feet, location | 21 | | identification shall include the building's street address and | 22 | | one distinct location identification per 40,000 square feet of | 23 | | workspace. Separate buildings containing workspace of 40,000 | 24 | | square feet or less having a common public street address | 25 | | shall have a distinct location identification for each |
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| 1 | | building in addition to the street address. | 2 | | (b) The following buildings are exempt from subsection (a) | 3 | | to the extent described below: | 4 | | (1) Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 | 5 | | square feet are exempt from the multiple location | 6 | | identification requirements in subsection (a) if the | 7 | | building maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate | 8 | | means of signaling and responding to emergencies. Those | 9 | | means shall include, but not be limited to, a telephone | 10 | | system that provides the dispatchable location of 9-1-1 | 11 | | calls coming from within the building. Health care | 12 | | facilities are presumed to meet the requirements of this | 13 | | paragraph if the facilities are staffed with medical or | 14 | | nursing personnel 24 hours per day and if an alternative | 15 | | means of providing information about the source of an | 16 | | emergency call exists. Buildings that are exempt under | 17 | | this paragraph must provide 9-1-1 service that identifies | 18 | | the building's street address. | 19 | | (2) Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 | 20 | | square feet are exempt from subsection (a) if the building | 21 | | maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate means of | 22 | | signaling and responding to emergencies, including a | 23 | | telephone system that provides the location of a 9-1-1 | 24 | | call coming from within the building, and the building is | 25 | | serviced by its own medical, fire, and security personnel. | 26 | | Buildings that are exempt under this paragraph are subject |
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| 1 | | to emergency phone system certification by the | 2 | | Administrator. | 3 | | (3) Buildings in communities not serviced by enhanced | 4 | | 9-1-1 service are exempt from subsection (a). | 5 | | (c) This Section does not apply to any MLTS telephone | 6 | | extension that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical | 7 | | signals directly between the telephone extension and the | 8 | | serving MLTS. | 9 | | (d) Any entity that installs, manages, or operates an MLTS | 10 | | service to businesses shall ensure that all systems installed | 11 | | on or after July 1, 2015 are connected to the public switched | 12 | | network so that when a user dials "9-1-1", the emergency call | 13 | | connects to the 9-1-1 system without first dialing any number | 14 | | or set of numbers. | 15 | | (e) The requirements of this Section do not apply to: | 16 | | (1) any entity certified by the Illinois Commerce | 17 | | Commission to operate a Private Emergency Answering Point | 18 | | as defined in 83 Ill. Adm. Code 1326.105; or | 19 | | (2) correctional institutions and facilities as | 20 | | defined in subsection (d) of Section 3-1-2 of the Unified | 21 | | Code of Corrections. | 22 | | (f) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a | 23 | | business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and | 24 | | not more than $5,000. | 25 | | (g) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to preclude | 26 | | the Attorney General on behalf of the Illinois State Police or |
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| 1 | | on his or her own initiative, or any other interested person, | 2 | | from seeking judicial relief, by mandamus, injunction, or | 3 | | otherwise, to compel compliance with this Section. | 4 | | (h) The Illinois State Police may adopt rules for the | 5 | | administration of this Section. | 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.6c new) | 7 | | Sec. 15.6c. Requirements for MLTS installed after February | 8 | | 16, 2020. | 9 | | (a) An entity engaged in the business of manufacturing, | 10 | | importing, selling, or leasing MLTS may not manufacture or | 11 | | import for use or sell or lease or offer to sell or lease an | 12 | | MLTS unless the system is pre-configured so that when it is | 13 | | properly installed, in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) | 14 | | and Section 15.8a, a user may directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 | 15 | | from any station equipped with dialing facilities, without | 16 | | dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, | 17 | | including any trunk-access code, such as the digit "9", | 18 | | regardless of whether the user is required to dial such a | 19 | | digit, code, prefix, or post-fix for the other calls. | 20 | | (b) An entity engaged in the business of manufacturing, | 21 | | importing, selling, or leasing MLTS may not install, manage, | 22 | | or operate for use an MLTS unless the system is configured so | 23 | | that a user may directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 from any | 24 | | station equipped with dialing facilities, without dialing any | 25 | | additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any |
