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 1        AN ACT concerning 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
 5    changing Sections 13-100, 13-101, 13-501,  13-502,  13-506.1,
 6    13-508, 13-514, 13-515, 13-516, 13-801, and 13-902 and adding
 7    Sections  13-202.5,  13-216,  13-217,  13-517,  13-1001,  and
 8    13-1002 as follows:

 9        (220 ILCS 5/13-100) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-100)
10        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
11        Sec.  13-100.  Short  title.  This Article shall be known
12    and may be cited as the  Telecommunications  Consumer  Choice
13    Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 2001 1985.
14    (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)

15        (220 ILCS 5/13-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101)
16        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
17        Sec.  13-101.  Application  of  Act to telecommunications
18    rates  and  services.  Except  to  the  extent  modified   or
19    supplemented  by the specific provisions of this Article, the
20    Sections of this Act pertaining to public  utilities,  public
21    utility  rates  and services, and the regulation thereof, are
22    fully    and    equally    applicable    to    noncompetitive
23    telecommunications rates and  services,  and  the  regulation
24    thereof,  except  where  the  context  clearly  renders  such
25    provisions  inapplicable.   Except  to the extent modified or
26    supplemented by the  specific  provisions  of  this  Article,
27    Articles  I  through  V, Sections 8-301, 8-505, 9-221, 9-222,
28    9-222.1, 9-222.2, 9-250, and 9-252.1, and Articles X  and  XI
29    of  this  Act are fully and equally applicable to competitive
30    telecommunications rates and  services,  and  the  regulation
 
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 1    thereof.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-38, eff. 6-27-97.)

 3        (220 ILCS 5/13-202.5 new)
 4        Sec.   13-202.5.  Incumbent   local   exchange   carrier.
 5    "Incumbent  local exchange carrier" means, with respect to an
 6    area,   the   telecommunications   carrier   that    provided
 7    noncompetitive  local  exchange telecommunications service in
 8    that area on February 8, 1996, and on that date was deemed  a
 9    member  of  the  exchange  carrier association pursuant to 47
10    C.F.R. 69.601(b), and includes its successors,  assigns,  and
11    affiliates.

12        (220 ILCS 5/13-216 new)
13        Sec.  13-216.  Network element. "Network element" means a
14    functionality, facility, or equipment used in  the  provision
15    of  a  telecommunications service or, if unused, intended for
16    use in the provision of a  telecommunications  service.   The
17    term   also  includes  features  and  capabilities  that  are
18    provided  by  means  of  the  functionality,   facility,   or
19    equipment, including, but not limited to, subscriber numbers,
20    databases,  signaling systems, and information sufficient for
21    billing and collection or used in the transmission,  routing,
22    or other provision of a telecommunications service.

23        (220 ILCS 5/13-217 new)
24        Sec.  13-217.  Cost-based rate. "Cost-based rate" means a
25    rate for a service or a network element composed of:
26             (1)  the forward-looking total long-run  incremental
27        direct cost of the service or network element; plus
28             (2)  a     proportional     allocation     of    any
29        forward-looking long-run incremental joint cost of  2  or
30        more services or network elements of which the service or
31        network element is a part; plus
 
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 1             (3)  a     proportional     allocation     of    the
 2        telecommunications  carrier's  forward-looking   long-run
 3        common costs.
 4        A  proportional  allocation of joint costs shall occur in
 5    the proportion of  the  percentage  that  that  service's  or
 6    network  element's long-run incremental direct cost is to the
 7    aggregate long-run incremental  direct  costs  of  the  joint
 8    services  or  network elements.  A proportional allocation of
 9    common costs shall occur in the proportion of the  percentage
10    that that service's or network element's long-run incremental
11    direct  cost  is to the aggregate long-run incremental direct
12    costs of the telecommunications carrier as a whole.
13        The long-run incremental direct cost of a service or of a
14    network  element  is  the  forward-looking  additional  costs
15    incurred by the telecommunications  carrier  to  provide  the
16    entire  output of a service, or to provide a network element,
17    including additional resources  such  as  labor,  plant,  and
18    equipment.   Long-run  incremental  direct  cost excludes any
19    costs, including common costs, that would be incurred if  the
20    service  is  not  produced  or  if the network element is not
21    provided.  Long-run costs  are  the  economic  costs  over  a
22    planning horizon long enough so that there are no sunk inputs
23    or costs.  Forward-looking costs are the costs to be incurred
24    by a telecommunications carrier in the provision of a service
25    or of a network element.
26        These  costs  shall  be  calculated  as if the service or
27    network element was being provided for  the  first  time  and
28    shall  reflect  planned  adjustments  in the firm's plant and
29    equipment.   Forward-looking   costs   ignore   embedded   or
30    historical  costs;  rather,  they are based on the least cost
31    technology currently available which cost can  be  reasonably
32    estimated  based  on  available  data. Common costs are those
33    costs that a telecommunications carrier must incur to operate
34    that are not directly attributable to any particular  service
 
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 1    or  to  any  group  of  services  smaller  than  the group of
 2    services   consisting   of   all   the   services   of    the
 3    telecommunications  carrier.   Cost-based  rates  for network
 4    elements shall not include any cost  that  arises  due  to  a
 5    telecommunications carrier's provision of retail services.

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-501) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-501)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
 8        Sec. 13-501.  Tariff; filing; form.
 9        (a)  No telecommunications carrier shall offer or provide
10    telecommunications service unless and until a tariff is filed
11    with  the  Commission  which  describes  the  nature  of  the
12    service,  applicable  rates  and  other  charges,  terms  and
13    conditions  of  service, and the exchange, exchanges or other
14    geographical area or  areas in which  the  service  shall  be
15    offered  or  provided.  The Commission may prescribe the form
16    of such tariff and any additional data or  information  which
17    shall be included therein.
18        (b)  An  interconnection  agreement  between an incumbent
19    local exchange carrier and another telecommunications carrier
20    must  be  filed  with  the  Commission  as   a   tariff.    A
21    telecommunications  carrier  may  order any offering from any
22    interconnection agreement or from any other tariff regardless
23    of whether or not the telecommunications carrier has its  own
24    interconnection agreement.
25        (c)  After  a  hearing, the Commission has the discretion
26    to   impose   an   interim   or   permanent   tariff   on   a
27    telecommunications carrier as part of the order in the  case.
28    When  a tariff is imposed as part of the order in a case, the
29    tariff  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  effect  until  a
30    compliance tariff, or superseding tariff,  is  filed  by  the
31    telecommunications  carrier  and, after notice to the parties
32    in the case and after a compliance hearing is held, is  found
33    by the Commission to be in compliance.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)

 2        (220 ILCS 5/13-502) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-502)
 3        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
 4        Sec. 13-502.  Classification of services.
 5        (a)  All  telecommunications services offered or provided
 6    under  tariff  by  telecommunications   carriers   shall   be
 7    classified   as  either  competitive  or  noncompetitive.   A
 8    telecommunications  carrier  may  offer  or  provide   either
 9    competitive or noncompetitive telecommunications services, or
10    both,  subject  to  proper certification and other applicable
11    provisions of  this  Article.   Any  tariff  filed  with  the
12    Commission  as  required  by  Section  13-501  shall indicate
13    whether the service to be offered or provided is  competitive
14    or noncompetitive.
15        (b)  A  service  shall  be classified as competitive only
16    if, and only to the extent that, for some identifiable  class
17    or  group of customers in an exchange, group of exchanges, or
18    some other clearly defined geographical area,  such  service,
19    or  its  functional  equivalent,  or a substitute service, is
20    reasonably available from more than one provider, whether  or
21    not any such provider is a telecommunications carrier subject
22    to regulation under this Act.  The determination of whether a
23    service  is  reasonably  available  shall include, but not be
24    limited to, a consideration of the following factors:
25             (1)  the availability  of  other  telecommunications
26        carriers   or   other   persons   to  provide  the  same,
27        equivalent, or  substitutable  service  in  the  relevant
28        market;
29             (2)  the  extent  to  which the same, equivalent, or
30        substitutable  service  is  available  in  the   relevant
31        market;
32             (3)  the ability of customers in the relevant market
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 1        at comparable rates, terms, and conditions;
 2             (4)  the ability of telecommunications  carriers  or
 3        other   persons   to   make   the  same,  equivalent,  or
 4        substitutable service readily available in  the  relevant
 5        market at comparable rates, terms, and conditions;
 6             (5)  the    relevant    market    power    of   each
 7        telecommunications carrier or other person providing  the
 8        same,   equivalent,   or  substitutable  service  in  the
 9        relevant market;
10             (6)  any  affiliation  of   any   telecommunications
11        carrier  providing  the  service  in  the relevant market
12        which may affect competition; and
13             (7)  the existence of  any  significant  barrier  to
14        entry  or  exit  of  a  provider  of  the  service in the
15        relevant market.
16        All telecommunications services not  properly  classified
17    as  competitive  shall  be  classified as noncompetitive. The
18    Commission shall have the power to investigate the  propriety
19    of  any classification of a telecommunications service on its
20    own motion and shall  investigate  upon  complaint.   In  any
21    hearing  or  investigation,  the  burden  of  proof as to the
22    proper classification of any  service  shall  rest  upon  the
23    telecommunications  carrier  providing  the  service.   After
24    notice  and  hearing,  the  Commission shall order the proper
25    classification of any service  in  whole  or  in  part.   The
26    Commission  shall  make its determination and issue its final
27    order no later than 180 days from the date  such  hearing  or
28    investigation  is  initiated. If the Commission enters into a
29    hearing upon complaint and if the Commission fails  to  issue
30    an  order  within  that period, the complaint shall be deemed
31    granted unless  the  Commission,  the  complainant,  and  the
32    telecommunications  carrier  providing  the  service agree to
33    extend the time period.
34        (c)  No  tariff  classifying  a  new   telecommunications
 
