Full Text of HB5128 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 | 5 | | by changing Section 15.4 as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.4) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025) | 8 | | Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers. | 9 | | (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Section, | 10 | | the corporate authorities of any county or municipality may | 11 | | establish an Emergency Telephone System Board. | 12 | | The corporate authorities shall provide for the manner of | 13 | | appointment and the number of members of the Board, provided | 14 | | that the board shall consist of not fewer than 5 members, one | 15 | | of whom must be a public member who is a resident of the local | 16 | | exchange service territory included in the 9-1-1 coverage | 17 | | area, one of whom (in counties with a population less than | 18 | | 100,000) may be a member of the county board, and at least 3 of | 19 | | whom shall be representative of the 9-1-1 public safety | 20 | | agencies, including but not limited to police departments, | 21 | | fire departments, emergency medical services providers, and | 22 | | emergency services and disaster agencies, and appointed on the | 23 | | basis of their ability or experience. In counties with a |
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| 1 | | population of more than 100,000 but less than 2,000,000, a | 2 | | member of the county board may serve on the Emergency | 3 | | Telephone System Board. Elected officials, including county | 4 | | sheriffs and members of a county board, are also eligible to | 5 | | serve on the board. Members of the board shall serve without | 6 | | compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and | 7 | | necessary expenses. Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or | 8 | | combination thereof, may, instead of establishing individual | 9 | | boards, establish by intergovernmental agreement a Joint | 10 | | Emergency Telephone System Board pursuant to this Section. The | 11 | | manner of appointment of such a joint board shall be | 12 | | prescribed in the agreement. On or after the effective date of | 13 | | this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, any new | 14 | | intergovernmental agreement entered into to establish or join | 15 | | a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall provide for the | 16 | | appointment of a PSAP representative to the board. | 17 | | Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 18 | | General Assembly, appointed members of the Emergency Telephone | 19 | | System Board shall serve staggered 3-year terms if: (1) the | 20 | | Board serves a county with a population of 100,000 or less; and | 21 | | (2) appointments, on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 22 | | of the 98th General Assembly, are not for a stated term. The | 23 | | corporate authorities of the county or municipality shall | 24 | | assign terms to the board members serving on the effective | 25 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in the | 26 | | following manner: (1) one-third of board members' terms shall |
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| 1 | | expire on January 1, 2015; (2) one-third of board members' | 2 | | terms shall expire on January 1, 2016; and (3) remaining board | 3 | | members' terms shall expire on January 1, 2017. Board members | 4 | | may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms by the | 5 | | corporate authorities of the county or municipality. | 6 | | The corporate authorities of a county or municipality may, | 7 | | by a vote of the majority of the members elected, remove an | 8 | | Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct, | 9 | | official misconduct, or neglect of office. | 10 | | (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by | 11 | | ordinance of the municipality or county, or by | 12 | | intergovernmental agreement in the case of a joint board. The | 13 | | powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited to the | 14 | | following: | 15 | | (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system. | 16 | | (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, | 17 | | upgrading, or maintenance of the system, including the | 18 | | establishment of equipment specifications and coding | 19 | | systems. | 20 | | (3) Receiving moneys from the surcharge imposed under | 21 | | Section 15.3, or disbursed to it under Section 30, and | 22 | | from any other source, for deposit into the Emergency | 23 | | Telephone System Fund. | 24 | | (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund. | 25 | | (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation | 26 | | or upgrade of the system. |
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| 1 | | (6) (Blank). | 2 | | (7) Designating a 9-1-1 System Manager, whose duties | 3 | | and responsibilities shall be set forth by the Emergency | 4 | | Telephone System Board in writing. | 5 | | (c) All moneys received by a board pursuant to a surcharge | 6 | | imposed under Section 15.3, or disbursed to it under Section | 7 | | 30, shall be deposited into a separate interest-bearing | 8 | | Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The treasurer of the | 9 | | municipality or county that has established the board or, in | 10 | | the case of a joint board, any municipal or county treasurer | 11 | | designated in the intergovernmental agreement, shall be | 12 | | custodian of the fund. All interest accruing on the fund shall | 13 | | remain in the fund. No expenditures may be made from such fund | 14 | | except upon the direction of the board by resolution passed by | 15 | | a majority of all members of the board. | 16 | | (d) The board shall complete and maintain a Next | 17 | | Generation 9-1-1 GIS database in accordance with NENA | 18 | | Standards before implementation of the NG9-1-1 system. The | 19 | | MSAG and GIS data standardizing and synchronization must reach | 20 | | a 98% or greater match rate, with an option of matching with | 21 | | ALI, before using GIS data for NG9-1-1. | 22 | | (e) On and after January 1, 2016, no municipality or | 23 | | county may create an Emergency Telephone System Board unless | 24 | | the board is a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. The | 25 | | corporate authorities of any county or municipality entering | 26 | | into an intergovernmental agreement to create or join a Joint |
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| 1 | | Emergency Telephone System Board shall rescind an ordinance or | 2 | | ordinances creating a single Emergency Telephone System Board | 3 | | and shall eliminate the single Emergency Telephone System | 4 | | Board, effective upon the creation of the Joint Emergency | 5 | | Telephone System Board, with regulatory approval by the | 6 | | Administrator, or joining of the Joint Emergency Telephone | 7 | | System Board. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | 8 | | require the dissolution of an Emergency Telephone System Board | 9 | | that is not succeeded by a Joint Emergency Telephone System | 10 | | Board or is not required to consolidate under Section 15.4a of | 11 | | this Act. | 12 | | (f) Within one year after the effective date of this | 13 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, any corporate | 14 | | authorities of a county or municipality, other than a | 15 | | municipality with a population of more than 500,000, operating | 16 | | a 9-1-1 system without an Emergency Telephone System Board or | 17 | | Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall create or join a | 18 | | Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 103-366, eff. 1-1-24 .) |
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