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91_SB0385eng SB385 Engrossed LRB9102460JSmb 1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing 2 Section 13-406. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by 6 changing Section 13-406 as follows: 7 (220 ILCS 5/13-406) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-406) 8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001) 9 Sec. 13-406. Discontinuation or abandonment of 10 telecommunication service. No telecommunications carrier 11 offering or providing noncompetitive telecommunications 12 service pursuant to a valid Certificate of Service Authority 13 or certificate of public convenience and necessity shall 14 discontinue or abandon such service once initiated until and 15 unless it shall demonstrate, and the Commission finds, after 16 notice and hearing, that such discontinuance or abandonment 17 will not deprive customers of any necessary or essential 18 telecommunications service or access thereto and is not 19 otherwise contrary to the public interest. No 20 telecommunications carrier offering or providing competitive 21 telecommunications service shall discontinue or abandon such 22 service once initiated except upon 30 days notice to the 23 Commission and affected customers. The Commission may, upon 24 its own motion or upon complaint, investigate the proposed 25 discontinuance or abandonment of a competitive 26 telecommunications service and may, after notice and hearing, 27 prohibit such proposed discontinuance or abandonment if the 28 Commission finds that it would be contrary to the public 29 interest. 30 (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)