John J. Cullerton

Filed: 2/19/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2517

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2517 by replacing
3 all of Section 20 with the following:
 
4     "Section 20. Accessible Electronic Information Service
5 Fund.
6     (a) In order to support the program described in Section
7 15, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall enter into an
8 agreement with the Director for the purpose of recovering the
9 cost by using the rate recovery mechanism established by the
10 Commission pursuant to Section 13-703(c) of the Public
11 Utilities Act.
12     (b) The Illinois Commerce Commission, in consultation with
13 the Director, shall annually determine the amount to be
14 recovered based on the amount of funding necessary to support
15 the program described in Section 15.
16     (c) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall determine the
17 percentage of the cost recovery rate established under Section
18 13-703(c) of the Public Utilities Act needed annually to
19 support the program described in Section 15, and each local
20 exchange telecommunications company shall remit to the
21 Director an amount to be computed based on the percentage
22 required, less any amount allowed for administration. The
23 amounts remitted shall be deposited into the Accessible
24 Electronic Information Service Fund, a special fund created in
25 the State treasury that may be appropriated only for the

 

 

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1 purposes of this Act.".