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 1    service   as   competitive   or  reclassifying  a  previously
 2    noncompetitive  telecommunications  service  as  competitive,
 3    which is filed by a  telecommunications  carrier  which  also
 4    offers or provides noncompetitive telecommunications service,
 5    shall  be  effective unless and until such telecommunications
 6    carrier  offering  or  providing,  or  seeking  to  offer  or
 7    provide, such proposed competitive service prepares and files
 8    a study of the long-run service incremental  cost  underlying
 9    such  service  and  demonstrates  that the tariffed rates and
10    charges for the service and any relevant  group  of  services
11    that  includes the proposed competitive service and for which
12    resources are used in common solely by that group of services
13    are not less than the long-run service  incremental  cost  of
14    providing  the  service  and each relevant group of services.
15    Such study  shall  be  given  proprietary  treatment  by  the
16    Commission  at  the  request  of  such  carrier  if any other
17    provider  of  the   competitive   service,   its   functional
18    equivalent,  or a substitute service in the geographical area
19    described by the proposed tariff has not filed,  or  has  not
20    been required to file, such a study.
21        (d)  In the event any telecommunications service has been
22    classified and filed as competitive by the telecommunications
23    carrier,  and has been offered or provided on such basis, and
24    the Commission subsequently  determines  after  investigation
25    that  such  classification improperly included services which
26    were in fact noncompetitive, the Commission  shall  have  the
27    power  to  determine  and  order refunds to customers for any
28    overcharges  which  may  have  resulted  from  the   improper
29    classification,  or  to order such other remedies provided to
30    it under this Act, or to seek an appropriate remedy or relief
31    in a court of competent jurisdiction.
32        (e)    If  no  hearing  or  investigation  regarding  the
33    propriety   of   a   competitive    classification    of    a
34    telecommunications service is initiated within 180 days after
 
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 1    a  telecommunications  carrier  files  a  tariff listing such
 2    telecommunications service  as  competitive,  no  refunds  to
 3    customers  for  any  overcharges  which  may  result  from an
 4    improper classification shall be ordered for the period  from
 5    the  time  the  telecommunications  carrier filed such tariff
 6    listing  the  service  as  competitive  up  to  the  time  an
 7    investigation of the service classification is  initiated  by
 8    the  Commission's  own  motion  or the filing of a complaint.
 9    Where a hearing or an investigation regarding  the  propriety
10    of a telecommunications service classification as competitive
11    is  initiated  after  180 days from the filing of the tariff,
12    the period subject  to  refund  for  improper  classification
13    shall  begin  on  the  date  such investigation or hearing is
14    initiated  by  the  filing  of  a  Commission  motion  or   a
15    complaint.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97.)

17        (220 ILCS 5/13-506.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-506.1)
18        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
19        Sec.   13-506.1.  Alternative  forms  of  regulation  for
20    noncompetitive services.
21        (a)  Notwithstanding any of the ratemaking provisions  of
22    this Article or Article IX that are deemed to require rate of
23    return  regulation,  the Commission may implement alternative
24    forms of regulation in order to establish just and reasonable
25    rates   for   noncompetitive   telecommunications    services
26    including,  but  not  limited  to, price regulation, earnings
27    sharing, rate moratoria, or  a  network  modernization  plan.
28    The  Commission  is  authorized  to  adopt different forms of
29    regulation to fit the particular characteristics of different
30    telecommunications carriers and their service areas. However,
31    no incumbent local exchange carrier may  be  subject  to,  or
32    continue  under, an alternative form of regulation under this
33    Section after December 31, 2001, unless the Commission  finds
 
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 1    that   the  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  is  in  full
 2    compliance with its obligations under Section 13-801.
 3        In addition  to  the  public  policy  goals  declared  in
 4    Section 13-103, the Commission shall consider, in determining
 5    the  appropriateness  of  any alternative form of regulation,
 6    whether it will:
 7             (1)  reduce regulatory delay and costs over time;
 8             (2)  encourage innovation in services;
 9             (3)  promote efficiency;
10             (4)  facilitate the broad dissemination of technical
11        improvements to all classes of ratepayers;
12             (5)  enhance economic development of the State; and
13             (6)  provide for fair, just, and reasonable rates.
14        (b)  A     telecommunications      carrier      providing
15    noncompetitive  telecommunications  services may petition the
16    Commission  to  regulate  the  rates  or   charges   of   its
17    noncompetitive   services   under   an  alternative  form  of
18    regulation.  The telecommunications carrier shall submit with
19    its petition its plan for an alternative form of  regulation.
20    The  Commission  shall  review  and  may modify or reject the
21    carrier's proposed plan.  The Commission  also  may  initiate
22    consideration  of  alternative  forms  of  regulation  for  a
23    telecommunications  carrier on its own motion. The Commission
24    may approve the plan  or  modified  plan  and  authorize  its
25    implementation  only  if  it finds, after notice and hearing,
26    that the plan or modified plan at a minimum:
27             (1)  is in the public interest;
28             (2)  will produce fair, just, and  reasonable  rates
29        for telecommunications services;
30             (3)  responds  to  changes  in  technology  and  the
31        structure of the telecommunications industry that are, in
32        fact, occurring;
33             (4)  constitutes   a   more   appropriate   form  of
34        regulation   based   on    the    Commission's    overall
 
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 1        consideration  of  the  policy goals set forth in Section
 2        13-103 and this Section;
 3             (5)  specifically  identifies  how  ratepayers  will
 4        benefit from any efficiency gains, cost  savings  arising
 5        out   of  the  regulatory  change,  and  improvements  in
 6        productivity due to technological change;
 7             (6)  will maintain the quality and  availability  of
 8        telecommunications services; and
 9             (7)  will  not  unduly  or unreasonably prejudice or
10        disadvantage any  particular  customer  class,  including
11        telecommunications carriers; and.
12             (8)  will  promote  the  widespread  development  of
13        competitive local exchange services.
14        (c)  An  alternative  regulation plan approved under this
15    Section shall provide, as a condition for Commission approval
16    of the plan, that for the  first  3  years  the  plan  is  in
17    effect, basic residence service rates shall be no higher than
18    those rates in effect 180 days before the filing of the plan.
19    This  provision  shall  not  be  used  as  a justification or
20    rationale for an increase in  basic  service  rates  for  any
21    other  customer  class.  For purposes of this Section, "basic
22    residence service rates" shall mean monthly recurring charges
23    for the telecommunications carrier's  lowest  priced  primary
24    residence  network  access  lines,  along with any associated
25    untimed or flat rate local usage charges.   Nothing  in  this
26    subsection  (c)  shall preclude the Commission from approving
27    an  alternative  regulation  plan  that   results   in   rate
28    reductions  provided  all  the requirements of subsection (b)
29    are satisfied by the plan.
30        (d)  Any alternative form of  regulation  granted  for  a
31    multi-year period under this Section shall provide for annual
32    or more frequent reporting to the Commission to document that
33    the requirements of the plan are being properly implemented.
34        (e)  Upon  petition  by the telecommunications carrier or
 
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 1    any other person or upon its own motion, the  Commission  may
 2    rescind its approval of an alternative form of regulation if,
 3    after  notice  and  hearing, it finds that the conditions set
 4    forth in subsection (b) of this  Section  can  no  longer  be
 5    satisfied.  Any person may file a complaint alleging that the
 6    rates  charged  by  a  telecommunications  carrier  under  an
 7    alternative   form   of   regulation   are   unfair,  unjust,
 8    unreasonable, unduly discriminatory,  or  are  otherwise  not
 9    consistent  with  the requirements of this Article; provided,
10    that the complainant shall bear the  burden  of  proving  the
11    allegations in the complaint.
12        (f)  Under   an   alternative  form  of  regulation,  the
13    Commission shall require that any penalties or fines  imposed
14    on  the  telecommunications  carrier providing noncompetitive
15    services not be reflected in the rates charged to ratepayers,
16    directly  or  indirectly,  through  exogenous  treatment   or
17    otherwise.
18        (g) (f)  Nothing  in  this  Section shall be construed to
19    authorize the Commission to render Sections 9-241, 9-250, and
20    13-505.2 inapplicable to noncompetitive services.
21    (Source: P.A. 87-856.)

