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92_HB0019 LRB9201555JScs 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.