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SB2105 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2105

 

Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/13-101   from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning telecommunications.


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A BILL FOR

 

SB2105 LRB095 19521 AMC 45834 b

1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
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 changing
5 Section 13-101 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 5/13-101)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2009)
8     Sec. 13-101. Application of Act to telecommunications
9 rates and services. Except to the the extent modified or
10 supplemented by the specific provisions of this Article, the
11 Sections of this Act pertaining to public utilities, public
12 utility rates and services, and the regulation thereof, are
13 fully and equally applicable to noncompetitive
14 telecommunications rates and services, and the regulation
15 thereof, except where the context clearly renders such
16 provisions inapplicable. Except to the extent modified or
17 supplemented by the specific provisions of this Article,
18 Articles I through V, Sections 8-301, 8-505, 9-221, 9-222,
19 9-222.1, 9-222.2, 9-250, and 9-252.1, and Articles X and XI of
20 this Act are fully and equally applicable to competitive
21 telecommunications rates and services, and the regulation
22 thereof; in addition, as to competitive telecommunications
23 rates and services, and the regulation thereof, all rules and

 

 

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1 regulations made by a telecommunications carrier affecting or
2 pertaining to its charges or service to the public shall be
3 just and reasonable, provided that nothing in this Section
4 shall be construed to prevent a telecommunications carrier from
5 accepting payment electronically or by the use of a
6 customer-preferred financially accredited credit or debit
7 methodology. As of the effective date of this amendatory Act of
8 the 92nd General Assembly, Sections 4-202, 4-203, and 5-202 of
9 this Act shall cease to apply to telecommunications rates and
10 services.
11 (Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)