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90_HB1830

      220 ILCS 5/4-102 new
          Amends the Public Utilities Act.  Requires  the  Illinois
      Commerce  Commission to develop a plan to incorporate the use
      of the numbers "311" and "711" as  the  primary  nonemergency
      telephone  numbers  for  contacting police, firefighting, and
      other public safety agencies.
                                                    LRB9004806JSgcA
                                              LRB9004806JSgcA
 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Public  Utilities  Act  by  adding
 2    Section 4-102.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
 6    Section 4-102 as follows:
 7        (220 ILCS 5/4-102 new)
 8        Sec.  4-102.  Alternative  public  safety  agency  access
 9    numbers.
10        (a)  The Commission shall develop a plan  to  incorporate
11    the  use  of  the  number  "311"  as the primary nonemergency
12    telephone number for  contacting  police,  firefighting,  and
13    other  public  safety  agencies and to incorporate the use of
14    the number "711" as the primary nonemergency telephone number
15    for use by persons with speech and hearing  disabilities  for
16    contacting  police,  firefighting,  and  other  public safety
17    agencies.
18        (b)  The Commission shall hold at least  3  hearings  for
19    the  purpose  of receiving public comment regarding the plan.
20    The Commission shall present its plan including any necessary
21    legislative action to  the  General  Assembly  on  or  before
22    January 1, 1999.

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