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      220 ILCS 5/13-102         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-102
      220 ILCS 5/13-103         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-103
      220 ILCS 5/13-203         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-203
      220 ILCS 5/13-210         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-210
      220 ILCS 5/13-216 new
      220 ILCS 5/13-217 new
      220 ILCS 5/13-405         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-405
      220 ILCS 5/13-502         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-502
      220 ILCS 5/13-511 new
      220 ILCS 5/13-512 new
      220 ILCS 5/13-513 new
      220 ILCS 5/13-514 new
      220 ILCS 5/13-515 new
      220 ILCS 5/13-516 new
      220 ILCS 5/13-517 new
      220 ILCS 5/13-803         from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-803
      740 ILCS 10/5             from Ch. 38, par. 60-5
          Amends  the  telecommunications  Article  of  the  Public
      Utilities Act.  Makes legislative findings  that  changes  in
      telecommunications regulatory policy have brought benefits to
      consumers  except  those  in  local  exchange  markets, which
      remain organized as monopolies, and that the public  interest
      requires  a  change  in  the  monopoly  regulation  of  local
      exchange  telecommunications.  Provides that for a service to
      be classified as competitive, the  service  or  a  substitute
      service  must actually be supplied by more than one provider.
      Requires  the  Illinois  Commerce   Commission   to   enforce
      interconnection  agreements  entered  into  pursuant  to  the
      federal   Telecommunications   Act   of   1996.   Establishes
      penalties  for  violations  of  interconnection   agreements.
      Amends  the  Illinois  Antitrust  Act to remove the exemption
      from that Act for telecommunications carriers.   Changes  the
      sunset  date  for  the  Telecommunications Article to July 1,
      2001 from July 1, 1999. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT relating to competition in the  telecommunications
 2    industry amending named Acts.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act  is
 6    amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
 7        (5 ILCS 100/1-5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1001-5)
 8        Sec. 1-5.  Applicability.
 9        (a)  This  Act applies to every agency as defined in this
10    Act. Beginning January 1, 1978, in case of  conflict  between
11    the provisions of this Act and the Act creating or conferring
12    power  on an agency, this Act shall control.  If, however, an
13    agency has existing procedures on July 1, 1977,  specifically
14    for  contested  cases or licensing, those existing provisions
15    control, except  that  this  exception  respecting  contested
16    cases  and  licensing  does  not apply if the Act creating or
17    conferring power on the agency adopts  by  express  reference
18    the  provisions  of  this  Act.   Where  the  Act creating or
19    conferring power  on  an  agency  establishes  administrative
20    procedures  not  covered  by this Act, those procedures shall
21    remain in effect.
22        (b)  The provisions of this  Act  do  not  apply  to  (i)
23    preliminary  hearings,  investigations, or practices where no
24    final determinations affecting State funding are made by  the
25    State  Board  of  Education, (ii) legal opinions issued under
26    Section 2-3.7 of the School Code, (iii) as to State  colleges
27    and    universities,   their   disciplinary   and   grievance
28    proceedings, academic  irregularity  and  capricious  grading
29    proceedings, and admission standards and procedures, and (iv)
30    the   class   specifications  for  positions  and  individual
31    position  descriptions  prepared  and  maintained  under  the
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 1    Personnel Code.  Those class specifications  shall,  however,
 2    be made reasonably available to the public for inspection and
 3    copying.  The provisions of this Act do not apply to hearings
 4    under Section 20 of  the  Uniform  Disposition  of  Unclaimed
 5    Property Act.
 6        (c)  Section  5-35 of this Act relating to procedures for
 7    rulemaking does not apply to the following:
 8             (1)  Rules adopted by the  Pollution  Control  Board
 9        that, in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Environmental
10        Protection  Act,  are  identical  in substance to federal
11        regulations   or   amendments   to   those    regulations
12        implementing  the  following:  Sections 3001, 3002, 3003,
13        3004, 3005, and 9003 of the  Solid  Waste  Disposal  Act;
14        Section  105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
15        Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; Sections 307(b),
16        307(c), 307(d), 402(b)(8), and 402(b)(9) of  the  Federal
17        Water   Pollution  Control  Act;  and  Sections  1412(b),
18        1414(c), 1417(a), 1421, and 1445(a) of the Safe  Drinking
19        Water Act.
20             (2)  Rules  adopted  by  the Pollution Control Board
21        that establish or amend standards  for  the  emission  of
22        hydrocarbons  and  carbon  monoxide from gasoline powered
23        motor  vehicles  subject  to  inspection  under   Section
24        13A-105 of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law and rules
25        adopted  under  Section  13B-20  of the Vehicle Emissions
26        Inspection Law of 1995.
27             (3)  Procedural  rules  adopted  by  the   Pollution
28        Control  Board  governing  requests  for exceptions under
29        Section 14.2 of the Environmental Protection Act.
30             (4)  The Pollution Control Board's  grant,  pursuant
31        to an adjudicatory determination, of an adjusted standard
32        for persons who can justify an adjustment consistent with
33        subsection   (a)  of  Section  27  of  the  Environmental
34        Protection Act.
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 1             (5)  Rules adopted by the  Pollution  Control  Board
 2        that  are  identical  in  substance  to  the  regulations
 3        adopted  by  the  Office  of the State Fire Marshal under
 4        clause (ii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of Section
 5        2 of the Gasoline Storage Act.
 6        (d)  Pay  rates  established  under  Section  8a  of  the
 7    Personnel Code shall be amended or repealed pursuant  to  the
 8    process  set  forth  in  Section 5-50 within 30 days after it
 9    becomes necessary to do so due  to  a  conflict  between  the
10    rates  and  the  terms  of  a collective bargaining agreement
11    covering the compensation of  an  employee  subject  to  that
12    Code.
13        (e)  Section  10-45  of  this  Act shall not apply to any
14    hearing, proceeding, or investigation conducted under Section
15    13-515 of the Public Utilities Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 87-823; 88-533.)
