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92_HB0019

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning the allocation of telephone numbers.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
 5    Sections 13-1001 and 13-1002 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new)
 7        Sec. 13-1001.  Allocation of telephone numbers.
 8        (a)  An  entity  responsible  for  allocating   telephone
 9    numbers  to  a  telecommunications  carrier shall not issue a
10    block of more than 1,000 new telephone  numbers  at  any  one
11    time to any telecommunications carrier.
12        (b)  By January 1, 2002, the Commission shall adopt rules
13    concerning   the  allocation  of  new  telephone  numbers  to
14    telecommunications carriers and requiring the periodic return
15    for reallocation of numbers that have  been  allocated  to  a
16    telecommunications   carrier   but  are  not  being  used  by
17    consumers of telecommunications services.

18        (220 ILCS 5/13-1002 new)
19        Sec.  13-1002.  Creation  of   new   area   codes.    The
20    Commission  shall not approve the creation of a new area code
21    within an existing area code in Cook,  Lake,  McHenry,  Kane,
22    DuPage, or Will County unless at least 75% of the potentially
23    available telephone numbers within the existing area code are
24    being used by consumers of telecommunications services.

25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
26    becoming law.

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