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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)  must may be a member of the county board,
18    and  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.)

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