94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2615

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. George P. Shadid

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 750/15.4   from Ch. 134, par. 45.4

    Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. In a Section that requires any county or municipality that imposes a surcharge for the purpose of installing or improving a 9-1-1 emergency telephone system to establish an Emergency Telephone System Board, provides that, in the case of a surcharge imposed by a county with a population of less than 200,000 containing a municipality with a population of over 100,000 that represents at least 60% of the population of the county, the municipality shall provide for the manner of appointment of a majority of the members of the Board. Effective immediately.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by
5 changing Section 15.4 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 750/15.4)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4)
7     Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers.
8     (a) The corporate authorities of any county or municipality
9 that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3 shall establish an
10 Emergency Telephone System Board. The corporate authorities
11 shall provide for the manner of appointment and the number of
12 members of the Board, provided that the board shall consist of
13 not fewer than 5 members, one of whom must be a public member
14 who is a resident of the local exchange service territory
15 included in the 9-1-1 coverage area, one of whom (in counties
16 with a population less than 100,000) must be a member of the
17 county board, and at least 3 of whom shall be representative of
18 the 9-1-1 public safety agencies, including but not limited to
19 police departments, fire departments, emergency medical
20 services providers, and emergency services and disaster
21 agencies, and appointed on the basis of their ability or
22 experience. Elected officials are also eligible to serve on the
23 board. Members of the board shall serve without compensation
24 but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary
25 expenses. In the case of a surcharge imposed by a county with a
26 population of less than 200,000 and containing a municipality
27 with a population greater than 100,000 that represents at least
28 60 % of the population of the county, however, the corporate
29 authorities of the municipality shall provide for the manner of
30 appointment of a majority of the members of the Board; this
31 manner of appointment shall be implemented as vacancies exist
32 or occur. Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or

 

 

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1 combination thereof, that impose a surcharge under Section 15.3
2 may, instead of establishing individual boards, establish by
3 intergovernmental agreement a Joint Emergency Telephone System
4 Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of appointment of
5 such a joint board shall be prescribed in the agreement.
6     (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by
7 ordinance of the municipality or county, or by
8 intergovernmental agreement in the case of a joint board. The
9 powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited to the
10 following:
11         (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system.
12         (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation,
13     upgrading, or maintenance of the system, including the
14     establishment of equipment specifications and coding
15     systems.
16         (3) Receiving monies from the surcharge imposed under
17     Section 15.3, and from any other source, for deposit into
18     the Emergency Telephone System Fund.
19         (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
20         (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation
21     or upgrade of the system.
22     (c) All monies received by a board pursuant to a surcharge
23 imposed under Section 15.3 shall be deposited into a separate
24 interest-bearing Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The
25 treasurer of the municipality or county that has established
26 the board or, in the case of a joint board, any municipal or
27 county treasurer designated in the intergovernmental
28 agreement, shall be custodian of the fund. All interest
29 accruing on the fund shall remain in the fund. No expenditures
30 may be made from such fund except upon the direction of the
31 board by resolution passed by a majority of all members of the
32 board. Expenditures may be made only to pay for the costs
33 associated with the following:
34         (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System.
35         (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address
36     Guide data base, and update and maintenance thereof.

 

 

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1         (3) The repayment of any monies advanced for the
2     implementation of the system.
3         (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification
4     and Automatic Location Identification equipment, a
5     computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains,
6     and integrates information, mobile data transmitters
7     equipped with automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance,
8     replacement and update thereof to increase operational
9     efficiency and improve the provision of emergency
10     services.
11         (5) The non-recurring charges related to installation
12     of the Emergency Telephone System and the ongoing network
13     charges.
14         (6) The acquisition and installation, or the
15     reimbursement of costs therefor to other governmental
16     bodies that have incurred those costs, of road or street
17     signs that are essential to the implementation of the
18     emergency telephone system and that are not duplicative of
19     signs that are the responsibility of the jurisdiction
20     charged with maintaining road and street signs.
21         (7) Other products and services necessary for the
22     implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the system and
23     any other purpose related to the operation of the system,
24     including costs attributable directly to the construction,
25     leasing, or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or
26     costs of personnel attributable directly to the operation
27     of the system. Costs attributable directly to the operation
28     of an emergency telephone system do not include the costs
29     of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment
30     that is dispatched in response to an emergency call.
31     (d) The board shall complete the data base before
32 implementation of the 9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the data
33 base shall not at any time exceed 1% of the total data base.
34 (Source: P.A. 92-202, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
35     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.