101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0714

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/13-504  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of ratemaking provisions of Article IX of the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
5Section 13-504 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/13-504)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
8    Sec. 13-504. Application of ratemaking provisions of
9Article IX.
10    (a) Except where the the context clearly renders such
11provisions inapplicable, the ratemaking provisions of Article
12IX of this Act relating to public utilities are fully and
13equally applicable to the rates, charges, tariffs and
14classifications for the offer or provision of noncompetitive
15telecommunications services. However, the ratemaking
16provisions do not apply to any proposed change in rates or
17charges, any proposed change in any classification or tariff
18resulting in a change in rates or charges, or the establishment
19of new services and rates therefor for a noncompetitive local
20exchange telecommunications service offered or provided by a
21local exchange telecommunications carrier with no more than
2235,000 subscriber access lines. Proposed changes in rates,
23charges, classifications, or tariffs meeting these criteria

 

 

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1shall be permitted upon the filing of the proposed tariff and
230 days notice to the Commission and all potentially affected
3customers. The proposed changes shall not be subject to
4suspension. The Commission shall investigate whether any
5proposed change is just and reasonable only if a
6telecommunications carrier that is a customer of the local
7exchange telecommunications carrier or 10% of the potentially
8affected access line subscribers of the local exchange
9telecommunications carrier shall file a petition or complaint
10requesting an investigation of the proposed changes. When the
11telecommunications carrier or 10% of the potentially affected
12access line subscribers of a local exchange telecommunications
13carrier file a complaint, the Commission shall, after notice
14and hearing, have the power and duty to establish the rates,
15charges, classifications, or tariffs it finds to be just and
16reasonable.
17    (b) Subsection (c) of Section 13-502 and Sections 13-505.1,
1813-505.4, 13-505.6, and 13-507 of this Article do not apply to
19rates or charges or proposed changes in rates or charges for
20applicable competitive or interexchange services when offered
21or provided by a local exchange telecommunications carrier with
22no more than 35,000 subscriber access lines. In addition,
23Sections 13-514, 13-515, and 13-516 do not apply to
24telecommunications carriers with no more than 35,000
25subscriber access lines. The Commission may require
26telecommunications carriers with no more than 35,000

 

 

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1subscriber access lines to furnish information that the
2Commission deems necessary for a determination that rates and
3charges for any competitive telecommunications service are
4just and reasonable.
5    (c) For a local exchange telecommunications carrier with no
6more than 35,000 access lines, the Commission shall consider
7and adjust, as appropriate, a local exchange
8telecommunications carrier's depreciation rates only in
9ratemaking proceedings.
10    (d) Article VI and Sections 7-101 and 7-102 of Article VII
11of this Act pertaining to public utilities, public utility
12rates and services, and the regulation thereof are not
13applicable to local exchange telecommunication carriers with
14no more than 35,000 subscriber access lines.
15(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)