Illinois Says State 911 Fee Diversion Stopped After 2015
Illinois incorrectly reported to the FCC that it diverted 911 fees to unrelated purposes in 2016, but it diverted funds in previous years, Illinois Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator Cindy Barbera-Brelle said in a Monday letter to FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly. “911…
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Funds were diverted in the past,” she wrote. “Funds were not diverted in 2016 or 2017.” Illinois diverted $3 million in 2014 and $7.5 million in 2015, said attached reports. O’Rielly replied, in a letter the same day, that he would forward the updated materials to the Public Safety Bureau “for verification and consideration in our next report, assuming the state’s status remains the same.” Last week, O’Rielly obtained assurances from Puerto Rico that it will end 911 fee diversion (see 1805040034), and pressure is building to end the practice in Rhode Island (see 1805020005), New Jersey (see 1804050042) and New York (see 1804230042).