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Public Act 92-0383

HB1694 Enrolled                                LRB9205478MWks

    AN ACT concerning emergency telephone services.

    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 10.1 as follows:

    (50 ILCS 750/10.1) (from Ch. 134, par. 40.1)
    Sec. 10.1.  Confidentiality.
    (a)  9-1-1 information consisting of names, addresses and
telephone  numbers  of telephone customers whose listings are
not  published  in  directories  or   listed   in   Directory
Assistance  Offices  is  confidential.  Except as provided in
subsection  (b),  information  shall   be   provided   on   a
call-by-call  basis  only  for  the  purpose of responding to
emergency calls.   For the purposes of this  subsection  (a),
"emergency" means a situation in which property or human life
is  in  jeopardy  and  the  prompt notification of the public
safety agency is essential.
    (b)  9-1-1 information, including  information  described
in  subsection (a), may be used by a public safety agency for
the purpose of placing out-going emergency calls.
    (c)  Nothing in this  Section  prohibits  a  municipality
with  a  population  of  more  than  500,000 from using 9-1-1
information, including information  described  in  subsection
(a),  for  the  purpose  of  responding  to  calls  made to a
non-emergency telephone system that is under the  supervision
and  control of a public safety agency and that shares all or
some facilities with an emergency telephone system.
    (d)  Any public safety agency that uses 9-1-1 information
for the purposes of subsection (b) must establish methods and
procedures that ensure the confidentiality of information  as
required by subsection (a).
    (e)  Divulging  confidential  information in violation of
this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 87-146.)
    Passed in the General Assembly May 22, 2001.
    Approved August 16, 2001.

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