17        Section 10.  The  Public  Utilities  Act  is  amended  by
18    changing  Sections  10-111,  13-102,  13-103, 13-203, 13-405,
19    13-502,  13-504,  13-505,  13-509    and  13-803  and  adding
20    Sections 13-505.7, 13-506, 13-512,  13-513,  13-514,  13-515,
21    and 13-516 as follows:
22        (220 ILCS 5/10-111) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-111)
23        Sec. 10-111. In any hearing, proceeding, investigation or
24    rulemaking  conducted  by  the  Commission,  the  Commission,
25    commissioner  or hearing examiner presiding, shall, after the
26    close of  evidentiary  hearings,  prepare  a  recommended  or
27    tentative decision, finding or order including a statement of
28    findings  and  conclusions and the reasons or basis therefor,
29    on all  the  material  issues  of  fact,  law  or  discretion
30    presented  on  the  record.  Such  recommended  or  tentative
31    decision, finding or order shall be served on all parties who
32    shall  be  entitled  to  a  reasonable opportunity to respond
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 1    thereto, either in briefs or comments otherwise to  be  filed
 2    or separately. The recommended or tentative decision, finding
 3    or  order and any responses thereto, shall be included in the
 4    record for decision.  This Section shall  not  apply  to  any
 5    hearing, proceeding, or investigation conducted under Section
 6    13-515.
 7    (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
 8        (220 ILCS 5/13-102) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-102)
 9        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
10        Sec.     13-102.      Findings.     With    respect    to
11    telecommunications services, as herein defined,  the  General
12    Assembly finds that:
13        (a)  universally    available   and   widely   affordable
14    telecommunications services  are  essential  to  the  health,
15    welfare and prosperity of all Illinois citizens;
16        (b)  recent  federal  regulatory  and judicial rulings in
17    the   1980s   have   caused   a    restructuring    of    the
18    telecommunications  industry  and have opened some aspects of
19    the industry  to  competitive  entry,  thereby  necessitating
20    revision  of State telecommunications regulatory policies and
21    practices;
22        (c)  revisions in telecommunications regulatory  policies
23    and  practices in Illinois beginning in the mid-1980s brought
24    the  benefits   of   competition   to   consumers   in   many
25    telecommunications   markets,   but  not  in  local  exchange
26    telecommunications service markets;
27        (d)  the   federal   Telecommunications   Act   of   1996
28    established  the  goal  of  opening  all   telecommunications
29    service  markets to competition and accords to the states the
30    responsibility to establish and enforce policies necessary to
31    attain that goal;
32        (e)  it is in the immediate interest of the People of the
33    State of Illinois for the State to exercise its rights within
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 1    the new framework of  federal  telecommunications  policy  to
 2    ensure  that  the  economic  benefits  of  competition in all
 3    telecommunications   service   markets   are   realized    as
 4    effectively as possible;
 5        (f) (c)  the      competitive     offering     of     all
 6    telecommunications services  will  increase  may  create  the
 7    potential  for  increased  innovation  and  efficiency in the
 8    provision of telecommunications  services  and  may  lead  to
 9    reduced   prices   for  consumers,  increased  investment  in
10    communications infrastructure, the creation of new jobs,  and
11    the attraction of new businesses to Illinois; and
12        (g) (d)  protection   of  the  public  interest  requires
13    changes in the  continued  regulation  of  telecommunications
14    carriers  and  services  to  ensure,  to the maximum feasible
15    extent, the reasonable and timely  development  of  effective
16    competition in all telecommunications service markets for the
17    foreseeable future.
18    (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)
19        (220 ILCS 5/13-103) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-103)
20        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
21        Sec.  13-103.  Policy.  Consistent with its findings, the
22    General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the  State
23    of Illinois that:
24        (a)  telecommunications  services  should be available to
25    all Illinois citizens at  just,  reasonable,  and  affordable
26    rates and that such services should be provided as widely and
27    economically  as  possible  in  sufficient  variety, quality,
28    quantity and reliability to satisfy the public interest;
29        (b)  when consistent with the protection of consumers  of
30    telecommunications  services  and  the  furtherance  of other
31    public interest goals, competition in all  telecommunications
32    service  markets should be pursued permitted to function as a
33    substitute for certain aspects of regulation  in  determining
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 1    the variety, quality and price of telecommunications services
 2    and that the economic burdens of regulation should be reduced
 3    to  the  extent  possible  consistent with the furtherance of
 4    market competition and protection of the public interest;
 5        (c)  all necessary and appropriate modifications to State
 6    regulation of telecommunications carriers and services should
 7    be  implemented  without  unnecessary   disruption   to   the
 8    telecommunications  infrastructure  system or to consumers of
 9    telecommunications services and  that  it  is  necessary  and
10    appropriate  to  establish  rules  to  encourage and ensure a
11    reasonable period of time to permit preparation  for  orderly
12    transitions  in  the development provision of markets for all
13    telecommunications services;
14        (d)  the consumers  of  telecommunications  services  and
15    facilities  provided  by  persons  or  companies  subject  to
16    regulation  pursuant  to  this  Act  and  Article  should  be
17    required  to pay only reasonable and non-discriminatory rates
18    or charges and that in no case should rates  or  charges  for
19    non-competitive   telecommunications   services  include  any
20    portion   of    the    cost    of    providing    competitive
21    telecommunications services, as defined in Section 13-209, or
22    the cost of any nonregulated activities;
23        (e)  the  regulatory  policies and procedures provided in
24    this Article are established in recognition of  the  changing
25    nature  of  the  telecommunications  industry  and  therefore
26    should  be subject to systematic legislative review to ensure
27    that  the  public  benefits  intended  to  result  from  such
28    policies and procedures are fully realized; and
29        (f)  development of and prudent  investment  in  advanced
30    telecommunications services and networks that foster economic
31    development  of  the  State  should be encouraged through the
32    implementation  and  enforcement  of  policies  that  promote
33    effective and sustained competition in all telecommunications
34    service markets.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 87-856.)
 2        (220 ILCS 5/13-203) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-203)
 3        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
 4        Sec.      13-203.       Telecommunications       service.
 5    "Telecommunications  service" means the provision or offering
 6    for rent, sale or lease,  or  in  exchange  for  other  value
 7    received,  of  the  transmittal  of  information, by means of
 8    electromagnetic,  including  light,  transmission   with   or
 9    without  benefit of any closed transmission medium, including
10    all instrumentalities, facilities,  apparatus,  and  services
11    (including  the  collection,  storage, forwarding, switching,
12    and delivery  of  such  information)  used  to  provide  such
13    transmission  and  also  includes  access and interconnection
14    arrangements and services.
15        "Telecommunications service" does not include, however:
16             (a)  the rent, sale, or lease, or exchange for other
17        value received, of customer premises equipment except for
18        customer  premises  equipment  owned  or  provided  by  a
19        telecommunications carrier and  used  for  answering  911
20        calls,   and   except  for  customer  premises  equipment
21        provided under Section 13-703;
22             (b)  telephone   or   telecommunications   answering
23        services,  paging  services,  and  physical  pickup   and
24        delivery  incidental  to  the  provision  of  information
25        transmitted  through  electromagnetic,  including  light,
26        transmission;
27             (c)  community  antenna  television service which is
28        operated to perform for hire the service of receiving and
29        distributing video and audio  program  signals  by  wire,
30        cable  or  other  means  to  members  of  the  public who
31        subscribe to  such  service,  to  the  extent  that  such
32        service  is  utilized solely for the one-way distribution
33        of  such  entertainment  services  with  no   more   than
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 1        incidental   subscriber   interaction  required  for  the
 2        selection of such entertainment service.
