(50 ILCS 750/1) (from Ch. 134, par. 31)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
Sec. 1.
The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the public
interest to shorten the time required for a citizen to request and receive
emergency aid. There currently exist thousands of different emergency
phone numbers throughout the state, and present telephone exchange
boundaries and central office service areas do not necessarily correspond
to public safety and political boundaries. Provision
of a single, primary three-digit emergency number through which emergency
services can be quickly and efficiently obtained would provide a significant
contribution to law enforcement and other public service efforts by making
it less difficult to quickly notify public safety personnel. Such a
simplified means of procuring emergency services will result in the saving
of life, a reduction in the destruction of property, quicker apprehension
of criminals, and ultimately the saving of money. The General Assembly
further finds and declares that the establishment
of a uniform, statewide emergency number is a matter of statewide
concern and interest to all inhabitants and citizens of this State. It is the
purpose of this Act to establish the number "9-1-1" as the primary emergency
telephone number for use in this State and to encourage units of local
government and combinations of such units to develop and improve emergency
communication procedures and facilities in such a manner as to be able to quickly respond
to any person calling the telephone number "9-1-1" seeking
police, fire, medical, rescue, and other emergency services.
(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
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