22        (220 ILCS 5/13-508) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-508)
23        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
24        Sec.   13-508.  Separate   subsidiary   for   competitive
25    services. The Commission shall,  after  notice  and  hearing,
26    order  structural  separation  of an incumbent local exchange
27    carrier if, after January 1, 2002, the carrier is not in full
28    compliance  with  Section  13-801.   For  purposes  of   this
29    Section,  "structural  separation" means the separation of an
30    incumbent local exchange carrier's retail  telecommunications
31    services   ("retail  affiliate")  from  the  incumbent  local
32    exchange carrier's network elements and services provided  to
33    other telecommunications carriers ("carrier affiliate").  The
 
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 1    retail  affiliate  must  have  at  least  20%   of  its stock
 2    publicly traded separately from  the  stock  of  the  carrier
 3    affiliate.   The carrier affiliate may not transfer or assign
 4    any network elements to its retail affiliate.  The Commission
 5    may consider transitional plans  to  implement  this  Section
 6    provided,  however,  that  after  January 1, 2003 the carrier
 7    affiliate  shall  not  offer  any  retail  telecommunications
 8    service or related feature to any new customer, nor shall  it
 9    market  to  or  provide  any  new  retail  telecommunications
10    service  or  related  feature  to any existing customer which
11    telecommunications service or related feature was  not  being
12    provided  to that customer on January 1, 2003. The Commission
13    is  authorized,  after  notice  and  hearing,  to   order   a
14    telecommunications  carrier  which  offers  or  provides both
15    competitive and noncompetitive telecommunications service  to
16    establish a fully separated subsidiary to provide all or part
17    of such competitive service where:
18        (a)  no  less  costly means is available and effective in
19    fully and properly identifying and allocating  costs  between
20    such     carrier's     competitive     and     noncompetitive
21    telecommunications services; and
22        (b)  the incremental cost of establishing and maintaining
23    such  subsidiary  would  not  require  increases  in rates or
24    charges to levels which would effectively preclude the  offer
25    or  provision  of the affected competitive telecommunications
26    service.
27    (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)

28        (220 ILCS 5/13-514)
29        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
30        Sec. 13-514.  Prohibited  actions  of  telecommunications
31    carriers.   A  telecommunications carrier shall not knowingly
32    impede   the    development    of    competition    in    any
33    telecommunications  service market.  The following prohibited
 
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 1    actions are considered per se impediments to the  development
 2    of competition; however, the Commission is not limited in any
 3    manner to these enumerated impediments and may consider other
 4    actions which impede competition to be prohibited:
 5        (1)  unreasonably  refusing  or delaying interconnections
 6    or collocation or providing inferior connections  to  another
 7    telecommunications carrier;
 8        (2)  unreasonably   impairing   the  speed,  quality,  or
 9    efficiency of services  used  by  another  telecommunications
10    carrier;
11        (3)  unreasonably  denying  a request of another provider
12    for information regarding the technical design and  features,
13    geographic  coverage, information necessary for the design of
14    equipment,  and traffic capabilities of  the  local  exchange
15    network   except  for  proprietary  information  unless  such
16    information  is  subject  to  a  proprietary   agreement   or
17    protective order;
18        (4)  unreasonably  delaying  access in connecting another
19    telecommunications carrier  to  the  local  exchange  network
20    whose product or service requires novel or specialized access
21    requirements;
22        (5)  unreasonably  refusing  or  delaying  access  by any
23    person to another telecommunications carrier;
24        (6)  unreasonably acting or failing to act  in  a  manner
25    that  has  a  substantial  adverse  effect  on the ability of
26    another telecommunications carrier to provide service to  its
27    customers;
28        (7)  unreasonably  failing to offer services to customers
29    in a local exchange, where a  telecommunications  carrier  is
30    certificated  to  provide  service  and  has  entered into an
31    interconnection agreement for the provision of local exchange
32    telecommunications services, with  the  intent  to  delay  or
33    impede   the   ability   of   the  incumbent  local  exchange
34    telecommunications    carrier    to    provide     inter-LATA
 
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 1    telecommunications services; and
 2        (8)  violating  the  terms  of  or  unreasonably delaying
 3    implementation or enforcement of an interconnection agreement
 4    entered  into  pursuant  to  Section  252  of   the   federal
 5    Telecommunications  Act of 1996 in a manner that unreasonably
 6    delays, increases the cost, or impedes  the  availability  of
 7    telecommunications services to consumers;.
 8        (9)  unreasonably      impeding     or     delaying     a
 9    telecommunications carrier's access to or  implementation  of
10    its rights under this Article through bad faith resort to the
11    Commission; and
12        (10)  violating the obligations of Section 13-801.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97.)

14        (220 ILCS 5/13-515)
15        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
16        Sec. 13-515.  Enforcement procedures.
17        (a)  The  following expedited procedures shall be used to
18    enforce the provisions of Section 13-514 of this  Act  except
19    as  provided in subsection (b).  However, the Commission, the
20    complainant, and the respondent may mutually agree to  adjust
21    the   procedures   established   in  this  Section.   If  the
22    Commission determines, pursuant to subsection (b),  that  the
23    procedural  provisions  of  this  Section  do  not apply, the
24    complaint shall continue pursuant to  the  general  complaint
25    provisions of Article X.
26        (b) (Blank).  The  provisions  of  this Section shall not
27    apply to an allegation of a violation of item (8) of  Section
28    13-514  by  a Bell operating company, as defined in Section 3
29    of the federal Telecommunications Act  of  1996,  unless  and
30    until  such company or its affiliate is authorized to provide
31    inter-LATA services  under  Section  271(d)  of  the  federal
32    Telecommunications  Act  of  1996;  provided, however, that a
33    complaint setting forth a separate independent  basis  for  a
 
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 1    violation  of  Section  13-514 may proceed under this Section
 2    notwithstanding that the alleged acts or omissions  may  also
 3    constitute a violation of item (8) of Section 13-514.
 4        (c)  No  complaint  may be filed under this Section until
 5    the complainant has first  notified  the  respondent  of  the
 6    alleged  violation  and  offered  the  respondent 48 hours to
 7    correct  the  situation.   Provision  of   notice   and   the
 8    opportunity  to  correct  the  situation creates a rebuttable
 9    presumption of knowledge under Section 13-514.
10        (d)  A telecommunications carrier may  file  a  complaint
11    with the Commission alleging a violation of Section 13-514 in
12    accordance with this subsection:
13             (1)  The  complaint  shall  be  filed with the Chief
14        Clerk of the Commission and shall be served in hand  upon
15        the  respondent,  the executive director, and the general
16        counsel of the Commission at the time of the filing.
17             (2)  A complaint filed under this  subsection  shall
18        include  a  statement that the requirements of subsection
19        (c) have been fulfilled and that the respondent  did  not
20        correct the situation as requested.
21             (3)  Reasonable  discovery  specific to the issue of
22        the complaint may commence upon filing of the complaint.
23        Requests  for  discovery  must  be  served  in  hand  and
24        responses to discovery must be provided in  hand  to  the
25        requester within 14 days after a request for discovery is
26        made.
27             (4)  An  answer and any other responsive pleading to
28        the complaint shall be  filed  with  the  Commission  and
29        served in hand at the same time upon the complainant, the
30        executive  director,  and  the  general  counsel  of  the
31        Commission  within  7  days  after  the date on which the
32        complaint is filed.
33             (5)  If the answer or responsive pleading raises the
34        issue that the complaint violates subsection (i) of  this
 
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 1        Section,  the  complainant  may  file  a  reply  to  such
 2        allegation  within  3  days  after actual service of such
 3        answer or responsive pleading.  Within 4 days  after  the
 4        time  for filing a reply has expired, the hearing officer
 5        or arbitrator  shall  either  issue  a  written  decision
 6        dismissing  the  complaint  as  frivolous in violation of
 7        subsection (i) of this Section including the reasons  for
 8        such  disposition  or shall issue an order directing that
 9        the complaint shall proceed.
10             (6)  A pre-hearing conference shall be  held  within
11        14 days after the date on which the complaint is filed.
12             (7)  The  hearing  shall  commence within 30 days of
13        the date on which the complaint is  filed.   The  hearing
14        may   be  conducted  by  a  hearing  examiner  or  by  an
15        arbitrator.  Parties and the Commission  staff  shall  be
16        entitled  to  present evidence and legal argument in oral
17        or written form as  deemed  appropriate  by  the  hearing
18        examiner   or   arbitrator.   The   hearing  examiner  or
19        arbitrator shall issue a written decision within 60  days
20        after  the  date  on  which  the complaint is filed.  The
21        decision shall include reasons for the disposition of the
22        complaint and, if a violation of Section 13-514 is found,
23        directions  and  a  deadline  for   correction   of   the
24        violation.
25             (8)  Any  party  may  file a petition requesting the
26        Commission to review the decision of the hearing examiner
27        or arbitrator within 5 days of such decision.  Any  party
28        may  file  a  response  to a petition for review within 3
29        business days  after  actual  service  of  the  petition.
30        After the time for filing of the petition for review, but
31        no  later  than 15 days after the decision of the hearing
32        examiner or arbitrator, the Commission  shall  decide  to
33        adopt  the decision of the hearing examiner or arbitrator
34        or shall issue its own final order.
 
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 1        (e)  If the alleged violation has a  substantial  adverse
 2    effect  on  the ability of the complainant to provide service
 3    to customers, the complainant may include in its complaint  a
 4    request  for  an order for emergency relief.  The Commission,
 5    acting through its designated hearing examiner or arbitrator,
 6    shall act upon such a request within 2 business days  of  the
 7    filing  of  the complaint.  An order for emergency relief may
 8    be granted, without an evidentiary hearing, upon  a  verified
 9    factual  showing  that  the  party seeking relief will likely
10    succeed on the merits, that the party will suffer irreparable
11    harm in its ability to serve customers if emergency relief is
12    not granted, and that the order is in  the  public  interest.
13    An  order  for  emergency relief shall include a finding that
14    the requirements of this subsection have been  fulfilled  and
15    shall  specify  the  directives that must be fulfilled by the
16    respondent and deadlines for meeting those  directives.   The
17    decision  of  the  hearing examiner or arbitrator to grant or
18    deny emergency relief shall be considered  an  order  of  the
19    Commission  unless the Commission enters its own order within
20    2 calendar days of the decision of the  hearing  examiner  or
21    arbitrator.   The  order for emergency relief may require the
22    responding party to act or  refrain  from  acting  so  as  to
23    protect  the  provision  of  competitive service offerings to
24    customers.  Any action required by an emergency relief  order
25    must  be technically feasible and economically reasonable and
26    the respondent must be given a reasonable period of  time  to
27    comply with the order.
28        (f)  The  Commission  is  authorized  to  obtain  outside
29    resources  including,  but  not  limited  to, arbitrators and
30    consultants for the purposes of the  hearings  authorized  by
31    this  Section.   Any arbitrator or consultant obtained by the
32    Commission shall be approved by both parties to the  hearing.
33    The cost of such outside resources including, but not limited
34    to,  arbitrators  and  consultants  shall  be  borne  by  the
 
