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92_HB2374
LRB9206136MWdv
1 AN ACT concerning emergency telephone calls.
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 Section 10.1 as follows:
6 (50 ILCS 750/10.1) (from Ch. 134, par. 40.1)
7 Sec. 10.1. Confidentiality.
8 (a) 9-1-1 information consisting of names, addresses and
9 telephone numbers of telephone customers whose listings are
10 not published in directories or listed in Directory
11 Assistance Offices is confidential. Except as provided in
12 subsections (b) and (c), information shall be provided on a
13 call-by-call basis only for the purpose of responding to
14 emergency calls.
15 (b) 9-1-1 information, including the information
16 described in subsection (a), may be used by a public safety
17 agency for the purpose of placing out-going emergency calls.
18 (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a municipality
19 with a population of more than 500,000 from using 9-1-1
20 information, including information described in subsection
21 (a), for the purpose of responding to calls made to a
22 non-emergency telephone system that is under the supervision
23 and control of a public safety agency and that shares all or
24 some facilities with an emergency telephone system.
25 (d) Any public agency that uses 9-1-1 information for
26 the purposes described in subsections (b) and (c) must
27 establish methods and procedures that ensure the
28 confidentiality of information as required by subsection (a).
29 (e) Divulging confidential information in violation of
30 this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
31 (Source: P.A. 87-146.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.