Bill Text: IL HB5832 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Creates the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Surcharge Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, each wireless carrier shall impose and collect a monthly surcharge per CMRS connection, and each telecommunications carrier shall impose and collect a monthly surcharge per network connection. Provides that the monthly surcharge collected by the wireless and telecommunications carriers shall be deposited into the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Surcharge Fund. Sets forth the requirements for use of and disbursements from the Fund. Provides that the Fund shall be administered by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Allows the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to adopt rules necessary to implement these provisions, including rules establishing the application, reporting, and audit requirements for recipients of distributions from the Fund. Repeals the provision on January 1, 2037. Makes conforming changes to the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-11-06 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar [HB5832 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB5832-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB5832 Introduced , by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3305/17.9 new
30 ILCS 105/5.1050 new
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Creates the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Surcharge Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, each wireless carrier shall impose and collect a monthly surcharge per CMRS connection, and each telecommunications carrier shall impose and collect a monthly surcharge per network connection. Provides that the monthly surcharge collected by the wireless and telecommunications carriers shall be deposited into the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Surcharge Fund. Sets forth the requirements for use of and disbursements from the Fund. Provides that the Fund shall be administered by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Allows the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to adopt rules necessary to implement these provisions, including rules establishing the application, reporting, and audit requirements for recipients of distributions from the Fund. Repeals the provision on January 1, 2037. Makes conforming changes to the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act is
amended by adding Section 17.9 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3305/17.9 new)
Sec. 17.9. Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and
Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Surcharge Fund.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
and Office of Homeland Security.
"Commercial mobile radio service" or "CMRS" has the
meaning given in 47 CFR 20.3.
"Fund" means the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and
Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Surcharge Fund.
"Network connection" has the meaning given in Section 2 of
the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(b) The Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and Mutual
Aid Box Alarm System Surcharge Fund is created as a special
fund in the State treasury separate and apart from all other
State moneys.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2027, each wireless carrier shall
impose and collect a monthly surcharge of $0.20 per CMRS

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connection that either has a telephone number with an area
code assigned to Illinois by the North American Numbering Plan
Administrator or has a billing address in this State. The
surcharge shall be in addition to other surcharges authorized
under the Emergency Telephone System Act and shall be remitted
to the Agency for deposit into the Fund.
(d) Beginning January 1, 2027, each telecommunications
carrier shall impose and collect a monthly surcharge of $0.20
per network connection that has a billing address in this
State. The surcharge shall be in addition to other surcharges
authorized under the Emergency Telephone System Act and shall
be remitted to the Agency for deposit into the Fund.
(e) Beginning January 1, 2027, all moneys received by the
State from the $0.20 surcharges imposed under subsections (c)
and (d) and any other law authorizing a surcharge dedicated to
the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and the Mutual Aid
Box Alarm System shall be deposited into the Fund. Interest
earned on moneys in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.
(f) Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Agency only for
purposes related to planning, development, implementation,
operation, maintenance, and improvement of statewide mutual
aid and emergency response capabilities of the Illinois Law
Enforcement Alarm System and the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System,
including, but not limited to:
(1) support for regional and statewide law enforcement
mutual aid operations and equipment;

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(2) support for regional and statewide fire service,
hazardous materials, technical rescue, and emergency
medical mutual aid operations and equipment;
(3) training, exercises, and credential programs
reasonably necessary to maintain mutual aid readiness;
(4) interoperable communications, information
technology, and data systems required for the Illinois Law
Enforcement Alarm System and the Mutual Aid Box Alarm
System missions; and
(5) statewide planning, coordination, and
administration reasonably necessary to carry out the
purposes of this Section.
(g) No moneys in the Fund may be used for general State or
local government purposes or to supplant, in whole or in part,
any other funding otherwise available for the Illinois Law
Enforcement Alarm System or the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System.
(h) The Fund shall be administered by the Agency. The
Agency shall adopt rules necessary to implement this Section,
including rules establishing the application, reporting, and
audit requirements for recipients of distributions from the
Fund.
(i) Subject to appropriation and to the availability of
moneys in the Fund, the Agency shall, on a monthly basis,
disburse moneys from the Fund as follows:
(1) From each surcharge collected and remitted, the
Agency may use an amount not to exceed 1.1% of each

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surcharge to pay its reasonable costs of administering
this Section, including the cost of audits and compliance
monitoring.
(2) After the amount authorized under paragraph (1) of
this subsection (i) has been reserved, the remaining
moneys in the Fund attributable to the preceding month's
remittances shall be disbursed as follows:
(A) 50% shall be disbursed to the Illinois Law
Enforcement Alarm System to be used for eligible costs
consistent with subsection (f); and
(B) 50% shall be disbursed to the Mutual Aid Box
Alarm System to be used for eligible costs consistent
with subsection (f).
(j) As a condition of receiving moneys under this Section,
the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and the Mutual Aid
Box Alarm System shall comply with all reporting, auditing,
and financial operating standards established by the Agency by
rule. If the Agency determines, after written notice and an
opportunity to cure, that the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm
System or the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System has materially
failed to comply with this Act or rules adopted under this Act,
the Agency may withhold up to 5% of future monthly
distributions pending correction of the noncompliance. If the
noncompliance persists for more than 3 consecutive months, the
Agency may also redirect withheld amounts to support other
statewide mutual aid or emergency management purposes

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consistent with subsection (f).
(k) The Agency shall conduct or cause to be conducted
periodic audits of the use of moneys distributed under this
Section. The Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and the
Mutual Aid Box Alarm System shall submit to the Agency, at
least annually and upon request, reports detailing the receipt
and expenditure of moneys, the status of funded projects, and
performance metrics demonstrating the impact on statewide
mutual aid and emergency response capabilities. The Agency
shall provide an annual report to the Governor and the General
Assembly summarizing collections, disbursements, and uses of
moneys in the Fund.
(l) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create
any continuing right, claim, or entitlement to moneys in the
Fund by any person or entity, or to limit the authority of the
General Assembly to modify or repeal this Section.
(m) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2037.
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.1050 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.1050 new)
Sec. 5.1050. The Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System and
Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Surcharge Fund.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.