Public Act 098-0481
 
HB3207 EnrolledLRB098 07785 OMW 37864 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended  by 
changing Section 15.4 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 750/15.4)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4)
    Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers. 
    (a) The corporate authorities of any county or municipality

that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3 shall establish an 
Emergency
Telephone System Board.  The corporate authorities 
shall provide for the
manner of appointment and the number of 
members of the Board, provided that
the board shall consist of 
not fewer than 5 members, one of whom
must be a
public member 
who is a resident of the local exchange service territory

included in the 9-1-1 coverage area, one of whom (in counties 
with a
population less than 100,000)  must be a member of the 
county
board, and
at least 3 of whom shall be representative of 
the 9-1-1 public safety agencies,
including but not limited to 
police departments, fire departments, emergency
medical 
services providers, and emergency services and disaster 
agencies, and
appointed on the basis of their ability or 
experience.  In counties with a population of more than 100,000 
but less than 2,000,000, a member of the county board may serve 
on the Emergency Telephone System Board. Elected officials, 
including members of a county board, are
also eligible to serve 
on the board.  Members of the board shall serve without

compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and 
necessary
expenses.  Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or 
combination thereof,
that impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 
may, instead of establishing
individual boards, establish by 
intergovernmental agreement a Joint
Emergency Telephone System 
Board pursuant to this Section.  The manner of
appointment of 
such a joint board shall be prescribed in the agreement.
    Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th 
General Assembly, appointed members of the Emergency Telephone 
System Board shall serve staggered 3-year terms if: (1) the 
Board serves a county with a population of 100,000 or less; and 
(2) appointments, on the effective date of this amendatory Act 
of the 98th General Assembly, are not for a stated term. The 
corporate authorities of the county or municipality shall 
assign terms to the board members serving on the effective date 
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in the 
following manner: (1) one-third of board members' terms shall 
expire on January 1, 2015; (2) one-third of board members' 
terms shall expire on January 1, 2016; and (3) remaining board 
members' terms shall expire on January 1, 2017.  Board  members 
may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms by the 
corporate authorities of the county or municipality.
    The corporate authorities of a county or municipality may, 
by a vote of the majority of the members elected, remove an 
Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct, 
official misconduct, or neglect of office. 
    (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by 
ordinance
of the municipality or county, or by 
intergovernmental agreement in the
case of a joint board.  The 
powers and duties shall include, but need not
be limited to the 
following:
        (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system.
        (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, 
    upgrading, or
maintenance of the system, including the 
    establishment of equipment
specifications and coding 
    systems.
        (3) Receiving moneys
 from the surcharge imposed under 
    Section 15.3, and
from any other source, for deposit into 
    the Emergency Telephone System Fund.
        (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
        (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation 
    or upgrade of the
system.
        (6) Participating in a Regional Pilot Project to 
    implement next generation 9-1-1, as defined in this Act, 
    subject to the conditions set forth in this Act.
    (c) All moneys
 received by a board pursuant to a surcharge 
imposed under
Section 15.3 shall be deposited into a separate 
interest-bearing
Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The 
treasurer of the municipality or
county that has established 
the board or, in the case of a joint board, any
municipal or 
county treasurer designated in the intergovernmental 
agreement,
shall be custodian of the fund.  All interest 
accruing on the fund shall remain
in the fund.  No expenditures 
may be made from such fund except upon the
direction of the 
board by resolution passed by a majority of all members of the

board. Expenditures may be made only to pay for the costs 
associated with the
following:
        (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System.
        (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address 
    Guide data base, and
update and maintenance thereof.
        (3) The repayment of any moneys
 advanced for the 
    implementation of
the system.
        (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification 
    and Automatic
Location Identification equipment,
a 
    computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains, 
    and integrates
information,
mobile data transmitters 
    equipped with
automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance, 
    replacement and
update thereof
to increase operational 
    efficiency and improve the provision of emergency

    services.
        (5) The non-recurring charges related to installation 
    of the Emergency
Telephone System and the ongoing network 
    charges.
        (6) The acquisition and installation, or the 
    reimbursement of costs
therefor to other governmental 
    bodies that have incurred those costs, of road
or street 
    signs that are essential to the implementation of the 
    emergency
telephone system and that are not duplicative of 
    signs that are the
responsibility of the jurisdiction 
    charged with maintaining road and street
signs.
        (7) Other products and services necessary for the 
    implementation,
upgrade, and maintenance of the system and 
    any other purpose related to the
operation of
the system, 
    including costs attributable directly to the construction, 
    leasing,
or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or 
    costs of personnel
attributable directly to the operation 
    of the system. Costs attributable
directly to the operation 
    of an emergency telephone system do not include the
costs 
    of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment 
    that is
dispatched in response to an emergency call. 
        (7.5) The purchase of real property if the purchase is 
    made before March 16, 2006. 
        (8) In the case of a municipality that imposes a 
    surcharge under subsection (h) of Section 15.3, moneys may 
    also be used for any anti-terrorism or emergency 
    preparedness measures, including, but not limited to, 
    preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for 
    federal or State grants, personnel training, and 
    specialized equipment, including surveillance cameras as 
    needed to deal with natural and terrorist-inspired 
    emergency situations or events.
        (9) The defraying of expenses incurred in 
    participation in a Regional Pilot Project to implement next 
    generation 9-1-1, subject to the conditions set forth in 
    this Act.
        (10) The implementation of a computer aided dispatch 
    system or hosted supplemental 9-1-1 services. 
    Moneys in the fund may also be transferred to a 
participating fire protection district to reimburse volunteer 
firefighters who man remote telephone switching facilities 
when dedicated 9-1-1 lines are down.
    (d) The board shall complete the data base before 
implementation of the
9-1-1 system.  The error ratio of the data 
base shall not at any time
exceed 1% of the total data base.
(Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1443, eff. 8-20-10; 
97-517, eff. 8-23-11; 97-1018, eff. 8-17-12.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  

Effective Date:  8/16/2013