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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 382
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 382  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT relating to local government."; and
 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:
 7        "Section  5.  The  Emergency  Telephone  System  Act   is
 8    amended by changing Section 15.4 as follows:
 9        (50 ILCS 750/15.4) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4)
10        Sec. 15.4.  Emergency Telephone System Board; powers.
11        (a)  The   corporate   authorities   of   any  county  or
12    municipality that imposes  a  surcharge  under  Section  15.3
13    shall  establish  an  Emergency  Telephone System Board.  The
14    corporate  authorities  shall  provide  for  the  manner   of
15    appointment  and the number of members of the Board, provided
16    that the board shall consist of not fewer than 5 members, one
17    of whom may be a public member who is a resident of the local
18    exchange service territory included  in  the  9-1-1  coverage
19    area,  one  of  whom (in counties with a population less than
20    100,000) may be a member of the county board, and at least  3
21    of  whom  shall  be representative of the 9-1-1 public safety
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 1    agencies, including but not limited  to  police  departments,
 2    fire  departments,  emergency medical services providers, and
 3    emergency services and disaster agencies,  and  appointed  on
 4    the  basis of their ability or experience.  Elected officials
 5    are also eligible to serve on  the  board.   Members  of  the
 6    board   shall   serve   without  compensation  but  shall  be
 7    reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses.  Any 2 or
 8    more municipalities, counties, or combination  thereof,  that
 9    impose  a  surcharge  under  Section  15.3  may,  instead  of
10    establishing      individual     boards,     establish     by
11    intergovernmental  agreement  a  Joint  Emergency   Telephone
12    System  Board  pursuant  to  this  Section.   The  manner  of
13    appointment  of such a joint board shall be prescribed in the
14    agreement.
15        (b)  The powers and duties of the board shall be  defined
16    by   ordinance   of   the   municipality  or  county,  or  by
17    intergovernmental agreement in the case  of  a  joint  board.
18    The  powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited
19    to the following:
20             (1)  Planning a 9-1-1 system.
21             (2)  Coordinating      and      supervising      the
22        implementation, upgrading, or maintenance of the  system,
23        including  the  establishment of equipment specifications
24        and coding systems.
25             (3)  Receiving monies  from  the  surcharge  imposed
26        under  Section  15.3,  and  from  any  other  source, for
27        deposit into the Emergency Telephone System Fund.
28             (4)  Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
29             (5)  Hiring   any   staff    necessary    for    the
30        implementation or upgrade of the system.
31        (c)  All  monies  received  by  a  board  pursuant  to  a
32    surcharge  imposed under Section 15.3 shall be deposited into
33    a separate interest-bearing Emergency Telephone  System  Fund
34    account. The treasurer of the municipality or county that has
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 1    established  the  board or, in the case of a joint board, any
 2    municipal   or   county   treasurer   designated    in    the
 3    intergovernmental  agreement, shall be custodian of the fund.
 4    All interest accruing on the fund shall remain in  the  fund.
 5    No  expenditures  may  be made from such fund except upon the
 6    direction of the board by resolution passed by a majority  of
 7    all  members  of  the board. Expenditures may be made only to
 8    pay for the costs associated with the following:
 9             (1)  The design of the Emergency Telephone System.
10             (2)  The coding of an initial Master Street  Address
11        Guide data base, and update and maintenance thereof.
12             (3)  The  repayment  of  any monies advanced for the
13        implementation of the system.
14             (4)  The charges for Automatic Number Identification
15        and  Automatic  Location  Identification   equipment,   a
16        computer  aided  dispatch system that records, maintains,
17        and  integrates  information,  mobile  data  transmitters
18        equipped   with   automatic   vehicle    locators,    and
19        maintenance,  replacement, and update thereof to increase
20        operational  efficiency  and  improve  the  provision  of
21        emergency services.
22             (5)  The   non-recurring    charges    related    to
23        installation  of  the  Emergency Telephone System and the
24        ongoing network charges.
25             (6)  The  acquisition  and  installation,   or   the
26        reimbursement  of  costs  therefor  to other governmental
27        bodies that have incurred those costs, of road or  street
28        signs  that  are  essential  to the implementation of the
29        emergency telephone system and that are  not  duplicative
30        of  signs that are the responsibility of the jurisdiction
31        charged with maintaining road and street signs.
32             (7)  Other products and services necessary  for  the
33        implementation,  upgrade,  and  maintenance of the system
34        and any other purpose related to  the  operation  of  the
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 1        system,  including  costs  attributable  directly  to the
 2        construction, leasing, or maintenance of any buildings or
 3        facilities or costs of personnel attributable directly to
 4        the operation of the system. Costs attributable  directly
 5        to  the operation of an emergency telephone system do not
 6        include the costs of public safety agency  personnel  who
 7        are  and  equipment  that is dispatched in response to an
 8        emergency call.
 9        (d)  The  board  shall  complete  the  data  base  before
10    implementation of the 9-1-1 system.  The error ratio  of  the
11    data  base  shall not at any time exceed 1% of the total data
12    base.
13    (Source: P.A. 88-497; 89-568, eff. 1-1-97.)
14        Section 10.  The Township Code  is  amended  by  changing
15    Section 15-50 as follows:
16        (60 ILCS 1/15-50)
17        Sec.  15-50.  Powers  exercised  by city council. All the
18    powers vested in the township  described  in  Section  15-45,
19    including  all  the  powers  now vested by law in the highway
20    commissioners of the township and in the  township  board  of
21    the  township,  shall  be  exercised by the city council. The
22    city council shall  perform  the  duties  of  a  township  or
23    multi-township   board   in   relation  to  the  township  or
24    multi-township assessor as provided in the Property Tax Code.
25        By a resolution passed by a three-fourths vote, the  city
26    council  of  any home rule municipality may cease to exercise
27    the powers of the  township  board.    Vacancies  within  the
28    offices  of  township clerk, township collector, and board of
29    trustees resulting from the city council's  action  shall  be
30    filled  in  accordance  with  general  election  law  for the
31    holding of township elections.  Any action taken  under  this
32    Section shall not alter the rights and duties of the township
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 1    supervisor  as  chief executive officer of the township or of
 2    any other duly elected township officials.
 3    (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 4        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 5    becoming law.".

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