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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 15.3 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 750/15.3) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.3)
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7 | Sec. 15.3. Surcharge.
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8 | (a) The corporate authorities of any municipality or any
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9 | county may, subject to the limitations of subsections (c), (d), | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | and (h),
and in addition to any tax levied pursuant to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Simplified Municipal
Telecommunications Tax Act, impose a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | monthly surcharge on billed subscribers
of network connection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | provided by telecommunication carriers engaged in the
business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | of transmitting messages by means of electricity originating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | within
the corporate limits of the municipality or county | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | imposing the surcharge at
a rate per network connection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | determined in accordance with subsection (c).
Provided, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | however, that where multiple voice grade communications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | channels
are connected between the subscriber's premises and a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | public switched network
through private branch exchange (PBX) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | or centrex type service, a municipality
imposing a surcharge at | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | a rate per network connection, as determined in
accordance with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | this Act, shall impose 5 such surcharges per network
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1 | connection, as determined in accordance with subsections (a) | ||||||
2 | and (d) of
Section 2.12 of this Act.
For mobile | ||||||
3 | telecommunications services, if a surcharge is imposed it shall | ||||||
4 | be
imposed based upon the municipality or county that | ||||||
5 | encompasses the customer's
place of primary use as defined in | ||||||
6 | the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing
Conformity Act. A | ||||||
7 | municipality may enter into an intergovernmental
agreement | ||||||
8 | with any county in which it is partially located, when the | ||||||
9 | county
has adopted an ordinance to impose a surcharge as | ||||||
10 | provided in subsection
(c), to include that portion of the | ||||||
11 | municipality lying outside the county
in that county's | ||||||
12 | surcharge referendum. If the county's surcharge
referendum is | ||||||
13 | approved, the portion of the municipality identified in the
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14 | intergovernmental agreement shall automatically be | ||||||
15 | disconnected from the
county in which it lies and connected to | ||||||
16 | the county which approved the
referendum for purposes of a | ||||||
17 | surcharge on telecommunications carriers.
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18 | (b) For purposes of computing the surcharge imposed by | ||||||
19 | subsection (a),
the network connections to which the surcharge | ||||||
20 | shall apply shall be those
in-service network connections, | ||||||
21 | other than those network connections
assigned to the | ||||||
22 | municipality or county, where the service address for each
such | ||||||
23 | network connection or connections is located within the | ||||||
24 | corporate
limits of the municipality or county levying the | ||||||
25 | surcharge. Except for mobile
telecommunication services, the | ||||||
26 | "service address" shall mean the location of
the primary use of |
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1 | the network connection or connections. For mobile
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2 | telecommunication services, "service address" means the | ||||||
3 | customer's place of
primary use as defined in the Mobile | ||||||
4 | Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity
Act. With respect to | ||||||
5 | network connections provided for
use with pay telephone | ||||||
6 | services for which there is no billed subscriber,
the | ||||||
7 | telecommunications carrier providing the network connection | ||||||
8 | shall be
deemed to be its own billed subscriber for purposes of | ||||||
9 | applying the surcharge.
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10 | (c) Upon the passage of an ordinance to impose a surcharge | ||||||
11 | under this
Section the clerk of the municipality or county | ||||||
12 | shall certify the question
of whether the surcharge may be | ||||||
13 | imposed to the proper election authority
who shall submit the | ||||||
14 | public question to the electors of the municipality or
county | ||||||
15 | in accordance with the general election law; provided that such
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16 | question shall not be submitted at a consolidated primary | ||||||
17 | election. The
public question shall be in substantially the | ||||||
18 | following form:
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19 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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20 | Shall the county (or city, village
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21 | or incorporated town) of ..... impose YES
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22 | a surcharge of up to ...ยข per month per
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23 | network connection, which surcharge will
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24 | be added to the monthly bill you receive ------------------
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25 | for telephone or telecommunications
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26 | charges, for the purpose of installing
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1 | (or improving) a 9-1-1 Emergency NO
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2 | Telephone System?
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3 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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4 | If a majority of the votes cast upon the public question | ||||||
5 | are in favor
thereof, the surcharge shall be imposed.
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6 | However, if a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board is to | ||||||
7 | be created
pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement under | ||||||
8 | Section 15.4, the
ordinance to impose the surcharge shall be | ||||||
9 | subject to the approval of a
majority of the total number of | ||||||
10 | votes cast upon the public question by the
electors of all of | ||||||
11 | the municipalities or counties, or combination thereof,
that | ||||||
12 | are parties to the intergovernmental agreement.
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13 | The referendum requirement of this subsection (c) shall not | ||||||
14 | apply
to any municipality with a population over 500,000 or to | ||||||
15 | any
county in which a proposition as to whether a sophisticated | ||||||
16 | 9-1-1 Emergency
Telephone System should be installed in the | ||||||
17 | county, at a cost not to
exceed a specified monthly amount per | ||||||
18 | network connection, has previously
been approved by a majority | ||||||
19 | of the electors of the county voting on the
proposition at an | ||||||
20 | election conducted before the effective date of this
amendatory | ||||||
21 | Act of 1987.