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 1    parties.    The   Commission   shall   review  the  bill  for
 2    reasonableness and assess the parties  for  reasonable  costs
 3    dividing  the  costs  according  to  the  resolution  of  the
 4    complaint  brought  under  this Section.  Such costs shall be
 5    paid by the parties directly to the arbitrators, consultants,
 6    and other providers of outside resources within 60 days after
 7    receiving notice of  the  assessments  from  the  Commission.
 8    Interest  at the statutory rate shall accrue after expiration
 9    of  the  60-day   period.    The   Commission,   arbitrators,
10    consultants,  or  other  providers  of  outside resources may
11    apply to a court  of  competent  jurisdiction  for  an  order
12    requiring payment.
13        (g)  The  Commission  shall assess the parties under this
14    subsection for all of the Commission's costs of investigation
15    and conduct of the proceedings  brought  under  this  Section
16    including,  but  not  limited  to,  the  prorated salaries of
17    staff, attorneys, hearing examiners,  and  support  personnel
18    and  including any travel and per diem, directly attributable
19    to the  complaint  brought  pursuant  to  this  Section,  but
20    excluding   those  costs  provided  for  in  subsection  (f),
21    dividing  the  costs  according  to  the  resolution  of  the
22    complaint brought under this Section.  All  assessments  made
23    under  this  subsection shall be paid into the Public Utility
24    Fund within 60 days after receiving notice of the assessments
25    from the Commission.  Interest at the  statutory  rate  shall
26    accrue  after  the  expiration  of  the  60  day period.  The
27    Commission is authorized to apply to  a  court  of  competent
28    jurisdiction for an order requiring payment.
29        (h)  If  the  Commission  determines  that  there  is  an
30    imminent threat to competition or to the public interest, the
31    Commission  may,  notwithstanding any other provision of this
32    Act, seek temporary,  preliminary,  or  permanent  injunctive
33    relief from a court of competent jurisdiction either prior to
34    or after the hearing.
 
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 1        (i)  A  party  shall  not  bring  or  defend a proceeding
 2    brought under this Section or assert or controvert  an  issue
 3    in a proceeding brought under this Section, unless there is a
 4    non-frivolous  basis for doing so.  By presenting a pleading,
 5    written motion, or other paper in complaint or defense of the
 6    actions or inaction of a party under this Section, a party is
 7    certifying to the Commission that to the best of that party's
 8    knowledge, information, and belief, formed after a reasonable
 9    inquiry of the subject matter of the  complaint  or  defense,
10    that  the  complaint  or  defense is well grounded in law and
11    fact, and under the circumstances:
12             (1)  it is not being presented to harass  the  other
13        party,  cause  unnecessary  delay  in  the  provision  of
14        competitive  telecommunications services to consumers, or
15        create needless increases in the cost of litigation; and
16             (2)  the allegations and other  factual  contentions
17        have   evidentiary   support   or,   if  specifically  so
18        identified, are likely to have evidentiary support  after
19        reasonable   opportunity  for  further  investigation  or
20        discovery as defined herein.
21        (j)  If, after notice and  a  reasonable  opportunity  to
22    respond,  the  Commission  determines that subsection (i) has
23    been  violated,  the  Commission  shall  impose   appropriate
24    sanctions  upon  the  party  or  parties  that  have violated
25    subsection (i) or are responsible  for  the  violation.   The
26    sanctions  shall  be not more than $7,500, plus the amount of
27    expenses  accrued  by  the  Commission  for  conducting   the
28    hearing.   Payment of sanctions imposed under this subsection
29    shall be made to the Common School Fund  within  30  days  of
30    imposition of such sanctions.
31        (k)  An  appeal  of  a  Commission Order made pursuant to
32    this Section shall not effectuate a stay of the Order  unless
33    a court of competent jurisdiction specifically finds that the
34    party  seeking  the  stay  will likely succeed on the merits,
 
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 1    that the party will suffer irreparable harm without the stay,
 2    and that the stay is in the public interest.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97; 90-574, eff. 3-20-98.)

 4        (220 ILCS 5/13-516)
 5        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
 6        Sec. 13-516.  Penalties for  violation  of  a  Commission
 7    order  relating  to  prohibited actions of telecommunications
 8    carriers.
 9        (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
10    Commission may impose penalties of up to  $1,000,000  $30,000
11    per  violation  of  Section 13-514 a final order or emergency
12    relief order issued pursuant to Section 13-515 of  this  Act.
13    Each day of a continuing offense against each entity shall be
14    treated  as  a separate violation for purposes of levying any
15    penalty under this Section.  The period for  which  the  fine
16    shall   be   levied   shall   commence   on   the   day   the
17    telecommunications  carrier first violated the Act Commission
18    order requires compliance with the order and  shall  continue
19    until the party is in compliance with the Commission order.
20        (a-5)  An   incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  may  not
21    declare  any  cash,  stock,  bond,  or  scrip   dividend   or
22    distribution,  or  divide  the  proceeds  of  the sale of any
23    stock, bond,  or  scrip  among  its  stockholders  while  the
24    carrier  is in violation of a Commission order or while there
25    exists against the carrier a Commission finding of failure to
26    meet  its  obligations  under  Section  13-801,  except  upon
27    Commission approval after notice and hearing.
28        (b)  The Commission may  waive  penalties  imposed  under
29    subsection  (a)  if  it  makes  a  written  finding as to its
30    reasons for waiving the fine.  Reasons  for  waiving  a  fine
31    shall   include,   but   not  be  limited  to,  technological
32    infeasibility and acts of God.
33        (c)  The Commission shall establish  by  rule  procedures
 
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 1    for the imposition of penalties under subsection (a) that, at
 2    a  minimum,  provide  for notice, hearing and a written order
 3    relating to the imposition of penalties.
 4        (d)  The Commission is authorized to apply to a court  of
 5    competent  jurisdiction  for  an  order  requiring payment of
 6    penalties imposed under subsection (a).
 7        (e)  Payment of penalties imposed  under  subsection  (a)
 8    shall  be  made  to  the Common School Fund within 30 days of
 9    issuance of the Commission order imposing the penalties.
10    (Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97.)

11        (220 ILCS 5/13-517 new)
12        Sec. 13-517.  Damages for violations of Article XIII.
13        (a)  The Commission is granted all  powers  necessary  to
14    resolve  and  adjudicate  disputes between telecommunications
15    carriers brought under this Act, and to  award  compensatory,
16    consequential,  and  punitive  damages  that  are  reasonably
17    calculated   to   maintain   compliance   with  the  purpose,
18    objectives, and express requirements of this Article.
19        (b)  If after notice and  hearing  the  Commission  finds
20    that  a telecommunications carrier has violated Article XIII,
21    including, but not limited to,  a  violation  of  any  tariff
22    offering   or   requirement,   causing   damages  to  another
23    telecommunications carrier or carriers, the Commission  shall
24    award  compensatory,  consequential,  or punitive damages, or
25    any combination thereof, according to the facts of the  case.
26    The  Commission  shall  also award attorney fees and costs to
27    the prevailing telecommunications carrier or carriers.
28        (c)  The violating telecommunications carrier  shall  not
29    pass through any of the amounts paid pursuant to this Section
30    or  any  other  related defense costs to its customers in any
31    manner, directly or indirectly.
32        (d)  Unless stayed by the Commission or a  court,  should
33    the  violating  telecommunications  carrier  fail  to pay the
 
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 1    damages,  fees,  or  costs  within  the  time  set   in   the
 2    Commission's   order,   the   telecommunications  carrier  or
 3    carriers awarded the damages, fees, or costs may apply to the
 4    court pursuant to Section 5-201 of this Act  for  enforcement
 5    of  the  Commission's  order and, in addition to the damages,
 6    fees, or costs awarded by the  Commission,  the  court  shall
 7    further  award, to the telecommunications carrier or carriers
 8    awarded damages, fees, or costs by the Commission, additional
 9    damages for the sake of example and by the way of  punishment
10    plus  reasonable  attorneys'  fees fixed by the court, unless
11    the  court  finds  a  reasonable  basis  for  the   violating
12    carrier's  failure  to  make  timely payment according to the
13    Commission's  order,  in  which  instance  the  court   shall
14    establish   a   new   date  for  payment  to  be  made.   The
15    telecommunications carrier or carriers awarded  the  damages,
16    fees, or costs by the Commission may also apply to the court,
17    and the court may award, temporary, preliminary, or permanent
18    injunctive  relief,  or such other equitable relief as may be
19    necessary,  to  effectively   implement   and   enforce   the
20    Commission's order in a timely manner.

