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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing
2 Sections 13-506.1, 13-508, 13-515, 13-516, and 13-803 and
3 adding Sections 13-202.1 and 13-408.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
7 changing Sections 13-506.1, 13-508, 13-515, 13-516, and
8 13-803 and adding Sections 13-202.1 and 13-408 as follows:
9 (220 ILCS 5/13-202.1 new)
10 Sec. 13-202.1. Incumbent local exchange carrier.
11 "Incumbent local exchange carrier" means, with respect to an
12 area, the local exchange carrier, including its successors or
13 assigns, that provided telephone exchange service in that
14 area on February 8, 1996 and on that date was deemed to be a
15 member of the exchange carrier association pursuant to 47
16 C.F.R. 69.601(b).
17 (220 ILCS 5/13-408 new)
18 Sec. 13-408. Duties of telecommunications carriers.
19 (a) A telecommunications carrier shall comply with
20 applicable federal laws and federal regulations, orders of
21 the Federal Communications Commission, and orders of the
22 Illinois Commerce Commission. The duty to comply with any
23 federal regulation or order shall not obviate the duty to
24 comply with a rule or order of the Commission.
25 A telecommunications carrier has the duty to interconnect
26 directly or indirectly with the facilities and equipment of
27 other telecommunications carriers and the duty not to install
28 network features, functions, or capabilities that do not
29 comply with the guidelines and standards established pursuant
30 to 47 U.S.C. 255 and 256.
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1 (b) A local exchange carrier has the following duties:
2 (1) the duty not to prohibit, and not to impose
3 unreasonable or discriminatory conditions or limitations
4 on, the resale of its telecommunications services;
5 (2) the duty to provide, to the extent technically
6 feasible, number portability in accordance with
7 requirements prescribed by the Federal Communications
8 Commission;
9 (3) the duty to provide dialing parity to competing
10 providers of telecommunications services and the duty to
11 permit all of those providers to have nondiscriminatory
12 access to telephone numbers, operator services, directory
13 assistance, and directory listing, with no unreasonable
14 dialing delays;
15 (4) the duty to afford access to the poles, ducts,
16 conduits, and rights-of-way of the carrier to competing
17 providers of telecommunications services on rates, terms,
18 and conditions that are consistent with 47 U.S.C. 224;
19 (5) the duty to establish reciprocal compensation
20 arrangements for the transport and termination of
21 telecommunications.
22 (c) An incumbent local exchange carrier also has the
23 following additional duties:
24 (1) The duty to negotiate in good faith, in
25 accordance with 47 U.S.C. 252, the particular terms and
26 conditions of agreements to fulfill the duties described
27 in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (b) of this
28 Section and in this subsection. The requesting
29 telecommunications carrier also has the duty to negotiate
30 in good faith the terms and conditions of those
31 agreements.
32 (2) The duty to provide, for the facilities and
33 equipment of any requesting telecommunications carrier,
34 interconnection with the local exchange carrier's
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1 network:
2 (A) for the transmission and routing of
3 telephone exchange service and exchange access;
4 (B) at any technically feasible point within
5 the carrier's network;
6 (C) that is at least equal in quality to that
7 provided by the local exchange carrier to itself or
8 to any subsidiary, affiliate, or other party to
9 which the carrier provides interconnection; and
10 (D) on rates, terms, and conditions that are
11 just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, in
12 accordance with the terms and conditions of the
13 agreement and the requirements of this Section and
14 47 U.S.C. 252.
15 (i) An incumbent local exchange carrier
16 shall develop and implement performance
17 measurements designed to (1) measure the
18 quality of service it provides to competing
19 local exchange carriers and (2) to ensure that
20 the quality of service it provides to those
21 carriers is at least equal to the service it
22 provides to itself, its subsidiaries, and its
23 affiliates. The Commission shall establish and
24 publish a list of performance measurements,
25 which shall include all of the performance
26 measurements required to be used by the
27 Commission pursuant to I.C.C. Docket No.
28 98-0555, issued on September 23, 1999. An
29 incumbent local exchange carrier's failure to
30 implement one or more performance measurements
31 or its failure to meet the benchmark level of
32 service prescribed in one or more performance
33 measurements shall result in payment of
34 liquidated damages not to exceed $90,000,000.
