Full Text of SB0555 97th General Assembly
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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 and by adding Sections 2.27 and 2.28 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (50 ILCS 750/2.27 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2.27. Computer aided dispatch. "Computer aided | 9 | | dispatch" or "CAD" means a database maintained by the public | 10 | | safety agency or public safety answering point used in | 11 | | conjunction with 9-1-1 caller data. | 12 | | (50 ILCS 750/2.28 new) | 13 | | Sec. 2.28. Hosted supplemental 9-1-1 service. | 14 | | "Hosted supplemental 9-1-1 service" means a database | 15 | | service that electronically provides information to 9-1-1 call | 16 | | takers when a call is placed to 9-1-1. The database service | 17 | | shall allow telephone subscribers to provide information to | 18 | | 9-1-1 to be used in emergency scenarios. The database service: | 19 | | (1) shall collect a variety of formatted data relevant | 20 | | to 9-1-1 and first responder needs. This information may | 21 | | include, but is not limited to, photographs of the | 22 | | telephone subscribers, physical descriptions, medical |
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| 1 | | information, household data, and emergency contacts. | 2 | | (2) shall allow for information to be entered by | 3 | | telephone subscribers via a secure website where they can | 4 | | elect to provide as little or as much information as they | 5 | | choose. | 6 | | (3) shall automatically display data provided by | 7 | | telephone subscribers to 9-1-1 call takers for all types of | 8 | | phones when a call is placed to 9-1-1 from a registered and | 9 | | confirmed phone number. | 10 | | (4) shall support the delivery of telephone subscriber | 11 | | information via a secure internet connection to all | 12 | | emergency telephone system boards. | 13 | | (5) shall work across all 9-1-1 call taking equipment | 14 | | and allow for the easy transfer of information into a | 15 | | computer aided dispatch system. | 16 | | (6) may be used to collect information pursuant to an | 17 | | Illinois Premise Alert Program as defined in the Illinois | 18 | | Premise Alert Program (PAP) Act. | 19 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.4) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4) | 20 | | Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers. | 21 | | (a) The corporate authorities of any county or municipality
| 22 | | that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3 shall establish an | 23 | | Emergency
Telephone System Board. The corporate authorities | 24 | | shall provide for the
manner of appointment and the number of | 25 | | members of the Board, provided that
the board shall consist of |
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| 1 | | not fewer than 5 members, one of whom
must be a
public member | 2 | | who is a resident of the local exchange service territory
| 3 | | included in the 9-1-1 coverage area, one of whom (in counties | 4 | | with a
population less than 100,000) must be a member of the | 5 | | county
board, and
at least 3 of whom shall be representative of | 6 | | the 9-1-1 public safety agencies,
including but not limited to | 7 | | police departments, fire departments, emergency
medical | 8 | | services providers, and emergency services and disaster | 9 | | agencies, and
appointed on the basis of their ability or | 10 | | experience. In counties with a population of more than 100,000 | 11 | | but less than 2,000,000, a member of the county board may serve | 12 | | on the Emergency Telephone System Board. Elected officials, | 13 | | including members of a county board, are
also eligible to serve | 14 | | on the board. Members of the board shall serve without
| 15 | | compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and | 16 | | necessary
expenses. Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or | 17 | | combination thereof,
that impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 | 18 | | may, instead of establishing
individual boards, establish by | 19 | | intergovernmental agreement a Joint
Emergency Telephone System | 20 | | Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of
appointment of | 21 | | such a joint board shall be prescribed in the agreement. | 22 | | (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by | 23 | | ordinance
of the municipality or county, or by | 24 | | intergovernmental agreement in the
case of a joint board. The | 25 | | powers and duties shall include, but need not
be limited to the | 26 | | following: |
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| 1 | | (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system. | 2 | | (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, | 3 | | upgrading, or
maintenance of the system, including the | 4 | | establishment of equipment
specifications and coding | 5 | | systems. | 6 | | (3) Receiving moneys
from the surcharge imposed under | 7 | | Section 15.3, and
