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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1937
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Annazette Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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220 ILCS 5/13-202 |
from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-202 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
definition of "telecommunications carrier".
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A BILL FOR
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HB1937 |
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LRB094 03179 AMC 33180 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 13-202 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-202)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
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| Sec. 13-202. "Telecommunications carrier" means and
and |
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| includes every
corporation, company, association, joint stock |
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| company or association,
firm, partnership or individual, their |
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| lessees, trustees or receivers
appointed by any court |
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| whatsoever that owns, controls, operates or manages,
within |
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| this State, directly or indirectly, for public use, any plant,
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| equipment or property used or to be used for or in connection |
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| with, or owns
or controls any franchise, license, permit or |
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| right to engage in the
provision of, telecommunications |
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| services between points within the State
which are specified by |
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| the user. Telecommunications carrier does not
include, |
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| however: |
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| (a) telecommunications carriers that are owned and |
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| operated by any
political subdivision, public or private |
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| institution of higher education or
municipal corporation of |
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| this State, for their own use, or
telecommunications carriers |
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| that are owned by such political subdivision,
public or private |
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| institution of higher education, or municipal corporation
and |
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| operated by any of its lessees or operating agents, for their |
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| own use;
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| (b) telecommunications carriers which are purely mutual |
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| concerns, having
no rates or charges for services, but paying |
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| the operating expenses by
assessment upon the members of such a |
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| company and no other person but does
include telephone or |
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| telecommunications cooperatives as defined in
Section 13-212;
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