(50 ILCS 750/30)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2027)
    Sec. 30. Statewide 9-1-1 Fund; surcharge disbursement.
    (a) Moneys deposited into the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund may be used only for purposes or functions set forth in Section 35. The direct distribution of funds from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund to a municipality is prohibited. The moneys deposited into the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund under this Section shall not be subject to administrative charges or chargebacks unless otherwise authorized by this Act. The Statewide 9-1-1 Fund shall consist of the following:
        (1) (Blank).
        (2) 9-1-1 surcharges assessed under Section 20 of
    
this Act.
        (3) Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 surcharges assessed under
    
Section 15 of the Prepaid Wireless 9-1-1 Surcharge Act.
        (4) Any appropriations, grants, or gifts made to the
    
Fund.
        (5) Any income from interest, premiums, gains, or
    
other earnings on moneys in the Fund.
        (6) Money from any other source that is deposited in
    
or transferred to the Fund.
    (b) Subject to appropriation and availability of funds, the Illinois State Police shall distribute the 9-1-1 surcharges monthly as follows:
        (1) From each surcharge collected and remitted under
    
Section 20 of this Act:
            (A) $0.013 shall be distributed monthly in equal
        
amounts to each County Emergency Telephone System Board in counties with a population under 100,000, including counties that are members of a joint ETSB and counties that are not members of a joint ETSB, according to the most recent census data which is authorized to serve as a primary 9-1-1 public safety answering point for the county.
            (B) (Blank).
            (C) Until December 31, 2017, $0.007 and on and
        
after January 1, 2018, $0.017 shall be used to cover the Illinois State Police's administrative costs.
            (D) (Blank).
            (E) Until June 30, 2028, $0.05 shall be used by
        
the Illinois State Police for grants for NG9-1-1 expenses, with priority given to 9-1-1 Authorities that provide 9-1-1 service within the territory of a Large Electing Provider as defined in Section 13-406.1 of the Public Utilities Act. Grant project priorities shall be determined by the Administrator with the advice of the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board. NG9-1-1 grant funds not obligated to an award for an NG9-1-1 grant expense shall be distributed to the 9-1-1 authorities in accordance with subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) on an annual basis at the end of the State fiscal year.
            (F) On and after July 1, 2020, $0.13 shall be
        
used for the implementation, maintenance, and upgrades to the Statewide NG9-1-1 system.
        (1.5) Beginning on the effective date of this
    
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, to assist with the implementation of the statewide next generation 9-1-1 network, the Illinois State Police's administrative costs include the one-time capital cost of upgrading the Illinois State Police's call-handling equipment to meet the standards necessary to access and increase interoperability with the statewide next generation 9-1-1 network.
            (A) Upon completion of the Illinois State
        
Police's call-handling equipment upgrades, but no later than June 30, 2024, surplus moneys in excess of $1,000,000 from subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) not utilized by the Illinois State Police for administrative costs shall be distributed to the 9-1-1 Authorities in accordance with subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) on an annual basis at the end of the State fiscal year.
            (B) Upon implementation of the Statewide NG9-1-1
        
system, but no later than June 30, 2024, surplus moneys in excess of $5,000,000 from subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) not utilized by the Illinois State Police for the maintenance of and upgrades to the Statewide NG9-1-1 system shall be distributed to the 9-1-1 Authorities in accordance with subparagraph (E) of subsection (2) on an annual basis at the end of the State fiscal year. Any remaining surplus money may also be distributed consistent with this paragraph (1.5) at the discretion of the Illinois State Police.
        (2) After disbursements under paragraph (1) of this
    
subsection (b), all remaining funds in the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund shall be disbursed in the following priority order:
            (A) The Fund shall pay monthly to:
            (i) the 9-1-1 Authorities that imposed surcharges
        
under Section 20 of this Act and were required to report to the Illinois Commerce Commission under Section 27 of the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act on October 1, 2014, except a 9-1-1 Authority in a municipality with a population in excess of 500,000, an amount equal to the average monthly wireline and VoIP surcharge revenue attributable to the most recent 12-month period reported to the Illinois State Police under that Section for the October 1, 2014 filing, subject to the power of the Illinois State Police to investigate the amount reported and adjust the number by order under Article X of the Public Utilities Act, so that the monthly amount paid under this item accurately reflects one-twelfth of the aggregate wireline and VoIP surcharge revenue properly attributable to the most recent 12-month period reported to the Commission; or
                (ii) county qualified governmental entities
            
that did not impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 as of December 31, 2015, and counties that did not impose a surcharge as of June 30, 2015, an amount equivalent to their population multiplied by .37 multiplied by the rate of $0.69; counties that are not county qualified governmental entities and that did not impose a surcharge as of December 31, 2015, shall not begin to receive the payment provided for in this subsection until NG9-1-1 services are provided within their counties; or
                (iii) counties without 9-1-1 service that had
            
a surcharge in place by December 31, 2015, an amount equivalent to their population multiplied by .37 multiplied by their surcharge rate as established by the referendum.
            (B) All 9-1-1 network costs for systems with a
        
population of less than 500,000 shall be paid by the Illinois State Police Statewide 9-1-1 Bureau directly to the vendors.
            (C) All expenses incurred by the Administrator
        
and the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board and costs associated with procurement under Section 15.6b including requests for information and requests for proposals.
            (D) Funds may be held in reserve by the Statewide
        
9-1-1 Advisory Board and disbursed by the Illinois State Police for grants under Section 15.4b of this Act.
            (E) All remaining funds per remit month shall be
        
used to make monthly disbursements to the appropriate 9-1-1 Authority based upon the United States Postal Zip Code of the primary place of use for subscribers of wireless carriers.
    (c) (Blank).
    (d) Whenever two or more 9-1-1 Authorities consolidate, the resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board shall be entitled to the monthly payments that had theretofore been made to each consolidating 9-1-1 Authority. Any reserves held by any consolidating 9-1-1 Authority shall be transferred to the resulting Joint Emergency Telephone System Board. The Illinois State Police shall make a single payment for each 9-1-1 Authority for each of the disbursements required under this Section consistent with the provisions of this Act. If a 9-1-1 Authority fails to meet the requirements of this Act for next generation 9-1-1 (i3) and text to 9-1-1 due dates, or does not submit the required NG9-1-1 GIS data to support geospatial routing of 9-1-1 calls in accordance with the published update schedule, then 5% of the 9-1-1 Authority monthly surcharge distribution will be held provided that notice is given each month until the 9-1-1 Authority achieves compliance. After 3 months, a surcharge that has been held shall be forfeited one month at a time until full compliance is achieved, and the 9-1-1 Authority shall not be eligible for future surcharge distributions or other State funding until all conditions are met. A 9-1-1 Authority may request a waiver if the 9-1-1 Authority has exhausted all avenues to meet the requirements of this Act. The forfeited funds shall be redistributed to 9-1-1 Authorities in accordance with subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of Section 30 on an annual basis at the end of the State's fiscal year.
(Source: P.A. 103-366, eff. 1-1-24; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23; 104-204, eff. 8-15-25.)