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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4066
Introduced 5/23/2025, by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 750/20
Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, the statewide surcharge shall be $2.50 per connection.
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A BILL FOR
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
5by changing Section 20 as follows:
6    (50 ILCS 750/20)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2025)
8    Sec. 20. Statewide surcharge.
9    (a) On and after January 1, 2016, and except with respect
10to those customers who are subject to surcharges as provided
11in Sections 15.3 and 15.3a of this Act, a monthly surcharge
12shall be imposed on all customers of telecommunications
13carriers and wireless carriers as follows:
14        (1) Each telecommunications carrier shall impose a
15    monthly surcharge per network connection; provided,
16    however, the monthly surcharge shall not apply to a
17    network connection provided for use with pay telephone
18    services. Where multiple voice grade communications
19    channels are connected between the subscriber's premises
20    and a public switched network through private branch
21    exchange (PBX), Centrex type service, or other multiple
22    voice grade communication channels facility, there shall
23    be imposed 5 such surcharges per network connection for
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1    both regular service and advanced service provisioned
2    trunk lines. Until December 31, 2017, the surcharge shall
3    be $0.87 per network connection. Beginning [and on and ]
4    [after] January 1, 2018 and until January 1, 2026, the
5    surcharge shall be $1.50 per network connection. Beginning 
6    January 1, 2026, the surcharge shall be $2.50 per network 
7    connection.
8        (2) Each wireless carrier shall impose and collect a
9    monthly surcharge per CMRS connection that either has a
10    telephone number within an area code assigned to Illinois
11    by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator or has
12    a billing address in this State. Until December 31, 2017,
13    the surcharge shall be $0.87 per connection. Beginning [and ]
14    [on and after] January 1, 2018 and until January 1, 2026, the
15    surcharge shall be $1.50 per connection. Beginning January 
16    1, 2026, the surcharge shall be $2.50 per connection.
17    (b) State and local taxes shall not apply to the
18surcharges imposed under this Section.
19    (c) The surcharges imposed by this Section shall be stated
20as a separately stated item on subscriber bills.
21    (d) The telecommunications carrier collecting the
22surcharge may deduct and retain 1.74% of the gross amount of
23surcharge collected to reimburse the telecommunications
24carrier for the expense of accounting and collecting the
25surcharge. On and after July 1, 2022, the wireless carrier
26collecting a surcharge under this Section may deduct and
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1retain 1.74% of the gross amount of the surcharge collected to
2reimburse the wireless carrier for the expense of accounting
3and collecting the surcharge.
4    (d-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of
5this Section, an amount not greater than 2.5% may be deducted
6and retained if the telecommunications or wireless carrier can
7support, through documentation, expenses that exceed the 1.74%
8allowed. The documentation shall be submitted to the Illinois
9State Police and input obtained from the Statewide 9-1-1
10Advisory Board prior to approval of the deduction.
11    (e) Surcharges imposed under this Section shall be
12collected by the carriers and shall be remitted to the
13Illinois State Police, either by check or electronic funds
14transfer, by the end of the next calendar month after the
15calendar month in which it was collected for deposit into the
16Statewide 9-1-1 Fund. Carriers are not required to remit
17surcharge moneys that are billed to subscribers but not yet
18collected.
19    The first remittance by wireless carriers shall include
20the number of subscribers by zip code, and the 9-digit zip code
21if currently being used or later implemented by the carrier,
22that shall be the means by which the Illinois State Police
23shall determine distributions from the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund.
24This information shall be updated at least once each year. Any
25carrier that fails to provide the zip code information
26required under this subsection (e) shall be subject to the
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1penalty set forth in subsection (g) of this Section.
2    (f) If, within 8 calendar days after it is due under
3subsection (e) of this Section, a carrier does not remit the
4surcharge or any portion thereof required under this Section,
5then the surcharge or portion thereof shall be deemed
6delinquent until paid in full, and the Illinois State Police
7may impose a penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to
8the greater of:
9        (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month from the
10    time an amount becomes delinquent until the amount is paid
11    in full; or
12        (2) an amount equal to the product of 1% and the sum of
13    all delinquent amounts for each month or portion of a
14    month that the delinquent amounts remain unpaid.
15    A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (f)
16for a portion of a month during which the carrier pays the
17delinquent amount in full shall be prorated for each day of
18that month that the delinquent amount was paid in full. Any
19penalty imposed under this subsection (f) is in addition to
20the amount of the delinquency and is in addition to any other
21penalty imposed under this Section.
22    (g) If, within 8 calendar days after it is due, a wireless
23carrier does not provide the number of subscribers by zip code
24as required under subsection (e) of this Section, then the
25report is deemed delinquent and the Illinois State Police may
26impose a penalty against the carrier in an amount equal to the
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1greater of:
2        (1) $25 for each month or portion of a month that the
3    report is delinquent; or
4        (2) an amount equal to the product of $0.01 and the
5    number of subscribers served by the carrier for each month
6    or portion of a month that the delinquent report is not
7    provided.
8    A penalty imposed in accordance with this subsection (g)
9for a portion of a month during which the carrier provides the
10number of subscribers by zip code as required under subsection
11(e) of this Section shall be prorated for each day of that
12month during which the carrier had not provided the number of
13subscribers by zip code as required under subsection (e) of
14this Section. Any penalty imposed under this subsection (g) is
15in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Section.
16    (h) A penalty imposed and collected in accordance with
17subsection (f) or (g) of this Section shall be deposited into
18the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund for distribution according to Section
1930 of this Act.
20    (i) The Illinois State Police may enforce the collection
21of any delinquent amount and any penalty due and unpaid under
22this Section by legal action or in any other manner by which
23the collection of debts due the State of Illinois may be
24enforced under the laws of this State. The Illinois State
25Police may excuse the payment of any penalty imposed under
26this Section if the Administrator determines that the
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1enforcement of this penalty is unjust.
2    (j) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
3nothing shall impair the right of wireless carriers to recover
4unreimbursed compliance costs for all emergency communications
5services directly from their wireless subscribers by line-item
6charges on the wireless subscriber's bill. Those compliance
7costs include all costs incurred by wireless carriers in
8complying with local, State, and federal regulatory or
9legislative mandates that require the transmission and receipt
10of emergency communications to and from the general public,
11including, but not limited to, E9-1-1.
12(Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
13102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-366, eff. 1-1-24.)