093_SB1099
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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7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)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23 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)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.