21        (220 ILCS 5/13-801) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-801)
22        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
23        Sec.    13-801.  Incumbent    local    exchange   carrier
24    obligations.
25        (a)  An incumbent local exchange carrier shall provide  a
26    requesting  telecommunications  carrier with interconnection,
27    collocation, and network elements to enable the provision  of
28    existing   and   new   local  exchange  and  exchange  access
29    telecommunications services.  The  Commission  shall  require
30    the    incumbent    local   exchange   carrier   to   provide
31    interconnection, collocation, and  network  elements  in  any
32    manner     reasonably    requested    by    the    requesting
33    telecommunications carrier to the fullest extent possible  to
 
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 1    implement   the  maximum  development  of  competitive  local
 2    exchange  offerings.   In  no  instance  may  the  Commission
 3    approve interconnection, collocation, network  elements,  and
 4    resale  provisioning  by the incumbent local exchange carrier
 5    below the minimum required by  Section  251  of  the  federal
 6    Communications  Act  of  1934, as amended, and the subsequent
 7    orders of the Federal Communications Commission.
 8        (b)  An incumbent local exchange carrier must provide for
 9    the   facilities   and   equipment    of    any    requesting
10    telecommunications   carrier's   interconnection   with   the
11    incumbent   local   exchange   carrier's   network  on  just,
12    reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions:
13             (1)  for  the  transmission  and  routing  of  local
14        exchange and exchange access telecommunications services;
15             (2)  at any technically feasible  point  within  the
16        incumbent local exchange carrier's network; and
17             (3)  that  is  at  least  equal  in  quality to that
18        provided by  the  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  to
19        itself or to any subsidiary, affiliate, or other party to
20        which  the  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  provides
21        interconnection.
22        An  incumbent local exchange carrier shall make available
23    to   any   requesting    telecommunications    carrier    the
24    interconnection terms and conditions that the incumbent local
25    exchange  carrier  or  any  of its subsidiaries or affiliates
26    offer or provide in other states.  Incumbent  local  exchange
27    carriers    shall   also   make   available   to   requesting
28    telecommunications carriers  the  interconnection  terms  and
29    conditions  that  any  of  its subsidiaries or affiliates has
30    obtained in another state.
31        (c)  The incumbent local exchange carrier  shall  provide
32    for  physical or virtual collocation of any type of equipment
33    used and useful for  interconnection  or  access  to  network
34    elements at any technically feasible place of the premises of
 
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 1    the  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier. The equipment shall
 2    include,  but  is  not  limited  to,   optical   transmission
 3    equipment,  microwave  transmission facilities, multiplexers,
 4    remote switching  modules,  and  cross-connects  between  the
 5    facilities  or  equipment  of other collocated carriers.  The
 6    incumbent local exchange carrier must also allow, and provide
 7    for, the collocation of cross-connects between the facilities
 8    of a collocated carrier and any facilities of  the  incumbent
 9    local    exchange   carrier   being   used   to   provide   a
10    telecommunications  service  by  another   telecommunications
11    provider, whether the incumbent's facilities are purchased as
12    network  elements,  bundled  or  unbundled,  or  as part of a
13    telecommunications service  purchased  at  wholesale  by  the
14    telecommunications   carrier   requesting  the  cross-connect
15    collocation.  If the incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  has
16    deployed  a collocation arrangement in any of its premises or
17    its affiliated company's premises, it shall be presumed  that
18    such  a  collocation  arrangement  is technically feasible in
19    Illinois.  Collocation  arrangements  shall  be  provided  at
20    cost-based   rates,   and   on    just,    reasonable,    and
21    nondiscriminatory terms and conditions.
22        (d)  The  incumbent  local exchange carrier shall provide
23    to  any  requesting  telecommunications   carrier   for   the
24    provision  of an existing or a new telecommunications service
25    nondiscriminatory access to network elements on any unbundled
26    or bundled basis, as requested, at any  technically  feasible
27    point on  terms and conditions that are just, reasonable, and
28    nondiscriminatory.
29             (1)  An   incumbent  local  exchange  carrier  shall
30        provide unbundled  network  elements  in  a  manner  that
31        allows  requesting telecommunications carriers to combine
32        such network elements  to  provide  a  telecommunications
33        service.
34             (2)  An  incumbent  local exchange carrier shall not
 
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 1        separate network elements that  are  currently  combined,
 2        except  at  the  explicit  direction  of  the  requesting
 3        carrier.
 4             (3)  At   the   request  of  any  telecommunications
 5        carrier,  an  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier   shall
 6        combine  any  sequence of unbundled network elements that
 7        it ordinarily combines for itself.
 8             (4)  Upon  request,  an  incumbent  local   exchange
 9        carrier   shall   combine   requested  unbundled  network
10        elements in any manner, even if  those  network  elements
11        are  not  ordinarily  combined  in  the  incumbent  local
12        exchange    carrier's   network,   provided   that   such
13        combination is:
14                  (A)  technically feasible; and
15                  (B)  would not  impair  the  ability  of  other
16             telecommunications  carriers  to  obtain  access  to
17             unbundled  network  elements or to interconnect with
18             the incumbent local exchange carrier's network.
19             (5)  Upon  request,  an  incumbent  local   exchange
20        carrier  shall perform the functions necessary to combine
21        unbundled network elements with elements possessed by the
22        requesting telecommunications carrier in any  technically
23        feasible manner.
24             (6)  An incumbent local exchange carrier that denies
25        a  request to combine elements pursuant to item (4)(A) or
26        item (5) of this subsection must prove to the  Commission
27        that   the   requested  combination  is  not  technically
28        feasible.
29             (7)  An incumbent local exchange carrier that denies
30        a request to combine network elements  pursuant  to  item
31        (4)(B)  of  this  subsection must prove to the Commission
32        that the requested combination would impair  the  ability
33        of  other telecommunications carriers to obtain access to
34        unbundled network elements or to  interconnect  with  the
 
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 1        incumbent local exchange carrier's network.
 2             (8)  A  telecommunications carrier may use a network
 3        elements platform consisting solely of  combined  network
 4        elements  of  the  incumbent  local  exchange  carrier to
 5        provide end to end telecommunications service without the
 6        requesting telecommunications carrier's provision or  use
 7        of any other facilities or functionalities.
 8             (9)  The  Commission  shall  establish  maximum time
 9        periods  for  the  incumbent  local  exchange   carrier's
10        provision  of  network elements.  The maximum time period
11        shall be no longer than the time period for the incumbent
12        local exchange carrier's provision of  comparable  retail
13        services utilizing such network elements.  The Commission
14        may  establish  a  maximum  time  period for a particular
15        network element that is shorter  than  for  a  comparable
16        retail  service  offered  by the incumbent local exchange
17        carrier  if  a  requesting   telecommunications   carrier
18        establishes  that  it  must  perform  other  functions or
19        activities  after  receipt  of  the  particular   network
20        element   to   provide   telecommunications  services  to
21        end-users. Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this
22        Article,  the  maximum  time intervals established by the
23        Commission shall not  exceed  5  business  days  for  the
24        provision  of  unbundled  loops, both digital and analog,
25        for the conditioning of  unbundled  loops,  for  existing
26        combinations of network elements for an end user that has
27        existing  local  exchange telecommunications service, and
28        one business day for the provisioning of  high  frequency
29        portion of the loop (line-sharing).
30        (e)  When a telecommunications carrier requests a network
31    elements  platform  referred to in item (8) of subsection (d)
32    as is for an  end  user  that  has  existing  local  exchange
33    telecommunications  service  provided  through  the incumbent
34    local exchange carrier, without explicitly directing that any
 
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 1    physical changes be made  by  the  incumbent  local  exchange
 2    carrier,  the  incumbent local exchange carrier shall provide
 3    the requesting telecommunications carrier with the  requested
 4    network  elements  platform  as  is  within  2 business days,
 5    without any disruption to the  end  user's  services,  unless
 6    otherwise  agreed by the telecommunications carriers.  Absent
 7    a contrary agreement between the telecommunications  carriers
 8    entered  into after the effective date of this amendatory Act
 9    of the 92nd General Assembly, as of 12:01 a.m. on the  second
10    business  day  after placing the order for a network elements
11    platform as is,  the  requesting  telecommunications  carrier
12    shall be the presubscribed primary local exchange carrier for
13    that  end  user  line and shall be entitled to receive, or to
14    direct the disposition of,  all  revenues  for  all  services
15    utilizing  the network elements in the platform, unless it is
16    established that the end user of the existing local  exchange
17    service  did  not authorize the requesting telecommunications
18    carrier to make the request.
19        (f)  An   incumbent   local   exchange    carrier,    its
20    subsidiaries,    and    affiliates,   that   provide   retail
21    telecommunications   services   shall   utilize   the    same
22    preordering,  ordering, provisioning, maintenance and repair,
23    and  billing  functions  of  the  incumbent  local   exchange
24    carrier's  operations  support  systems  as  are  provided to
25    telecommunications carriers  ordering  or  receiving  network
26    elements  from  the incumbent local exchange carrier. Instead
27    of  utilizing  the  operational  support  systems  that   are
28    utilized   by   the   incumbent  local  exchange  carrier,  a
29    telecommunications  carrier  may  elect  to  receive  similar
30    electronic functions that maintain parity with the  incumbent
31    local exchange carrier's operations support systems.
32        (g)  A   telecommunications   carrier  that  offers  both
33    noncompetitive  and  competitive  services  shall  offer  all
34    noncompetitive  services,  together  with   each   applicable
 
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 1    optional   feature   or  functionality,  subject  to  resale;
 2    however, the Commission may determine  under  Article  IX  of
 3    this  Act that certain noncompetitive services, together with
 4    each applicable optional feature or functionality,  that  are
 5    offered   to   residence  customers  under  different  rates,
 6    charges, terms, or conditions than to other customers  should
 7    not  be subject to resale under the rates, charges, terms, or
 8    conditions available only to residence customers.
 9        (h)  The Commission  shall  provide  that  the  incumbent
10    local exchange carrier is compensated for the provisioning of
11    interconnection,    collocation,    network   elements,   and
12    operations  support  systems  at   cost-based   rates.    The
13    immediate implementation and provisioning of interconnection,
14    collocation, network elements, and operations support systems
15    shall  not be delayed due to any lack of determination by the
16    Commission as to  the  cost-based  rates.   Where  cost-based
17    rates  have  not  been  established, within 30 days after the
18    filing of a petition for the  setting  of  interim  rates  or
19    after  the  Commission's  own  motion,  the  Commission shall
20    provide for interim rates that shall remain in full force and
21    effect until the cost-based rate determination  is  made,  or
22    the interim rate is modified, by the Commission.
23        (i)  The  exemption for certain rural telephone companies
24    as described in 47 U.S.C. 251(f) is adopted and  incorporated
25    by  reference.   The Commission may approve a deadline, other
26    than the deadline provided in this  Section,  for  compliance
27    with  a  requirement  of this Section by a telecommunications
28    carrier with fewer than 35,000 access lines  in  Illinois  if
29    the   Commission   finds,  after  notice  and  hearing,  that
30    compliance with a deadline provided  in  this  Section  would
31    impair  the  ability  of  the petitioning carrier to meet its
32    service obligations.  However, the Commission may not approve
33    a deadline  for  compliance  with  any  requirement  of  this
34    Section that is later than January 1, 2003.
 
