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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2428
Introduced 2/3/2004, by Denny Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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50 ILCS 750/2.08 |
from Ch. 134, par. 32.08 |
50 ILCS 750/15.1 |
from Ch. 134, par. 45.1 |
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Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that the term "sophisticated system" may also include a computerized warning system that utilizes automatic out-going call devices or other telecommunications or information service equipment and services to provide warnings of impending or threatened emergencies. Provides that no telecommunications carrier or supplier of any portion of a basic or sophisticated system shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, except willful or wanton misconduct, in connection with designing, developing, adopting, installing, operating, implementing, or maintaining (now, developing, adopting, operating, or implementing) any plan or system required or permitted (now, required) by the Emergency Telephone System Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2428 |
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LRB093 19856 MKM 45599 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by |
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| changing Sections 2.08 and 15.1 as follows:
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| (50 ILCS 750/2.08) (from Ch. 134, par. 32.08)
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| Sec. 2.08. "Sophisticated system" means a basic system with |
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| the
additional capability of automatic identification of the |
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| caller's number,
holding the incoming call, reconnection on the |
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| same telephone line,
clearing a telephone line, or automatic |
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| call routing or any other
capability or features then available |
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| or combinations of such capabilities. A sophisticated system |
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| may also include a computerized warning system that utilizes |
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| automatic out-going call devices or other telecommunications |
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| or information service equipment and services to provide |
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| warnings of impending or threatened emergencies.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-978.)
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| (50 ILCS 750/15.1) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.1)
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| Sec. 15.1. Public body; Exemption from civil liability for |
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| developing, providing, or
operating emergency telephone |
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| system. No
public agency, public safety agency, emergency
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| telephone system board, or unit of local government assuming |
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| the duties of an
emergency telephone system board, or |
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| telecommunications carrier or supplier of any portion of a |
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| basic or sophisticated system, nor any
officer, agent or |
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| employee of any public agency, public safety agency,
emergency |
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| telephone system board, or unit of local government assuming |
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duties of an emergency telephone system board, or |
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| telecommunications carrier or supplier of any portion of a |
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| basic or sophisticated system,
shall be liable for any civil |
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| damages as a result of any act or
omission, except willful or |