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90_HB1132

      220 ILCS 5/13-408 new
          Amends  the  Public  Utilities  Act.   Provides  that   a
      telecommunications  carrier  that provides access to poles or
      conduits  to  an  affiliate  must  provide  that  access   to
      competitors  on the same terms as provided to its affiliates.
      Effective immediately.
                                                     LRB9004061JSgc
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Public  Utilities  Act  by  adding
 2    Section 13-408.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
 6    Section 13-408 as follows:
 7        (220 ILCS 5/13-408 new)
 8        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
 9        Sec. 13-408.  Access  to  poles  and  conduits.   In  any
10    instance  in  which  a telecommunications carrier permits any
11    affiliated entity to utilize pole or conduit space  on  poles
12    or  within conduit that is owned, in whole or in part, by the
13    telecommunications carrier, pole and conduit space  shall  be
14    made available to providers of services that compete with the
15    affiliated   entity   under  terms  and  conditions  no  less
16    favorable nor more burdensome than the terms  and  conditions
17    under  which  the  affiliated  entity is permitted to utilize
18    such pole and conduit space.
19        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
20    becoming law.

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