HB4177 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 20473 AWJ 29336 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4177

Introduced 10/19/2021, by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 750/3	from Ch. 134, par. 33
210 ILCS 50/3.260 new

Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act and the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may not enter into, renew, or extend a contract with a 9-1-1 vendor certified under specified provisions of the Public Utilities Act, provider of emergency services, or emergency vehicle services unless the contract includes a provision requiring written notification of termination by the vendor not less than 12 months prior to termination of services. Provides that if an emergency services contract or dispatch contract is terminated, the provider may not increase the fees of any remaining contract by more than 3% of the fees from the previous year. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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 3 as follows:

(50 ILCS 750/3) (from Ch. 134, par. 33)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2023)

Sec. 3. (a) By July 1, 2017, every local public agency shall be within the jurisdiction of a 9-1-1 system.

(b) Within 18 months of the awarding of a contract to a vendor certified under Section 13-900 of the Public Utilities Act to provide Next Generation 9-1-1 service, every 9-1-1 system in Illinois, except in a municipality with a population over 500,000, shall provide Next Generation 9-1-1 service. A municipality with a population over 500,000 shall provide Next Generation 9-1-1 service by December 31, 2023.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Illinois Municipal Code, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the corporate authorities of a municipality may not enter into, renew, or extend a contract with a 9-1-1 vendor under Section 13-900 of the Public Utilities Act unless the contract includes a provision requiring written notification of termination by the vendor not less than 12 months prior to termination of services. If an emergency services contract is terminated, the provider may not increase the fees of any remaining dispatch contract by more than 3% of the fees from the previous year.

(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit or discourage in any way the formation of multijurisdictional or regional systems, and any system established pursuant to this Act may include the territory of more than one public agency or may include a segment of the territory of a public agency.

(Source: P.A. 101-639, eff. 6-12-20; 102-9, eff. 6-3-21.)

Section 10. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act is amended by adding Section 3.260 as follows:

(210 ILCS 50/3.260 new)

Sec. 3.260. Contracts with municipalities. Notwithstanding any provision of the Illinois Municipal Code, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the corporate authorities of a municipality may not enter into, renew, or extend a contract with a 9-1-1 vendor under Section 13-900 of the Public Utilities Act unless the contract includes a provision requiring written notification of termination by the vendor not less than 12 months prior to termination of services. If an emergency services contract is terminated, the provider may not increase the fees of any remaining dispatch contract by more than 3% of the fees from the previous year.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.