Bill Text: IL HB3207 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that members of the Emergency Telephone System Board shall serve staggered 4-year terms. Provides guidelines regarding staggering the terms of currently serving board members. Provides that board members may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms. Provides that the corporate authorities of a county or municipality may, by a vote of three-fourths of the members elected, remove any Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct or neglect of office. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0481 [HB3207 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3207-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that members of the Emergency Telephone System Board shall serve staggered 4-year terms. Provides guidelines regarding staggering the terms of currently serving board members. Provides that board members may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms. Provides that the corporate authorities of a county or municipality may, by a vote of three-fourths of the members elected, remove any Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct or neglect of office. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0481 [HB3207 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3207-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 Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 15.4 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 750/15.4) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.4) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 15.4. Emergency Telephone System Board; powers. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The corporate authorities of any county or municipality
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9 | that imposes a surcharge under Section 15.3 shall establish an | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Emergency
Telephone System Board. The corporate authorities | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall provide for the
manner of appointment and the number of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | members of the Board, provided that
the board shall consist of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | not fewer than 5 members, one of whom
must be a
public member | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | who is a resident of the local exchange service territory
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15 | included in the 9-1-1 coverage area, one of whom (in counties | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | with a
population less than 100,000) must be a member of the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | county
board, and
at least 3 of whom shall be representative of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the 9-1-1 public safety agencies,
including but not limited to | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | police departments, fire departments, emergency
medical | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | services providers, and emergency services and disaster | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | agencies, and
appointed on the basis of their ability or | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | experience. In counties with a population of more than 100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | but less than 2,000,000, a member of the county board may serve |
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1 | on the Emergency Telephone System Board. Elected officials, | ||||||
2 | including members of a county board, are
also eligible to serve | ||||||
3 | on the board. Members of the board shall serve without
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4 | compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and | ||||||
5 | necessary
expenses. Any 2 or more municipalities, counties, or | ||||||
6 | combination thereof,
that impose a surcharge under Section 15.3 | ||||||
7 | may, instead of establishing
individual boards, establish by | ||||||
8 | intergovernmental agreement a Joint
Emergency Telephone System | ||||||
9 | Board pursuant to this Section. The manner of
appointment of | ||||||
10 | such a joint board shall be prescribed in the agreement. | ||||||
11 | Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | ||||||
12 | General Assembly, appointed members of the Emergency Telephone | ||||||
13 | System Board shall serve staggered 4-year terms. The corporate | ||||||
14 | authorities of any county or municipality shall apply term | ||||||
15 | limits to board members currently serving their terms in the | ||||||
16 | following manner: (1) one-third of board members' terms shall | ||||||
17 | expire on January 1, 2015; (2) one-third of board members' | ||||||
18 | terms shall expire on January 1, 2017; and (3) remaining board | ||||||
19 | members' terms shall expire on January 1, 2019. Board members | ||||||
20 | may be re-appointed upon the expiration of their terms by the | ||||||
21 | corporate authorities of any county or municipality. | ||||||
22 | The corporate authorities of a county or municipality may, | ||||||
23 | by a vote of three-fourths of the members elected, remove any | ||||||
24 | Emergency Telephone System Board member for misconduct or | ||||||
25 | neglect of office. | ||||||
26 | (b) The powers and duties of the board shall be defined by |
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1 | ordinance
of the municipality or county, or by | ||||||
2 | intergovernmental agreement in the
case of a joint board. The | ||||||
3 | powers and duties shall include, but need not
be limited to the | ||||||
4 | following: | ||||||
