093_HB3299
LRB093 09062 LRD 09294 b
1 AN ACT in relation to telecommunications.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5 Section 13-802.1 as follows:
6 (220 ILCS 5/13-802.1 new)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
8 Sec. 13-802.13. There is hereby created the Cellular
9 Telephone 911 Access Committee (Committee). The Committee
10 shall consist of 4 members selected by the Commission who are
11 employed in the cellular telecommunications industry and 4
12 members who are selected by the Citizens Utility Board. The
13 Committee shall establish what measures are technologically
14 and economically feasible to ensure that emergency 911
15 telephone calls that are placed from a cellular telephone are
16 connected whenever possible. The Committee shall report its
17 findings to the General Assembly by July 1, 2004 and shall be
18 dissolved on that date.
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.