Full Text of SB2135 101st General Assembly
SB2135ham002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jay Hoffman Filed: 5/24/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2135
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2135 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 15.4a as follows: | 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.4a) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020) | 8 | | Sec. 15.4a.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 | 10 | | this Section, Emergency Telephone System Boards, Joint | 11 | | Emergency Telephone System Boards, qualified governmental | 12 | | entities, and PSAPs shall be consolidated as follows, subject | 13 | | to 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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| 1 | | pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section and | 2 | | each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to | 3 | | paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section | 4 | | shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver | 5 | | pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Office of | 6 | | the 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 | 9 | | closed or decommissioned and transferred to a dispatch center. | 10 | | Upon closing, all 9-1-1 and administrative calls shall be | 11 | | answered and dispatched in their entirety by a remaining PSAP | 12 | | as to increase the efficiency and ensure the quickest call | 13 | | processing 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 | 16 | | that the consolidation will result in a substantial threat to | 17 | | public safety, is economically unreasonable, or is technically | 18 | | infeasible. | 19 | | (d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section | 20 | | shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be | 21 | | subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)".
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