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HB1694 Engrossed                               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)  Any public safety agency that uses 9-1-1 information
22    for the purposes of subsection (b) must establish methods and
23    procedures  that ensure the confidentiality of information as
24    required by subsection (a).
25        (d)  Divulging confidential information in  violation  of
26    this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
27    (Source: P.A. 87-146.)

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