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90_HB1275 220 ILCS 5/3-506.2 new Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a telecommunications carrier that provides cable television services within an exchange in which it also provides telecommunications service shall offer to enter into cable television franchises with each municipality within the exchange. LRB9004059LDmb LRB9004059LDmb 1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by adding 2 Section 3-506.2. 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 3-506.2 as follows: 7 (220 ILCS 5/3-506.2 new) 8 Sec. 3-506.2. Cable television services. A 9 telecommunications carrier that directly or through a 10 subsidiary or other affiliated entity provides cable 11 television services within an exchange, as defined under 12 Section 13-206, in which it also provides telecommunications 13 service shall, within 5 years after initially providing such 14 cable television service, offer to enter into cable 15 television franchises with each municipality within the 16 exchange under terms and conditions no more favorable nor 17 less burdensome than the terms and conditions of existing 18 cable television franchises issued by such municipalities.