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| 1 | | trunk-access code, such as the digit "9", regardless of | 2 | | whether the user is required to dial such a digit, code, | 3 | | prefix, or post-fix for other calls. | 4 | | (c) An entity engaged in the business of manufacturing, | 5 | | importing, selling, or leasing MLTS shall, in installing, | 6 | | managing, or operating an MLTS, configure the system to | 7 | | provide MLTS notification to a central location at the | 8 | | facility where the system is installed or to another person or | 9 | | organization regardless of location, if the system is able to | 10 | | be configured to provide the notification without an | 11 | | improvement to the hardware or software of the system. MLTS | 12 | | notification must meet the following requirements: | 13 | | (1) MLTS notification must be initiated | 14 | | contemporaneously with the 9-1-1 call, provided that it is | 15 | | technically feasible to do so; | 16 | | (2) MLTS notification must not delay the call to | 17 | | 9-1-1; and | 18 | | (3) MLTS notification must be sent to a location where | 19 | | someone is likely to see or hear it. | 20 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.8a new) | 21 | | Sec. 15.8a. Configuration of MLTS. | 22 | | (a) An entity engaged in the business of installing an | 23 | | MLTS may not install such a system unless it is configured so | 24 | | that it is capable of being programmed with and conveying the | 25 | | dispatchable location of the 9-1-1 caller consistent with the |
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| 1 | | following: | 2 | | (1) An on-premises, fixed telephone associated with an | 3 | | MLTS shall provide an automated dispatchable location. | 4 | | (2) An on-premises, non-fixed device associated with | 5 | | an MLTS shall provide an automated dispatchable location, | 6 | | if technically feasible; otherwise, it shall provide a | 7 | | dispatchable location based on end-user manual update or | 8 | | alternative location information. | 9 | | (3) An off-premises device associated with an MLTS | 10 | | shall provide an automated dispatchable location, if | 11 | | technically feasible; otherwise, it shall provide | 12 | | dispatchable location based on end-user manual update or | 13 | | enhanced location information, which may be | 14 | | coordinate-based and shall provide the best available | 15 | | location that can be obtained from any available | 16 | | technology or combination of technologies at reasonable | 17 | | cost. | 18 | | (b) An entity engaged in the business of manufacturing, | 19 | | importing, selling, or leasing MLTS may not manufacture or | 20 | | import for use, or sell or lease or offer to sell or lease, an | 21 | | MLTS unless such system has the capability, after proper | 22 | | installation in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of | 23 | | Section 15.6c and this Section, of providing the dispatchable | 24 | | location of the 9-1-1 caller. | 25 | | (c) Alternative location information may be | 26 | | coordinate-based, and it must be sufficient to identify the |
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| 1 | | caller's civic address and approximate in-building location, | 2 | | including floor level, in large buildings. | 3 | | (d) A person engaged in the business of managing or | 4 | | operating an MLTS may not manage or operate such a system | 5 | | unless it is configured such that the dispatchable location of | 6 | | the 9-1-1 caller is consistent with paragraphs (1), (2), and | 7 | | (3) of subsection (a). | 8 | | (50 ILCS 750/60) | 9 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2023) | 10 | | Sec. 60. Interconnected VoIP providers. Interconnected | 11 | | VoIP providers in Illinois shall be subject in a competitively | 12 | | neutral manner to the same provisions and requirements of this | 13 | | Act as are provided for telecommunications carriers , | 14 | | including, but not limited to, the imposition, collection, and | 15 | | remitting of surcharges . Interconnected VoIP services shall | 16 | | not be considered an intrastate telecommunications service for | 17 | | the purposes of this Act in a manner inconsistent with federal | 18 | | law or Federal Communications Commission regulation.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17 .) | 20 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.6 rep.) | 21 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.8 rep.) | 22 | | Section 10. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended | 23 | | by repealing Sections 15.6 and 15.8.
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