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 1        AN ACT concerning telecommunications.

 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 adding
 5    Sections 13-221 and 13-502.7 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-221 new)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
 8        Sec.  13-221.  Terminating switched access.  "Terminating
 9    switched   access"   means   arrangements   provided   by   a
10    telecommunications  carrier  to  another   telecommunications
11    carrier   for   the   second   carrier's  use  in  furnishing
12    telecommunications  services  to   end   users.   Terminating
13    switched  access provides a 2-point electrical communications
14    path  between   the   second   telecommunications   carrier's
15    facilities   and   the   end  user.  It  includes  transport,
16    switching,  and  switching  usage  provided  by   the   first
17    telecommunications carrier to the second carrier. Terminating
18    switched  access  provides for the ability to terminate calls
19    from the second telecommunications carrier's facilities to an
20    end user's premises in  the  MSA  where  the  call  is  being
21    terminated.

22        (220 ILCS 5/13-502.7 new)
23        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
24        Sec.      13-502.7.  Terminating     switched     access;
25    classification.  Notwithstanding any  of  the  provisions  of
26    Section   13-502,   terminating   switched  access  shall  be
27    classified as noncompetitive whether  it  is  offered  by  an
28    incumbent    local    exchange    carrier    or   any   other
29    telecommunications  carrier.   The   rates   charged   by   a
30    telecommunications  carrier  for  terminating switched access
 
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 1    services shall not exceed  the  terminating  switched  access
 2    rates   of  the  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  in  the
 3    territory   in   which   the    end    user    is    located.
 4    Telecommunications  carriers shall pass through reductions in
 5    terminating switched access charges to end users.

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