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1 The Commission shall determine the distribution
2 of any fines and the calculation and
3 distribution of any liquidated damages.
4 (ii) An incumbent local exchange carrier
5 shall make available to any requesting carrier
6 in Illinois interconnection arrangements that
7 the incumbent local exchange carrier or any of
8 its subsidiaries or affiliates offer or provide
9 in other states. Incumbent local exchange
10 carriers shall also make available to
11 requesting carriers in Illinois interconnection
12 arrangements that any of its subsidiaries or
13 affiliates has obtained in another state.
14 (3) The duty to provide, to any requesting
15 telecommunications carrier for the provision of a
16 telecommunications service, nondiscriminatory access to
17 network elements on an unbundled basis at any technically
18 feasible point on rates, terms, and conditions that are
19 just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory in accordance
20 with the terms and conditions of the agreement and the
21 requirements of this Section and 47 U.S.C. 252. An
22 incumbent local exchange carrier shall provide those
23 unbundled network elements in a manner that allows
24 requesting carriers to combine those elements in order to
25 provide telecommunications service.
26 (i) An incumbent local exchange carrier
27 shall provide a carrier purchasing access to
28 unbundled network elements with the
29 pre-ordering, ordering, provisioning,
30 maintenance and repair, and billing functions
31 of the incumbent local exchange carrier's
32 operations support systems. The incumbent
33 local exchange carrier shall provide access to
34 its operations support systems at parity with
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1 the incumbent local exchange carrier's own
2 access to its operations support systems.
3 Parity access to incumbent local exchange
4 carrier operations support systems must be made
5 available to any requesting carrier no later
6 than January 1, 2002.
7 (4) The duty (A) to offer for resale at wholesale
8 rates any telecommunications service that the carrier
9 provides at retail to subscribers who are not
10 telecommunications carriers and (B) not to prohibit, and
11 not to impose unreasonable or discriminatory conditions
12 or limitations on, the resale of that telecommunications
13 service, except that the Illinois Commerce Commission
14 may, consistent with regulations prescribed by the
15 Federal Communications Commission, prohibit a reseller
16 that obtains at wholesale rates a telecommunications
17 service that is available at retail only to a category of
18 subscribers from offering that service to a different
19 category of subscribers.
20 (5) The duty to provide reasonable public notice of
21 changes in the information necessary for the transmission
22 and routing of services using that local exchange
23 carrier's facilities or networks, as well as of any other
24 changes that would affect the inter-operability of those
25 facilities and networks.
26 (6) The duty to provide, on rates, terms, and
27 conditions that are just, reasonable, and
28 nondiscriminatory, for physical collocation of equipment
29 necessary for interconnection or access to unbundled
30 network elements at the premises of the local exchange
31 carrier, except that the carrier may provide for virtual
32 collocation if the local exchange carrier demonstrates to
33 the Illinois Commerce Commission that physical
34 collocation is not practical for technical reasons or
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1 because of space limitations.
2 (d) The exemption for certain rural telephone companies
3 as described in 47 U.S.C. 251(f) is adopted and incorporated
4 by reference.
5 (e) The Commission may approve a deadline, other than
6 the deadline provided in this Section, for compliance with a
7 requirement of this Section by a telecommunications carrier
8 with fewer than 35,000 access lines in Illinois if the
9 Commission finds, after notice and hearing, that compliance
10 with a deadline provided in this Section would impair the
11 ability of the petitioning carrier to meet its service
12 obligations, however, the Commission may not approve a
13 deadline for compliance with any requirement of this Section
14 that is later than January 1, 2003.