 3        The Commission may, by rulemaking,  exclude  (1)  private
 4    line service which is not directly or indirectly used for the
 5    origination  or  termination  of  switched telecommunications
 6    service,  (2)  cellular   radio   service,   (3)   high-speed
 7    point-to-point data transmission at or above 9.6 kilobits, or
 8    (4)  the provision of telecommunications service by a company
 9    or person otherwise  subject  to  Section  13-202  (c)  to  a
10    telecommunications   carrier,  which  is  incidental  to  the
11    provision of service subject  to  Section  13-202  (c),  from
12    active  regulatory  oversight  to  the extent it finds, after
13    notice, hearing and comment that such exclusion is consistent
14    with the public interest and the  purposes  and  policies  of
15    this  Article. To the extent that the Commission has excluded
16    cellular radio service from active regulatory  oversight  for
17    any provider of cellular radio service in this State pursuant
18    to  this  Section,  the  Commission  shall  exclude all other
19    providers of cellular radio service in the State from  active
20    regulatory   oversight   without   an  additional  rulemaking
21    proceeding where there are 2 or more certified  providers  of
22    cellular radio service in a geographic area.
23    (Source: P.A. 87-856.)
24        (220 ILCS 5/13-405) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-405)
25        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
26        Sec. 13-405.  Local exchange service authority; approval.
27    The Commission shall approve an application for a Certificate
28    of  Exchange  Service  Authority  only  upon a showing by the
29    applicant, and a finding by the Commission, after notice  and
30    hearing, that:
31             (a)  the  applicant  possesses sufficient technical,
32        financial, and  managerial  resources  and  abilities  to
33        provide local exchange telecommunications service.; and
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 1             (b)  that   the   exercise   of   the  Certificate's
 2        authority by the applicant  would  not  adversely  affect
 3        prices, network design, or the financial viability of the
 4        principal  provider  of local exchange telecommunications
 5        service.
 6        The Commission shall not approve or issue  a  Certificate
 7    of    Exchange   Service   Authority   to   more   than   one
 8    telecommunications carrier for any exchange prior to  January
 9    1,  1989;  provided,  however, that a Certificate of Exchange
10    Service Authority may be issued before such time, subject  to
11    appropriate Commission approval, pursuant to this Section, to
12    any telecommunications carrier providing predominantly direct
13    nonswitched access service between a customer or user and any
14    telecommunications carrier providing inter-MSA, inter-LATA or
15    inter-state   telecommunications  service,  or  between  such
16    telecommunications carriers, for  the  purpose  of  providing
17    such direct access service.
18    (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)
19        (220 ILCS 5/13-502) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-502)
20        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
21        Sec. 13-502.  Classification of services.
22        (a)  All  telecommunications services offered or provided
23    under  tariff  by  telecommunications   carriers   shall   be
24    classified   as  either  competitive  or  noncompetitive.   A
25    telecommunications  carrier  may  offer  or  provide   either
26    competitive or noncompetitive telecommunications services, or
27    both,  subject  to  proper certification and other applicable
28    provisions of  this  Article.   Any  tariff  filed  with  the
29    Commission  as  required  by  Section  13-501  shall indicate
30    whether the service to be offered or provided is  competitive
31    or noncompetitive.
32        (b)  A  service  shall  be classified as competitive only
33    if, and only to the extent that, for some identifiable  class
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 1    or  group of customers in an exchange, group of exchanges, or
 2    some other clearly defined geographical area,  such  service,
 3    or  its  functional  equivalent,  or a substitute service, is
 4    reasonably available from more than one provider, whether  or
 5    not any such provider is a telecommunications carrier subject
 6    to regulation under this Act. All telecommunications services
 7    not properly classified as competitive shall be classified as
 8    noncompetitive.  The  Commission  shall  have  the  power  to
 9    investigate   the   propriety  of  any  classification  of  a
10    telecommunications  service  on  its  own  motion  and  shall
11    investigate upon complaint.  In any hearing or investigation,
12    the burden of proof as to the proper  classification  of  any
13    service   shall  rest  upon  the  telecommunications  carrier
14    providing  the  service.   After  notice  and  hearing,   the
15    Commission  shall  order  the  proper  classification  of any
16    service in whole or in part.  The Commission shall  make  its
17    determination  and  issue  its  final order no later than 180
18    days  from  the  date  such  hearing  or   investigation   is
19    initiated.  If  the  Commission  enters  into  a hearing upon
20    complaint and if the  Commission  fails  to  issue  an  order
21    within  that  period,  the  complaint shall be deemed granted
22    unless   the   Commission,   the   complainant,    and    the
23    telecommunications  carrier  providing  the  service agree to
24    extend the time period.
25        (c)  No  tariff  classifying  a  new   telecommunications
26    service   as   competitive   or  reclassifying  a  previously
27    noncompetitive  telecommunications  service  as  competitive,
28    which is filed by a  telecommunications  carrier  which  also
29    offers or provides noncompetitive telecommunications service,
30    shall  be  effective unless and until such telecommunications
31    carrier  offering  or  providing,  or  seeking  to  offer  or
32    provide, such proposed competitive service prepares and files
33    a study of the long-run service incremental  cost  underlying
34    such  service  and  demonstrates  that the tariffed rates and
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 1    charges for the service and any relevant  group  of  services
 2    that  includes the proposed competitive service and for which
 3    resources are used in common solely by that group of services
 4    are not less than the long-run service  incremental  cost  of
 5    providing  the  service  and each relevant group of services.
 6    Such study  shall  be  given  proprietary  treatment  by  the
 7    Commission  at  the  request  of  such  carrier  if any other
 8    provider  of  the   competitive   service,   its   functional
 9    equivalent,  or a substitute service in the geographical area
10    described by the proposed tariff has not filed,  or  has  not
11    been required to file, such a study.
12        (d)  In the event any telecommunications service has been
13    classified and filed as competitive by the telecommunications
14    carrier,  and has been offered or provided on such basis, and
15    the Commission subsequently  determines  after  investigation
16    that  such  classification improperly included services which
17    were in fact noncompetitive, the Commission  shall  have  the
18    power  to  determine  and  order refunds to customers for any
19    overcharges  which  may  have  resulted  from  the   improper
20    classification,  or  to order such other remedies provided to
21    it under this Act, or to seek an appropriate remedy or relief
22    in a court of competent jurisdiction.
23        (e)  Any telecommunications carrier which seeks to file a
24    tariff  classifying  a  new  telecommunications  service   as
25    competitive  or  reclassifying  a  previously  noncompetitive
26    telecommunications  service  as  competitive  may, instead of
27    filing such  new  tariff  and  offering  and  providing  such
28    service  as  competitive  subject  to  refund,   apply to the
29    Commission, prior to offering or providing  such  service  as
30    competitive, for an order finding that the proposed tariff is
31    proper  and  consistent  with  law.   Any  telecommunications
32    carrier  applying  for  Commission  approval pursuant to this
33    paragraph (e) shall provide timely and  effective  notice  of
34    its  application  and proposed tariff to potentially affected
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 1    providers and customers in a manner to be determined  by  the
 2    Commission.
 3        Upon such application and notice, the Commission may make
 4    its  findings without hearing within 21 days of the filing of
 5    the application and may allow such tariff to  take  immediate
 6    effect  thereafter  if  there  is  no  request for hearing by
 7    potentially affected providers or customers.  The  Commission
 8    shall,   however,   enter  into  hearings  to  determine  the
 9    propriety and legality of  the  proposed  tariffs  upon  such
10    request  or  if  the  Commission, in its discretion, believes
11    such hearings are necessary.
12        If  the  Commission  enters  into   hearings   upon   the
13    application,  it shall issue a final order within 180 days of
14    such application, and, if the Commission fails  to  issue  an
15    order  within  such  period,  the application shall be deemed
16    granted, unless, however, the Commission, the  applicant  and
17    all  parties to the hearing agree to extend such time period.
18    The Commission shall have the power to issue an interim order
19    allowing the proposed tariff to take effect  during  the  180
20    day period subject to refund and such other conditions as the
21    Commission  may  provide.   If  no  hearing  or investigation
22    regarding the propriety of a competitive classification of  a
23    telecommunications service is initiated within 180 days after
24    a  telecommunications  carrier  files  a  tariff listing such
25    telecommunications service  as  competitive,  no  refunds  to
26    customers  for  any  overcharges  which  may  result  from an
27    improper classification shall be ordered for the period  from
28    the  time  the  telecommunications  carrier filed such tariff
29    listing  the  service  as  competitive  up  to  the  time  an
30    investigation of the service classification is  initiated  by
31    the  Commission's  own  motion  or the filing of a complaint.
32    Where a hearing or an investigation regarding  the  propriety
33    of a telecommunications service classification as competitive
34    is  initiated  after  180 days from the filing of the tariff,
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 1    the period subject  to  refund  for  improper  classification
 2    shall  begin  on  the  date  such investigation or hearing is
 3    initiated  by  the  filing  of  a  Commission  motion  or   a
 4    complaint.
 5    (Source: P.A. 87-856.)
 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-504) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504)
 7        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
 8        Sec.  13-504.   Application  of  ratemaking provisions of
 9    Article IX.
10        (a)  Except  where  the  context  clearly  renders   such
11    provisions inapplicable, the ratemaking provisions of Article
12    IX  of  this  Act  relating to public utilities are fully and
13    equally  applicable  to  the  rates,  charges,  tariffs   and
14    classifications  for the offer or provision of noncompetitive
15    telecommunications   services.   However,   the    ratemaking
16    provisions  do  not  apply to any proposed change in rates or
17    charges, any proposed change in any classification or  tariff
18    resulting   in   a   change  in  rates  or  charges,  or  the
19    establishment of  new  services  and  rates  therefor  for  a
20    noncompetitive   local  exchange  telecommunications  service
21    offered or provided by a  local  exchange  telecommunications
22    carrier  with  no  more  than 35,000 subscriber access lines.
23    Proposed  changes  in  rates,  charges,  classifications,  or
24    tariffs meeting these criteria shall be  permitted  upon  the
25    filing  of  the  proposed  tariff  and  30 days notice to the
26    Commission  and  all  potentially  affected  customers.   The
27    proposed changes shall not  be  subject  to  suspension.  The
28    Commission  shall  investigate whether any proposed change is
29    just and reasonable only if a telecommunications carrier that
30    is  a  customer  of  the  local  exchange  telecommunications
31    carrier or  10%  of  the  potentially  affected  access  line
32    subscribers  of the local exchange telecommunications carrier
33    shall  file   a   petition   or   complaint   requesting   an
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 1    investigation    of   the   proposed   changes.    When   the
 2    telecommunications carrier or 10% of the potentially affected
 3    access    line    subscribers    of    a    local    exchange
 4    telecommunications carrier file a complaint,  the  Commission
 5    shall,  after  notice and hearing, have the power and duty to
 6    establish the rates, charges, classifications, or tariffs  it
 7    finds to be just and reasonable.
 8        (b)  Subsection   (c)  of  Section  13-502  and  Sections
 9    13-505.1, 13-505.4, 13-505.6, and 13-507 of this  Article  do
10    not apply to rates or charges or proposed changes in rates or
11    charges  for applicable competitive or interexchange services
12    when   offered   or   provided   by    a    local    exchange
13    telecommunications   carrier   with   no   more  than  35,000
14    subscriber  access  lines.   In  addition,  Sections  13-514,
15    13-515,  and  13-516  do  not  apply  to   telecommunications
16    carriers  with  no  more than 35,000 subscriber access lines.
17    The Commission may require telecommunications  carriers  with
18    no  more  than  35,000  subscriber  access  lines  to furnish
19    information  that  the  Commission  deems  necessary  for   a
20    determination  that  rates  and  charges  for any competitive
21    telecommunications service are just and reasonable.
22        (c)  For a local exchange telecommunications carrier with
23    no more  than  35,000  access  lines,  the  Commission  shall
24    consider   and  adjust,  as  appropriate,  a  local  exchange
25    telecommunications  carrier's  depreciation  rates  only   in
26    ratemaking proceedings.
27        (d)  Article  VI  and Sections 7-101 and 7-102 of Article
28    VII of  this  Act  pertaining  to  public  utilities,  public
29    utility  rates  and  services, and the regulation thereof are
30    not applicable to local exchange  telecommunication  carriers
31    with no more than 35,000 subscriber access lines.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-139, eff. 1-1-96.)
33        (220 ILCS 5/13-505) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505)
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 1        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
 2        Sec.   13-505.   Rate   changes;   competitive  services.
 3    Proposed changes in rates or charges, or  any  classification
 4    or  tariff  provision  affecting  rates  or  charges, for any
 5    competitive  telecommunications  service,  shall  be  treated
 6    pursuant to this Section as follows:
 7        (a)  Any  proposed  increase  or  decrease  in  rates  or
 8    charges, or proposed change in any classification  or  tariff
 9    resulting  in  an increase or a decrease in rates or charges,
10    for  a  competitive  telecommunications  service   shall   be
11    permitted  upon  the  filing  of  the  proposed rate, charge,
12    classification, or tariff.;
13        (b)  any  proposed  increase  in  rates  or  charges,  or
14    proposed change in any classification or tariff resulting  in
15    an   increase   in   rates  or  charges,  for  a  competitive
16    telecommunications service shall be permitted by  the  filing
17    of  the  proposed rate, charge, classification, or tariff and
18    shall become effective  14  days  after  its  filing.   Prior
19    notice  of an increase shall also be given to all potentially
20    affected customers by mail, publication  in  a  newspaper  of
21    general circulation, or equivalent means of notice; and.
22        (b)(c)  If  a  hearing  is held pursuant to Section 9-250
23    regarding the reasonableness of an increase in the  rates  or
24    charges  of  a  competitive  local exchange service, then the
25    telecommunications carrier providing the service  shall  have
26    the   burden   of   proof   to  establish  the  justness  and
27    reasonableness of the proposed rate or charge.
28    (Source: P.A. 87-856.)
29        (220 ILCS 5/13-505.7 new)
30        Sec. 13-505.7.  Bundling.   Nothing  in  this  Act  shall
31    prohibit  the  bundling  of  any telecommunications services,
32    provided that for a telecommunications carrier that  provides
33    both  noncompetitive and competitive services the price for a
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 1    bundle of telecommunications services shall not be less  than
 2    the    aggregate    of    the   unbundled   prices   of   the
 3    telecommunications services offered in the bundle.
 4        (220 ILCS 5/13-506 new)
 5        Sec. 13-506.  Tariffs for competitive  telecommunications
 6    services.   (a) Telecommunications carriers may file proposed
 7    tariffs for any competitive telecommunications service  which
 8    includes  and  specifically describes a range, band, formula,
 9    or standard within which or by which a  change  in  rates  or
10    charges  for  such  telecommunications  service could be made
11    without prior notice or prior Commission  approval,  provided
12    that  any  and all rates or charges within the band or range,
13    or determinable by the operation of the formula or  standard,
14    are  consistent  with the public interest and the purpose and
15    policies of this Article and Act, and are likely to remain so
16    for the forseeable future.  To the extent any  proposed  band
17    or   range   encompasses  rates  or  charges  which  are  not
18    consistent with the public  interest  and  the  purposes  and
19    policies  of  this Article and Act or otherwise fully proper,
20    or any proposed  formula  or  standard  determines  rates  or
21    charges  which  are  not  consistent  with  the  purposes and
22    policies of this Article and Act or otherwise  fully  proper,
23    the  Commission after notice and hearing shall have the power
24    to modify the level, scope, or limits of such band or  range,
25    and  to  modify  or  limit  the  operation of such formula or
26    standard, as necessary,  to  ensure  that  rates  or  charges
27    resulting  therefrom  are  consistent  with  the purposes and
28    policies of this Article and Act and fully proper, and likely
29    to remain so in the forseeable future.
30        (b)  The  Commission  may  require  a  telecommunications
31    carrier to file a variable tariff as described  in  paragraph
32    (a)  for  any  or all competitive telecommunications services
33    which are  offered  or  provided  by  such  carrier,  if  the
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 1    Commission   finds,   after  notice  and  hearing,  that  the
 2    determination of rates or  charges  for  such  service  by  a
 3    tariff  would improve the Commission's ability to effectively
 4    regulate such rates or charges and that such  improvement  is
 5    required by the public interest.  Any such tariff required by
 6    the   Commission  shall  be  approved  only  if  it  is  also
 7    consistent with the  provisions  of  paragraph  (a)  of  this
 8    Section.
 9        (c)  When  the  Commission approves a variable tariff, as
10    proposed  or  modified  pursuant   to   this   Section,   the
11    telecommunications  carrier shall place such tariff in effect
12    thereafter and such tariff shall determine rates  or  charges
13    according to the provisions thereof.
14        (220 ILCS 5/13-509) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-509)
15        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
16        Sec.  13-509.   Agreements  for provisions of competitive
17    telecommunications  services  differing   from   tariffs.   A
18    telecommunications  carrier offering or providing competitive
19    telecommunications service may negotiate  with  customers  or
20    prospective      customers     to     provide     competitive
21    telecommunications service for the provision by  it  of  such
22    service,  and in so doing, may offer or agree to provide such
23    service on such terms and for such rates  or  charges  as  it
24    deems  are  reasonable,  without regard to any tariffs it may
25    have filed with the Commission with respect to such services.
26    Within 10 business days after concluding executing  any  such
27    agreement,  the  telecommunications  carrier  shall  file any
28    contract or memorandum of understanding for the provision  of
29    telecommunications  service, which shall include the rates or
30    other charges, practices, rules or regulations applicable  to
31    the  agreed  provision of such service.  Cost support for the
32    agreement shall  be  filed  within  30  calendar  days  after
33    executing  any  such agreement.  Where the agreement contains
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 1    the same rates, charges, practices,  rules,  and  regulations
 2    found in a single contract or memorandum already filed by the
 3    telecommunications  carrier  with  the Commission, instead of
 4    filing the contract  or  memorandum,  the  telecommunications
 5    carrier  may  elect  to  file  a  letter  identifying the new
 6    agreement  and  specifically  referencing  the  contract   or
 7    memorandum already on file with the Commission which contains
 8    the  same  provisions.   A  single letter may be used to file
 9    more than one new agreement.  Upon  filing  its  contract  or
10    memorandum,  or  letter, the telecommunications carrier shall
11    thereafter provide service according to  the  terms  thereof,
12    unless  the  Commission finds, after notice and hearing, that
13    the continued provision of service pursuant to such  contract
14    or  memorandum  would  substantially and adversely affect the
15    financial integrity  of  the  telecommunications  carrier  or
16    would   cause  the  cross-subsidization  of  any  competitive
17    service by  any  noncompetitive  service  violate  any  other
18    provision of this Act.
