Full Text of HB0898 99th General Assembly
HB0898 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB0898 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 220 ILCS 5/13-101 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101 |
| Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning telecommunications.
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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 13-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/13-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2015)
| 8 | | Sec. 13-101. Application of Act to telecommunications | 9 | | rates and
services. The
The Sections of this Act pertaining to
| 10 | | public utilities, public utility rates and services, and the | 11 | | regulation
thereof, are fully and equally applicable to | 12 | | noncompetitive
telecommunications rates and services, and the | 13 | | regulation thereof, except to the extent modified or | 14 | | supplemented by the
specific provisions of this Article or
| 15 | | where the context clearly renders such provisions | 16 | | inapplicable. Articles I through IV, Sections 5-101, 5-106, | 17 | | 5-108, 5-110, 5-201, 5-202.1, 5-203, 8-301, 8-305, 8-501, | 18 | | 8-502, 8-503, 8-505, 8-509, 8-509.5, 8-510,
9-221, 9-222,
| 19 | | 9-222.1,
9-222.2, 9-241, 9-250, and 9-252.1, and Article X of | 20 | | this Act
are fully and equally applicable to the noncompetitive | 21 | | and competitive services of an Electing Provider and to
| 22 | | competitive telecommunications rates and services, and the | 23 | | regulation
thereof except that Section 5-109 shall apply to the |
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| 1 | | services of an Electing Provider and to competitive | 2 | | telecommunications rates and services only to the extent that | 3 | | the Commission requires annual reports authorized by Section | 4 | | 5-109, provided the telecommunications provider may use | 5 | | generally accepted accounting practices or accounting systems | 6 | | it uses for financial reporting purposes in the annual report, | 7 | | and except that Sections 8-505 and 9-250 shall not apply to | 8 | | competitive retail telecommunications services and Sections | 9 | | 8-501 and 9-241 shall not apply to competitive services; in | 10 | | addition, as to competitive telecommunications rates and
| 11 | | services, and the regulation thereof, and with the exception of | 12 | | competitive retail telecommunications service rates and | 13 | | services, all rules and regulations
made by a | 14 | | telecommunications carrier affecting or pertaining to its
| 15 | | charges or service shall be just and reasonable.
As of the | 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
| 17 | | Assembly,
Sections 4-202, 4-203,
and
5-202 of this Act shall | 18 | | cease to apply to telecommunications rates and
services. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13.)
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