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92_HB1821

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to telecommunications.

 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    Section 13-408 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-408 new)
 7        Sec. 13-408. Access to pole, conduit, or right-of-way.
 8        (a)  Any  utility  that  is  required  to provide a cable
 9    television  system   or   telecommunications   carrier   with
10    nondiscriminatory   access   to   any   pole,   conduit,   or
11    right-of-way  owned  or controlled by the utility pursuant to
12    the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 shall provide such
13    access within 60 days  after  the  utility  receives  written
14    notification  of  a  request for access and payment therefor,
15    unless the utility can show:
16             (1)  that it does not have the capacity  to  provide
17        the requested access;
18             (2)  that such access would be unsafe or unreliable;
19        or
20             (3)  that there are generally applicable engineering
21        reasons,  as stated in the federal Telecommunications Act
22        of 1996, that make the granting  of  such  access  unduly
23        burdensome or impossible.
24        (b)  Any utility that does not comply with the provisions
25    of  this  Section shall be subject to a fine to be determined
26    by the ICC.

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