101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2402

 

Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 750/15.4a

    Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that a 9-1-1 Authority in a county that: has a population of at least 250,000, has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified governmental entity, and is serving a population of less than 25,000 is exempt from consolidation requirements if the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) as of January 1, 2019, is the only remaining authority in the State that has not met the consolidation requirements; (2) serves a municipality with a population of less than 6,000 people; and (3) has received intergovernmental agreement rejections by 5 or more contiguous counties or 9-1-1 authorities to consolidate 9-1-1 services.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by
5changing Section 15.4a as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 750/15.4a)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
8    Sec. 15.4a. Consolidation.
9    (a) By July 1, 2017, and except as otherwise provided in
10this Section, Emergency Telephone System Boards, Joint
11Emergency Telephone System Boards, qualified governmental
12entities, and PSAPs shall be consolidated as follows, subject
13to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section:
14        (1) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
15    that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board, or
16    qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, shall
17    reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50% or to 2 PSAPs,
18    whichever is greater. Nothing in this paragraph shall
19    preclude consolidation resulting in one PSAP in the county.
20        (2) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
21    that has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board,
22    Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified
23    governmental entity, any 9-1-1 Authority serving a

 

 

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1    population of less than 25,000 shall be consolidated such
2    that no 9-1-1 Authority in the county serves a population
3    of less than 25,000.
4        (3) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
5    but less than 1,000,000 that has more than one Emergency
6    Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System
7    Board, or qualified governmental entity, each 9-1-1
8    Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50%
9    or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
10    paragraph shall preclude consolidation of a 9-1-1
11    Authority into a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board,
12    and nothing in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation
13    resulting in one PSAP in the county.
14        (4) In any county with a population of less than
15    250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board
16    or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, the
17    9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at
18    least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in
19    this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in
20    one PSAP in the county.
21        (5) In any county with a population of less than
22    250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System
23    Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or
24    qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPS, the
25    9-1-1 Authorities shall be consolidated into a single joint
26    board, and the number of PSAPs shall be reduced by at least

 

 

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1    50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
2    paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in one
3    PSAP in the county.
4        (6) Any 9-1-1 Authority that does not have a PSAP
5    within its jurisdiction shall be consolidated through an
6    intergovernmental agreement with an existing 9-1-1
7    Authority that has a PSAP to create a Joint Emergency
8    Telephone Board.
9        (7) The corporate authorities of each county that has
10    no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 shall provide
11    enhanced 9-1-1 wireline and wireless enhanced 9-1-1
12    service for that county by either (i) entering into an
13    intergovernmental agreement with an existing Emergency
14    Telephone System Board to create a new Joint Emergency
15    Telephone System Board, or (ii) entering into an
16    intergovernmental agreement with the corporate authorities
17    that have created an existing Joint Emergency Telephone
18    System Board.
19    (a-5) A 9-1-1 Authority shall not be subject to the
20consolidation requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection (a)
21of this Section if the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) as of January 1,
222019, is the only remaining authority in the State that has not
23met the consolidation requirements of this Act; (2) serves a
24municipality with a population of less than 6,000 people; and
25(3) has received intergovernmental agreement rejections by 5 or
26more contiguous counties or 9-1-1 authorities to consolidate

 

 

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19-1-1 services.
2    (b) By July 1, 2016, each county required to consolidate
3pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section and
4each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to
5paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section
6shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver
7pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Office of
8the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
9        (1) No county or 9-1-1 Authority may avoid the
10    requirements of this Section by converting primary PSAPs to
11    secondary or virtual answering points. Any county or 9-1-1
12    Authority not in compliance with this Section shall be
13    ineligible to receive consolidation grant funds issued
14    under Section 15.4b of this Act or monthly disbursements
15    otherwise due under Section 30 of this Act, until the
16    county or 9-1-1 Authority is in compliance.
17        (2) Within 60 calendar days of receiving a
18    consolidation plan, the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board
19    shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan and
20    provide a recommendation to the Administrator. Notice of
21    the hearing shall be provided to the respective entity to
22    which the plan applies.
23        (3) Within 90 calendar days of receiving a
24    consolidation plan, the Administrator shall approve the
25    plan, approve the plan as modified, or grant a waiver
26    pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. In making his

 

 

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1    or her decision, the Administrator shall consider any
2    recommendation from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board
3    regarding the plan. If the Administrator does not follow
4    the recommendation of the Board, the Administrator shall
5    provide a written explanation for the deviation in his or
6    her decision.
7        (4) The deadlines provided in this subsection may be
8    extended upon agreement between the Administrator and
9    entity which submitted the plan.
10    (c) A waiver from a consolidation required under subsection
11(a) of this Section may be granted if the Administrator finds
12that the consolidation will result in a substantial threat to
13public safety, is economically unreasonable, or is technically
14infeasible.
15    (d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section
16shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be
17subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
18(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)