Full Text of HB2069 95th General Assembly
HB2069 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB2069
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Annazette Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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220 ILCS 5/13-504 |
from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of ratemaking provisions of Article IX of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2069 |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 13-504 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/13-504) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
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| Sec. 13-504. Application of ratemaking provisions of | 9 |
| Article IX.
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| (a) Except where the
the context clearly renders such | 11 |
| provisions
inapplicable, the ratemaking provisions of Article | 12 |
| IX of this Act relating
to public utilities are fully and | 13 |
| equally applicable to the rates, charges,
tariffs and | 14 |
| classifications for the offer or provision of noncompetitive
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| telecommunications services. However, the ratemaking | 16 |
| provisions do not apply to
any proposed change in rates or | 17 |
| charges, any proposed change in any
classification or tariff | 18 |
| resulting in a change in rates or charges, or the
establishment | 19 |
| of new services and rates therefor for
a noncompetitive local | 20 |
| exchange telecommunications service offered or provided
by a | 21 |
| local exchange telecommunications carrier with no more than | 22 |
| 35,000
subscriber access lines. Proposed changes in rates, | 23 |
| charges,
classifications, or tariffs meeting these criteria |
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| shall be permitted upon
the filing of the proposed tariff and | 2 |
| 30 days notice to the Commission and
all potentially affected | 3 |
| customers. The proposed changes shall not be
subject to | 4 |
| suspension. The Commission shall investigate whether any | 5 |
| proposed
change is just and reasonable only if a | 6 |
| telecommunications
carrier that is
a customer of the local | 7 |
| exchange telecommunications carrier or 10% of the potentially | 8 |
| affected access line subscribers of the
local exchange | 9 |
| telecommunications carrier shall file a petition or
complaint | 10 |
| requesting an investigation of the proposed
changes. When the
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| telecommunications carrier or 10% of the
potentially
affected | 12 |
| access line subscribers of a local exchange telecommunications
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| carrier file a complaint, the Commission shall, after notice | 14 |
| and hearing,
have the power and duty to establish the rates, | 15 |
| charges, classifications,
or tariffs it finds to be just and | 16 |
| reasonable. | 17 |
| (b) Subsection (c) of Section 13-502 and Sections 13-505.1, | 18 |
| 13-505.4,
13-505.6, and 13-507 of this Article do not
apply to | 19 |
| rates or charges or proposed changes in rates or charges for
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| applicable competitive or interexchange services when offered | 21 |
| or provided
by a local exchange telecommunications carrier with | 22 |
| no more than 35,000
subscriber access lines. In addition, | 23 |
| Sections 13-514, 13-515, and 13-516 do
not apply to | 24 |
| telecommunications carriers with no more than 35,000 | 25 |
| subscriber
access
lines. The Commission may require | 26 |
| telecommunications
carriers with no more than 35,000 |
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| subscriber access lines to
furnish
information that the | 2 |
| Commission deems necessary for a determination that
rates and | 3 |
| charges for any competitive telecommunications service are
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| just and reasonable.
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| (c) For a local exchange telecommunications carrier with no | 6 |
| more than
35,000 access lines, the Commission shall consider | 7 |
| and adjust,
as
appropriate, a local exchange | 8 |
| telecommunications carrier's depreciation
rates only in | 9 |
| ratemaking proceedings.
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| (d) Article VI and Sections 7-101 and 7-102 of Article VII | 11 |
| of this Act
pertaining to public utilities, public utility | 12 |
| rates and services, and the
regulation thereof are not | 13 |
| applicable to local exchange telecommunication
carriers with | 14 |
| no more than 35,000 subscriber access lines.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-139, eff. 1-1-96; 90-185, eff. 7-23-97 .)
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