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 1        (j)  A   telecommunications   carrier   may  request  the
 2    incumbent local exchange carrier to  provide  a  schedule  of
 3    rates  listing each of the nonrecurring and recurring charges
 4    of the incumbent local exchange carrier that  pertains  to  a
 5    proposed  order  identified by the telecommunications carrier
 6    for  any  of  the  matters  covered  in  this  Section.   The
 7    incumbent local exchange carrier shall deliver the  requested
 8    schedule   of  rates  to  the  requesting  telecommunications
 9    carrier within 2 business days.
10        The Commission shall prepare and issue an  annual  report
11    on the status of the telecommunications industry and Illinois
12    regulation  thereof  on  January 31 of each year beginning in
13    1986. Such report shall include:
14             (a)  A review of regulatory  decisions  and  actions
15        from  the  preceding  year  and  a description of pending
16        cases involving significant  telecommunications  carriers
17        or issues;
18             (b)  a   description   of   the   telecommunications
19        industry  and  changes  or  trends therein, including the
20        number,    type    and    size    of    firms    offering
21        telecommunications services, whether or  not  such  firms
22        are   subject  to  State  regulation,  telecommunications
23        technologies in place and under  development,  variations
24        in  the geographic availability of services and in prices
25        for services, and penetration levels of subscriber access
26        to local exchange service in  each  exchange  and  trends
27        related thereto;
28             (c)  the  status  of  compliance by carriers and the
29        Commission with the requirements of this Article;
30             (d)  the effects, and  likely  effects  of  Illinois
31        regulatory   policies   and  practices,  including  those
32        described  in   this   Article,   on   telecommunications
33        carriers, services and customers;
34             (e)  any   recommendations  for  legislative  change
 
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 1        which  are  adopted  by  the  Commission  and  which  the
 2        Commission believes  are  in  the  interest  of  Illinois
 3        telecommunications customers; and
 4             (f)  any  other  information  or  analysis which the
 5        Commission is required to  provide  by  this  Article  or
 6        deems necessary to provide.
 7        The  Commission's  report  shall  be filed with the Joint
 8    Committee on Legislative Support Services, the Governor,  and
 9    the Public Counsel and shall be publicly available. The Joint
10    Committee  on  Legislative  Support  Services  shall  conduct
11    public   hearings  on  the  report  and  any  recommendations
12    therein.
13    (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)

14        (220 ILCS 5/13-902)
15        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
16        Sec. 13-902.  Rules for verification  of  a  subscriber's
17    change   in  telecommunications  carrier  or  addition  to  a
18    subscriber's service.
19        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "subscriber"  means  a
20    telecommunications carrier's retail business customer  served
21    by  not  more than 20 lines or a retail residential customer,
22    and "telecommunications carrier" has  the  meaning  given  in
23    Section  13-202  of  the  Public  Utilities  Act, except that
24    "telecommunications carrier" does not include a  provider  of
25    commercial  mobile  radio  services  (as defined by 47 U.S.C.
26    332(d)(1)).
27        (b)  A  subscriber's  presubscribed  local  exchange  and
28    interexchange telecommunications services shall be  delivered
29    to  and transmitted by the presubscribed presubscription of a
30    primary local exchange  or  interexchange  telecommunications
31    carrier selected by the subscriber and may not be transmitted
32    by  switched  to another telecommunications carrier unless it
33    has obtained either without the subscriber's or presubscribed
 
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 1    telecommunications carrier's authorization.  A  presubscribed
 2    telecommunications   carrier's  directing  or  delivering   a
 3    subscriber's  transmission  to   another   telecommunications
 4    carrier   shall   create  a  rebuttable  presumption  of  the
 5    presubscribed telecommunications carrier's authorization  for
 6    the   receiving  telecommunications  carrier  and  subsequent
 7    telecommunications carriers to direct the  carriage  of  such
 8    transmission.
 9        (c)  A  telecommunications carrier shall not effectuate a
10    change  to  a  subscriber's  telecommunications  services  by
11    providing  an  additional  telecommunications  service   that
12    results  in  an  additional  monthly charge to the subscriber
13    (herein referred  to  as  an  "additional  telecommunications
14    service")   without  following  the  subscriber  notification
15    procedures  set  forth  in  this  Section.   An   "additional
16    telecommunications service" does not include making available
17    any  additional telecommunications services on a subscriber's
18    line when the subscriber activates and pays for the  services
19    on a per use basis.
20        (d)  It   is   the   responsibility  of  the  company  or
21    telecommunications  carrier  requesting   a   change   in   a
22    subscriber's   telecommunications   carrier   to  obtain  the
23    subscriber's  authorization  for  the  change  whenever   the
24    company  or telecommunications carrier acts as a subscriber's
25    agent with respect to the change.
26        (e)  A company or telecommunications carrier submitting a
27    change in a subscriber's primary  exchange  or  interexchange
28    telecommunications  carrier    as described in subsection (d)
29    shall be solely responsible for providing written  notice  of
30    the change to the subscriber in accordance with this Section,
31    or  for  obtaining verification of the subscriber's assent to
32    the change in accordance with this Section.  In  addition,  a
33    telecommunications   carrier  that  provides  any  additional
34    telecommunications service to a subscriber  shall  be  solely
 
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 1    responsible  for  providing  written notice of the additional
 2    telecommunications service to the  subscriber  in  accordance
 3    with  this  Section,  or  for  obtaining  verification of the
 4    subscriber's  assent  to  the  additional  telecommunications
 5    service in accordance with this Section.
 6             (1)  If the company  or  telecommunications  carrier
 7        elects  to provide written notice in accordance with this
 8        Section, the notice shall be provided as follows:
 9                  (A)  A letter to the subscriber must be  mailed
10             using  first  class  mail, postage prepaid, no later
11             than 10 days after  the  telecommunications  carrier
12             submitting  the  change  in the subscriber's primary
13             exchange or interexchange telecommunications carrier
14             is on notice that the  change  has  occurred  or  no
15             later than 10 days after initiation of an additional
16             telecommunications service has occurred.
17                  (B)  The  letter  must  be  a separate document
18             sent for the sole purpose of describing the  changes
19             or additions authorized by the subscriber.
20                  (C)  The  letter  must be printed with 10 point
21             or larger type and contain clear and plain  language
22             that  confirms  the  details  of  a  change  in  the
23             presubscribed  telecommunications  carrier or of the
24             addition  of  the  telecommunications  service   and
25             provides  the  subscriber with a toll free number to
26             call should the subscriber wish to cancel the change
27             or make additional changes.
28             (2)  If the company  or  telecommunications  carrier
29        elects  to  obtain  verification  in accordance with this
30        Section, verification shall be obtained as follows:
31                  (A)  Verification  shall  be  obtained  by   an
32             independent third-party that:
33                       (i)  operates  from  a facility physically
34                  separate from that  of  the  telecommunications
 
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 1                  carrier   or  company  seeking  the  change  or
 2                  addition of service;
 3                       (ii)  is  not   directly   or   indirectly
 4                  managed,  controlled, directed, or owned wholly
 5                  or in part by the telecommunications carrier or
 6                  company  seeking  the  change  or  addition  of
 7                  telecommunications services;
 8                       (iii)  does  not  derive  commissions   or
 9                  compensation  based  upon  the number of sales,
10                  changes, or additions confirmed; and
11                       (iv)  shall   retain   records   of    the
12                  confirmation of sales or changes for 24 months.
13                  (B)  The  third-party  verification agent shall
14             state  to  the  subscriber,  and  shall  obtain  the
15             subscriber's  acknowledgement  to,   the   following
16             disclosures:
17                       (i)  the consumer's name, address, and the
18                  telephone  numbers  of all telephone lines that
19                  will  be  changed  or   to   which   additional
20                  telecommunications services will be added;
21                       (ii)  the  names of the telecommunications
22                  carrier  or  company  that  is  replacing   the
23                  previous    presubscribed    telecommunications
24                  carrier  or adding a telecommunications service
25                  to  the  subscriber's  account     and,   where
26                  applicable,  the  name  of  the  carriers being
27                  replaced;
28                       (iii)  in  cases  where  verification   is
29                  sought   for   the  subscriber's  presubscribed
30                  telecommunications carrier, that  for each line
31                  the   subscriber   can   designate   only   one
32                  presubscribed  telecommunications  carrier   to
33                  handle  each  of  the  subscriber's local, long
34                  distance, or local toll service depending  upon
 
