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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.
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 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.

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