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    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
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    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by adding Section 
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5-1132 as follows:
 
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    (55 ILCS 5/5-1132 new)
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    Sec. 5-1132. False alarms. The county board of each county 
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may, by ordinance, impose a fee against persons making false 
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alarms.  A fee may not be imposed, however, if the emergency 
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telephone system or a public safety agency is notified that the 
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alarm is unfounded before a public safety agency responds to 
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the alarm or if the alarm system is being installed, repaired, 
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maintained, or tested and the emergency telephone system and 
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public safety agency are notified in advance of the activity in 
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connection with the alarm system.  In addition, a fee may not be 
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imposed against a person if the call was initiated due to 
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symptoms that could require emergency medical attention.
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    For the purposes of this Section, "alarm" means any 
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mechanical or electric device or assembly of equipment, 
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designed or arranged to signal the occurrence of an illegal 
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entry, a fire, an emergency medical assistance need, or other 
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activity requiring urgent attention and to which the police 
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department, the fire department, or an emergency medical 
 


 






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service are expected to respond. 
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    For the purposes of this Section, "false alarm" means an 
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alarm signal to which a police department, a fire department, 
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or emergency medical service of the county responds with 
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emergency service personnel, equipment, or both when a 
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situation requiring that response does not, in fact, exist, if 
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the  signal is caused by the inadvertence, negligence, or an 
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intentional act or omission on the part of an alarm company or 
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alarm user or a malfunction of the alarm. 
 
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    Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
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adding Section 11-5.3-2 as follows:
 
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    (65 ILCS 5/11-5.3-2  new)
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    Sec. 11-5.3-2. False alarms.  The corporate authorities of 
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each municipality may, by ordinance, impose a fee against 
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persons making false alarms.  A fee may not be imposed, however, 
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if the emergency telephone system or a public safety agency is 
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notified that the alarm is unfounded before a public safety 
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agency responds to the alarm or if the alarm system is being 
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installed, repaired, maintained, or tested and the emergency 
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telephone system and public safety agency are notified in 
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advance of the activity in connection with the alarm system.  In 
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addition, a fee may not be imposed against a person if the call 
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was initiated due to symptoms that could require emergency 
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medical attention.
 


 






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    For the purposes of this Section, "alarm" means any 
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mechanical or electric device or assembly of equipment, 
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designed or arranged to signal the occurrence of an illegal 
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entry, a fire, an emergency medical assistance need, or other 
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activity requiring urgent attention and to which the police 
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department, the fire department, or an emergency medical 
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service are expected to respond. 
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    For the purposes of this Section, "false alarm" means an 
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alarm signal to which a police department, a fire department, 
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or emergency medical service of the municipality responds with 
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emergency service personnel, equipment, or both when a 
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situation requiring that response does not, in fact, exist, if 
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the  signal is caused by the inadvertence, negligence, or an 
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intentional act or omission on the part of an alarm company or 
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alarm user or a malfunction of the alarm.