5 | (1) Planning a 9-1-1 system. | ||||||
6 | (2) Coordinating and supervising the implementation, | ||||||
7 | upgrading, or
maintenance of the system, including the | ||||||
8 | establishment of equipment
specifications and coding | ||||||
9 | systems. | ||||||
10 | (3) Receiving moneys
from the surcharge imposed under | ||||||
11 | Section 15.3, and
from any other source, for deposit into | ||||||
12 | the Emergency Telephone System Fund. | ||||||
13 | (4) Authorizing all disbursements from the fund. | ||||||
14 | (5) Hiring any staff necessary for the implementation | ||||||
15 | or upgrade of the
system. | ||||||
16 | (6) Participating in a Regional Pilot Project to | ||||||
17 | implement next generation 9-1-1, as defined in this Act, | ||||||
18 | subject to the conditions set forth in this Act. | ||||||
19 | (c) All moneys
received by a board pursuant to a surcharge | ||||||
20 | imposed under
Section 15.3 shall be deposited into a separate | ||||||
21 | interest-bearing
Emergency Telephone System Fund account. The | ||||||
22 | treasurer of the municipality or
county that has established | ||||||
23 | the board or, in the case of a joint board, any
municipal or | ||||||
24 | county treasurer designated in the intergovernmental | ||||||
25 | agreement,
shall be custodian of the fund. All interest | ||||||
26 | accruing on the fund shall remain
in the fund. No expenditures |
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1 | may be made from such fund except upon the
direction of the | ||||||
2 | board by resolution passed by a majority of all members of the
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3 | board. Expenditures may be made only to pay for the costs | ||||||
4 | associated with the
following: | ||||||
5 | (1) The design of the Emergency Telephone System. | ||||||
6 | (2) The coding of an initial Master Street Address | ||||||
7 | Guide data base, and
update and maintenance thereof. | ||||||
8 | (3) The repayment of any moneys
advanced for the | ||||||
9 | implementation of
the system. | ||||||
10 | (4) The charges for Automatic Number Identification | ||||||
11 | and Automatic
Location Identification equipment,
a | ||||||
12 | computer aided dispatch system that records, maintains, | ||||||
13 | and integrates
information,
mobile data transmitters | ||||||
14 | equipped with
automatic vehicle locators, and maintenance, | ||||||
15 | replacement and
update thereof
to increase operational | ||||||
16 | efficiency and improve the provision of emergency
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17 | services. | ||||||
18 | (5) The non-recurring charges related to installation | ||||||
19 | of the Emergency
Telephone System and the ongoing network | ||||||
20 | charges. | ||||||
21 | (6) The acquisition and installation, or the | ||||||
22 | reimbursement of costs
therefor to other governmental | ||||||
23 | bodies that have incurred those costs, of road
or street | ||||||
24 | signs that are essential to the implementation of the | ||||||
25 | emergency
telephone system and that are not duplicative of | ||||||
26 | signs that are the
responsibility of the jurisdiction |
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1 | charged with maintaining road and street
signs. | ||||||
2 | (7) Other products and services necessary for the | ||||||
3 | implementation,
upgrade, and maintenance of the system and | ||||||
4 | any other purpose related to the
operation of
the system, | ||||||
5 | including costs attributable directly to the construction, | ||||||
6 | leasing,
or maintenance of any buildings or facilities or | ||||||
7 | costs of personnel
attributable directly to the operation | ||||||
8 | of the system. Costs attributable
directly to the operation | ||||||
9 | of an emergency telephone system do not include the
costs | ||||||
10 | of public safety agency personnel who are and equipment | ||||||
11 | that is
dispatched in response to an emergency call. | ||||||
12 | (7.5) The purchase of real property if the purchase is | ||||||
13 | made before March 16, 2006. | ||||||
14 | (8) In the case of a municipality that imposes a | ||||||
15 | surcharge under subsection (h) of Section 15.3, moneys may | ||||||
16 | also be used for any anti-terrorism or emergency | ||||||
17 | preparedness measures, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
18 | preparedness planning, providing local matching funds for | ||||||
19 | federal or State grants, personnel training, and | ||||||
20 | specialized equipment, including surveillance cameras as | ||||||
21 | needed to deal with natural and terrorist-inspired | ||||||
22 | emergency situations or events. | ||||||
23 | (9) The defraying of expenses incurred in | ||||||
24 | participation in a Regional Pilot Project to implement next | ||||||
25 | generation 9-1-1, subject to the conditions set forth in | ||||||
26 | this Act. |
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1 | (10) The implementation of a computer aided dispatch | ||||||
2 | system or hosted supplemental 9-1-1 services. | ||||||
3 | Moneys in the fund may also be transferred to a | ||||||
4 | participating fire protection district to reimburse volunteer | ||||||
5 | firefighters who man remote telephone switching facilities | ||||||
6 | when dedicated 9-1-1 lines are down. | ||||||
7 | (d) The board shall complete the data base before | ||||||
8 | implementation of the
9-1-1 system. The error ratio of the data | ||||||
9 | base shall not at any time
exceed 1% of the total data base. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1443, eff. 8-20-10; | ||||||
11 | 97-517, eff. 8-23-11; 97-1018, eff. 8-17-12.)
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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