from any other source, for deposit into | 8 | | the Emergency Telephone System Fund. | 9 | | (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund. | 10 | | (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation | 11 | | or upgrade of the
system. | 12 | | (6) Participating in a Regional Pilot Project to | 13 | | implement next generation 9-1-1, as defined in this Act, | 14 | | subject to the conditions set forth in this Act. | 15 | | (c) All moneys
received by a board pursuant to a surcharge | 16 | | imposed under
Section 15.3 shall be deposited into a separate | 17 | | interest-bearing
Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The | 18 | | treasurer of the municipality or
county that has established | 19 | | the board or, in the case of a joint board, any
municipal or | 20 | | county treasurer designated in the intergovernmental | 21 | | agreement,
shall be custodian of the fund. All interest | 22 | | accruing on the fund shall remain
in the fund. No expenditures | 23 | | may be made from such fund except upon the
direction of the | 24 | | board by resolution passed by a majority of all members of the
| 25 | | board. Expenditures may be made only to pay for the costs | 26 | | associated with the
following: |
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| 1 | | (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System. | 2 | | (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address | 3 | | Guide data base, and
update and maintenance thereof. | 4 | | (3) The repayment of any moneys
advanced for the | 5 | | implementation of
the system. | 6 | | (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification | 7 | | and Automatic
Location Identification equipment,
a | 8 | | computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains, | 9 | | and integrates
information,
mobile data transmitters | 10 | | equipped with
automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance, | 11 | | replacement and
update thereof
to increase operational | 12 | | efficiency and improve the provision of emergency
| 13 | | services. | 14 | | (5) The non-recurring charges related to installation | 15 | | of the Emergency
Telephone System and the ongoing network | 16 | | charges. | 17 | | (6) The acquisition and installation, or the | 18 | | reimbursement of costs
therefor to other governmental | 19 | | bodies that have incurred those costs, of road
or street | 20 | | signs that are essential to the implementation of the | 21 | | emergency
telephone system and that are not duplicative of | 22 | | signs that are the
responsibility of the jurisdiction | 23 | | charged with maintaining road and street
signs. | 24 | | (7) Other products and services necessary for the | 25 | | implementation,
upgrade, and maintenance of the system and | 26 | | any other purpose related to the
operation of
the system, |
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| 1 | | including costs attributable directly to the construction, | 2 | | leasing,
or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or | 3 | | costs of personnel
attributable directly to the operation | 4 | | of the system. Costs attributable
directly to the operation | 5 | | of an emergency telephone system do not include the
costs | 6 | | of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment | 7 | | that is
dispatched in response to an emergency call. | 8 | | (7.5) The purchase of real property if the purchase is | 9 | | made before March 16, 2006. | 10 | | (8) In the case of a municipality that imposes a | 11 | | surcharge under subsection (h) of Section 15.3, moneys may | 12 | | also be used for any anti-terrorism or emergency | 13 | | preparedness measures, including, but not limited to, | 14 | | preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for | 15 | | federal or State grants, personnel training, and | 16 | | specialized equipment, including surveillance cameras as | 17 | | needed to deal with natural and terrorist-inspired | 18 | | emergency situations or events. | 19 | | (9) The defraying of expenses incurred in | 20 | | participation in a Regional Pilot Project to implement next | 21 | | generation 9-1-1, subject to the conditions set forth in | 22 | | this Act. | 23 | | (10) The implementation of a computer aided dispatch | 24 | | system or hosted supplemental 9-1-1 services. | 25 | | Moneys in the fund may also be transferred to a | 26 | | participating fire protection district to reimburse volunteer |
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| 1 | | firefighters who man remote telephone switching facilities | 2 | | when dedicated 9-1-1 lines are down. | 3 | | (d) The board shall complete the data base before | 4 | | implementation of the
9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the data | 5 | | base shall not at any time
exceed 1% of the total data base. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1443, eff. 8-20-10; | 7 | | 97-517, eff. 8-23-11.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law. |
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