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 1        AN ACT concerning the allocation of telephone numbers.

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

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

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
 8        Sec. 13-1001.  Phone number utilization.
 9        (a)  The  Commerce Commission shall obtain and review the
10    semi-annual Number Resource Utilization and Forecast  Reports
11    from   the   North  American  Numbering  Plan  Administration
12    (NANPA).
13        (b)  The Commerce Commission shall identify to NANPA  any
14    telecommunications  carrier  that  is  not in full compliance
15    with  the  Federal   Communications   Commission's   "request
16    threshold",  "utilization requirement", and all other Federal
17    Communications Commission number utilization rules identified
18    in its 2  Numbering  Resource  Optimization  Orders,  In  the
19    Matter  of  Number  Resource  Optimization,  CC  99-200,  FCC
20    00-104,  Report  and  Order (rel. March 31, 2000) codified in
21    part at 47 CFR 52.15, and In the Matter  of  Number  Resource
22    Optimization,  CC 99-200, FCC 00-429, Second Report and Order
23    (rel. December 29, 2000) codified in part at  47  CFR  52.15.
24    The  Commerce  Commission  shall request that NANPA audit any
25    telecommunications carrier not in full  compliance  with  the
26    Federal  Communications Commission's numbering resource rules
27    or  otherwise  investigate  instances  of  noncompliance   as
28    proscribed by Federal Communications Commission rules.
29        (c)  Within  6 weeks after receiving data from NANPA, the
30    Commerce Commission shall issue a  public  report  containing
31    the  name  of any company not in full compliance and the area
 
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 1    code affected. The report shall also contain the  utilization
 2    rate  by  area code for every telecommunications carrier that
 3    has phone numbers in any Illinois area code and a  report  of
 4    any  Commerce  Commission  action being taken to investigate,
 5    audit, or otherwise order any telecommunications  carrier  to
 6    comply  with  the  Federal Communications Commission's number
 7    resource rules.