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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4120
Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that if a municipality, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the corporate authorities of the municipality, enters into a contract with a provider of wireless Internet services (ISP) for the purpose of providing municipal and public access to a wireless broadband Internet network, then a public utility that owns or co-owns above-ground utility poles, including, but not limited to, street light and traffic poles and pole arms located in the public rights-of-way within the municipality, shall be required to enter into pole access agreements with the ISP to allow access to all above-ground poles of the public utility located in the public right-of-way. Contains provisions concerning the terms and conditions of the pole access agreements. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall, within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, adopt rules concerning pole access rates, terms, and conditions and any necessary additional procedures for hearing and resolving contested cases concerning the rates, terms, and conditions. Contains provisions concerning the enforcement of decisions by the Commission regarding contested cases. Effective immediately.
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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 adding |
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| Section 8-511 as follows: |
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| (220 ILCS 5/8-511 new) |
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| Sec. 8-511. Pole access agreements; providers of municipal |
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| wireless Internet services. |
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| (a) It is the policy of this State to encourage and promote |
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| access to wireless networks, especially if the networks further |
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| the goals of facilitating the provision of municipal and other |
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| public services and the promotion of public safety. In |
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| furtherance of that policy, it is necessary that access to |
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| public utility poles for providers of wireless Internet |
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| services to municipalities and their residents be provided at |
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| rates that are just and reasonable. |
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| (b)
If a municipality, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by |
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| the corporate authorities of the municipality, enters into a |
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| contract with a provider of wireless Internet services (ISP) |
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| for the purpose of providing municipal and public access to a |
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| wireless broadband Internet network, then any public utility |
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| that owns or co-owns above-ground utility poles, including, but |
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| not limited to, street light and traffic poles and pole arms |