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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 Sections 15.5 and 15.6 and by adding Section 2.20
6 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 750/2.20 new)
8 Sec. 2.20. Telecommunications carrier.
9 "Telecommunications carrier" means the same as in Section
10 13-203 of the Public Utilities Act.
11 (50 ILCS 750/15.5)
12 Sec. 15.5. Private residential switch service 9-1-1
13 service.
14 (a) After June 30, 1995, a telecommunications carrier an
15 entity that provides or operates private residential switch
16 service and provides telecommunications facilities or
17 services to residents shall provide to those residential end
18 users the same level of 9-1-1 service as the public agency
19 and the telecommunications carrier are providing to other
20 residential end users of the local 9-1-1 system. This
21 service shall include, but not be limited to, the capability
22 to identify the telephone number, extension number, and the
23 physical location that is the source of the call to the
24 number designated as the emergency telephone number.
25 (b) The private residential switch operator is
26 responsible for forwarding end user automatic location
27 identification record information to the 9-1-1 system
28 provider according to the format, frequency, and procedures
29 established by that system provider.
30 (c) This Act does not apply to any PBX telephone
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1 extension that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical
2 signals directly between the telephone extension and the
3 serving PBX.
4 (d) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a
5 business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and
6 not more than $5,000.
7 (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
8 preclude the Attorney General on behalf of the Commission or
9 on his or her own initiative, or any other interested person,
10 from seeking judicial relief, by mandamus, injunction, or
11 otherwise, to compel compliance with this Section.
12 (Source: P.A. 88-604, eff. 9-1-94; 89-222, eff. 1-1-96;
13 89-497, eff. 6-27-96.)
14 (50 ILCS 750/15.6)
15 Sec. 15.6. Enhanced 9-1-1 service; business service.
16 (a) After June 30, 2000, or within 18 months after
17 enhanced 9-1-1 service becomes available, any
18 telecommunications carrier entity that installs or operates a
19 private business switch service and provides
20 telecommunications facilities or services to businesses shall
21 assure that the system is connected to the public switched
22 network in a manner that calls to 9-1-1 result in automatic
23 number and location identification. For buildings having
24 their own street address and containing workspace of 40,000
25 square feet or less, location identification shall include
26 the building's street address. For buildings having their
27 own street address and containing workspace of more than
28 40,000 square feet, location identification shall include the
29 building's street address and one distinct location
30 identification per 40,000 square feet of workspace. Separate
31 buildings containing workspace of 40,000 square feet or less
32 having a common public street address shall have a distinct
33 location identification for each building in addition to the
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1 street address.
2 (b) Exemptions. Buildings containing workspace of more
3 than 40,000 square feet are exempt from the multiple location
4 identification requirements of subsection (a) if the building
5 maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate means of
6 signaling and responding to emergencies. Those means shall
7 include, but not be limited to, a telephone system that
8 provides the physical location of 9-1-1 calls coming from
9 within the building. Health care facilities are presumed to
10 meet the requirements of this paragraph if the facilities are
11 staffed with medical or nursing personnel 24 hours per day
12 and if an alternative means of providing information about
13 the source of an emergency call exists. Buildings under this
14 exemption must provide 9-1-1 service that provides the
15 building's street address.
16 Buildings containing workspace of more than 40,000 square
17 feet are exempt from subsection (a) if the building
18 maintains, at all times, alternative and adequate means of
19 signaling and responding to emergencies, including a
20 telephone system that provides the location of a 9-1-1 call
21 coming from within the building, and the building is serviced
22 by its own medical, fire and security personnel. Buildings
23 under this exemption are subject to emergency phone system
24 certification by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
25 Buildings in communities not serviced by enhanced 9-1-1
26 service are exempt from subsection (a). 2000
27 (c) This Act does not apply to any PBX telephone
28 extension that uses radio transmissions to convey electrical
29 signals directly between the telephone extension and the
30 serving PBX.
31 (d) An entity that violates this Section is guilty of a
32 business offense and shall be fined not less than $1,000 and
33 not more than $5,000.
34 (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
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1 preclude the Attorney General on behalf of the Commission or
2 on his or her own initiative, or any other interested person,
3 from seeking judicial relief, by mandamus, injunction, or
4 otherwise, to compel compliance with this Section.
5 (f) The Commission shall promulgate rules for the
6 administration of this Section no later than January 1, 2000.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-819, eff. 3-23-99; 91-518, eff. 8-13-99;
8 revised 10-20-99.)
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.