093_HB1453

 
                                     LRB093 06973 JLS 07122 b

 1        AN ACT concerning telecommunications carriers.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Public  Utilities  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 13-601 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-601) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-601)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
 8        Sec. 13-601.  Application of Article VII.
 9        (a)  Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions
10    of   Article   VII   of  this  Act  are  applicable  only  to
11    telecommunications    carriers    offering    or    providing
12    noncompetitive   telecommunications    service,    and    the
13    Commission's regulation thereof, except that (1) the approval
14    of  contracts  and  arrangements  with  affiliated  interests
15    required by paragraph (3) of Section 7-101 shall not apply to
16    such  telecommunications  carriers  provided  that, except as
17    provided in item (2), those contracts and arrangements  shall
18    be  filed  with  the  Commission  and (2) affiliated interest
19    contracts   or   arrangements   entered    into    by    such
20    telecommunications  carriers  where  the increased obligation
21    thereunder does not exceed the lesser of $5,000,000 or 5%  of
22    such  carrier's  prior  annual  revenue  from  noncompetitive
23    services are not required to be filed with the Commission.
24        (b)  The  Commission  shall have the power to prohibit an
25    incumbent local exchange carrier having a parent  corporation
26    outside  of  this  State from paying dividends to that parent
27    corporation when, in addition to the considerations  provided
28    in  subsection  (2)  of  Section  7-103,  the  Commission has
29    determined that the  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  has
30    violated  the  service quality rules for basic local exchange
31    service promulgated pursuant to Sections 13-712 and 13-902.
 
                            -2-      LRB093 06973 JLS 07122 b
 1    (Source: P.A. 89-440, eff. 12-15-95.)