19        Any   contract  or  memorandum  entered  into  and  filed
20    pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  Section  may,  in  the
21    Commission's discretion, be accorded proprietary treatment.
22    (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)
23        (220 ILCS 5/13-512 new)
24        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
25        Sec.  13-512.  Rules;  review.  The Commission shall have
26    general rulemaking  authority  to  make  rules  necessary  to
27    enforce this Article.  However, not later than 270 days after
28    the  effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, and every
29    2 years thereafter, the Commission  shall  review  all  rules
30    issued  under  this  Article  that apply to the operations or
31    activities of any telecommunications carrier.  The Commission
32    shall, after notice and hearing, repeal or modify any rule it
33    determines to be no longer in  the  public  interest  as  the
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 1    result   of   the   reasonable  availability  of  competitive
 2    telecommunications services.
 3        (220 ILCS 5/13-513 new)
 4        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
 5        Sec.  13-513.  Waiver  of  rules.   A  telecommunications
 6    carrier may petition for waiver of the application of a  rule
 7    issued  pursuant  to  this  Act.   The  burden  of  proof  in
 8    establishing  the  right  to  a  waiver  shall  be  upon  the
 9    petitioner.   The petition shall include a demonstration that
10    the waiver would not harm consumers and would not impede  the
11    development  or operation of a competitive market.  Upon such
12    demonstration, the Commission may waive the application of  a
13    rule,  but  not  the  application of a provision of this Act.
14    The Commission may conduct an investigation of  the  petition
15    on its own motion or at the request of a potentially affected
16    person.   If  no investigation is conducted, the waiver shall
17    be deemed granted 30 days after the petition is filed.
18        (220 ILCS 5/13-514 new)
19        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
20        Sec. 13-514.  Prohibited  Actions  of  Telecommunications
21    Carriers.   A  telecommunications carrier shall not knowingly
22    impede   the    development    of    competition    in    any
23    telecommunications  service market.  The following prohibited
24    actions are considered per se impediments to the  development
25    of competition; however, the Commission is not limited in any
26    manner to these enumerated impediments and may consider other
27    actions which impede competition to be prohibited:
28        (1)  unreasonably  refusing  or delaying interconnections
29    or    providing    inferior    connections     to     another
30    telecommunications carrier;
31        (2)  unreasonably   impairing   the  speed,  quality,  or
32    efficiency of services  used  by  another  telecommunications
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 1    carrier;
 2        (3)  unreasonably  denying  a request of another provider
 3    for information regarding the technical design and  features,
 4    geographic  coverage, information necessary for the design of
 5    equipment,  and traffic capabilities of  the  local  exchange
 6    network   except  for  proprietary  information  unless  such
 7    information  is  subject  to  a  proprietary   agreement   or
 8    protective order;
 9        (4)  unreasonably  delaying  access in connecting another
10    telecommunications carrier  to  the  local  exchange  network
11    whose product or service requires novel or specialized access
12    requirements;
13        (5)  unreasonably  refusing  or  delaying  access  by any
14    person to another telecommunications carrier;
15        (6)  unreasonably acting or failing to act  in  a  manner
16    that  has  a  substantial  adverse  effect  on the ability of
17    another telecommunications carrier to provide service to  its
18    customers;
19        (7)  unreasonably  failing to offer services to customers
20    in a local exchange, where a  telecommunications  carrier  is
21    certificated  to  provide  service  and  has  entered into an
22    interconnection agreement for the provision of local exchange
23    telecommunications services, with  the  intent  to  delay  or
24    impede   the   ability   of   the  incumbent  local  exchange
25    telecommunications    carrier    to    provide     inter-LATA
26    telecommunications services; and
27        (8)  violating  the  terms  of  or  unreasonably delaying
28    implementation of an interconnection agreement  entered  into
29    pursuant to Section 252 of the federal Telecommunications Act
30    of  1996  in a manner that unreasonably delays or impedes the
31    availability of telecommunications services to consumers.
32        (220 ILCS 5/13-515 new)
33        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
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 1        Sec. 13-515.  Enforcement.
 2        (a)  The  Commission  shall  enforce  the  provisions  of
 3    Section 13-514 of this Act.  Unless the  Commission  and  the
 4    parties  otherwise  mutually  agree, the Commission shall use
 5    the procedures set forth in this Section for  the  review  of
 6    complaints relating to violations of Section 13-514.
 7        (b)  This  Section  shall  not  apply  to interconnection
 8    agreements with  a  Bell  operating  company  as  defined  in
 9    Section  3  of  the  federal  Telecommunications  Act of 1996
10    unless and until the date such company or  its  affiliate  is
11    authorized  to  provide  inter-LATA  services  under  Section
12    271(d) of that Act.
13        (c)  No  complaint  may be filed under this Section until
14    the complainant has first  notified  the  respondent  of  the
15    alleged  violation  and  offered  the  respondent 48 hours to
16    correct  the  situation.   Provision  of   notice   and   the
17    opportunity  to  correct  the  situation creates a rebuttable
18    presumption of knowledge under Section 13-514.
19        (d)  A telecommunications carrier may  file  a  complaint
20    with the Commission alleging a violation of Section 13-514 in
21    accordance with this subsection:
22             (1)  The  complaint  shall  be  filed with the Chief
23        Clerk of the Commission and shall be served in hand  upon
24        the  respondent,  the executive director, and the general
25        counsel of the Commission at the time of the filing.
26             (2)  A complaint filed under this  subsection  shall
27        include  a  statement that the requirements of subsection
28        (c) have been fulfilled and that the respondent  did  not
29        correct the situation as requested.
30             (3)  Reasonable  discovery  specific to the issue of
31        the complaint may commence upon filing of the  complaint.
32        Requests  for  discovery  must  be  served  in  hand  and
33        responses  to  discovery  must be provided in hand to the
34        requester within 14 days after a request for discovery is
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 1        made.
 2             (4)  An answer and any other responsive pleading  to
 3        the  complaint  shall  be  filed  with the Commission and
 4        served in hand at the same time upon the complainant, the
 5        executive  director,  and  the  general  counsel  of  the
 6        Commission within 7 days after  the  date  on  which  the
 7        complaint is filed.
 8             (5)  A  determination  as  to reasonable grounds for
 9        the complaint and, if appropriate, a directive for  legal
10        notice of a hearing shall be made within 3 days after the
11        date on which the answer is filed.
12             (6)  A  pre-hearing  conference shall be held within
13        14 days after the date on which the complaint is filed.
