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92_SB0530
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1 AN ACT concerning emergency telephone systems.
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 Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers.
8 (a) The corporate authorities of any county or
9 municipality that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3
10 shall establish an Emergency Telephone System Board. The
11 corporate authorities shall provide for the manner of
12 appointment and the number of members of the Board, provided
13 that the board shall consist of not fewer than 5 members, one
14 of whom must may be a public member who is a resident of the
15 local exchange service territory included in the 9-1-1
16 coverage area, one of whom (in counties with a population
17 less than 100,000) may be a member of the county board, and
18 at least 3 of whom shall be representative of the 9-1-1
19 public safety agencies, including but not limited to police
20 departments, fire departments, emergency medical services
21 providers, and emergency services and disaster agencies, and
22 appointed on the basis of their ability or experience.
23 Elected officials are also eligible to serve on the board.
24 Members of the board shall serve without compensation but
25 shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses.
26 Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or combination
27 thereof, that impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 may,
28 instead of establishing individual boards, establish by
29 intergovernmental agreement a Joint Emergency Telephone
30 System Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of
31 appointment of such a joint board shall be prescribed in the
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1 agreement.
2 (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined
3 by ordinance of the municipality or county, or by
4 intergovernmental agreement in the case of a joint board.
5 The powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited
6 to the following:
7 (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system.
8 (2) Coordinating and supervising the
9 implementation, upgrading, or maintenance of the system,
10 including the establishment of equipment specifications
11 and coding systems.
12 (3) Receiving monies from the surcharge imposed
13 under Section 15.3, and from any other source, for
14 deposit into the Emergency Telephone System Fund.
15 (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
16 (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the
17 implementation or upgrade of the system.
18 (c) All monies received by a board pursuant to a
19 surcharge imposed under Section 15.3 shall be deposited into
20 a separate interest-bearing Emergency Telephone System Fund
21 account. The treasurer of the municipality or county that has
22 established the board or, in the case of a joint board, any
23 municipal or county treasurer designated in the
24 intergovernmental agreement, shall be custodian of the fund.
25 All interest accruing on the fund shall remain in the fund.
26 No expenditures may be made from such fund except upon the
27 direction of the board by resolution passed by a majority of
28 all members of the board. Expenditures may be made only to
29 pay for the costs associated with the following:
30 (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System.
31 (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address
32 Guide data base, and update and maintenance thereof.
33 (3) The repayment of any monies advanced for the
34 implementation of the system.
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1 (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification
2 and Automatic Location Identification equipment, a
3 computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains,
4 and integrates information, mobile data transmitters
5 equipped with automatic vehicle locators, and
6 maintenance, replacement and update thereof to increase
7 operational efficiency and improve the provision of
8 emergency services.
9 (5) The non-recurring charges related to
10 installation of the Emergency Telephone System and the
11 ongoing network charges.
12 (6) The acquisition and installation, or the
13 reimbursement of costs therefor to other governmental
14 bodies that have incurred those costs, of road or street
15 signs that are essential to the implementation of the
16 emergency telephone system and that are not duplicative
17 of signs that are the responsibility of the jurisdiction
18 charged with maintaining road and street signs.
19 (7) Other products and services necessary for the
20 implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the system
21 and any other purpose related to the operation of the
22 system, including costs attributable directly to the
23 construction, leasing, or maintenance of any buildings or
24 facilities or costs of personnel attributable directly to
25 the operation of the system. Costs attributable directly
26 to the operation of an emergency telephone system do not
27 include the costs of public safety agency personnel who
28 are and equipment that is dispatched in response to an
29 emergency call.
30 (d) The board shall complete the data base before
31 implementation of the 9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the
32 data base shall not at any time exceed 1% of the total data
33 base.
34 (Source: P.A. 89-568, eff. 1-1-97; 90-698, eff. 8-7-98.)