TENHOUSE-MAUTINO-GRANBERG-HARTKE-RUTHERFORD, REITZ, BLACK, WINKEL, LAWFER, JONES,JOHN, MYERS,RICHARD, HANNIG, CURRY,JULIE, MITCHELL,BILL, FOWLER, MITCHELL,JERRY, STEPHENS, SOMMER, SMITH,MICHAEL, BRUNSVOLD, TURNER,JOHN AND MOFFITT. (DONAHUE-SIEBEN-MAITLAND-JACOBS-WELCH) 220 ILCS 5/13-301 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-301 Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning Commerce Commission duties and makes a stylistic change regarding universal telephone service. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 220 ILCS 5/13-301 Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/13-301.5 new Replaces everything. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Affordable Rural Telecommunications Service Program Design Group to study the necessity of creating a fund to compensate providers of local exchange telecommunications service to mitigate the price impact on consumers resulting from the high or rising cost of providing that service. Requires the Program Design Group to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 2001. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. (Senate recedes May 27, 1999) Deletes reference to: 220 ILCS 5/13-301.5 new Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/13-301 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-301 Replaces the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Commerce Commission shall, if appropriate, create funds to subsidize eligible telecommunications carriers whose cost of providing service exceeds the affordable rate for the service. Provides that the costs of the funds shall be recovered from all telecommunications carriers on a competitively neutral basis. Effective immediately. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. Recommends that the Senate recede from S-am 1. Recommends that the bill be amended as follows: Replaces the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Authorizes the Commerce Commission to establish universal support service funds to subsidize the cost of telecommunications services by carriers whose costs of providing the services exceed the affordable rate as established by the Commission. Effective immediately. 99-01-27 H FILED WITH CLERK 99-01-27 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MAUTINO 99-01-27 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GRANBERG 99-01-27 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HARTKE 99-01-27 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RUTHERFORD 99-01-27 H FIRST READING 99-01-27 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 99-02-02 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 99-02-25 H DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 008-007-000 HEXC 99-02-25 H PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE 99-02-26 H RE-COMMITTED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 99-03-05 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HEXC 99-03-05 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-03-09 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-TENHOUSE 99-03-09 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL 99-03-09 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-03-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR REITZ 99-03-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRADY 99-03-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK 99-03-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINKEL 99-03-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LAWFER 99-03-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,JOHN 99-03-11 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-TENHOUSE 99-03-11 H RULES REFERS TO HPUB 99-03-11 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HPUB/009-000-000 99-03-11 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-03-11 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-TENHOUSE 99-03-11 H ADOPTED 99-03-11 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HANNIG 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR POE 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CURRY,JULIE 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,BILL 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOWLER 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,JERRY 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR STEPHENS 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SOMMER 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRUNSVOLD 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TURNER,JOHN 99-03-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT 99-03-17 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 99-03-18 S ARRIVE IN SENATE 99-03-18 S CHIEF SPONSOR DONAHUE 99-03-18 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-19 99-03-18 S FIRST READING 99-03-18 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 99-03-25 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ENVIR & ENE 99-04-15 S POSTPONED 99-04-21 S DO PASS 006-000-000 SENV 99-04-21 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-22 99-04-21 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SIEBEN 99-04-22 S SECOND READING 99-04-22 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-04-26 99-04-22 S ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOMKE 99-04-23 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MAITLAND 99-04-23 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR JACOBS 99-04-23 S ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WELCH 99-05-11 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 99-05-11 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-DONAHUE 99-05-11 S AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL 99-05-12 S ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DEMUZIO 99-05-12 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-DONAHUE 99-05-12 S RULES REFERS TO SENV 99-05-12 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-DONAHUE 99-05-12 S BE ADOPTED SENV/007-003-000 99-05-12 S RECALLED TO SECOND READING 99-05-12 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-DONAHUE 99-05-12 S ADOPTED 030-021-005 99-05-12 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-13 99-05-13 S THIRD READING - PASSED 035-016-007 99-05-14 H ARRIVE IN HOUSE 99-05-14 H PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01 99-05-14 H MOTION FILED NON-CONCUR 01/TENHOUSE 99-05-14 H CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01 99-05-26 H HSE NON-CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01 99-05-26 S SECRETARYS DESK - NON-CONCURRENCE 01 99-05-26 S MOTION REFUSE RECEDE - SEN AMEND NO 01/DONAHUE 99-05-26 S SEN REFUSES TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENT NO 01 99-05-26 S SEN REQUESTS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST 99-05-26 S SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/DONAHUE, 99-05-26 S MAHAR, MAITLAND, 99-05-26 S BOWLES, SHAW 99-05-26 H HSE ACCEDE REQUEST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST 99-05-26 H HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/CURRIE, 99-05-26 H MAUTINO, HANNIG, 99-05-26 H TENHOUSE & BOST 99-05-27 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 99-05-27 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/DONAHUE 99-05-27 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO SRUL 99-05-27 H HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/TENHOUSE 99-05-27 H CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO HRUL 99-05-27 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED 1ST/HRUL 99-05-27 H HOUSE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/115-000-000 99-05-27 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/DONAHUE 99-05-27 S RULES REFERS TO SENV 99-05-27 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/DONAHUE 99-05-27 S BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SENV/010-000-000 99-05-27 S SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/DONAHUE 99-05-27 S SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/058-000-001 99-05-27 H BOTH HOUSES ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST 99-05-27 H PASSED BOTH HOUSES 99-06-24 H SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 99-08-20 H GOVERNOR APPROVED 99-08-20 H EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-20 99-08-20 H PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0636 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary