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      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.
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 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 9        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)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
13    January 31 of each year beginning in 1997 1986.  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
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 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; and
 8             (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
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 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
11    issuance of multiple Certificates of  Service  Authority  for
12    Intra-Market Service Area and local exchange service.
13        The  Commission  shall  also  study  the  need  to retain
14    mandatory prior Commission approval of tariffs classifying  a
15    new interexchange telecommunication service as competitive or
16    reclassifying   a   previously  noncompetitive  interexchange
17    telecommunications service as competitive    as  provided  in
18    Section  13-502(e),  and  the  effects  of  eliminating  such
19    mandatory  prior approval.  Such studies shall include notice
20    and an opportunity  for  participation  and  comment  by  all
21    interested  and potentially affected parties.  The study Such
22    studies shall be completed by September 1, 1997  January  31,
23    1987  and  a  summary  thereof, together with any legislative
24    recommendations, shall be included in the Commission's Annual
25    Report due on September 1, 1997 January 31, 1987.
26    (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)
27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.

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