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22 | (d) Whenever a petition signed by a number of voters equal | ||||||
23 | to at least 1% of the votes cast for Governor in the preceding | ||||||
24 | gubernatorial election in the municipality or county is | ||||||
25 | presented to the clerk of the municipality or county requesting | ||||||
26 | the submission of the Heartsaver Referendum to the voters of |
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1 | the municipality or county it shall be the duty of the proper | ||||||
2 | election officials to submit the question of public policy to | ||||||
3 | voters at the next regular election in substantially the | ||||||
4 | following form:
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5 | Shall the county (or municipality) of... impose, for a | ||||||
6 | period of 2 years, a surcharge of ten cents per month per | ||||||
7 | network connection, which surcharge will be added to the | ||||||
8 | monthly bill you receive for telephone charges, for the | ||||||
9 | purpose of purchasing and maintaining life-saving | ||||||
10 | automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools, | ||||||
11 | parks, and other public places?
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12 | The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or | ||||||
13 | "No".
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14 | (e) If a majority of the electors in the municipality or | ||||||
15 | county voting on the proposition vote in favor thereof, the | ||||||
16 | surcharge shall be deemed adopted. The surcharge collected | ||||||
17 | shall be used solely for the purchase and maintenance of AEDs | ||||||
18 | in schools, parks, and public places and shall extend for no | ||||||
19 | more than 2 years.
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20 | (f)
(d) A county may not impose a surcharge, unless | ||||||
21 | requested by a
municipality, in any incorporated area which has | ||||||
22 | previously approved a
surcharge as provided in subsection (c) | ||||||
23 | or in any incorporated area where
the corporate authorities of | ||||||
24 | the municipality have previously entered into
a binding | ||||||
25 | contract or letter of intent with a telecommunications carrier | ||||||
26 | to
provide sophisticated 9-1-1 service through municipal |
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1 | funds.
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2 | (g)
(e) A municipality or county may at any time by | ||||||
3 | ordinance change the
rate of the surcharge imposed under this | ||||||
4 | Section if the new rate does not
exceed the rate specified in | ||||||
5 | the referendum held pursuant to subsection (c).
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6 | (h)
(f) The surcharge authorized by this Section shall be | ||||||
7 | collected from
the subscriber by the telecommunications | ||||||
8 | carrier providing the subscriber
the network connection as a | ||||||
9 | separately stated item on the subscriber's bill.
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10 | (i)
(g) The amount of surcharge collected by the | ||||||
11 | telecommunications carrier
shall be paid to the particular | ||||||
12 | municipality or county or Joint Emergency
Telephone System | ||||||
13 | Board not later than 30 days after the surcharge is
collected, | ||||||
14 | net of any network or other 9-1-1 or sophisticated 9-1-1 system
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15 | charges then due the particular telecommunications carrier, as | ||||||
16 | shown on an
itemized bill. The telecommunications carrier | ||||||
17 | collecting the surcharge
shall also be entitled to deduct 3% of | ||||||
18 | the gross amount of surcharge
collected to reimburse the | ||||||
19 | telecommunications carrier for the expense of
accounting and | ||||||
20 | collecting the surcharge.
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21 | (j)
(h) Except as expressly provided in subsection (a) of | ||||||
22 | this Section, a
municipality with a population over 500,000 may | ||||||
23 | not impose a
monthly surcharge in excess of $1.25 per network | ||||||
24 | connection.
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25 | (k)
(i) Any municipality or county or joint emergency | ||||||
26 | telephone system
board that has imposed a surcharge pursuant to |
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1 | this Section prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
2 | of 1990 shall hereafter impose the
surcharge in accordance with | ||||||
3 | subsection (b) of this Section.
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4 | (l)
(j) The corporate authorities of any municipality or | ||||||
5 | county may issue,
in accordance with Illinois law, bonds, notes | ||||||
6 | or other obligations secured
in whole or in part by the | ||||||
7 | proceeds of the surcharge described in this
Section. | ||||||
8 | Notwithstanding any change in law subsequent to the issuance of
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9 | any bonds, notes or other obligations secured by the surcharge, | ||||||
10 | every
municipality or county issuing such bonds, notes or other | ||||||
11 | obligations shall
be authorized to impose the surcharge as | ||||||
12 | though the laws relating to the
imposition of the surcharge in | ||||||
13 | effect at the time of issuance of the
bonds, notes or other | ||||||
14 | obligations were in full force and effect until the
bonds, | ||||||
15 | notes or other obligations are paid in full.
The State of | ||||||
16 | Illinois pledges and agrees that it will not limit or alter
the | ||||||
17 | rights and powers vested in municipalities and counties by this | ||||||
18 | Section
to impose the surcharge so as to impair the terms of or | ||||||
19 | affect the
security for bonds, notes or other obligations | ||||||
20 | secured in whole or in part
with the proceeds of the surcharge | ||||||
21 | described in this Section.
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22 | (m)
(k) Any surcharge collected by or imposed on a | ||||||
23 | telecommunications
carrier pursuant to this Section shall be | ||||||
24 | held to be a special fund in
trust for the municipality, county | ||||||
25 | or Joint Emergency Telephone Board
imposing the surcharge. | ||||||
26 | Except for the 3% deduction provided in subsection
(g) above, |
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1 | the special fund shall not be subject to the claims of
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2 | creditors of the telecommunication carrier.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 92-474, eff. 8-1-02; 92-526, eff. 1-1-03; 92-557, | ||||||
4 | eff. 1-1-03;
revised 10-2-02.)
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