220 ILCS 5/ Public Utilities Act.

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    (220 ILCS 5/21-1502)
    Sec. 21-1502. Renewal upon repeal of Article. This Section shall apply only to holders who received their State-issued authorization as a cable operator. In the event this Article 21 is repealed, the cable operator may seek a renewal under 47 U.S.C. 546 subject to the following:
        (1) Each municipality or county in which a cable
    
operator provided service under the State-issued authorization shall be the franchising authority with respect to any right of renewal under 47 U.S.C. 546 and the provisions of this Section shall apply during the renewal process.
        (2) If the cable operator was an incumbent cable
    
operator in the local unit of government immediately prior to obtaining a State-issued authorization, then the terms of the local franchise agreement under which the incumbent cable operator operated shall be effective until the later of: (A) the expiration of what would have been the remaining term of the agreement at the time of the termination of the local franchise agreement pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 21-301 of this Act or (B) the expiration of the renewal process under 47 U.S.C. 546.
        (3) If the cable operator was not an incumbent cable
    
operator in the service territory immediately prior to the issuance of the State-issued authorization, then the State-issued authorization shall continue in effect until the expiration of the renewal process under 47 U.S.C. 546.
        (4) In seeking a renewal under this Section, the
    
cable operator must provide the following information to the local franchising authority:
            (A) the number of subscribers within the
        
franchise area;
            (B) the number of eligible local government
        
buildings that have access to cable services;
            (C) the statistical records of performance under
        
the standards established by the Cable and Video Customer Protection Law;
            (D) cable system improvement and construction
        
plans during the term of the proposed franchise; and
            (E) the proposed level of support for public,
        
educational, and governmental access programming.
(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)

    (220 ILCS 5/21-1503)
    Sec. 21-1503. Continuation of Article; validation.
    (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly manifests the intention of the General Assembly to extend the repeal of this Article and have this Article continue in effect until December 31, 2020.
    (b) This Article shall be deemed to have been in continuous effect since July 1, 2017 and it shall continue to be in effect henceforward until it is otherwise lawfully repealed. All previously enacted amendments to this Article taking effect on or after July 1, 2017, are hereby validated. All actions taken in reliance on or under this Article by the Illinois Commerce Commission or any other person or entity are hereby validated.
    (c) In order to ensure the continuing effectiveness of this Article, it is set forth in full and reenacted by this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. Striking and underscoring are used only to show changes being made to the base text. This reenactment is intended as a continuation of this Article. It is not intended to supersede any amendment to this Article that is enacted by the 100th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)

    (220 ILCS 5/21-1601)
    Sec. 21-1601. Repealer. Sections 21-101 through 21-1501 of this Article are repealed January 1, 2030.
(Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 103-601, eff. 7-1-24.)


 
    (220 ILCS 5/Art. XXII heading)
ARTICLE XXII. CABLE AND VIDEO CUSTOMER PROTECTION LAW
(Source: P.A. 95-9, eff. 6-30-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)