Bill Text: IL HB2161 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2161 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2161-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 751/35)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on April 1, 2013)
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8 | Sec. 35. Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund; | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | reimbursement. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (a) To recover costs from the the Wireless Carrier | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Reimbursement Fund, the wireless
carrier shall submit sworn | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | invoices to the Illinois Commerce Commission. In no event may | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | any invoice for payment be approved for (i) costs
that are not | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | related to compliance with the requirements established by the
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15 | wireless enhanced 9-1-1 mandates of the Federal Communications | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Commission, (ii)
costs with respect to any wireless enhanced | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 9-1-1 service that is not operable
at the time the invoice is | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | submitted, or (iii) costs in excess of the sum of (A) the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | carrier's balance, as determined under subsection (e) of this | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Section, plus (B) 100% of the surcharge
remitted to the
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21 | Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund by the wireless carrier | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | under Section
17(b) since the last annual review of the balance | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | in the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund under subsection (e) |
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1 | of this Section, less reimbursements paid to the carrier out of | ||||||
2 | the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund since the last annual | ||||||
3 | review of the balance under subsection (e) of this Section, | ||||||
4 | unless the wireless carrier received prior approval for the | ||||||
5 | expenditures
from the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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6 | (b) If in any month the total amount of invoices submitted | ||||||
7 | to the Illinois Commerce Commission and approved for payment | ||||||
8 | exceeds the amount
available in the Wireless Carrier | ||||||
9 | Reimbursement Fund, wireless carriers that
have invoices | ||||||
10 | approved for payment shall receive a pro-rata share of the | ||||||
11 | amount
available in the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund | ||||||
12 | based on the relative
amount of their approved invoices | ||||||
13 | available that month, and the balance of
the payments shall be | ||||||
14 | carried into the following months until all of the approved
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15 | payments
are made.
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16 | (c) A wireless carrier may not receive payment from the | ||||||
17 | Wireless Carrier
Reimbursement Fund for its costs of providing | ||||||
18 | wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services
in an area when a unit of | ||||||
19 | local government or emergency telephone system board
provides | ||||||
20 | wireless 9-1-1 services in that area and was imposing and | ||||||
21 | collecting a
wireless carrier surcharge prior to July 1, 1998.
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22 | (d) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall maintain | ||||||
23 | detailed records
of all receipts and disbursements and shall | ||||||
24 | provide an annual accounting of all
receipts and disbursements | ||||||
25 | to the Auditor General. | ||||||
26 | (e) The Illinois Commerce Commission must annually review |
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1 | the balance in the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund as of | ||||||
2 | June 30 of each year and shall direct the Comptroller to | ||||||
3 | transfer into the Wireless Services Emergency Fund for | ||||||
4 | distribution in accordance with Section 25 of this Act any | ||||||
5 | amount in excess of the amount of deposits into the Fund for | ||||||
6 | the 24 months prior to June 30 less: | ||||||
7 | (1) the amount of paid and payables received by June 30 | ||||||
8 | for the 24 months prior to June 30 as determined eligible | ||||||
9 | under subsection (a) of this Section; | ||||||
10 | (2) the administrative costs associated with the Fund | ||||||
11 | for the 24 months prior to June 30; and | ||||||
12 | (3) the prorated portion of any other adjustments made | ||||||
13 | to the Fund in the 24 months prior to June 30. | ||||||
14 | After making the calculation required under this | ||||||
15 | subsection (e), each carrier's available balance for purposes | ||||||
16 | of reimbursements must be adjusted using the same calculation.
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17 | (f) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall adopt rules to | ||||||
18 | govern the
reimbursement process.
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19 | (g) On January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | ||||||
20 | 95-698), or as soon thereafter as practical, the State | ||||||
21 | Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer | ||||||
22 | shall transfer the sum of $8,000,000 from the Wireless Carrier | ||||||
23 | Reimbursement Fund to the Wireless Service Emergency Fund. That | ||||||
24 | amount shall be used by the Illinois Commerce Commission to | ||||||
25 | make grants in the manner described in Section 25 of this Act. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 95-63, eff. 8-13-07; 95-698, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, |
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1 | eff. 8-21-08 .)
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