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91_HB0068
LRB9100523LDdv
1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by adding
2 Sections 13-1001 and 13-1002.
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 adding
6 Sections 13-1001 and 13-1002 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new)
8 Sec. 13-1001. Allocation of telephone numbers.
9 (a) An entity responsible for allocating telephone
10 numbers to a telecommunications carrier shall not issue a
11 block of more than 1,000 new telephone numbers at any one
12 time to any telecommunications carrier.
13 (b) By January 1, 2000, the Commission shall adopt rules
14 concerning the allocation of new telephone numbers to
15 telecommunications carriers and requiring the periodic return
16 for reallocation of numbers that have been allocated to a
17 telecommunications carrier but are not being used by
18 consumers of telecommunications services.
19 (220 ILCS 5/13-1002 new)
20 Sec. 13-1002. Creation of new area codes. The
21 Commission shall not approve the creation of a new area code
22 within an existing area code in Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane,
23 DuPage, or Will County unless at least 75% of the potentially
24 available telephone numbers within the existing area code are
25 being used by consumers of telecommunications services.
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.