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90_SB0930eng 220 ILCS 5/13-801 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-801 220 ILCS 5/13-801.5 new 220 ILCS 5/13-802 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-802 Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires telecommunications carriers primarily engaged in the provision of local exchange telecommunications services to disclose financing related to competitive services. Requires the Commission to study the effects of the entry of local telecommunications services providers into competitive services market. Provides that the information and results of the study shall be included in the Commission's annual report. Changes the due date of the report to September 1 rather than January 31. Effective immediately. LRB9003442JSgc SB930 Engrossed LRB9003442JSgc 1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing 2 Sections 13-801 and 13-802 and adding Section 13-801.5. 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 Sections 13-801 and 13-802 and adding Section 7 13-801.5 as follows: 8 (220 ILCS 5/13-801) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-801) 9 (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.) 10 Sec. 13-801. The Commission shall prepare and issue an 11 annual report on the status of the telecommunications 12 industry and Illinois regulation thereof on September 1 13January 31of each year beginning in 19971986. Such report 14 shall include: 15 (a) A review of regulatory decisions and actions 16 from the preceding year and a description of pending 17 cases involving significant telecommunications carriers 18 or issues; 19 (b) a description of the telecommunications 20 industry and changes or trends therein, including the 21 number, type and size of firms offering 22 telecommunications services, whether or not such firms 23 are subject to State regulation, telecommunications 24 technologies in place and under development, variations 25 in the geographic availability of services and in prices 26 for services, and penetration levels of subscriber access 27 to local exchange service in each exchange and trends 28 related thereto; 29 (c) the status of compliance by carriers and the 30 Commission with the requirements of this Article; 31 (d) the effects, and likely effects of Illinois SB930 Engrossed -2- LRB9003442JSgc 1 regulatory policies and practices, including those 2 described in this Article, on telecommunications 3 carriers, services and customers; 4 (e) any recommendations for legislative change 5 which are adopted by the Commission and which the 6 Commission believes are in the interest of Illinois 7 telecommunications customers;and8 (e-5) the information collected pursuant to Section 9 13-801.5; and 10 (f) any other information or analysis which the 11 Commission is required to provide by this Article or 12 deems necessary to provide. 13 The Commission's report shall be filed with the Joint 14 Committee on Legislative Support Services, the Governor, and 15 the Public Counsel and shall be publicly available. The Joint 16 Committee on Legislative Support Services shall conduct 17 public hearings on the report and any recommendations 18 therein. 19 (Source: P.A. 84-1063.) 20 (220 ILCS 5/13-801.5 new) 21 (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.) 22 Sec. 13-801.5. Financial disclosures. A 23 telecommunications carrier having over 35,000 subscriber 24 access lines whose primary business is local exchange 25 telecommunications service must disclose to the Commission 26 all of the following: 27 (1) Its sources of funding, internal loans, and 28 borrowing schemes for the transition from providing 29 noncompetitive local exchange telecommunications 30 services to providing competitive services. 31 (2) Its expenditures for advertising, marketing, 32 public relations, community service, charitable 33 activities, and promotional events from revenues derived SB930 Engrossed -3- LRB9003442JSgc 1 from the provision of noncompetitive local exchange 2 telecommunications services. 3 (220 ILCS 5/13-802) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-802) 4 (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.) 5 Sec. 13-802. The Commission shall study the effects on 6 telecommunications carriers, providers, and customers and on 7 telecommunications services and prices likely to result from 8 the entry of telecommunications carriers providing 9 noncompetitive local exchange telecommunications services 10 into the provision of competitive services. The study 11issuance of multiple Certificates of Service Authority for12Intra-Market Service Area and local exchange service.13The Commission shall also study the need to retain14mandatory prior Commission approval of tariffs classifying a15new interexchange telecommunication service as competitive or16reclassifying a previously noncompetitive interexchange17telecommunications service as competitive as provided in18Section 13-502(e), and the effects of eliminating such19mandatory prior approval. Such studiesshall include notice 20 and an opportunity for participation and comment by all 21 interested and potentially affected parties. The studySuch22studiesshall be completed by September 1, 1997January 31,231987and a summary thereof, together with any legislative 24 recommendations, shall be included in the Commission's Annual 25 Report due on September 1, 1997January 31, 1987. 26 (Source: P.A. 84-1063.) 27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 28 becoming law.