SCHOENBERG-MATHIAS-RYAN-MCCARTHY AND MAY. 220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new 220 ILCS 5/13-1002 new Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Provides that new telephone numbers shall not be allocated to telecommunications carriers in blocks of more than 1,000 numbers. Directs the Illinois Commerce Commission to adopt rules requiring the return of unused numbers for reallocation. Provides that the Commission shall not authorize the creation of a new area code within an existing area code in Cook County or any of the the collar counties unless at least 75% of the potentially available telephone numbers within the existing area code are being used by consumers of telecommunications services. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Illinois Commerce Commission) ICC estimates no fiscal impact on State revenues from HB 19. DEC-08-2000 H PREFILED WITH CLERK JAN-10-2001 H FIRST READING JAN-10-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-22-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED JAN-22-2001 H COMMITTEE RULES JAN-31-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC UTILS JAN-31-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS FEB-08-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RYAN FEB-14-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MAY FEB-14-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCCARTHY MAR-16-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary