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90_HB0334
220 ILCS 5/13-709 new
Amend the Public Utilities Act. Requires
telecommunications carriers that provide local exchange
telecommunications services to block access to pay-per-call
audio text information services unless the customer requests,
in writing, access to the calls.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by adding
2 Section 13-709.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
6 Section 13-709 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/13-709 new)
8 (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
9 Sec. 13-709. Audio text information services. A
10 telecommunications carrier that provides local exchange
11 telecommunications service must block access to audio text
12 information services for which a charge is imposed on a
13 per-call basis including, but not limited to, calls to "900"
14 numbers and "976" numbers from all telephones to which the
15 carrier provides service unless the person to whom the
16 service is billed requests in writing that access to audio
17 text information services be provided.