96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0710


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














220 ILCS 5/13-101
  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101







    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning telecommunications.
















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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 13-101 as follows:
 



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    (220 ILCS 5/13-101)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101)



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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2009)

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    Sec. 13-101. 
Application of Act to telecommunications 
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rates and
and
services.  Except to the extent modified or 
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supplemented by the
specific provisions of this Article, the 
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Sections of this Act pertaining to
public utilities, public 
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utility rates and services, and the regulation
thereof, are 
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fully and equally applicable to noncompetitive

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telecommunications rates and services, and the regulation 
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thereof, except
where the context clearly renders such 
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provisions inapplicable.  Except to
the extent modified or 
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supplemented by the specific provisions of this
Article, 
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Articles I through V, Sections 8-301, 8-505,
9-221, 9-222,

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9-222.1,
9-222.2, 9-250, and 9-252.1, and Articles X and XI of 
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this Act
are fully and equally applicable to
competitive 
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telecommunications rates and services, and the regulation

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thereof; in addition, as to competitive telecommunications 
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rates and
services, and the regulation thereof, all rules and 
 


 






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regulations
made by a telecommunications carrier affecting or 
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pertaining to its
charges or service to the public shall be 
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just and reasonable,
provided that nothing in this Section 
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shall be construed to prevent
a telecommunications carrier from 
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accepting payment
electronically or by the use of a 
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customer-preferred financially
accredited credit or debit 
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methodology.
 As of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
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the 92nd General
Assembly,
Sections 4-202, 4-203,
and
5-202 of 
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this Act shall cease to apply to telecommunications rates and

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services.
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(Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)