When a telecommunications carrier initiates a discontinuance of service on a known emergency system or fire alarm system that is required by the local authority to be a dedicated phone line circuit to the central dispatch of the fire department or fire protection district or, if applicable, the police department, the telecommunications carrier shall also transmit a copy of the written notice of discontinuance to that local authority.
220 ILCS 5/13-519
Fire alarm; discontinuance of service
Known as the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law
The act spans §§ 220-5-13-100 to 220-5-13-904 (114 sections).
P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.