093_HB2489
LRB093 10419 JLS 10673 b
1 AN ACT concerning telecommunications carriers.
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 13-519 as follows:
6 (220 ILCS 5/13-519 new)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
8 Sec. 13-519. Fire alarm; discontinuance of service. A
9 telecommunications carrier shall not discontinue service on
10 an emergency system or fire alarm system that is required by
11 the local authority to be a dedicated phone line circuit to
12 the central dispatch of the fire department or fire
13 protection district or, if applicable, the police department
14 without having first given written notice to that local
15 authority at least 2 weeks before discontinuation of service.