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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3570 Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that Commerce Commission rules shall require providers of prepaid calling services to permit customers to transfer any telephone number used by that customer to any other telephone used by the customer.
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| | HB3570 | | LRB099 05840 JLS 25884 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning telecommunications.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 13-404.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/13-404.2) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2015) |
| 8 | | Sec. 13-404.2. Prepaid calling service standards. The |
| 9 | | Commission, by rule, may establish and implement minimum |
| 10 | | service quality standards for prepaid calling service. The |
| 11 | | rules shall include a requirement that the provider of the |
| 12 | | prepaid calling service permit a customer to transfer a |
| 13 | | telephone number used by that customer on any telephone to any |
| 14 | | other telephone used or to be used by that customer. The rules |
| 15 | | may include, but are not limited to, requiring access to a live |
| 16 | | customer service attendant through the customer service |
| 17 | | number, reporting requirements, fines, penalties, customer |
| 18 | | credits, remedies, and other enforcement mechanisms to ensure |
| 19 | | compliance with the service quality standards.
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| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 93-1002, eff. 1-1-05.)
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