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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by
5changing 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 municipality
9that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3 shall establish an
10Emergency Telephone System Board. The corporate authorities
11shall provide for the manner of appointment and the number of
12members of the Board, provided that the board shall consist of
13not fewer than 5 members, one of whom must be a public member
14who is a resident of the local exchange service territory
15included in the 9-1-1 coverage area, one of whom (in counties
16with a population less than 100,000) must be a member of the
17county board, and at least 3 of whom shall be representative of
18the 9-1-1 public safety agencies, including but not limited to
19police departments, fire departments, emergency medical
20services providers, and emergency services and disaster
21agencies, and appointed on the basis of their ability or
22experience. In counties with a population of more than 100,000
23but less than 2,000,000, a member of the county board may serve

 

 

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1on the Emergency Telephone System Board. Elected officials,
2including members of a county board, are also eligible to serve
3on the board. Members of the board shall serve without
4compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and
5necessary expenses. Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or
6combination thereof, that impose a surcharge under Section 15.3
7may, instead of establishing individual boards, establish by
8intergovernmental agreement a Joint Emergency Telephone System
9Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of appointment of
10such a joint board shall be prescribed in the agreement.
11    Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
12General Assembly, appointed members of the Emergency Telephone
13System Board shall serve staggered 3-year terms if: (1) the
14Board serves a county with a population of 100,000 or less; and
15(2) appointments, on the effective date of this amendatory Act
16of the 98th General Assembly, are not for a stated term. The
17corporate authorities of the county or municipality shall
18assign terms to the board members serving on the effective date
19of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in the
20following manner: (1) one-third of board members' terms shall
21expire on January 1, 2015; (2) one-third of board members'
22terms shall expire on January 1, 2016; and (3) remaining board
23members' terms shall expire on January 1, 2017. Board members
24may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms by the
25corporate authorities of the county or municipality.
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1by a vote of the majority of the members elected, remove an
2Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct,
3official misconduct, or neglect of office.
4    (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by
5ordinance of the municipality or county, or by
6intergovernmental agreement in the case of a joint board. The
7powers and duties shall include, but need not be limited to the
8following:
9        (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system.
10        (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation,
11    upgrading, or maintenance of the system, including the
12    establishment of equipment specifications and coding
13    systems.
14        (3) Receiving moneys from the surcharge imposed under
15    Section 15.3, and from any other source, for deposit into
16    the Emergency Telephone System Fund.
17        (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund.
18        (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation
19    or upgrade of the system.
20        (6) Participating in a Regional Pilot Project to
21    implement next generation 9-1-1, as defined in this Act,
22    subject to the conditions set forth in this Act.
23    (c) All moneys received by a board pursuant to a surcharge
24imposed under Section 15.3 shall be deposited into a separate
25interest-bearing Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The
26treasurer of the municipality or county that has established

 

 

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1the board or, in the case of a joint board, any municipal or
2county treasurer designated in the intergovernmental
3agreement, shall be custodian of the fund. All interest
4accruing on the fund shall remain in the fund. No expenditures
5may be made from such fund except upon the direction of the
6board by resolution passed by a majority of all members of the
7board. Expenditures may be made only to pay for the costs
8associated with the following:
9        (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System.
10        (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address
11    Guide data base, and update and maintenance thereof.
12        (3) The repayment of any moneys advanced for the
13    implementation of the system.
14        (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification
15    and Automatic Location Identification equipment, a
16    computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains,
17    and integrates information, mobile data transmitters
18    equipped with automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance,
19    replacement and update thereof to increase operational
20    efficiency and improve the provision of emergency
21    services.
22        (5) The non-recurring charges related to installation
23    of the Emergency Telephone System and the ongoing network
24    charges.
25        (6) The acquisition and installation, or the
26    reimbursement of costs therefor to other governmental

 

 

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1    bodies that have incurred those costs, of road or street
2    signs that are essential to the implementation of the
3    emergency telephone system and that are not duplicative of
4    signs that are the responsibility of the jurisdiction
5    charged with maintaining road and street signs.
6        (7) Other products and services necessary for the
7    implementation, upgrade, and maintenance of the system and
8    any other purpose related to the operation of the system,
9    including costs attributable directly to the construction,
10    leasing, or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or
11    costs of personnel attributable directly to the operation
12    of the system. Costs attributable directly to the operation
13    of an emergency telephone system do not include the costs
14    of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment
15    that is dispatched in response to an emergency call.
16        (7.5) The purchase of real property if the purchase is
17    made before March 16, 2006.
18        (8) In the case of a municipality that imposes a
19    surcharge under subsection (h) of Section 15.3, moneys may
20    also be used for any anti-terrorism or emergency
21    preparedness measures, including, but not limited to,
22    preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for
23    federal or State grants, personnel training, and
24    specialized equipment, including surveillance cameras as
25    needed to deal with natural and terrorist-inspired
26    emergency situations or events.

 

 

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1        (9) The defraying of expenses incurred in
2    participation in a Regional Pilot Project to implement next
3    generation 9-1-1, subject to the conditions set forth in
4    this Act.
5        (10) The implementation of a computer aided dispatch
6    system or hosted supplemental 9-1-1 services.
7    Moneys in the fund may also be transferred to a
8participating fire protection district to reimburse volunteer
9firefighters who man remote telephone switching facilities
10when dedicated 9-1-1 lines are down.
11    (d) The board shall complete the data base before
12implementation of the 9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the data
13base shall not at any time exceed 1% of the total data base.
14(Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1443, eff. 8-20-10;
1597-517, eff. 8-23-11; 97-1018, eff. 8-17-12.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.