Full Text of HB0585 098th General Assembly
HB0585 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB0585 Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 220 ILCS 5/13-202 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-202 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
definition of "telecommunications carrier".
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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 13-202 as follows:
| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-202)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2013)
| 8 | | Sec. 13-202.
"Telecommunications carrier" means and
and | 9 | | includes every
corporation, company, association, joint stock | 10 | | company or association,
firm, partnership or individual, their | 11 | | lessees, trustees or receivers
appointed by any court | 12 | | whatsoever that owns, controls, operates or manages,
within | 13 | | this State, directly or indirectly, for public use, any plant,
| 14 | | equipment or property used or to be used for or in connection | 15 | | with, or owns
or controls any franchise, license, permit or | 16 | | right to engage in the
provision of, telecommunications | 17 | | services between points within the State
which are specified by | 18 | | the user. "Telecommunications carrier" includes an Electing | 19 | | Provider, as defined in Section 13-506.2. Telecommunications | 20 | | carrier does not
include, however: | 21 | | (a) telecommunications carriers that are owned and | 22 | | operated by any
political subdivision, public or private | 23 | | institution of higher education or
municipal corporation of |
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| 1 | | this State, for their own use, or
telecommunications carriers | 2 | | that are owned by such political subdivision,
public or private | 3 | | institution of higher education, or municipal corporation
and | 4 | | operated by any of its lessees or operating agents, for their | 5 | | own use;
| 6 | | (b) telecommunications carriers which are purely mutual | 7 | | concerns, having
no rates or charges for services, but paying | 8 | | the operating expenses by
assessment upon the members of such a | 9 | | company and no other person but does
include telephone or | 10 | | telecommunications cooperatives as defined in
Section 13-212;
| 11 | | (c) a company or person which provides telecommunications | 12 | | services solely to
itself and its affiliates or members or | 13 | | between points in the same building,
or between closely located | 14 | | buildings, affiliated through substantial
common ownership, | 15 | | control or development; or
| 16 | | (d) a company or person engaged in the delivery of | 17 | | community antenna
television services as described in | 18 | | subdivision (c) of Section 13-203,
except with respect to the | 19 | | provision of telecommunications services by that
company or | 20 | | person.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)
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