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90_HB1837
50 ILCS 750/15.4 from Ch. 134, par. 45.4
Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act relating to the
composition of the Emergency Telephone System Board.
Provides that at least one member may be a public member and
at least one member shall be a member of the county board.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Emergency Telephone System Act by
2 changing Section 15.4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
6 by changing Section 15.4 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 750/15.4) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4)
8 Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers.
9 (a) The corporate authorities of any county or
10 municipality that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3
11 shall establish an Emergency Telephone System Board. The
12 corporate authorities shall provide for the manner of
13 appointment and the number of members of the Board, provided
14 that the board shall consist of not fewer than 5 members, at
15 least one of whom may be a public member who is a resident of
16 the local exchange service territory included in the 9-1-1
17 coverage area, at least one of whom (in counties with a
18 population less than 100,000) may be a member of the county
19 board, and at least 3 of whom shall be representative of the
20 9-1-1 public safety agencies, including but not limited to
21 police departments, fire departments, emergency medical
22 services providers, and emergency services and disaster
23 agencies, and appointed on the basis of their ability or
24 experience. Elected officials are also eligible to serve on
25 the board. Members of the board shall serve without
26 compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and
27 necessary expenses. Any 2 or more municipalities, counties,
28 or combination thereof, that impose a surcharge under Section
29 15.3 may, instead of establishing individual boards,
30 establish by intergovernmental agreement a Joint Emergency
31 Telephone System Board pursuant to this Section. The manner
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1 of appointment of such a joint board shall be prescribed in
2 the agreement.
3 (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined
4 by ordinance of the municipality or county, or by
5 intergovernmental agreement in the case of a joint board.
6 The powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited
7 to the following:
8 (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system.
9 (2) Coordinating and supervising the
10 implementation, upgrading, or maintenance of the system,
11 including the establishment of equipment specifications
12 and coding systems.
13 (3) Receiving monies from the surcharge imposed
14 under Section 15.3, and from any other source, for
15 deposit into the Emergency Telephone System Fund.
16 (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
17 (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the
18 implementation or upgrade of the system.
19 (c) All monies received by a board pursuant to a
20 surcharge imposed under Section 15.3 shall be deposited into
21 a separate interest-bearing Emergency Telephone System Fund
22 account. The treasurer of the municipality or county that has
23 established the board or, in the case of a joint board, any
24 municipal or county treasurer designated in the
25 intergovernmental agreement, shall be custodian of the fund.
26 All interest accruing on the fund shall remain in the fund.
27 No expenditures may be made from such fund except upon the
28 direction of the board by resolution passed by a majority of
29 all members of the board. Expenditures may be made only to
30 pay for the costs associated with the following:
31 (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System.
32 (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address
33 Guide data base, and update and maintenance thereof.
34 (3) The repayment of any monies advanced for the
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1 implementation of the system.
2 (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification
3 and Automatic Location Identification equipment, mobile
4 data transmitters equipped with automatic vehicle
5 locators, and maintenance, replacement and update
6 thereof.
7 (5) The non-recurring charges related to
8 installation of the Emergency Telephone System and the
9 ongoing network charges.
10 (6) The acquisition and installation, or the
11 reimbursement of costs therefor to other governmental
12 bodies that have incurred those costs, of road or street
13 signs that are essential to the implementation of the
14 emergency telephone system and that are not duplicative
15 of signs that are the responsibility of the jurisdiction
16 charged with maintaining road and street signs.
17 (7) Other products and services necessary for the
18 implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the system
19 and any other purpose related to the operation of the
20 system, including costs attributable directly to the
21 construction, leasing, or maintenance of any buildings or
22 facilities or costs of personnel attributable directly to
23 the operation of the system. Costs attributable directly
24 to the operation of an emergency telephone system do not
25 include the costs of public safety agency personnel who
26 are and equipment that is dispatched in response to an
27 emergency call.
28 (d) The board shall complete the data base before
29 implementation of the 9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the
30 data base shall not at any time exceed 1% of the total data
31 base.
32 (Source: P.A. 88-497; 89-568, eff. 1-1-97.)