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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2509
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2509 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
5 adding 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7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)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) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the
10 Commission undertake any and all efforts to conserve
11 telephone numbers, prevent the imposition of new area codes
12 in Illinois until proven necessary, and provide Illinois
13 citizens with information regarding telephone number
14 utilization in this State.
15 (b) The Commission shall obtain and review the
16 semi-annual Number Resource Utilization and Forecast Reports
17 from the North American Numbering Plan Administration
18 (NANPA).
19 (c) The Commission shall identify to NANPA and the
20 Federal Communications Commission any telecommunications
21 carrier that is not in compliance with the Federal
22 Communications Commission's "request threshold", "utilization
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1 requirement", "sequential numbering requirement", or any
2 other Federal Communications Commission number utilization
3 rules identified in its 2 Numbering Resource Optimization
4 Orders, In the Matter of Number Resource Optimization, CC
5 99-200, FCC 00-104, Report and Order (rel. March 31, 2000)
6 codified in part at 47 CFR 52.15, and In the Matter of Number
7 Resource Optimization, CC 99-200, FCC 00-429, Second Report
8 and Order (rel. December 29, 2000) codified in part at 47 CFR
9 52.15. The Commission shall request that the Federal
10 Communications Commission audit any telecommunications
11 carrier not in compliance with the Federal Communications
12 Commission's numbering resource optimization rules, provided,
13 however, that the carrier must first be notified and given an
14 opportunity to respond to the alleged noncompliance. Within
15 30 days after receiving the results of the audit, the
16 Commission shall issue a report outlining the audit's
17 findings and document any actions planned or taken to ensure
18 compliance with the Federal Communications Commissions number
19 resource optimization rules.
20 (d) Within 30 days after the Commission's receipt of the
21 NANPA biannual Number Resource Utilization and Forecast
22 Reports, the Commission shall issue a public report
23 containing the aggregated utilization rate by area code for
24 every telecommunications carrier that has phone numbers in
25 any Illinois area code. The Commission's report may contain
26 any explanatory or other relevant information the Commission
27 deems necessary.".