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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 659
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 659 on page 1,
3 line 1, by replacing "taxes," with "taxes and fees,"; and
4 on page 8, line 1, after the period, by inserting the
5 following:
6 ""Prepaid telephone calling card arrangement" does not
7 include an arrangement whereby a customer purchases a payment
8 card and pursuant to which the service provider reflects the
9 amount of such purchase as a credit on an invoice issued to
10 that customer under an existing subscription plan."; and
11 on page 10, below line 9, by inserting the following:
12 "Section 27. The Telecommunications Municipal
13 Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Act is amended by changing
14 Section 20 as follows:
15 (35 ILCS 635/20)
16 Sec. 20. Municipal telecommunications infrastructure
17 maintenance fee.
18 (a) A municipality may impose a municipal infrastructure
19 maintenance fee upon telecommunications retailers in an
20 amount specified in subsection (b). On and after the
21 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, a certified
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1 copy of an ordinance or resolution imposing a fee under this
2 Section shall be filed with the Department within 30 days
3 after the effective date of this amendatory Act or the
4 effective date of the ordinance or resolution imposing such
5 fee, whichever is later. Failure to file a certified copy of
6 the ordinance or resolution imposing a fee under this Section
7 shall have no effect on the validity of the ordinance or
8 resolution. The Department shall create and maintain a list
9 of all ordinances and resolutions filed pursuant to this
10 Section and make that list, as well as copies of the
11 ordinances and resolutions, available to the public for a
12 reasonable fee.
13 (b) The amount of the municipal infrastructure
14 maintenance fee imposed upon a telecommunications retailer
15 under this Section shall not exceed: (i) in a municipality
16 with a population of more than 500,000, 2.0% of all gross
17 charges charged by the telecommunications retailer to service
18 addresses in the municipality for telecommunications
19 originating or received in the municipality; and (ii) in a
20 municipality with a population of 500,000 or less, 1.0% of
21 all gross charges charged by the telecommunications retailer
22 to service addresses in the municipality for
23 telecommunications originating or received in the
24 municipality. If imposed, the municipal telecommunications
25 infrastructure fee must be in 1/4% increments. However, the
26 fee shall not be imposed in any case in which the imposition
27 of the fee would violate the Constitution or statutes of the
28 United States.
29 (c) The municipal telecommunications infrastructure fee
30 authorized by this Section shall be collected, enforced, and
31 administered as set forth in subsection (c) of Section 25 of
32 this Act.
33 (d) A municipality with a population of more than
34 500,000 that imposes a municipal infrastructure maintenance
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1 fee under this Section may, by ordinance, exempt from the fee
2 all charges for the inbound toll-free telecommunications
3 service commonly known as "800", "877", or "888" or for a
4 similar service.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-154, eff. 1-1-98; 90-562, eff. 12-16-97.)";
6 and
7 on page 18, line 25, after the period, by inserting the
8 following:
9 ""Prepaid telephone calling card arrangement" does not
10 include an arrangement whereby a customer purchases a payment
11 card and pursuant to which the service provider reflects the
12 amount of such purchase as a credit on an invoice issued to
13 that customer under an existing subscription plan."; and
14 on page 29, line 25, after the period, by inserting the
15 following:
16 ""Prepaid telephone calling card arrangement" does not
17 include an arrangement whereby a customer purchases a payment
18 card and pursuant to which the service provider reflects the
19 amount of such purchase as a credit on an invoice issued to
20 that customer under an existing subscription plan."; and
21 on page 30, below line 34, by inserting the following:
22 "(g) A municipality with a population of more than
23 500,000 that imposes a tax under this Section may, by
24 ordinance, exempt from the tax all charges for the inbound
25 toll-free telecommunications service commonly known as "800",
26 "877", or "888" or for a similar service.".