IL HB2561

Allows authorities to require applicants to provide hard data from independent radio-frequency engineer drive tests to support gap-in-coverage claims for small wireless facilities, establishing the existence, location, and geographical boundaries of coverage gaps.

Requires drive test data to be recorded by an independent radio-frequency engineer selected by the authority to verify claims about wireless coverage deficiencies.

Permits authorities to use gap-in-coverage evidence as a basis for evaluating applications to collocate small wireless facilities in their jurisdictions.