Full Text of HB5777 95th General Assembly
HB5777 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5777
Introduced , by Rep. Richard P. Myers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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220 ILCS 5/13-202 |
from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-202 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
definition of "telecommunications carrier".
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A BILL FOR
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HB5777 |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 13-202 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-202)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2009)
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| Sec. 13-202. "Telecommunications carrier" means and and | 9 |
| includes every
corporation, company, association, joint stock | 10 |
| company or association,
firm, partnership or individual, their | 11 |
| lessees, trustees or receivers
appointed by any court | 12 |
| whatsoever that owns, controls, operates or manages,
within | 13 |
| this State, directly or indirectly, for public use, any plant,
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| equipment or property used or to be used for or in connection | 15 |
| with, or owns
or controls any franchise, license, permit or | 16 |
| right to engage in the
provision of, telecommunications | 17 |
| services between points within the State
which are specified by | 18 |
| the user. Telecommunications carrier does not
include, | 19 |
| however:
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| (a) telecommunications carriers that are owned and | 21 |
| operated by any
political subdivision, public or private | 22 |
| institution of higher education or
municipal corporation of | 23 |
| this State, for their own use, or
telecommunications carriers |
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| that are owned by such political subdivision,
public or private | 2 |
| institution of higher education, or municipal corporation
and | 3 |
| operated by any of its lessees or operating agents, for their | 4 |
| own use;
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| (b) telecommunications carriers which are purely mutual | 6 |
| concerns, having
no rates or charges for services, but paying | 7 |
| the operating expenses by
assessment upon the members of such a | 8 |
| company and no other person but does
include telephone or | 9 |
| telecommunications cooperatives as defined in
Section 13-212;
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| (c) a company or person which provides telecommunications | 11 |
| services solely to
itself and its affiliates or members or | 12 |
| between points in the same building,
or between closely located | 13 |
| buildings, affiliated through substantial
common ownership, | 14 |
| control or development; or
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| (d) a company or person engaged in the delivery of | 16 |
| community antenna
television services as described in | 17 |
| subdivision (c) of Section 13-203,
except with respect to the | 18 |
| provision of telecommunications services by that
company or | 19 |
| person.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-856 .)
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