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91_HJ0076

 
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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  On  June  13,  2000,  the   Illinois   Commerce
 3    Commission  adopted  emergency rules titled "Requirements for
 4    Non-Business Entities with Private Business Switch Service to
 5    Comply with the Emergency Telephone System Act" (83 Ill. Adm.
 6    Code 727; 24 Ill. Reg. 8635); and

 7        WHEREAS, The emergency rules adopted  by  the  Commission
 8    establish   Enhanced   9-1-1   emergency   telephone   system
 9    requirements    for    schools,    local    governments   and
10    not-for-profit organizations unless exempted by the Emergency
11    Telephone System Act; and

12        WHEREAS,  The  emergency  rules  were  adopted   by   the
13    Commission in response to a filing prohibition voted on April
14    28,  2000  for rules titled "Requirements for Businesses with
15    Private Business Switch Service to Comply with the  Emergency
16    Telephone System Act" (83 Ill. Adm. Code 726; 24 Ill. Reg. 1)
17    and  withdrawn  on  June  13,  2000  because  the  Commission
18    modified the rulemaking to meet the objections of the General
19    Assembly's  Joint  Committee  on  Administrative Rules (JCAR)
20    concerning the application  of  the  rulemaking  to  schools,
21    governmental  units  and not-for-profit organizations and the
22    creation of  an  undue  economic  and  regulatory  burden  on
23    business entities; and

24        WHEREAS,  JCAR  noted  that  the  Commission's  emergency
25    rulemaking  of  June  13,  2000 contained the same provisions
26    applicable to schools, governmental units and  not-for-profit
27    corporations  that  were withdrawn by the Commission from its
28    prior, broader rulemaking; and

29        WHEREAS,  JCAR,  during  its  review  of  the   emergency
30    rulemaking   as   directed  by  the  Illinois  Administrative
31    Procedure Act, determined that the rulemaking was contrary to
32    statute and also constituted a serious threat to  the  public
 
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 1    interest and welfare; and

 2        WHEREAS,  JCAR based its determination that the emergency
 3    rulemaking  adopted  by  the  Commission  was   contrary   to
 4    legislative  intent  on the fact that the Commission exceeded
 5    its statutory authority under Section 15.6 of  the  Emergency
 6    Telephone  System Act by extending the application of the Act
 7    to   schools,   local    governments    and    not-for-profit
 8    organizations   through   the   emergency   telephone  system
 9    regulations contained in the emergency rules; and

10        WHEREAS,  Strict  adherence  to  legislative  intent   as
11    expressed  through  statute  and a concern for the well-being
12    and welfare of Illinois citizens, including school  children,
13    are  all  elements of the JCAR review process, as directed by
14    the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; and

15        WHEREAS, Based on this determination, the Joint Committee
16    on Administrative Rules suspended the above cited rulemaking;
17    and

18        WHEREAS,  Because   Section   5-125   of   the   Illinois
19    Administrative  Procedure  Act states that a suspension of an
20    agency's emergency rulemaking is effective for a period of at
21    least 180 days, the suspension issued by JCAR commenced  June
22    13,  2000  and  will  terminate  on  December 9, 2000, unless
23    continued by the adoption of this Joint  Resolution  by  both
24    houses  of  the  General  Assembly  as  provided  by  Section
25    5-125(c)   of  the  Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act;
26    therefore, be it

27        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
28    NINETY-FIRST  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
29    SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the  General  Assembly  hereby
30    continues  the  suspension  issued  by the Joint Committee on
31    Administrative  Rules  on  June  13,  2000  of  the  Illinois
32    Commerce    Commission's    emergency    rulemaking    titled
 
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 1    "Requirements for Non-Business Entities with Private Business
 2    Switch Service to Comply with the Emergency Telephone  System
 3    Act"  (83  Ill.  Adm. Code 727; 24 Ill. Reg. 8635); and be it
 4    further

 5        RESOLVED, That copies of this preamble and resolution  be
 6    forwarded to the Executive Director of the Joint Committee on
 7    Administrative  Rules  and  to  the  Chairman  and  Executive
 8    Director of the Illinois Commerce Commission.

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