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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1007
Introduced 2/3/2005, by Rep. Karen May SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires any telecommunications carrier that maintains a site on the World Wide Web or on the Internet to display on that site certain information concerning residential rates approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission. Requires that the disclosure be clear and conspicuous.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1007 |
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LRB094 06965 MKM 37080 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 changing |
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| Section 13-518 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/13-518)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
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| Sec. 13-518. Optional service packages.
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| (a) It is the intent of this Section to provide unlimited |
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| local service
packages at prices that will result in savings |
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| for the average consumer.
Each telecommunications carrier that |
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| provides
competitive and noncompetitive services, and that is |
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| subject to an alternative
regulation plan pursuant to Section |
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| 13-506.1 of this Article, shall provide, in
addition to such |
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| other services as it offers, the following optional packages
of |
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| services for a fixed monthly rate, which, along with the terms |
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| and
conditions thereof, the Commission shall review, pursuant |
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| to Article IX of this
Act, to determine whether such rates, |
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| terms, and conditions are fair, just, and
reasonable.
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| (1) A budget package, which shall consist of |
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| residential access service
and unlimited local calls.
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| (2) A flat rate package, which shall consist of |
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| residential access
service, unlimited local calls, and the |
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| customer's choice of 2 vertical
services as defined in this |
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| Section.
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| (3) An enhanced flat rate package, which shall consist |
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| of residential
access service for 2 lines, unlimited local |
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| calls, the customer's choice of
2 vertical services as |
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| defined in this Section, and unlimited local toll
service.
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| (b) Nothing in this Section or this Act shall be construed |
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| to prohibit any
telecommunications carrier subject to this |
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| Section from charging customers who
elect to take one of the |