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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1147
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1147 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT relating to competition in the telecommunications
5 industry."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
9 changing Section 13-102 as follows:
10 (220 ILCS 5/13-102) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-102)
11 (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
12 Sec. 13-102. Findings. With respect to
13 telecommunications services, as herein defined, the General
14 Assembly finds that:
15 (a) universally available and widely affordable
16 telecommunications services are essential to the health,
17 welfare and prosperity of all Illinois citizens;
18 (b) recent federal regulatory and judicial rulings have
19 caused a restructuring of the telecommunications industry and
20 have opened some aspects of the industry to competitive
21 entry, thereby necessitating revision of State
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1 telecommunications regulatory policies and practices;
2 (c) the competitive offering of telecommunications
3 services may create the potential for increased innovation
4 and efficiency in the provision of telecommunications
5 services and reduced prices for consumers; and
6 (d) protection of the public interest requires continued
7 regulation of telecommunications carriers and services for
8 the foreseeable future.
9 (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)".
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