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90_HB1148
220 ILCS 5/13-402.1 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-402.1
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a
telecommunications carrier that provides video programming
services shall not permit revenues, profits, or retained
earnings or any personnel, plant, or equipment related to the
provision of telecommunications service to be used in
connection with the provision of video programming services.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing
2 Section 13-402.1.
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
6 changing Section 13-402.1 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/13-402.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-402.1)
8 (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
9 Sec. 13-402.1. Provision of video services. Any
10 telecommunications carrier that is prohibited or restricted
11 under laws or regulations of the United States from providing
12 video programming services within its local exchange
13 telephone service area, or from providing related channels of
14 communication, pole or conduit space or rental arrangements
15 to an affiliated entity for use in connection with the
16 provision of video programming, shall not provide video
17 programming, as currently defined under Section 602(16) of
18 the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. Section 522 (16),
19 within such area, and shall not permit such use of its
20 facilities by an affiliated entity for use in connection with
21 the provision of video programming unless and to the extent
22 those laws and regulations no longer prohibit or restrict the
23 telecommunications carrier from doing so, and for an
24 additional period of 6 months to afford the General Assembly
25 the opportunity (1) to determine whether such prohibition or
26 restriction should be further extended, modified, or
27 permitted to lapse, and (2) if necessary, to determine
28 whether to take affirmative legislative action authorizing
29 such activities.
30 A telecommunications carrier that provides video
31 programming services, directly or indirectly through any
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1 affiliated entity, shall not permit any revenues, profits, or
2 retained earnings derived from the provision of any
3 telecommunications service, or permit any personnel, plant,
4 or equipment utilized in the provision of any
5 telecommunications service, to be utilized in connection with
6 the provision of video programming services by such
7 telecommunications carrier or affiliated entity, and shall
8 not otherwise use assets, revenues, profits, or retained
9 earnings derived from telecommunications services to
10 subsidize the construction, maintenance, or operation of a
11 cable television system owned or operated by such
12 telecommunication carrier or affiliated entity.
13 (Source: P.A. 87-856.)
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.