Bill Text: IL HB2402 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that a 9-1-1 Authority in a county that: has a population of at least 250,000, has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified governmental entity, and is serving a population of less than 25,000 is exempt from consolidation requirements if the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) as of January 1, 2019, is the only remaining authority in the State that has not met the consolidation requirements; (2) serves a municipality with a population of less than 6,000 people; and (3) has received intergovernmental agreement rejections by 5 or more contiguous counties or 9-1-1 authorities to consolidate 9-1-1 services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2402 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2402-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2402 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 750/15.4a
Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that a 9-1-1 Authority in a county that: has a population of at least 250,000, has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified governmental entity, and is serving a population of less than 25,000 is exempt from consolidation requirements if the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) as of January 1, 2019, is the only remaining authority in the State that has not met the consolidation requirements; (2) serves a municipality with a population of less than 6,000 people; and (3) has received intergovernmental agreement rejections by 5 or more contiguous counties or 9-1-1 authorities to consolidate 9-1-1 services.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by
changing Section 15.4a as follows:
(50 ILCS 750/15.4a)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
Sec. 15.4a. Consolidation.
(a) By July 1, 2017, and except as otherwise provided in
this Section, Emergency Telephone System Boards, Joint
Emergency Telephone System Boards, qualified governmental
entities, and PSAPs shall be consolidated as follows, subject
to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section:
(1) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board, or
qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, shall
reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50% or to 2 PSAPs,
whichever is greater. Nothing in this paragraph shall
preclude consolidation resulting in one PSAP in the county.
(2) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
that has more than one Emergency Telephone System Board,
Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or qualified
governmental entity, any 9-1-1 Authority serving a

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population of less than 25,000 shall be consolidated such
that no 9-1-1 Authority in the county serves a population
of less than 25,000.
(3) In any county with a population of at least 250,000
but less than 1,000,000 that has more than one Emergency
Telephone System Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System
Board, or qualified governmental entity, each 9-1-1
Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at least 50%
or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
paragraph shall preclude consolidation of a 9-1-1
Authority into a Joint Emergency Telephone System Board,
and nothing in this paragraph shall preclude consolidation
resulting in one PSAP in the county.
(4) In any county with a population of less than
250,000 that has a single Emergency Telephone System Board
or qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPs, the
9-1-1 Authority shall reduce the number of PSAPs by at
least 50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in
this paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in
one PSAP in the county.
(5) In any county with a population of less than
250,000 that has more than one Emergency Telephone System
Board, Joint Emergency Telephone System Board, or
qualified governmental entity and more than 2 PSAPS, the
9-1-1 Authorities shall be consolidated into a single joint
board, and the number of PSAPs shall be reduced by at least

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50% or to 2 PSAPs, whichever is greater. Nothing in this
paragraph shall preclude consolidation resulting in one
PSAP in the county.
(6) Any 9-1-1 Authority that does not have a PSAP
within its jurisdiction shall be consolidated through an
intergovernmental agreement with an existing 9-1-1
Authority that has a PSAP to create a Joint Emergency
Telephone Board.
(7) The corporate authorities of each county that has
no 9-1-1 service as of January 1, 2016 shall provide
enhanced 9-1-1 wireline and wireless enhanced 9-1-1
service for that county by either (i) entering into an
intergovernmental agreement with an existing Emergency
Telephone System Board to create a new Joint Emergency
Telephone System Board, or (ii) entering into an
intergovernmental agreement with the corporate authorities
that have created an existing Joint Emergency Telephone
System Board.
(a-5) A 9-1-1 Authority shall not be subject to the
consolidation requirements of paragraph (2) of subsection (a)
of this Section if the 9-1-1 Authority: (1) as of January 1,
2019, is the only remaining authority in the State that has not
met the consolidation requirements of this Act; (2) serves a
municipality with a population of less than 6,000 people; and
(3) has received intergovernmental agreement rejections by 5 or
more contiguous counties or 9-1-1 authorities to consolidate

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9-1-1 services.
(b) By July 1, 2016, each county required to consolidate
pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of this Section and
each 9-1-1 Authority required to consolidate pursuant to
paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) of this Section
shall file a plan for consolidation or a request for a waiver
pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section with the Office of
the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator.
(1) No county or 9-1-1 Authority may avoid the
requirements of this Section by converting primary PSAPs to
secondary or virtual answering points. Any county or 9-1-1
Authority not in compliance with this Section shall be
ineligible to receive consolidation grant funds issued
under Section 15.4b of this Act or monthly disbursements
otherwise due under Section 30 of this Act, until the
county or 9-1-1 Authority is in compliance.
(2) Within 60 calendar days of receiving a
consolidation plan, the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board
shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan and
provide a recommendation to the Administrator. Notice of
the hearing shall be provided to the respective entity to
which the plan applies.
(3) Within 90 calendar days of receiving a
consolidation plan, the Administrator shall approve the
plan, approve the plan as modified, or grant a waiver
pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. In making his

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or her decision, the Administrator shall consider any
recommendation from the Statewide 9-1-1 Advisory Board
regarding the plan. If the Administrator does not follow
the recommendation of the Board, the Administrator shall
provide a written explanation for the deviation in his or
her decision.
(4) The deadlines provided in this subsection may be
extended upon agreement between the Administrator and
entity which submitted the plan.
(c) A waiver from a consolidation required under subsection
(a) of this Section may be granted if the Administrator finds
that the consolidation will result in a substantial threat to
public safety, is economically unreasonable, or is technically
infeasible.
(d) Any decision of the Administrator under this Section
shall be deemed a final administrative decision and shall be
subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.
(Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 1-1-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)