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 1                  which  presubscribed telecommunications service
 2                  or services are being verified; and
 3                       (iv)  the fact that a fee may  be  imposed
 4                  on  the  subscriber  for  the change of primary
 5                  exchange  or  interexchange  telecommunications
 6                  carriers or that a monthly recurring fee may be
 7                  charged for the additional service, if that  is
 8                  the case.
 9                  (C)  The  third-party  verification agent shall
10             obtain verification no later than 3 days  after  the
11             carrier  submitting  a  change  in  the subscriber's
12             primary exchange or interexchange telecommunications
13             carrier is on notice that the change has occurred or
14             no  later  than  3  days  after  initiation  of   an
15             additional telecommunications service has occurred.
16                  (D)  The    telecommunications    company    or
17             telecommunications  carrier seeking to implement the
18             change in service or additional service may  connect
19             the  subscriber  to the verification agent, provided
20             that all of the requirements for verification  by  a
21             third  party  as  set  forth  in  this  Section  are
22             otherwise complied with fully.
23             (3)  The   verification   or   notice   requirements
24        described  in  this subsection shall apply to all changes
25        to a subscriber's presubscription of a  primary  exchange
26        or interexchange telecommunications carrier,  whether the
27        change was initiated through an inbound call initiated by
28        the   customer   or   outbound   telemarketing.  Where  a
29        subscriber's telecommunications services are  changed  by
30        the   provision   of   an  additional  telecommunications
31        service,  the   verification   or   notice   requirements
32        described  in  this  subsection shall apply if the change
33        was initiated through  outbound  telemarketing.  Where  a
34        subscriber's  telecommunications  services are changed by
 
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 1        the provision of an additional telecommunications service
 2        and   the   change   was   initiated   through    inbound
 3        telemarketing,   the   telecommunications  carrier  shall
 4        comply with all rules or regulations promulgated  by  the
 5        Federal Communications Commission.
 6             (4)  Verifications conducted or obtained in a manner
 7        not  in compliance with this Section or notice given in a
 8        manner not in compliance with this Section shall be  void
 9        and without effect.
10        (f)  The   Commission  may  shall  promulgate  any  rules
11    necessary to ensure that a subscriber's  presubscribed  local
12    exchange  and  interexchange  telecommunications services are
13    delivered to and transmitted  by  the  presubscribed  primary
14    local  exchange  or  interexchange telecommunications carrier
15    selected by the subscriber and are not transmitted by another
16    telecommunications  carrier  without  obtaining  either   the
17    subscriber's  or  presubscribed  telecommunications carrier's
18    authorization   the   primary   exchange   or   interexchange
19    telecommunications carrier  of a subscriber is not changed to
20    another telecommunications  carrier  or  that  an  additional
21    telecommunications   service   is   not   added  without  the
22    subscriber's authorization.  The rules promulgated under this
23    Section shall comport with the rules, if any, promulgated  by
24    the  Attorney  General  pursuant  to  the  Consumer Fraud and
25    Deceptive  Business  Practices  Act  and   with   any   rules
26    promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission.
27        (g)  Complaints  may  be  filed with the Commission under
28    this Section by a subscriber whose primary local exchange  or
29    interexchange  carrier  has  telecommunications services have
30    been  transmitted  by  another   telecommunications   carrier
31    without  obtaining  either  the subscriber's or presubscribed
32    telecommunications carrier's authorization, by  a  subscriber
33    changed   to   another   telecommunications  carrier  without
34    authorization  or  who  has  been  provided   an   additional
 
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 1    telecommunications  service not ordered by the subscriber, by
 2    a  subscriber's  presubscribed  primary  local  exchange   or
 3    interexchange     telecommunications     carrier,     by    a
 4    telecommunications  carrier  that  has  been  removed  as   a
 5    subscriber's     primary     exchange     or    interexchange
 6    telecommunications carrier without authorization, or  by  the
 7    Commission on its own motion.   Upon filing of the complaint,
 8    the parties may mutually agree to submit the complaint to the
 9    Commission's established mediation process.  Remedies  in the
10    mediation  process  may include, but shall not be limited to,
11    the remedies set forth in paragraphs (1) through (5) of  this
12    subsection.   In  its discretion, the Commission may deny the
13    availability  of  the  mediation  process  and   submit   the
14    complaint  to hearings.  If the complaint is not submitted to
15    mediation or if no agreement is reached during the  mediation
16    process,  hearings shall be held on the complaint pursuant to
17    Section 13-515 Article 10 of this Act.  If, after notice  and
18    hearing,  the  Commission  finds  that  a  telecommunications
19    carrier has violated this Section or a rule promulgated under
20    this  Section, the Commission may in its discretion order any
21    one or more of the following:
22             (1)  In case  of  an  unauthorized  transmission  of
23        change  in  a  subscriber's  presubscribed  primary local
24        primary  exchange  or  interexchange   telecommunications
25        services      carrier,      require     the     violating
26        telecommunications carrier to refund  to  the  subscriber
27        all  fees  and  charges collected from the subscriber for
28        services  from  the  time  the  violating  carrier  began
29        transmitting unauthorized transmissions up  to  the  time
30        the  subscriber  receives written notice of the fact that
31        the violating  telecommunications  carrier  is  providing
32        telecommunications service to the subscriber.  When For a
33        subscriber's  presubscribed  primary  local  exchange  or
34        interexchange telecommunications carrier has been changed
 
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 1        and the new presubscribed telecommunications carrier that
 2        elects  to  provide  written  notice  of  a  change  in a
 3        subscriber's primary exchange or  interexchange  carrier,
 4        notice  consistent  with  paragraph (1) of subsection (e)
 5        shall  be  deemed  to    be  receipt  of  notice  by  the
 6        subscriber  for  purposes  of  this  paragraph.   When  a
 7        subscriber's  presubscribed  primary  local  exchange  or
 8        interexchange telecommunications carrier has been changed
 9        and  the  new  presubscribed  telecommunications  For   a
10        carrier that elects to obtain verification of a change in
11        a  subscriber's  primary  local exchange or interexchange
12        carrier consistent with paragraph (2) of  subsection  (e)
13        of this Section, either the first correspondence from the
14        carrier  that  notifies the customer of the change or the
15        subscriber's first bill for services, whichever is mailed
16        first, shall be deemed to be receipt  of  notice  by  the
17        subscriber   for   purposes   of   this  paragraph.   The
18        Commission may order the remedial action outlined in this
19        subsection only to the  extent  that  the  same  remedial
20        action  is  allowed  pursuant  to  rules  or  regulations
21        promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission.
22             (2)  In  case  of  an unauthorized transmission of a
23        subscriber's presubscribed change in  the  primary  local
24        exchange  or  interexchange  telecommunications  services
25        carrier, require the violating telecommunications carrier
26        to  refund  to the subscriber charges collected in excess
27        of those that would have been charged by the subscriber's
28        chosen presubscribed telecommunications carrier.
29             (3)  In case of an unauthorized  transmission  of  a
30        subscriber's  presubscribed  change  in the primary local
31        exchange  or  interexchange  telecommunications  services
32        carrier, require the violating telecommunications carrier
33        to  pay  to   the   subscriber's   chosen   presubscribed
34        telecommunications   carrier   the   amount   the  chosen
 
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 1        presubscribed  telecommunications  carrier   would   have
 2        collected   for   the   telecommunications  service.  The
 3        Commission is authorized to reduce this  payment  by  any
 4        amount  already  paid by the violating telecommunications
 5        carrier  to   the   subscriber's   chosen   presubscribed
 6        telecommunications  carrier  for those telecommunications
 7        services.
 8             (4)  Require   the   violating    telecommunications
 9        carrier  to  pay  a  fine of up to $1,000 into the Public
10        Utility Fund for each repeated and intentional  violation
11        of this Section.
12             (5)  In  the  case  of  an  unauthorized  additional
13        telecommunications service, require the violating carrier
14        to    refund or cancel all charges for telecommunications
15        services or products   provided  without  a  subscriber's
16        authorization.
17             (6)  Issue a cease and desist order.
18             (7)  For  a pattern of violation of this  Section or
19        for intentionally violating a  cease  and  desist  order,
20        revoke   the   violating   telecommunications   carrier's
21        certificate of service authority.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-497, eff. 6-27-96; 90-610, eff. 7-1-98.)

23        (220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new)
24        Sec.   13-1001.  Annual   report.  The  Commission  shall
25    prepare and issue an annual  report  on  the  status  of  the
26    telecommunications  industry  and Illinois regulation thereof
27    on January 31 of each year. The  report shall include:
28             (1)  a review of regulatory  decisions  and  actions
29        from  the  preceding  year  and  a description of pending
30        cases involving significant  telecommunications  carriers
31        or issues;
32             (2)  a   description   of   the   telecommunications
33        industry  and  changes  or  trends therein, including the
 
                            -39-               LRB9206184JSpc
 1        number,    type    and    size    of    firms    offering
 2        telecommunications services, whether or  not  such  firms
 3        are   subject  to  State  regulation,  telecommunications
 4        technologies in place and under  development,  variations
 5        in  the geographic availability of services and in prices
 6        for services, and penetration levels of subscriber access
 7        to local exchange service in  each  exchange  and  trends
 8        related thereto;
 9             (3)  the  status  of  compliance by carriers and the
10        Commission with the requirements of this Article;
11             (4)  the effects  and  likely  effects  of  Illinois
12        regulatory   policies   and  practices,  including  those
13        described  in   this   Article,   on   telecommunications
14        carriers, services and customers;
15             (5)  any recommendations for legislative change that
16        are  adopted  by  the Commission and which the Commission
17        believes   are    in    the    interest    of    Illinois
18        telecommunications customers;  and
19             (6)  any  other  information  or  analysis  that the
20        Commission is required to  provide  by  this  Article  or
21        deems necessary to provide.
22        The  Commission's  report  shall  be filed with the Joint
23    Committee on Legislative Support Services  and  the  Governor
24    and  shall  be  publicly  available.   The Joint Committee on
25    Legislative Support Services shall conduct public hearings on
26    the report and any recommendations therein.

27        (220 ILCS 5/13-1002 new)
28        Sec. 13-1002.  Repealer.  This Article XIII  is  repealed
29    effective July 1, 2007.

30        (220 ILCS 5/13-505.3 rep.)
31        (220 ILCS 5/13-802 rep.)
32        (220 ILCS 5/13-803 rep.)
 
