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HB1694 Enrolled LRB9205478MWks
1 AN ACT concerning emergency telephone services.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
5 by changing Section 10.1 as follows:
6 (50 ILCS 750/10.1) (from Ch. 134, par. 40.1)
7 Sec. 10.1. Confidentiality.
8 (a) 9-1-1 information consisting of names, addresses and
9 telephone numbers of telephone customers whose listings are
10 not published in directories or listed in Directory
11 Assistance Offices is confidential. Except as provided in
12 subsection (b), information shall be provided on a
13 call-by-call basis only for the purpose of responding to
14 emergency calls. For the purposes of this subsection (a),
15 "emergency" means a situation in which property or human life
16 is in jeopardy and the prompt notification of the public
17 safety agency is essential.
18 (b) 9-1-1 information, including information described
19 in subsection (a), may be used by a public safety agency for
20 the purpose of placing out-going emergency calls.
21 (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a municipality
22 with a population of more than 500,000 from using 9-1-1
23 information, including information described in subsection
24 (a), for the purpose of responding to calls made to a
25 non-emergency telephone system that is under the supervision
26 and control of a public safety agency and that shares all or
27 some facilities with an emergency telephone system.
28 (d) Any public safety agency that uses 9-1-1 information
29 for the purposes of subsection (b) must establish methods and
30 procedures that ensure the confidentiality of information as
31 required by subsection (a).
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1 (e) Divulging confidential information in violation of
2 this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
3 (Source: P.A. 87-146.)
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