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91_HB0044
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by adding
2 Sections 13-216, 13-217, 13-218, and 13-303.
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 Sections 13-216, 13-217, 13-218, and 13-303 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/13-216 new)
8 Sec. 13-216. Primary commercial center. "Primary
9 commercial center" means a geographic area that contains, at
10 a minimum, a grocery store, a pharmacy, and a department
11 store.
12 (220 ILCS 5/13-217 new)
13 Sec. 13-217. Basic residential service. "Basic
14 residential service" means telecommunications service
15 provided to residential customers that includes, at a
16 minimum, a local calling zone adequate to allow residential
17 customers to contact community services, including medical
18 facilities, local government offices, elementary and
19 secondary schools, and a primary commercial center.
20 (220 ILCS 5/13-218 new)
21 Sec. 13-218. Medical facility. "Medical facility"
22 means, at a minimum, a medical doctor's office.
23 (220 ILCS 5/13-303 new)
24 Sec. 13-303. Provision of basic residential service.
25 (a) A telecommunications carrier that provides local
26 exchange telecommunications service to residential customers
27 shall provide, at a minimum, basic residential service to its
28 residential customers. Basic residential service is the
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1 minimum local exchange telecommunications service that a
2 telecommunications carrier may offer.
3 (b) A telecommunications carrier providing local
4 exchange telecommunications service to residential customers
5 in a manner that does not provide basic residential service
6 shall, within 10 months after the effective date of this
7 amendatory Act of 1999, file price lists or tariff revisions
8 necessary for the provision of basic residential service. If
9 additional facilities are required to implement the basic
10 residential service, the filings may provide for a reasonable
11 delay in implementing the service.
12 (c) A telecommunications carrier that provides local
13 exchange telecommunications service to residential customers
14 on the basis of a flat rate local calling service shall
15 provide basic residential service as a part of the flat rate
16 local calling service. A telecommunications carrier that
17 provides local exchange telecommunications service to
18 residential customers on the basis of a local measured
19 service calling plan shall provide basic residential service
20 allowing residential calls on an untimed basis and at a price
21 that results in a charge per call averaged over all time
22 periods that does not exceed 1% of the current federal
23 minimum hourly wage rate for non-farm workers.
24 (d) A local calling zone may not exhibit any
25 discontinuities in coverage and may not exclude any
26 intervening exchange.
27 (e) The portion of a telecommunications service
28 consisting of residential untimed calls or residential flat
29 rate calls within the local calling zone shall be excluded
30 from any imputation test. This Section does not prohibit
31 telecommunications carriers from offering service to larger
32 geographical areas.
33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.