14             (7)  The hearing shall commence within  30  days  of
15        the  date  on  which the complaint is filed.  The hearing
16        may  be  conducted  by  a  hearing  examiner  or  by   an
17        arbitrator.   Parties  and  the Commission staff shall be
18        entitled to present evidence and legal argument  in  oral
19        or  written  form  as  deemed  appropriate by the hearing
20        examiner  or  arbitrator.   The   hearing   examiner   or
21        arbitrator  shall issue a written decision within 60 days
22        after the date on which  the  complaint  is  filed.   The
23        decision shall include reasons for the disposition of the
24        complaint and, if a violation of Section 13-514 is found,
25        directions   and   a   deadline  for  correction  of  the
26        violation.  The  decision  of  the  hearing  examiner  or
27        arbitrator  shall  be  considered  a  final  order of the
28        Commission after 10 days unless the Commission enters its
29        own final order within 10 days of  the  decision  of  the
30        hearing examiner or arbitrator.
31        (e)  If  the  alleged violation has a substantial adverse
32    effect on the ability of the complainant to  provide  service
33    to  customers, the complainant may include in its complaint a
34    request for an order for emergency relief.   The  Commission,
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 1    acting through its designated hearing examiner or arbitrator,
 2    shall  act  upon such a request within 2 business days of the
 3    filing of the complaint.  An order for emergency  relief  may
 4    be  granted,  without an evidentiary hearing, upon a verified
 5    factual showing that the party  seeking  relief  will  likely
 6    succeed on the merits, that the party will suffer irreparable
 7    harm in its ability to serve customers if emergency relief is
 8    not  granted,  and  that the order is in the public interest.
 9    An order for emergency relief shall include  a  finding  that
10    the  requirements  of this subsection have been fulfilled and
11    shall specify the directives that must be  fulfilled  by  the
12    respondent  and  deadlines for meeting those directives.  The
13    decision of the hearing examiner or arbitrator  to  grant  or
14    deny  emergency  relief  shall  be considered an order of the
15    Commission unless the Commission enters its own order  within
16    2  calendar  days  of the decision of the hearing examiner or
17    arbitrator.  The order for emergency relief may  require  the
18    responding  party  to  act  or  refrain  from acting so as to
19    protect the provision of  competitive  service  offerings  to
20    customers.   Any action required by an emergency relief order
21    must be technically feasible and economically reasonable  and
22    the  respondent  must be given a reasonable period of time to
23    comply with the order.
24        (f)  The  Commission  is  authorized  to  obtain  outside
25    resources including, but  not  limited  to,  arbitrators  and
26    consultants  for  the  purposes of the hearings authorized by
27    this Section.  Any arbitrator or consultant obtained  by  the
28    Commission shall be approved by both parties to the hearing.
29        (g)  The  Commission  shall  assess  the  parties for the
30    Commission's  costs  of  investigation  and  conduct  of  the
31    proceedings, dividing the costs according to  the  resolution
32    of the complaint brought under this Section.  All assessments
33    shall  be  paid  into  the Public Utility Fund within 60 days
34    after  receiving  notice  of   the   assessments   from   the
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 1    Commission.   Interest  at  the  statutory  rate shall accrue
 2    after the expiration of the 60 day period.  The Commission is
 3    authorized to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction  for
 4    an order requiring payment.
 5        (h)  If  the  Commission  determines  that  there  is  an
 6    imminent threat to competition or to the public interest, the
 7    Commission  may,  notwithstanding any other provision of this
 8    Act, seek temporary,  preliminary,  or  permanent  injunctive
 9    relief from a court of competent jurisdiction either prior to
10    or after the hearing.
11        (i)  A  party  shall  not  bring  or  defend a proceeding
12    brought under this Section or assert or controvert  an  issue
13    in a proceeding brought under this Section, unless there is a
14    non-frivolous  basis for doing so.  By presenting a pleading,
15    written motion, or other paper in complaint or defense of the
16    actions or inaction of a party under this Section, a party is
17    certifying to the Commission that to the best of that party's
18    knowledge, information, and belief, formed after a reasonable
19    inquiry of the subject matter of the  complaint  or  defense,
20    that  the  complaint  or  defense is well grounded in law and
21    fact, and under the circumstances:
22             (1)  it is not being presented to harass  the  other
23        party,  cause  unnecessary  delay  in  the  provision  of
24        competitive  telecommunications services to consumers, or
25        create needless increases in the cost of litigation; and
26             (2)  the allegations and other  factual  contentions
27        have   evidentiary   support   or,   if  specifically  so
28        identified, are likely to have evidentiary support  after
29        reasonable   opportunity  for  further  investigation  or
30        discovery as defined herein.
31        (j)  If, after notice and  a  reasonable  opportunity  to
32    respond,  the  Commission  determines that subsection (i) has
33    been  violated,  the  Commission  shall  impose   appropriate
34    sanctions  upon  the  party  or  parties  that  have violated
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 1    subsection (i) or are responsible  for  the  violation.   The
 2    sanctions  shall  be not more than $7,500, plus the amount of
 3    expenses  accrued  by  the  Commission  for  conducting   the
 4    hearing.   Payment of sanctions imposed under this subsection
 5    shall be made to the Common School Fund  within  30  days  of
 6    imposition of such sanctions.
 7        (k)  An  appeal  of  a  Commission Order made pursuant to
 8    this Section shall not effectuate a stay of the Order  unless
 9    a court of competent jurisdiction specifically finds that the
10    party  seeking  the  stay  will likely succeed on the merits,
11    that the party will suffer irreparable harm without the stay,
12    and that the stay is in the public interest.
13        (220 ILCS 5/13-516 new)
14        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
15        Sec. 13-516. Penalties  for  violation  of  a  Commission
16    order  relating  to  prohibited actions of telecommunications
17    carriers.
18        (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
19    Commission  may  impose  penalties  of  up  to  $30,000   per
20    violation  of  a final order or emergency relief order issued
21    pursuant to Section 13-515  of  this  Act.   Each  day  of  a
22    continuing  offense  shall be treated as a separate violation
23    for purposes of levying any penalty under this Section.   The
24    period  for  which the fine shall be levied shall commence on
25    the day the Commission order  requires  compliance  with  the
26    order  and  shall  continue  until the party is in compliance
27    with the Commission order.
28        (b)  The Commission may  waive  penalties  imposed  under
29    subsection  (a)  if  it  makes  a  written  finding as to its
30    reasons for waiving the fine.  Reasons  for  waiving  a  fine
31    shall   include,   but   not  be  limited  to,  technological
32    infeasibility and acts of God.
33        (c)  The Commission shall establish  by  rule  procedures
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 1    for the imposition of penalties under subsection (a) that, at
 2    a  minimum,  provide  for notice, hearing and a written order
 3    relating to the imposition of penalties.
 4        (d)  The Commission is authorized to apply to a court  of
 5    competent  jurisdiction  for  an  order  requiring payment of
 6    penalties imposed under subsection (a).
 7        (e)  Payment of penalties imposed  under  subsection  (a)
 8    shall  be  made  to  the Common School Fund within 30 days of
 9    issuance of the Commission order imposing the penalties.
10        (220 ILCS 5/13-803) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-803)
11        (This Section is scheduled to be repealed July 1, 1999.)
12        Sec. 13-803.  Repealer. The provisions  of  this  Article
13    XIII are repealed effective July 1, 2001 1999.
14    (Source: P.A. 86-1475; 87-821; 87-856.)
15        Section  15.  The  Illinois  Antitrust  Act is amended by
16    changing Section 5 as follows:
17        (740 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 60-5)
18        Sec. 5. No provisions of this Act shall be  construed  to
19    make illegal:
20        (1)  the  activities  of  any  labor  organization  or of
21    individual members thereof which are directed solely to labor
22    objectives which are legitimate under the laws of either  the
23    State of Illinois or the United States;
24        (2)  the  activities of any agricultural or horticultural
25    cooperative    organization,    whether    incorporated    or
26    unincorporated, or of individual members thereof,  which  are
27    directed   solely   to   objectives   of   such   cooperative
28    organizations  which  are legitimate under the laws of either
29    the State of Illinois or the United States;
30        (3)  the   activities   of   any   public   utility    or
31    telecommunications  carrier,  as  defined in Section Sections
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 1    3-105 and 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act  to  the  extent
 2    that  such  activities are subject to the jurisdiction of the
 3    Illinois  Commerce  Commission,  or  to  the  activities   of
 4    telephone  mutual  concerns  referred to in Section 13-202 of
 5    the Public Utilities Act to the extent such activities relate
 6    to the providing and  maintenance  of  telephone  service  to
 7    owners and customers;
 8        (4)  The  activities  of a telecommunications carrier, as
 9    defined in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act, to the
10    extent  those  activities  relate   to   the   provision   of
11    noncompetitive  telecommunications  services under the Public
12    Utilities Act and are subject  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the
13    Illinois   Commerce   Commission  or  to  the  activities  of
14    telephone mutual concerns referred to in  Section  13-202  of
15    the  Public  Utilities  Act  to  the  extent those activities
16    relate to the provision and maintenance of telephone  service
17    to owners and customers;
18        (5)  (4)  the  activities (including, but not limited to,
19    the making of or participating in joint underwriting or joint
20    reinsurance arrangement) of  any  insurer,  insurance  agent,
21    insurance  broker,  independent  insurance adjuster or rating
22    organization to the extent that such activities  are  subject
23    to  regulation  by  the  Director  of Insurance of this State
24    under, or are permitted or are authorized by,  the  Insurance
25    Code or any other law of this State;
26        (6)  (5)  the  religious and charitable activities of any
27    not-for-profit corporation, trust or organization established
28    exclusively for religious or charitable purposes, or for both
29    purposes;
30        (7) (6)  the activities of any not-for-profit corporation
31    organized  to  provide  telephone  service  on  a  mutual  or
32    co-operative  basis  or  electrification  on  a  co-operative
33    basis, to the extent such activities relate to the  marketing
34    and distribution of telephone or electrical service to owners
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 1    and customers;
 2        (8)  (7)  the activities engaged in by securities dealers
 3    who are (i) licensed by the State of Illinois or (ii) members
 4    of the National Association of Securities  Dealers  or  (iii)
 5    members  of  any National Securities Exchange registered with
 6    the Securities and Exchange Commission under  the  Securities
 7    Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as  amended, in the course of their
 8    business  of  offering,  selling,  buying  and  selling,   or
 9    otherwise  trading  in  or underwriting securities, as agent,
10    broker,  or  principal,  and  activities  of   any   National
11    Securities    Exchange    so    registered,   including   the
12    establishment of commission rates and schedules of charges;
13        (9) (8)  the activities of any board of trade  designated
14    as a "contract market" by the Secretary of Agriculture of the
15    United States pursuant to Section 5 of the Commodity Exchange
16    Act, as amended;
17        (10)  (9)  the  activities  of  any  motor  carrier, rail
18    carrier, or common carrier by pipeline,  as  defined  in  the
19    Common   Carrier   by   Pipeline   The   Illinois  Commercial
20    Transportation Law of the Public Utilities Act  The  Illinois
21    Vehicle  Code, as amended, to the extent that such activities
22    are permitted or authorized by the  Act  or  are  subject  to
23    regulation by the Illinois Commerce Commission;
24        (11)  (10)  the  activities of any state or national bank
25    to  the  extent  that  such  activities  are   regulated   or
26    supervised  by  officers  of  the state or federal government
27    under the banking laws of this State or the United States;
28        (12) (11)  the activities of any state or federal savings
29    and loan association to the extent that such  activities  are
30    regulated  or  supervised by officers of the state or federal
31    government under the savings and loan laws of this  State  or
32    the United States;
33        (13) (12)  the activities of any bona fide not-for-profit
34    association, society or board, of attorneys, practitioners of
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 1    medicine,  architects,  engineers,  land  surveyors  or  real
 2    estate  brokers  licensed  and  regulated by an agency of the
 3    State of Illinois, in  recommending  schedules  of  suggested
 4    fees,  rates  or  commissions for use solely as guidelines in
 5    determining charges for professional and technical services;
 6        (14) (13)  Conduct involving  trade  or  commerce  (other
 7    than  import  trade  or import commerce) with foreign nations
 8    unless:
 9        (a)  such  conduct  has  a   direct,   substantial,   and
10    reasonably foreseeable effect:
11        (i)  on  trade or commerce which is not trade or commerce
12    with foreign nations, or on import trade or  import  commerce
13    with foreign nations; or
14        (ii)  on  export  trade  or  export commerce with foreign
15    nations of a person engaged in such trade or commerce in  the
16    United States; and
17        (b)  such   effect  gives  rise  to  a  claim  under  the
18    provisions of this Act, other than this subsection (14) (13).
19        (c)  If this Act applies to conduct referred to  in  this
20    subsection  (14)  (13)  only  because  of  the  provisions of
21    paragraph (a)(ii), then this Act shall apply to such  conduct
22    only for injury to export business in the United States which
23    affects this State; or
24        (15)  (14)  the  activities of a unit of local government
25    or school district  and  the  activities  of  the  employees,
26    agents  and  officers of a unit of local government or school
27    district.
28    (Source: P.A. 85-553.)
29        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
30    becoming law.

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