Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 5/31/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 402

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 402 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
5by changing Section 15.4a as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 750/15.4a)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
8    Sec. 15.4a. Consolidation.
9    (a) By July 1, 2017, and except as otherwise provided in
10this Section, Emergency Telephone System Boards, Joint
11Emergency Telephone System Boards, qualified governmental
12entities, and PSAPs shall be consolidated as follows, subject
13to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section:
14        (1) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
15    that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board, or
16    qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, shall

 

 

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1    reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50% or to 2 PSAPs,
2    whichever is greater. Nothing in this paragraph shall
3    preclude consolidation resulting in one PSAP in the county.
4        (2) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (2),
5    in In any county with a population of at least 250,000 that
6    has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board, Joint
7    Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified
8    governmental entity, any 9-1-1 Authority serving a
9    population of less than 25,000 shall be consolidated such
10    that no 9-1-1 Authority in the county serves a population
11    of less than 25,000. A 9-1-1 Authority shall not be subject
12    to the consolidation requirements of this paragraph (2) if
13    the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) serves a municipality that employs
14    more than 50 full-time emergency responders; (2) operates a
15    convention center and a sports arena; and (3) is within
16    one-half mile of an airport with more than 800,000 aircraft
17    departures and landings in 2016 under the Federal Aviation
18    Administration's Air Traffic Activity Data System. A 9-1-1
19    Authority shall not be subject to the consolidation
20    requirements of this paragraph (2) if the 9-1-1 Authority:
21    (1) serves municipalities that employ more than 50
22    full-time emergency responders; (2) includes land in both
23    Lake and Cook county and the interchange of Interstate 94
24    and 294; (3) operates a PSAP in a municipality with rail
25    traffic including one Metra Rail depot in Lake county and
26    one Metra rail depot in Cook county which served over 6,000

 

 

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1    passengers daily in 2016; (4) has fully implemented Next
2    Generation 9-1-1; and (5) has a joint emergency telephone
3    system board consisting of 2 or more municipalities that
4    have been consolidated for 2 or more years.
5        (3) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
6    but less than 1,000,000 that has more than one Emergency
7    Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System
8    Board, or qualified governmental entity, each 9-1-1
9    Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50%
10    or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
11    paragraph shall preclude consolidation of a 9-1-1
12    Authority into a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board,
13    and nothing in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation
14    resulting in one PSAP in the county.
15        (4) In any county with a population of less than
16    250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board
17    or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, the
18    9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at
19    least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in
20    this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in
21    one PSAP in the county.
22        (5) In any county with a population of less than
23    250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System
24    Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or
25    qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPS, the
26    9-1-1 Authorities shall be consolidated into a single joint

 

 

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1    board, and the number of PSAPs shall be reduced by at least
2    50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
3    paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in one
4    PSAP in the county.
5        (6) Any 9-1-1 Authority that does not have a PSAP
6    within its jurisdiction shall be consolidated through an
7    intergovernmental agreement with an existing 9-1-1
8    Authority that has a PSAP to create a Joint Emergency
9    Telephone Board.
10        (7) The corporate authorities of each county that has
11    no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 shall provide
12    enhanced 9-1-1 wireline and wireless enhanced 9-1-1
13    service for that county by either (i) entering into an
14    intergovernmental agreement with an existing Emergency
15    Telephone System Board to create a new Joint Emergency
16    Telephone System Board, or (ii) entering into an
17    intergovernmental agreement with the corporate authorities
18    that have created an existing Joint Emergency Telephone
19    System Board.
20    (b) By July 1, 2016, each county required to consolidate
21pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section and
22each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to
23paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section
24shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver
25pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Division of
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1plan, the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board shall hold at least
2one public hearing on the plan and provide a recommendation to
3the Administrator. Notice of the hearing shall be provided to
4the respective entity to which the plan applies. Within 90
5calendar days of receiving a consolidation plan, the
6Administrator shall approve the plan, approve the plan as
7modified, or grant a waiver pursuant to subsection (c) of this
8Section. In making his or her decision, the Administrator shall
9consider any recommendation from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory
10Board regarding the plan. If the Administrator does not follow
11the recommendation of the Board, the Administrator shall
12provide a written explanation for the deviation in his or her
13decision. The deadlines provided in this subsection may be
14extended upon agreement between the Administrator and entity
15which submitted the plan.
16    (c) A waiver from a consolidation required under subsection
17(a) of this Section may be granted if the Administrator finds
18that the consolidation will result in a substantial threat to
19public safety, is economically unreasonable, or is technically
20infeasible.
21    (d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section
22shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be
23subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
24(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
25    Section 96. No revival or extension. This Act does not

 

 

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1revive or extend any Section or Act otherwise repealed.".