Full Text of SB0555 97th General Assembly
SB0555sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Susan Garrett Filed: 4/27/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 555
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 555 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 15.4 and by adding Sections 2.27 and 2.28 | 6 | | as follows: | 7 | | (50 ILCS 750/2.27 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2.27. Computer aided dispatch system. "Computer aided | 9 | | dispatch" means a method for dispatching emergency services by | 10 | | computer. | 11 | | (50 ILCS 750/2.28 new) | 12 | | Sec. 2.28. Smart 9-1-1 service. "Smart 9-1-1 service" means | 13 | | a database service that electronically provides information to | 14 | | 9-1-1 call takers when a call is placed to 9-1-1. Information | 15 | | that is electronically provided may include, but shall not be |
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| 1 | | limited to, photographs of citizens, physical descriptions, | 2 | | medical information, household data, and emergency contacts. | 3 | | The system shall allow for information to be entered by | 4 | | citizens via a secure website where they can elect to provide | 5 | | as little or as much information as they choose. | 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. In counties with a population of more than 100,000 | 23 | | but less than 2,000,000, a member of the county board may serve | 24 | | on the Emergency Telephone System Board. Elected officials, | 25 | | including members of a county board, are
also eligible to serve |
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| 1 | | on the board. Members of the board shall serve without
| 2 | | compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and | 3 | | necessary
expenses. Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or | 4 | | combination thereof,
that impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 | 5 | | may, instead of establishing
individual boards, establish by | 6 | | intergovernmental agreement a Joint
Emergency Telephone System | 7 | | Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of
appointment of | 8 | | such a joint board shall be prescribed in the agreement. | 9 | | (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by | 10 | | ordinance
of the municipality or county, or by | 11 | | intergovernmental agreement in the
case of a joint board. The | 12 | | powers and duties shall include, but need not
be limited to the | 13 | | following: | 14 | | (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system. | 15 | | (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, | 16 | | upgrading, or
maintenance of the system, including the | 17 | | establishment of equipment
specifications and coding | 18 | | systems. | 19 | | (3) Receiving moneys
from the surcharge imposed under | 20 | | Section 15.3, and
from any other source, for deposit into | 21 | | the Emergency Telephone System Fund. | 22 | | (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund. | 23 | | (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation | 24 | | or upgrade of the
system. | 25 | | (6) Participating in a Regional Pilot Project to | 26 | | implement next generation 9-1-1, as defined in this Act, |
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| 1 | | subject to the conditions set forth in this Act. | 2 | | (c) All moneys
received by a board pursuant to a surcharge | 3 | | imposed under
Section 15.3 shall be deposited into a separate | 4 | | interest-bearing
Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The | 5 | | treasurer of the municipality or
county that has established | 6 | | the board or, in the case of a joint board, any
municipal or | 7 | | county treasurer designated in the intergovernmental | 8 | | agreement,
shall be custodian of the fund. All interest | 9 | | accruing on the fund shall remain
in the fund. No expenditures | 10 | | may be made from such fund except upon the
direction of the | 11 | | board by resolution passed by a majority of all members of the
| 12 | | board. Expenditures may be made only to pay for the costs | 13 | | associated with the
following: | 14 | | (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System. | 15 | | (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address | 16 | | Guide data base, and
update and maintenance thereof. | 17 | | (3) The repayment of any moneys
advanced for the | 18 | | implementation of
the system. | 19 | | (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification | 20 | | and Automatic
Location Identification equipment,
a | 21 | | computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains, | 22 | | and integrates
information,
mobile data transmitters | 23 | | equipped with
automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance, | 24 | | replacement and
update thereof
to increase operational | 25 | | efficiency and improve the provision of emergency
| 26 | | services. |
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| 1 | | (5) The non-recurring charges related to installation | 2 | | of the Emergency
Telephone System and the ongoing network | 3 | | charges. | 4 | | (6) The acquisition and installation, or the | 5 | | reimbursement of costs
therefor to other governmental | 6 | | bodies that have incurred those costs, of road
or street | 7 | | signs that are essential to the implementation of the | 8 | | emergency
telephone system and that are not duplicative of | 9 | | signs that are the
responsibility of the jurisdiction | 10 | | charged with maintaining road and street
signs. | 11 | | (7) Other products and services necessary for the | 12 | | implementation,
upgrade, and maintenance of the system and | 13 | | any other purpose related to the
operation of
the system, | 14 | | including costs attributable directly to the construction, | 15 | | leasing,
or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or | 16 | | costs of personnel
attributable directly to the operation | 17 | | of the system. Costs attributable
directly to the operation | 18 | | of an emergency telephone system do not include the
costs | 19 | | of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment | 20 | | that is
dispatched in response to an emergency call. | 21 | | (7.5) The purchase of real property if the purchase is | 22 | | made before March 16, 2006. | 23 | | (8) In the case of a municipality that imposes a | 24 | | surcharge under subsection (h) of Section 15.3, moneys may | 25 | | also be used for any anti-terrorism or emergency | 26 | | preparedness measures, including, but not limited to, |
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| 1 | | preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for | 2 | | federal or State grants, personnel training, and | 3 | | specialized equipment, including surveillance cameras as | 4 | | needed to deal with natural and terrorist-inspired | 5 | | emergency situations or events. | 6 | | (9) The defraying of expenses incurred in | 7 | | participation in a Regional Pilot Project to implement next | 8 | | generation 9-1-1, subject to the conditions set forth in | 9 | | this Act. | 10 | | (10) The implementation of a computer aided dispatch | 11 | | system or Smart 9-1-1 services. | 12 | | Moneys in the fund may also be transferred to a | 13 | | participating fire protection district to reimburse volunteer | 14 | | firefighters who man remote telephone switching facilities | 15 | | when dedicated 9-1-1 lines are down. | 16 | | (d) The board shall complete the data base before | 17 | | implementation of the
9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the data | 18 | | base shall not at any time
exceed 1% of the total data base. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1443, eff. 8-20-10; | 20 | | 97-517, eff. 8-23-11.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.".
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