93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5086


 
Introduced 02/05/04, by Mary E. Flowers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













220 ILCS 5/13-714 new












    Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Requires
that network interfaces for a residential or business customer be located
inside a structure
owned, rented, or leased by the customer. Prohibits the location of a network
interface on the outside of a
structure.
Requires reimbursement of any expenses the customer has incurred in making a
network
interface device compatible with a security system. Effective immediately.

















LRB093 13690 AMC 40137 b

















 


 


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HB5086

LRB093 13690 AMC 40137 b






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    AN ACT concerning telecommunications.


 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly:
 
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    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 13-714 as follows:
 
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    (220 ILCS 5/13-714 new)

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    Sec. 13-714. Network interface.

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    (a)  For   the   purposes   of   this  Section,  "network

interface" 
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means the point of termination on  the  customer's

premises at 
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which the local exchange carrier's responsibility

for  the 
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provision and maintenance of network channel or line

service 
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ends. The network interface is part  of  the  network

and  the 
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order of appearance of central office lines on it is

determined 
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solely by the local exchange carrier.
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    (b)  The network interface  for  a  residential  customer

 must  
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be  located inside a structure owned, rented, or leased

 by the 
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customer in which the customer  resides.  The  network

 interface  
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for  a  business customer must be located inside a

 structure 
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owned, rented, or leased by the customer  in  which

 the customer 
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conducts business. Network interfaces may not be

 located on the 
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outside of a structure.

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    (c)  A  telecommunications  carrier must, upon request of

 the 
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customer, reimburse  a  customer  for  any  expenses  the

 customer  
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has  incurred  in making a network interface device

 compatible 
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with a security system, including the purchase and

 installment 
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of a filtering device.


 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.