15 (f) The Commission shall submit a report to the General
16 Assembly no later than 180 days after the effective date of
17 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, and each
18 180 days thereafter through the end of calendar year 2003,
19 describing the extent to which each telecommunications
20 carrier certificated to provide service in this State is in
21 compliance with each of the requirements of this Section.
22 The report shall also describe the nature, status, and
23 disposition of any complaints filed with the Commission
24 concerning both failure to comply with this Section or
25 violations of Section 13-514.
26 (220 ILCS 5/13-506.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-506.1)
27 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
28 Sec. 13-506.1. Alternative forms of regulation for
29 noncompetitive services.
30 (a) Notwithstanding any of the ratemaking provisions of
31 this Article or Article IX that are deemed to require rate of
32 return regulation, the Commission may implement alternative
33 forms of regulation in order to establish just and reasonable
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1 rates for noncompetitive telecommunications services
2 including, but not limited to, price regulation, earnings
3 sharing, rate moratoria, or a network modernization plan.
4 The Commission is authorized to adopt different forms of
5 regulation to fit the particular characteristics of different
6 telecommunications carriers and their service areas.
7 In addition to the public policy goals declared in
8 Section 13-103, the Commission shall consider, in determining
9 the appropriateness of any alternative form of regulation,
10 whether it will:
11 (1) reduce regulatory delay and costs over time;
12 (2) encourage innovation in services;
13 (3) promote efficiency;
14 (4) facilitate the broad dissemination of technical
15 improvements to all classes of ratepayers;
16 (5) enhance economic development of the State; and
17 (6) provide for fair, just, and reasonable rates.
18 (b) A telecommunications carrier providing
19 noncompetitive telecommunications services may petition the
20 Commission to regulate the rates or charges of its
21 noncompetitive services under an alternative form of
22 regulation. The telecommunications carrier shall submit with
23 its petition its plan for an alternative form of regulation.
24 The Commission shall review and may modify or reject the
25 carrier's proposed plan. The Commission also may initiate
26 consideration of alternative forms of regulation for a
27 telecommunications carrier on its own motion. The Commission
28 may approve the plan or modified plan and authorize its
29 implementation only if it finds, after notice and hearing,
30 that the plan or modified plan at a minimum:
31 (1) is in the public interest;
32 (2) will produce fair, just, and reasonable rates
33 for telecommunications services;
34 (3) responds to changes in technology and the
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1 structure of the telecommunications industry that are, in
2 fact, occurring;
3 (4) constitutes a more appropriate form of
4 regulation based on the Commission's overall
5 consideration of the policy goals set forth in Section
6 13-103 and this Section;
7 (5) specifically identifies how ratepayers will
8 benefit from any efficiency gains, cost savings arising
9 out of the regulatory change, and improvements in
10 productivity due to technological change;
11 (6) will maintain the quality and availability of
12 telecommunications services; and
13 (7) will not unduly or unreasonably prejudice or
14 disadvantage any particular customer class, including
15 telecommunications carriers.
16 (c) An alternative regulation plan approved under this
17 Section shall provide, as a condition for Commission approval
18 of the plan, that for the first 3 years the plan is in
19 effect, basic residence service rates shall be no higher than
20 those rates in effect 180 days before the filing of the plan.
21 This provision shall not be used as a justification or
22 rationale for an increase in basic service rates for any
23 other customer class. For purposes of this Section, "basic
24 residence service rates" shall mean monthly recurring charges
25 for the telecommunications carrier's lowest priced primary
26 residence network access lines, along with any associated
27 untimed or flat rate local usage charges. Nothing in this
28 subsection (c) shall preclude the Commission from approving
29 an alternative regulation plan that results in rate
30 reductions provided all the requirements of subsection (b)
31 are satisfied by the plan.
32 (d) Any alternative form of regulation granted for a
33 multi-year period under this Section shall provide for annual
34 or more frequent reporting to the Commission to document that
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1 the requirements of the plan are being properly implemented.
