Full Text of HB0714 101st General Assembly
HB0714 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB0714 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 220 ILCS 5/13-504 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504 |
| 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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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 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 changing | 5 | | Section 13-504 as follows:
| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/13-504) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
| 8 | | Sec. 13-504. Application of ratemaking provisions of | 9 | | Article IX.
| 10 | | (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
| 15 | | 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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| 1 | | 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
| 11 | | telecommunications carrier or 10% of the
potentially
affected | 12 | | access line subscribers of a local exchange telecommunications
| 13 | | 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
| 20 | | 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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| 1 | | 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
| 4 | | just and reasonable.
| 5 | | (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.
| 10 | | (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.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
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