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Public Act 91-0518
SB149 Enrolled LRB9102274MWgc
AN ACT to amend the Emergency Telephone System Act by
changing Sections 6 and 15.6.
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 Sections 6 and 15.6 as follows:
(50 ILCS 750/6) (from Ch. 134, par. 36)
Sec. 6. Capabilities of system; pay telephones. All
systems shall be designed to meet the specific requirements
of each community and public agency served by the system.
Every system, whether basic or sophisticated, shall be
designed to have the capability of utilizing at least 1 of
the methods specified in Sections 2.03 through 2.06, in
response to emergency calls. The General Assembly finds and
declares that the most critical aspect of the design of any
system is the procedure established for handling a telephone
request for emergency services.
In addition, to maximize efficiency and utilization of
the system, all pay telephones within each system shall,
within 3 years after the implementation date or by December
31, 1985, whichever is later, enable a caller to dial "9-1-1"
for emergency services without the necessity of inserting a
coin. This paragraph does not apply to pay telephones
located in penal institutions, as defined in Section 2-14 of
the Criminal Code of 1961, that have been designated for the
exclusive use of committed persons.
(Source: P.A. 85-978.)
(50 ILCS 750/15.6)
Sec. 15.6. Enhanced 9-1-1 service; business service.
(a) After June 30, 2000, or within 18 months after
enhanced 9-1-1 service becomes available, any entity that
installs or operates a private business switch service and
provides telecommunications facilities or services to
businesses shall assure that the system is connected to the
public switched network in a manner that calls to 9-1-1
result in automatic number and location identification. For
buildings having their own street address and containing
workspace of 40,000 square feet or less, location
identification shall include the building's street address.
For buildings having their own street address and containing
workspace of more than 40,000 square feet, location
identification shall include the building's street address
and one distinct location identification per 40,000 square
feet of workspace. Separate buildings containing workspace of
40,000 square feet or less having a common public street
address shall have a distinct location identification for
each building in addition to the street address.
(b) Exemptions. Buildings containing workspace of more
than 40,000 square feet are exempt from the multiple location
identification requirements of subsection (a) if the building
maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate means of
signaling and responding to emergencies. Those means shall
include, but not be limited to, a telephone system that
provides the physical location of 9-1-1 calls coming from
within the building. Health care facilities are presumed to
meet the requirements of this paragraph if the facilities are
staffed with medical or nursing personnel 24 hours per day
and if an alternative means of providing information about
the source of an emergency call exists. Buildings under this
exemption must provide 9-1-1 service that provides the
building's street address.
Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 square
feet are exempt from subsection (a) if the building
maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate means of
signaling and responding to emergencies, including a
telephone system that provides the location of a 9-1-1 call
coming from within the building, and the building is serviced
by its own medical, fire and security personnel. Buildings
under this exemption are subject to emergency phone system
certification by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Buildings in communities not serviced by enhanced 9-1-1
service are exempt from subsection (a). Private business
switch service 9-1-1 service.
(a) After June 30, 1996, an entity that installs or
operates a new private business switch service or replaces an
existing private business switch service and provides
telecommunications facilities or services to businesses shall
provide to those business end users the same level of 9-1-1
service as the public agency and the telecommunications
carrier are providing to other business end users of the
local 9-1-1 system. This service shall include, but not be
limited to, the capability to identify the telephone number,
extension number, and the physical location that is the
source of the call to the number designated as the emergency
telephone number. After June 30, 1999, all entities
providing or operating a private business switch service
shall be in compliance with this Section.
(b) The private business switch operator is responsible
for forwarding end user automatic location identification
record information to the 9-1-1 system provider according to
the format, frequency, and procedures established by that
system provider.
(c) This Act does not apply to any PBX telephone
extension that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical
signals directly between the telephone extension and the
serving PBX.
(d) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a
business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and
not more than $5,000.
(e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
preclude the Attorney General on behalf of the Commission or
on his or her own initiative, or any other interested person,
from seeking judicial relief, by mandamus, injunction, or
otherwise, to compel compliance with this Section.
(f) The Commission shall promulgate rules for the
administration of this Section no later than January 1, 2000.
(Source: P.A. 88-604, eff. 9-1-94; 89-222, eff. 1-1-96;
89-497, eff. 6-27-96.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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