Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning annexation of territory.

Amends the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an election against organization as a fire protection district.

Creates the Next Generation Emergency Telephone System Act. Makes legislative findings. Defines terms. Provides that, in order to handle the increasing volume and diversity of information that can be made available to assist call takers and responders in an emergency, public agencies may update their current 9-1-1 systems to a Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) system. Sets forth requirements for a strategic plan that must be developed. Creates the Illinois Next Generation 9-1-1 Network (INGN) to support NG9-1-1 operations and be governed by a board of directors. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Board. Sets forth procedures and requirements for the incorporation of the 9-1-1 systems, capabilities, accessibility, implementation, areas to be served, and joint agreements. Provides for certain exemptions from civil liabilities. Provides that divulging certain confidential information and making a false complaint are offenses punishable under the Criminal Code of 1961. Requires that all NG9-1-1 systems support Non-Voice-Centric Emergency Services (NVC). Contains provisions concerning advertising emergency services and funding. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the 9-1-1 Service Equalization Trust Fund in the State Treasury. Effective January 1, 2013.

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of any fire protection district incorporated under this Act may, by ordinance, regulate or prescribe the method of installing, monitoring, and maintaining fire alarm monitoring equipment used within the district. Authorizes a fire protection district to acquire, maintain, and mandate the use within all or a portion of the district of equipment and facilities to establish and operate a wireless radio network or other network. Provides that the State action exemption to application of the federal antitrust laws be fully available to each district to the extent its respective activities are either (i) expressly or by necessary implication authorized by the Act or any other State law or (ii) within traditional areas of local governmental activity. Provides that these provisions are declaratory of existing law.

Amends the Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act. Provides that if there is property in the custody of a law enforcement agency whose ownership has been unascertained for at least 6 months, a sheriff, police chief, or principal law enforcement official, who determines that the public interest would be served, may donate the property to a non-profit charity or transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State (instead of transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State). Effective immediately.

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning annexation of territory.

Amends the Property Tax Code and the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act. Provides that a county board shall make expenditures from the Tax Sale Automation Fund to defray the cost of attending conferences and training sessions directly related to the automation of property or mobile home tax collections and delinquent tax sale records. Effective immediately.

Amends the Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act. Repeals a Section of the Act providing that the Act is repealed on April 1, 2013. Effective immediately.

Urges the United States Internal Revenue Service to classify fire sprinkler retrofits as five-year property for the purposes of depreciation under the federal Modified Accelerated Cost-Recovery System.