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50 ILCS 750/0.01 (2026)

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Telephone System Act"

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(50 ILCS 750/0.01) (from Ch. 134, par. 30.01)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2027)
    Sec. 0.01. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Emergency Telephone System Act".
(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1993–2020 · leading case: People v. Sypien, 763 N.E.2d 264 (Ill. 2001).
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People v. Sypien, 763 N.E.2d 264 (Ill. 2001). “Section 5 amended the Emergency Telephone System Act (50 ILCS 750/0.01 et seq. (West 1998)) by adding the following: "Any person calling the number '911' for the purpose of making a false alarm or complaint and reporting false information is subject to the provisions of Section…”
Vill. of McCook v. Illinois Bell Tel. Co., 780 N.E.2d 335 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “Plaintiff brought suit on behalf of itself and all other Illinois municipalities and other units of government which, during the period of May 1993 through the present, sustained damages by reason of defendant’s failure to collect and remit to plaintiff and the putative class…”
City of Chicago v. Illinois Com. Comm'n, 689 N.E.2d 241 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “The issue in this case is whether the Emergency Telephone System Act (the Act) (50 ILCS 750/0.01 et seq. (West 1996)) grants the Commission the authority to regulate the assessment of 9-1-1 surcharges that local governments impose on subscribers to finance their 9-1-1 emergency…”
Chiczewski v. Emergency Tel. Sys. Bd. of Du Page Cty., 692 N.E.2d 691 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “Defendant entered into a contract with Illinois Bell in 1989 to provide enhanced 911 service in Du Page County pursuant to the Emergency Telephone System Act (the Act) (50 ILCS 750/0.01 et seq. (West 1994)). Defendant began collecting a surcharge of $0.”
Vill. of Montgomery v. Illinois Com. Comm'n, 618 N.E.2d 1295 (Ill. App. Ct. 1993). “The Commission’s primary contention is that because the Emergency Telephone Act (50 ILCS 750/0.01 et seq. (West 1992)) does not provide for any method of judicial review, this court lacks jurisdiction.”
Schultz v. St. Clair Cnty., 2020 IL App (5th) 190256 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “¶ 14 We begin with an examination of the Emergency Telephone System Act (50 ILCS 750/0.01 et seq. (West 2016)). The purpose of the statute is stated in section 1 as follows: “It is the purpose of this Act to establish the number ‘9-1-1’ as the primary emergency telephone number…”
People v. Sypien, 763 N.E.2d 264 (Ill. 2001). “Section 5 amended the Emergency Telephone System Act (50 ILCS 750/0.01 et seq. (West 1998)) by adding the following: “Any person calling the number ‘911’ for the purpose of making a false alarm or complaint and reporting false information is subject to the provisions of Section…”
Gilmore v. City of Mattoon, 2019 IL App (4th) 180777 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “2d 335, 341 (2002), the First District relied upon statutory interpretation to find no private right of action within provisions of the Illinois Emergency Telephone System Act (50 ILCS 750/0.01 et seq. (West 2000)) for the same reason.”
Vill. of McCook v. Illinois Bell Tel. Co. (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “Plaintiff brought suit on behalf of itself and all other Illinois municipalities and other units of government which, during the period of May 1993 through the present, sustained damages by reason of defendant’s failure to collect and remit to plaintiff and the putative class…”
Chiczewski v. Emergency Tel. Sys. Bd. (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “Defendant entered into a contract with Illinois Bell in 1989 to provide enhanced 911 service in Du Page County pursuant to the Emergency Telephone System Act (the Act) (50 ILCS 750/0.01 et seq. (West 1994)). Defendant began collecting a surcharge of $0.”
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