Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 750 Emergency Telephone System Act. Section 15.1

    (50 ILCS 750/15.1) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.1)

    Sec. 15.1. Public body; exemption from civil liability for developing or operating emergency telephone system. No public agency, public safety agency, emergency telephone system board, or unit of local government assuming the duties of an emergency telephone system board, nor any officer, agent or employee of any public agency, public safety agency, emergency telephone system board, or unit of local government assuming the duties of an emergency telephone system board, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, except willful or wanton misconduct, in connection with developing, adopting, operating or implementing any plan or system required by this Act.

    Exemption from civil liability for emergency instructions is as provided in the Good Samaritan Act.

    This Section may not be offered as a defense in any judicial proceeding brought by the Attorney General under Section 12 to compel compliance with this Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-403, eff. 1-1-96; 89-607, eff. 1-1-97.)

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