99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0897
 
Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan
 
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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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing 
5Section 13-101 as follows:
 



6    (220 ILCS 5/13-101)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101)



7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2015)

8    Sec. 13-101. Application of Act to telecommunications 
9rates and
services.  The
The Sections of this Act pertaining to

10public utilities, public utility rates and services, and the 
11regulation
thereof, are fully and equally applicable to 
12noncompetitive
telecommunications rates and services, and the 
13regulation thereof, except to the extent modified or 
14supplemented by the
specific provisions of this Article or

15where the context clearly renders such provisions 
16inapplicable. Articles I through IV, Sections 5-101, 5-106, 
175-108, 5-110, 5-201, 5-202.1, 5-203, 8-301, 8-305, 8-501, 
188-502, 8-503, 8-505, 8-509, 8-509.5, 8-510,
9-221, 9-222,

199-222.1,
9-222.2, 9-241, 9-250, and 9-252.1, and Article X of 
20this Act
are fully and equally applicable to the noncompetitive 
21and competitive services of an Electing Provider and to

22competitive telecommunications rates and services, and the 
23regulation
thereof except that Section 5-109 shall apply to the 
 
 
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1services of an Electing Provider and to competitive 
2telecommunications rates and services only to the extent that 
3the Commission requires annual reports authorized by Section 
45-109, provided the telecommunications provider may use 
5generally accepted accounting practices or accounting systems 
6it uses for financial reporting purposes in the annual report, 
7and except that Sections 8-505 and 9-250 shall not apply to 
8competitive retail telecommunications services and Sections 
98-501 and 9-241 shall not apply to competitive services; in 
10addition, as to competitive telecommunications rates and

11services, and the regulation thereof, and with the exception of 
12competitive retail telecommunications service rates and 
13services, all rules and regulations
made by a 
14telecommunications carrier affecting or pertaining to its

15charges or service shall be just and reasonable.
 As of the 
16effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General

17Assembly,
Sections 4-202, 4-203,
and
5-202 of this Act shall 
18cease to apply to telecommunications rates and
services.
19(Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13.)