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92_HB1820
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1 AN ACT concerning emergency telephone services.
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 adding Section 15.7 as follows:
6 (50 ILCS 750/15.7 new)
7 Sec. 15.7. False alarms. The Board may, by ordinance,
8 assess charges against persons making false alarms. A charge
9 may not be assessed, however, if the emergency telephone
10 system or a public safety agency is notified that the alarm
11 is unfounded before a public safety agency responds to the
12 alarm or if an alarm system is being installed, repaired,
13 maintained, or tested and the emergency telephone system and
14 public safety agency are notified in advance of the activity
15 in connection with the alarm system.
16 An ordinance adopted under this Section must provide that
17 50% of any charge assessed for a false alarm shall be
18 remitted to the public safety agency that responded to the
19 alarm.
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.