Sen. Jason A. Barickman

Filed: 2/24/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2599

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2599 is amended by
3replacing lines 4 through 12 on page 1 with the following:
 
4    "(50 ILCS 751/35)
5    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2014)
6    Sec. 35. Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund;
7reimbursement.
8    (a) To recover costs from the Wireless Carrier
9Reimbursement Fund, the wireless carrier shall submit sworn
10invoices to the Illinois Commerce Commission. In no event may
11any invoice for payment be approved for (i) costs that are not
12related to compliance with the requirements established by the
13wireless enhanced 9-1-1 mandates of the Federal Communications
14Commission, (ii) costs with respect to any wireless enhanced
159-1-1 service that is not operable at the time the invoice is
16submitted, or (iii) costs in excess of the sum of (A) the
17carrier's balance, as determined under subsection (e) of this

 

 

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1Section, plus (B) 100% of the surcharge remitted to the
2Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund by the wireless carrier
3under Section 17(b) since the last annual review of the balance
4in the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund under subsection (e)
5of this Section, less reimbursements paid to the carrier out of
6the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund since the last annual
7review of the balance under subsection (e) of this Section,
8unless the wireless carrier received prior approval for the
9expenditures from the Illinois Commerce Commission.
10    (b) If in any month the total amount of invoices submitted
11to the Illinois Commerce Commission and approved for payment
12exceeds the amount available in the Wireless Carrier
13Reimbursement Fund, wireless carriers that have invoices
14approved for payment shall receive a pro-rata share of the
15amount available in the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund
16based on the relative amount of their approved invoices
17available that month, and the balance of the payments shall be
18carried into the following months until all of the approved
19payments are made.
20    (c) A wireless carrier may not receive payment from the
21Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund for its costs of providing
22wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services in an area when a unit of
23local government or emergency telephone system board provides
24wireless 9-1-1 services in that area and was imposing and
25collecting a wireless carrier surcharge prior to July 1, 1998.
26    (d) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall maintain

 

 

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1detailed records of all receipts and disbursements and shall
2provide an annual accounting of all receipts and disbursements
3to the Auditor General.
4    (e) The Illinois Commerce Commission must annually review
5the balance in the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund as of
6June 30 of each year and shall direct the Comptroller to
7transfer into the Wireless Services Emergency Fund for
8distribution in accordance with Section 25 of this Act any
9amount in excess of the amount of deposits into the Fund for
10the 24 months prior to June 30 less:
11        (1) the amount of paid and payables received by June 30
12    for the 24 months prior to June 30 as determined eligible
13    under subsection (a) of this Section;
14        (2) the administrative costs associated with the Fund
15    for the 24 months prior to June 30; and
16        (3) the prorated portion of any other adjustments made
17    to the Fund in the 24 months prior to June 30.
18    After making the calculation required under this
19subsection (e), each carrier's available balance for purposes
20of reimbursements must be adjusted using the same calculation.
21    (f) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall adopt rules to
22govern the reimbursement process.
23    (g) On January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act
2495-698), or as soon thereafter as practical, the State
25Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer
26shall transfer the sum of $8,000,000 from the Wireless Carrier

 

 

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1Reimbursement Fund to the Wireless Service Emergency Fund. That
2amount shall be used by the Illinois Commerce Commission to
3make grants in the manner described in Section 25 of this Act.
4    (h) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
5the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund shall not be subject to
6sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal or
7budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any amount
8from that Fund into any other fund of the State, except as
9provided under this Section.
10(Source: P.A. 95-63, eff. 8-13-07; 95-698, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876,
11eff. 8-21-08.)".