Full Text of HB1007 94th General Assembly
HB1007 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1007
Introduced 2/3/2005, by Rep. Karen May SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires any telecommunications carrier that maintains a site on the World Wide Web or on the Internet to display on that site certain information concerning residential rates approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission. Requires that the disclosure be clear and conspicuous.
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A BILL FOR
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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 13-518 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/13-518)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
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| Sec. 13-518. Optional service packages.
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| (a) It is the intent of this Section to provide unlimited | 10 |
| local service
packages at prices that will result in savings | 11 |
| for the average consumer.
Each telecommunications carrier that | 12 |
| provides
competitive and noncompetitive services, and that is | 13 |
| subject to an alternative
regulation plan pursuant to Section | 14 |
| 13-506.1 of this Article, shall provide, in
addition to such | 15 |
| other services as it offers, the following optional packages
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| services for a fixed monthly rate, which, along with the terms | 17 |
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conditions thereof, the Commission shall review, pursuant | 18 |
| to Article IX of this
Act, to determine whether such rates, | 19 |
| terms, and conditions are fair, just, and
reasonable.
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| (1) A budget package, which shall consist of | 21 |
| residential access service
and unlimited local calls.
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| (2) A flat rate package, which shall consist of | 23 |
| residential access
service, unlimited local calls, and the | 24 |
| customer's choice of 2 vertical
services as defined in this | 25 |
| Section.
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| (3) An enhanced flat rate package, which shall consist | 27 |
| of residential
access service for 2 lines, unlimited local | 28 |
| calls, the customer's choice of
2 vertical services as | 29 |
| defined in this Section, and unlimited local toll
service.
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| (b) Nothing in this Section or this Act shall be construed | 31 |
| to prohibit any
telecommunications carrier subject to this | 32 |
| Section from charging customers who
elect to take one of the |
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| groups of services offered pursuant to this Section,
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| applicable surcharges, fees, and taxes.
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| (c) The term "vertical services", when used in this | 4 |
| Section, includes,
but is not necessarily limited to, call | 5 |
| waiting, call forwarding, 3-way
calling, caller ID, call | 6 |
| tracing, automatic callback, repeat dialing, and
voicemail.
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| (d) The service packages described in this Section shall be | 8 |
| defined as
noncompetitive services. | 9 |
| (e) Any telecommunications carrier that maintains a site on | 10 |
| the World Wide Web or on the Internet must display on that site | 11 |
| the residential rates approved by the Illinois Commerce | 12 |
| Commission in any case that was docketed for hearing, including | 13 |
| cases arising under an alternative regulation plan and cases | 14 |
| that were resolved by an agreement of the parties approved by | 15 |
| the Commission. The display of regulated residential rates | 16 |
| shall include: | 17 |
| (1) the network access charge, which means the charge | 18 |
| to be connected to the carrier's network; | 19 |
| (2) the price for usage, which means the price for | 20 |
| placing telephone calls and the price for receiving | 21 |
| telephone calls; | 22 |
| (3) the terms and conditions affecting the price for | 23 |
| usage, including distance, duration, time of day, or other | 24 |
| variables that affect the cost of usage for the residential | 25 |
| consumer; | 26 |
| (4) the price of regulated vertical services when | 27 |
| purchased separately; | 28 |
| (5) the price of and the services included in packages | 29 |
| offered under this Section; and | 30 |
| (6) disclosure of all material terms and conditions of | 31 |
| package offerings, including, but not limited to, whether | 32 |
| the offering includes: (i) access, local calling, local | 33 |
| toll calling, long distance calling, and international | 34 |
| calling; (ii) any additional services; and (iii) any | 35 |
| additional fees and charges to be paid by the consumer.
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| The residential rate information required to be displayed |
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| under this subsection must be clear and conspicuous, in type no | 2 |
| smaller than 12-point font, and shall be easily accessible from | 3 |
| the telecommunications carrier's home page.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)
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