                            -40-               LRB9206184JSpc
 1        Section  10.  The  Public  Utilities  Act  is  amended by
 2    repealing Sections 13-505.3, 13-802, and 13-803.

 3        Section 15.  The Illinois Antitrust  Act  is  amended  by
 4    changing Sections 3 and 5 as follows:

 5        (740 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 60-3)
 6        Sec. 3.  Every person shall be deemed to have committed a
 7    violation of this Act who shall:
 8        (1)  Make any contract with, or engage in any combination
 9    or  conspiracy  with,  any  other person who is, or but for a
10    prior agreement would be, a competitor of such person:
11             (A) a.  for  the  purpose  or  with  the  effect  of
12        fixing, controlling, or maintaining  the  price  or  rate
13        charged  for  any commodity sold or bought by the parties
14        thereto, or the fee  charged  or  paid  for  any  service
15        performed or received by the parties thereto;
16             (B) b.  fixing,  controlling, maintaining, limiting,
17        or discontinuing  the  production,  manufacture,  mining,
18        sale or supply of any commodity, or the sale or supply of
19        any service, for the purpose or with the effect stated in
20        paragraph (A) a. of subsection (1);
21             (C) c.  allocating     or     dividing    customers,
22        territories, supplies, sales, or markets,  functional  or
23        geographical, for any commodity or service; or
24        (2)  By  contract, combination, or conspiracy with one or
25    more other persons unreasonably restrain trade  or  commerce;
26    or
27        (3)  Establish,  maintain,  use,  or  attempt  to acquire
28    monopoly power over any substantial part of trade or commerce
29    of this State for the purpose of excluding competition or  of
30    controlling,  fixing,  or maintaining prices in such trade or
31    commerce; consistent or willful violations of the obligations
32    contained in Section 13-801 of the Public Utilities Act shall
 
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 1    be considered prima facie evidence of violation of this  item
 2    (3); or
 3        (4)  Lease  or make a sale or contract for sale of goods,
 4    wares,   merchandise,   machinery,   supplies,    or    other
 5    commodities, or services (including master antenna television
 6    service),   whether   patented   or   unpatented,   for  use,
 7    consumption, enjoyment, or resale, or  fix  a  price  charged
 8    thereof, or discount from, or rebate upon, such price, on the
 9    condition,  agreement,  or  understanding  that the lessee or
10    purchaser thereof shall not use or deal in the goods,  wares,
11    merchandise,  machinery,  supplies,  or  other  commodity  or
12    service   (including   cable   television  service  or  cable
13    television relay service), of a competitor or competitors  of
14    the lessor or seller, where the effect of such lease, sale or
15    contract  for  such  sale  or  such  condition, agreement, or
16    understanding may be to substantially lessen  competition  or
17    tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce; or
18        (5)  Being  an  employee, officer or agent of any foreign
19    government, or an employee, officer or agent of a corporation
20    or other entity which does  business  with  or  seeks  to  do
21    business  with  any  foreign  government  or  instrumentality
22    thereof; enforce, attempt to enforce, agree to or take action
23    to  forward  the  aims of, any discriminatory practice by the
24    foreign government which is based  on   race,  color,  creed,
25    national  ancestry  or sex or on ethnic or religious grounds,
26    where such conduct, course of  conduct,  or  agreement  takes
27    place  in  whole  or  in  part  within  the United States and
28    affects business in this State.
29    (Source: P.A. 82-219.)

30        (740 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 60-5)
31        Sec. 5.  No provisions of this Act shall be construed  to
32    make illegal:
33        (1)  the  activities  of  any  labor  organization  or of
 
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 1    individual members thereof which are directed solely to labor
 2    objectives which are legitimate under the laws of either  the
 3    State of Illinois or the United States;
 4        (2)  the  activities of any agricultural or horticultural
 5    cooperative    organization,    whether    incorporated    or
 6    unincorporated, or of individual members thereof,  which  are
 7    directed   solely   to   objectives   of   such   cooperative
 8    organizations  which  are legitimate under the laws of either
 9    the State of Illinois or the United States;
10        (3)  the activities of any public utility, as defined  in
11    Section  3-105 of the Public Utilities Act to the extent that
12    such activities are subject  to  a  clearly  articulated  and
13    affirmatively  expressed  State policy to replace competition
14    with regulation, where the conduct to be exempted is actively
15    supervised by the State itself;
16        (4) (blank)  The  activities  of   a   telecommunications
17    carrier, as defined in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities
18    Act,  to  the extent those activities relate to the provision
19    of  noncompetitive  telecommunications  services  under   the
20    Public  Utilities  Act and are subject to the jurisdiction of
21    the Illinois Commerce Commission  or  to  the  activities  of
22    telephone  mutual  concerns  referred to in Section 13-202 of
23    the Public Utilities  Act  to  the  extent  those  activities
24    relate  to the provision and maintenance of telephone service
25    to owners and customers;
26        (5)  the activities (including, but not limited  to,  the
27    making  of  or  participating  in joint underwriting or joint
28    reinsurance arrangement) of  any  insurer,  insurance  agent,
29    insurance  broker,  independent  insurance adjuster or rating
30    organization to the extent that such activities  are  subject
31    to  regulation  by  the  Director  of Insurance of this State
32    under, or are permitted or are authorized by,  the  Insurance
33    Code or any other law of this State;
34        (6)  the  religious  and  charitable  activities  of  any
 
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 1    not-for-profit corporation, trust or organization established
 2    exclusively for religious or charitable purposes, or for both
 3    purposes;
 4        (7)  the  activities  of  any  not-for-profit corporation
 5    organized  to  provide  telephone  service  on  a  mutual  or
 6    co-operative  basis  or  electrification  on  a  co-operative
 7    basis, to the extent such activities relate to the  marketing
 8    and distribution of telephone or electrical service to owners
 9    and customers;
10        (8)  the  activities engaged in by securities dealers who
11    are (i) licensed by the State of Illinois or (ii) members  of
12    the  National  Association  of  Securities  Dealers  or (iii)
13    members of any National Securities Exchange  registered  with
14    the  Securities  and Exchange Commission under the Securities
15    Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  in  the  course  of  their
16    business   of  offering,  selling,  buying  and  selling,  or
17    otherwise trading in or underwriting  securities,  as  agent,
18    broker,   or   principal,  and  activities  of  any  National
19    Securities   Exchange   so    registered,    including    the
20    establishment of commission rates and schedules of charges;
21        (9)  the activities of any board of trade designated as a
22    "contract  market"  by  the  Secretary  of Agriculture of the
23    United States pursuant to Section 5 of the Commodity Exchange
24    Act, as amended;
25        (10)  the activities of any motor carrier, rail  carrier,
26    or  common  carrier  by  pipeline,  as  defined in the Common
27    Carrier by Pipeline Law of the Public Utilities Act,  to  the
28    extent  that  such  activities are permitted or authorized by
29    the Act or are subject to regulation by the Illinois Commerce
30    Commission;
31        (11)  the activities of any state or national bank to the
32    extent that such activities are regulated  or  supervised  by
33    officers of the state or federal government under the banking
34    laws of this State or the United States;
 
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 1        (12)  the  activities of any state or federal savings and
 2    loan association to  the  extent  that  such  activities  are
 3    regulated  or  supervised by officers of the state or federal
 4    government under the savings and loan laws of this  State  or
 5    the United States;
 6        (13)  the  activities  of  any  bona  fide not-for-profit
 7    association, society or board, of attorneys, practitioners of
 8    medicine,  architects,  engineers,  land  surveyors  or  real
 9    estate brokers licensed and regulated by  an  agency  of  the
10    State  of  Illinois,  in  recommending schedules of suggested
11    fees, rates or commissions for use solely  as  guidelines  in
12    determining charges for professional and technical services;
13        (14)  Conduct  involving  trade  or  commerce (other than
14    import trade or import commerce) with foreign nations unless:
15             (a)  such conduct has  a  direct,  substantial,  and
16        reasonably foreseeable effect:
17                  (i)  on trade or commerce which is not trade or
18             commerce with foreign nations, or on import trade or
19             import commerce with foreign nations; or
20                  (ii)  on  export  trade or export commerce with
21             foreign nations of a person engaged in such trade or
22             commerce in the United States; and
23             (b)  such effect gives rise to  a  claim  under  the
24        provisions of this Act, other than this subsection (14).
25             (c)  If  this  Act applies to conduct referred to in
26        this subsection (14) only because of  the  provisions  of
27        paragraph  (a)(ii),  then  this  Act  shall apply to such
28        conduct only for injury to export business in the  United
29        States which affects this State; or
30        (15)  the  activities  of  a  unit of local government or
31    school district and the activities of the  employees,  agents
32    and  officers  of  a  unit  of  local  government  or  school
33    district.
34    (Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97; 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
 
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    220 ILCS 5/13-100         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-100
 4    220 ILCS 5/13-101         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101
 5    220 ILCS 5/13-202.5 new
 6    220 ILCS 5/13-216 new
 7    220 ILCS 5/13-217 new
 8    220 ILCS 5/13-501         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-501
 9    220 ILCS 5/13-502         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-502
10    220 ILCS 5/13-506.1       from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-506.1
11    220 ILCS 5/13-508         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-508
12    220 ILCS 5/13-514
13    220 ILCS 5/13-515
14    220 ILCS 5/13-516
15    220 ILCS 5/13-517 new
16    220 ILCS 5/13-801         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-801
17    220 ILCS 5/13-902
18    220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new
19    220 ILCS 5/13-1002 new
20    220 ILCS 5/13-505.3 rep.
21    220 ILCS 5/13-802 rep.
22    220 ILCS 5/13-803 rep.
23    740 ILCS 10/3             from Ch. 38, par. 60-3
24    740 ILCS 10/5             from Ch. 38, par. 60-5

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