093_HB2509
LRB093 09479 JLS 09714 b
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 Sections 13-1001 and 13-1002 as follows:
6 (220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
8 Sec. 13-1001. Allocation of telephone numbers.
9 (a) An entity responsible for allocating telephone
10 numbers to a telecommunications carrier shall not issue a
11 block of more than 1,000 new telephone numbers at any one
12 time to any telecommunications carrier.
13 (b) By January 1, 2005, the Commission shall adopt rules
14 concerning the allocation of new telephone numbers to
15 telecommunications carriers and requiring the periodic return
16 for reallocation of numbers that have been allocated to a
17 telecommunications carrier but are not being used by
18 consumers of telecommunications services.
19 (220 ILCS 5/13-1002 new)
20 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
21 Sec. 13-1002. Creation of new area codes. The
22 Commission shall not approve the creation of a new area code
23 within an existing area code in Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane,
24 DuPage, or Will County unless at least 75% of the potentially
25 available telephone numbers within the existing area code are
26 being used by consumers of telecommunications services.