Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 5/24/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2135

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2135 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7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
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) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
5    that has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board,
6    Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified
7    governmental entity, any 9-1-1 Authority serving a
8    population of less than 25,000 shall be consolidated such
9    that no 9-1-1 Authority in the county serves a population
10    of less than 25,000.
11        (3) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
12    but less than 1,000,000 that has more than one Emergency
13    Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System
14    Board, or qualified governmental entity, each 9-1-1
15    Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50%
16    or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
17    paragraph shall preclude consolidation of a 9-1-1
18    Authority into a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board,
19    and nothing in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation
20    resulting in one PSAP in the county.
21        (4) In any county with a population of less than
22    250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board
23    or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, the
24    9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at
25    least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in
26    this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in

 

 

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1    one PSAP in the county.
2        (5) In any county with a population of less than
3    250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System
4    Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or
5    qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPS, the
6    9-1-1 Authorities shall be consolidated into a single joint
7    board, and the number of PSAPs shall be reduced by at least
8    50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
9    paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in one
10    PSAP in the county.
11        (6) Any 9-1-1 Authority that does not have a PSAP
12    within its jurisdiction shall be consolidated through an
13    intergovernmental agreement with an existing 9-1-1
14    Authority that has a PSAP to create a Joint Emergency
15    Telephone Board.
16        (7) The corporate authorities of each county that has
17    no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 shall provide
18    enhanced 9-1-1 wireline and wireless enhanced 9-1-1
19    service for that county by either (i) entering into an
20    intergovernmental agreement with an existing Emergency
21    Telephone System Board to create a new Joint Emergency
22    Telephone System Board, or (ii) entering into an
23    intergovernmental agreement with the corporate authorities
24    that have created an existing Joint Emergency Telephone
25    System Board.
26    (b) By July 1, 2016, each county required to consolidate

 

 

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1pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section and
2each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to
3paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section
4shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver
5pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Office of
6the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
7        (1) No county or 9-1-1 Authority may avoid the
8    requirements of this Section by converting primary PSAPs to
9    secondary or virtual answering points. Any county or 9-1-1
10    Authority not in compliance with this Section shall be
11    ineligible to receive consolidation grant funds issued
12    under Section 15.4b of this Act or monthly disbursements
13    otherwise due under Section 30 of this Act, until the
14    county or 9-1-1 Authority is in compliance.
15        (2) Within 60 calendar days of receiving a
16    consolidation plan, the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board
17    shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan and
18    provide a recommendation to the Administrator. Notice of
19    the hearing shall be provided to the respective entity to
20    which the plan applies.
21        (3) Within 90 calendar days of receiving a
22    consolidation plan, the Administrator shall approve the
23    plan, approve the plan as modified, or grant a waiver
24    pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. In making his
25    or her decision, the Administrator shall consider any
26    recommendation from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board

 

 

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1    regarding the plan. If the Administrator does not follow
2    the recommendation of the Board, the Administrator shall
3    provide a written explanation for the deviation in his or
4    her decision.
5        (4) The deadlines provided in this subsection may be
6    extended upon agreement between the Administrator and
7    entity which submitted the plan.
8    (b-1) No PSAP existing as of January 1, 2019 shall be
9closed or decommissioned and transferred to a dispatch center.
10Upon closing, all 9-1-1 and administrative calls shall be
11answered and dispatched in their entirety by a remaining PSAP
12as to increase the efficiency and ensure the quickest call
13processing for the public and the first responders.
14    (c) A waiver from a consolidation required under subsection
15(a) of this Section may be granted if the Administrator finds
16that the consolidation will result in a substantial threat to
17public safety, is economically unreasonable, or is technically
18infeasible.
19    (d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section
20shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be
21subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
22(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)".