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92_SB0530eng SB530 Engrossed LRB9202126JMmg 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 mustmaybe 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) mustmaybe 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 SB530 Engrossed -2- LRB9202126JMmg 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. SB530 Engrossed -3- LRB9202126JMmg 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.)