HB5086 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB093 13690 AMC 40137 b

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5086

Introduced 02/05/04, by Mary E. Flowers

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/13-714 new

Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Requires that network interfaces for a residential or business customer be located inside a structure owned, rented, or leased by the customer. Prohibits the location of a network interface on the outside of a structure. Requires reimbursement of any expenses the customer has incurred in making a network interface device compatible with a security system. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning telecommunications.

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

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 13-714 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/13-714 new)

Sec. 13-714. Network interface.

(a) For the purposes of this Section, "network interface" means the point of termination on the customer's premises at which the local exchange carrier's responsibility for the provision and maintenance of network channel or line service ends. The network interface is part of the network and the order of appearance of central office lines on it is determined solely by the local exchange carrier.

(b) The network interface for a residential customer must be located inside a structure owned, rented, or leased by the customer in which the customer resides. The network interface for a business customer must be located inside a structure owned, rented, or leased by the customer in which the customer conducts business. Network interfaces may not be located on the outside of a structure.

(c) A telecommunications carrier must, upon request of the customer, reimburse a customer for any expenses the customer has incurred in making a network interface device compatible with a security system, including the purchase and installment of a filtering device.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.