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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2607
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2607 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT relating to local government."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is
8 amended by changing Section 15.4 as follows:
9 (50 ILCS 750/15.4) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4)
10 Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers.
11 (a) The corporate authorities of any county or
12 municipality that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3
13 shall establish an Emergency Telephone System Board. The
14 corporate authorities shall provide for the manner of
15 appointment and the number of members of the Board, provided
16 that the board shall consist of not fewer than 5 members, one
17 of whom may be a public member who is a resident of the local
18 exchange service territory included in the 9-1-1 coverage
19 area, one of whom (in counties with a population less than
20 100,000) may be a member of the county board, and at least 3
21 of whom shall be representative of the 9-1-1 public safety
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1 agencies, including but not limited to police departments,
2 fire departments, emergency medical services providers, and
3 emergency services and disaster agencies, and appointed on
4 the basis of their ability or experience. Elected officials
5 are also eligible to serve on the board. Members of the
6 board shall serve without compensation but shall be
7 reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses. Any 2 or
8 more municipalities, counties, or combination thereof, that
9 impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 may, instead of
10 establishing individual boards, establish by
11 intergovernmental agreement a Joint Emergency Telephone
12 System Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of
13 appointment of such a joint board shall be prescribed in the
14 agreement.
15 (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined
16 by ordinance of the municipality or county, or by
17 intergovernmental agreement in the case of a joint board.
18 The powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited
19 to the following:
20 (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system.
21 (2) Coordinating and supervising the
22 implementation, upgrading, or maintenance of the system,
23 including the establishment of equipment specifications
24 and coding systems.
25 (3) Receiving monies from the surcharge imposed
26 under Section 15.3, and from any other source, for
27 deposit into the Emergency Telephone System Fund.
28 (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
29 (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the
30 implementation or upgrade of the system.
31 (c) All monies received by a board pursuant to a
32 surcharge imposed under Section 15.3 shall be deposited into
33 a separate interest-bearing Emergency Telephone System Fund
34 account. The treasurer of the municipality or county that has
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1 established the board or, in the case of a joint board, any
2 municipal or county treasurer designated in the
3 intergovernmental agreement, shall be custodian of the fund.
4 All interest accruing on the fund shall remain in the fund.
5 No expenditures may be made from such fund except upon the
6 direction of the board by resolution passed by a majority of
7 all members of the board. Expenditures may be made only to
8 pay for the costs associated with the following:
9 (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System.
10 (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address
11 Guide data base, and update and maintenance thereof.
12 (3) The repayment of any monies advanced for the
13 implementation of the system.
14 (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification
15 and Automatic Location Identification equipment, a
16 computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains,
17 and integrates information, mobile data transmitters
18 equipped with automatic vehicle locators, and
19 maintenance, replacement and update thereof to increase
20 operational efficiency and improve the provision of
21 emergency services.
22 (5) The non-recurring charges related to
23 installation of the Emergency Telephone System and the
24 ongoing network charges.
25 (6) The acquisition and installation, or the
26 reimbursement of costs therefor to other governmental
27 bodies that have incurred those costs, of road or street
28 signs that are essential to the implementation of the
29 emergency telephone system and that are not duplicative
30 of signs that are the responsibility of the jurisdiction
31 charged with maintaining road and street signs.
32 (7) Other products and services necessary for the
33 implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the system
34 and any other purpose related to the operation of the
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1 system, including costs attributable directly to the
2 construction, leasing, or maintenance of any buildings or
3 facilities or costs of personnel attributable directly to
4 the operation of the system. Costs attributable directly
5 to the operation of an emergency telephone system do not
6 include the costs of public safety agency personnel who
7 are and equipment that is dispatched in response to an
8 emergency call.
9 (d) The board shall complete the data base before
10 implementation of the 9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the
11 data base shall not at any time exceed 1% of the total data
12 base.
13 (Source: P.A. 88-497; 89-568, eff. 1-1-97.)
14 Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
15 Section 15-50 as follows:
16 (60 ILCS 1/15-50)
17 Sec. 15-50. Powers exercised by city council. All the
18 powers vested in the township described in Section 15-45,
19 including all the powers now vested by law in the highway
20 commissioners of the township and in the township board of
21 the township, shall be exercised by the city council. The
22 city council shall perform the duties of a township or
23 multi-township board in relation to the township or
24 multi-township assessor as provided in the Property Tax Code.
25 By a resolution passed by a three-fourths vote, the city
26 council of any home rule municipality may cease to exercise
27 the powers of the township board. Vacancies within the
28 offices of township clerk, township collector, and board of
29 trustees resulting from the city council's action shall be
30 filled in accordance with the general election law for the
31 holding of township elections. Any action taken under this
32 Section shall not alter the rights and duties of the township
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1 supervisor as chief executive officer of the township or of
2 any other duly elected township officials.
3 (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.".