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90_SB0141
220 ILCS 5/13-405 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-405
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the
Commerce Commission shall approve an application for a
certificate of exchange service authority upon showing only
that the applicant possesses sufficient technical, financial,
and managerial resources to provide the service. Current law
requires finding of no adverse effect on prices or viability
of the principal local service provider. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing
2 Section 13-405.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
6 changing Section 13-405 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/13-405) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-405)
8 (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
9 Sec. 13-405. Local exchange service authority; approval.
10 The Commission shall approve an application for a Certificate
11 of Exchange Service Authority only upon a showing by the
12 applicant, and a finding by the Commission, after notice and
13 hearing, that: (a) the applicant possesses sufficient
14 technical, financial and managerial resources and abilities
15 to provide local exchange telecommunications service.; and
16 (b) that the exercise of the Certificate's
17 authority by the applicant would not adversely affect
18 prices, network design, or the financial viability of the
19 principal provider of local exchange telecommunications
20 service.
21 The Commission shall not approve or issue a Certificate
22 of Exchange Service Authority to more than one
23 telecommunications carrier for any exchange prior to January
24 1, 1989; provided, however, that a Certificate of Exchange
25 Service Authority may be issued before such time, subject to
26 appropriate Commission approval, pursuant to this Section, to
27 any telecommunications carrier providing predominantly direct
28 nonswitched access service between a customer or user and any
29 telecommunications carrier providing inter-MSA, inter-LATA or
30 inter-state telecommunications service, or between such
31 telecommunications carriers, for the purpose of providing
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1 such direct access service.
2 (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.