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                                     LRB093 10554 JLS 12063 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1518

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1518 by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning telecommunications."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The  Public  Utilities  Act  is  amended  by
 8    adding Section 13-306 as follows:

 9        (220 ILCS 5/13-306 new)
10        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
11        Sec. 13-306.  Broadband services.
12        (a)  The  Commission  shall not, by entering or enforcing
13    any order, adopting  or  enforcing  any  rule,  or  otherwise
14    taking  or enforcing any agency action, impose or enforce any
15    regulation upon a provider  of  high  speed  internet  access
16    service or broadband service in its provision of that service
17    regardless  of  technology  or  medium  used  to provide that
18    service.  Nothing in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
19    deprive  the  Commission  of authority over voice grade local
20    exchange telecommunications services provided to end users.
21        (b)  For purposes of this Section, "high  speed  internet
 
                            -2-      LRB093 10554 JLS 12063 a
 1    access  service"  or "broadband service" means those services
 2    and  underlying  facilities  that  provide   upstream,   from
 3    customer   to  provider,  or  downstream,  from  provider  to
 4    customer, transmission to or from the Internet  or  have  the
 5    capability  to transmit information in excess of 150 kilobits
 6    per second, regardless of  the  technology  or  medium  used,
 7    including,  but  not limited to, wireless, copper wire, fiber
 8    optic cable, or coaxial cable, to provide that service.
 9        (c)  A local exchange carrier subject to  the  provisions
10    of  47  U.S.C.  Section  251(c)  shall be required to provide
11    unbundled access to network elements related  to  high  speed
12    internet  access  or  broadband  service  including,  but not
13    limited to, loops, subloops, and collocation space within the
14    facilities of the incumbent local exchange carrier,  only  to
15    the extent specifically required under Federal Communications
16    Commission regulations.

17        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
18    becoming law.".