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91_SB0149enr
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1 AN ACT to amend the Emergency Telephone System Act by
2 changing Sections 6 and 15.6.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
6 by changing Sections 6 and 15.6 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 750/6) (from Ch. 134, par. 36)
8 Sec. 6. Capabilities of system; pay telephones. All
9 systems shall be designed to meet the specific requirements
10 of each community and public agency served by the system.
11 Every system, whether basic or sophisticated, shall be
12 designed to have the capability of utilizing at least 1 of
13 the methods specified in Sections 2.03 through 2.06, in
14 response to emergency calls. The General Assembly finds and
15 declares that the most critical aspect of the design of any
16 system is the procedure established for handling a telephone
17 request for emergency services.
18 In addition, to maximize efficiency and utilization of
19 the system, all pay telephones within each system shall,
20 within 3 years after the implementation date or by December
21 31, 1985, whichever is later, enable a caller to dial "9-1-1"
22 for emergency services without the necessity of inserting a
23 coin. This paragraph does not apply to pay telephones
24 located in penal institutions, as defined in Section 2-14 of
25 the Criminal Code of 1961, that have been designated for the
26 exclusive use of committed persons.
27 (Source: P.A. 85-978.)
28 (50 ILCS 750/15.6)
29 Sec. 15.6. Enhanced 9-1-1 service; business service.
30 (a) After June 30, 2000, or within 18 months after
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1 enhanced 9-1-1 service becomes available, any entity that
2 installs or operates a private business switch service and
3 provides telecommunications facilities or services to
4 businesses shall assure that the system is connected to the
5 public switched network in a manner that calls to 9-1-1
6 result in automatic number and location identification. For
7 buildings having their own street address and containing
8 workspace of 40,000 square feet or less, location
9 identification shall include the building's street address.
10 For buildings having their own street address and containing
11 workspace of more than 40,000 square feet, location
12 identification shall include the building's street address
13 and one distinct location identification per 40,000 square
14 feet of workspace. Separate buildings containing workspace of
15 40,000 square feet or less having a common public street
16 address shall have a distinct location identification for
17 each building in addition to the street address.
18 (b) Exemptions. Buildings containing workspace of more
19 than 40,000 square feet are exempt from the multiple location
20 identification requirements of subsection (a) if the building
21 maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate means of
22 signaling and responding to emergencies. Those means shall
23 include, but not be limited to, a telephone system that
24 provides the physical location of 9-1-1 calls coming from
25 within the building. Health care facilities are presumed to
26 meet the requirements of this paragraph if the facilities are
27 staffed with medical or nursing personnel 24 hours per day
28 and if an alternative means of providing information about
29 the source of an emergency call exists. Buildings under this
30 exemption must provide 9-1-1 service that provides the
31 building's street address.
32 Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 square
33 feet are exempt from subsection (a) if the building
34 maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate means of
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1 signaling and responding to emergencies, including a
2 telephone system that provides the location of a 9-1-1 call
3 coming from within the building, and the building is serviced
4 by its own medical, fire and security personnel. Buildings
5 under this exemption are subject to emergency phone system
6 certification by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
7 Buildings in communities not serviced by enhanced 9-1-1
8 service are exempt from subsection (a). Private business
9 switch service 9-1-1 service.
10 (a) After June 30, 1996, an entity that installs or
11 operates a new private business switch service or replaces an
12 existing private business switch service and provides
13 telecommunications facilities or services to businesses shall
14 provide to those business end users the same level of 9-1-1
15 service as the public agency and the telecommunications
16 carrier are providing to other business end users of the
17 local 9-1-1 system. This service shall include, but not be
18 limited to, the capability to identify the telephone number,
19 extension number, and the physical location that is the
20 source of the call to the number designated as the emergency
21 telephone number. After June 30, 1999, all entities
22 providing or operating a private business switch service
23 shall be in compliance with this Section.
24 (b) The private business switch operator is responsible
25 for forwarding end user automatic location identification
26 record information to the 9-1-1 system provider according to
27 the format, frequency, and procedures established by that
28 system provider.
29 (c) This Act does not apply to any PBX telephone
30 extension that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical
31 signals directly between the telephone extension and the
32 serving PBX.
33 (d) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a
34 business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and
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1 not more than $5,000.
2 (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
3 preclude the Attorney General on behalf of the Commission or
4 on his or her own initiative, or any other interested person,
5 from seeking judicial relief, by mandamus, injunction, or
6 otherwise, to compel compliance with this Section.
7 (f) The Commission shall promulgate rules for the
8 administration of this Section no later than January 1, 2000.
9
10 (Source: P.A. 88-604, eff. 9-1-94; 89-222, eff. 1-1-96;
11 89-497, eff. 6-27-96.)
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.
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