2 (e) Upon petition by the telecommunications carrier or
3 any other person or upon its own motion, the Commission may
4 rescind its approval of an alternative form of regulation if,
5 after notice and hearing, it finds that the conditions set
6 forth in subsection (b) of this Section can no longer be
7 satisfied. Any person may file a complaint alleging that the
8 rates charged by a telecommunications carrier under an
9 alternative form of regulation are unfair, unjust,
10 unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or are otherwise not
11 consistent with the requirements of this Article; provided,
12 that the complainant shall bear the burden of proving the
13 allegations in the complaint.
14 (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
15 authorize the Commission to render Sections 9-241, 9-250, and
16 13-505.2 inapplicable to noncompetitive services.
17 (g) If an incumbent local exchange carrier fails to
18 comply with any of the effective requirements of Section
19 13-408, that carrier may not be regulated under an
20 alternative form of regulation. The Commission may not
21 approve an alternative regulation plan for an incumbent local
22 exchange carrier not in compliance with Section 13-408. For
23 an incumbent local exchange carrier in violation of Section
24 13-408 and operating under an already-approved alternative
25 regulation plan, the Commission shall immediately impose rate
26 of return regulation and commence a rate proceeding pursuant
27 to Section 9-201 to determine just and reasonable rates.
28 (Source: P.A. 87-856.)
29 (220 ILCS 5/13-508) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-508)
30 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
31 Sec. 13-508. (a) The Commission is authorized, after
32 notice and hearing, to order a telecommunications carrier
33 which offers or provides both competitive and noncompetitive
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1 telecommunications service to establish a fully separated
2 subsidiary to provide all or part of such competitive service
3 where:
4 (1)(a) no less costly means is available and
5 effective in fully and properly identifying and
6 allocating costs between such carrier's competitive and
7 noncompetitive telecommunications services; and
8 (2)(b) the incremental cost of establishing and
9 maintaining such subsidiary would not require increases
10 in rates or charges to levels which would effectively
11 preclude the offer or provision of the affected
12 competitive telecommunications service.
13 (b) The Commission shall, after notice and hearing, order
14 structural separation of an incumbent local exchange carrier
15 if, after January 1, 2002, the carrier is not in compliance
16 with Section 13-408. Structural separation means the
17 separation of an incumbent local exchange carrier's network
18 element facilities, services, and business into an
19 independent, publicly-owned company separate and apart from
20 the incumbent local exchange carrier's retail services.
21 (Source: P.A. 84-1063.)
22 (220 ILCS 5/13-515)
23 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
24 Sec. 13-515. Enforcement.
25 (a) The following expedited procedures shall be used to
26 enforce the provisions of Sections Section 13-408 and 13-514
27 of this Act except as provided in subsection (b). However,
28 the Commission, the complainant, and the respondent may
29 mutually agree to adjust the procedures established in this
30 Section. If the Commission determines, pursuant to
31 subsection (b), that the procedural provisions of this
32 Section do not apply, the complaint shall continue pursuant
33 to the general complaint provisions of Article X.
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1 (b) (Blank). The provisions of this Section shall not
2 apply to an allegation of a violation of item (8) of Section
3 13-514 by a Bell operating company, as defined in Section 3
4 of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, unless and
5 until such company or its affiliate is authorized to provide
6 inter-LATA services under Section 271(d) of the federal
7 Telecommunications Act of 1996; provided, however, that a
8 complaint setting forth a separate independent basis for a
9 violation of Section 13-514 may proceed under this Section
10 notwithstanding that the alleged acts or omissions may also
11 constitute a violation of item (8) of Section 13-514.
12 (c) No complaint may be filed under this Section until
13 the complainant has first notified the respondent of the
14 alleged violation and offered the respondent 48 hours to
15 correct the situation. Provision of notice and the
16 opportunity to correct the situation creates a rebuttable
17 presumption of knowledge under Section 13-514.
18 (d) A telecommunications carrier may file a complaint
19 with the Commission alleging a violation of Section 13-514 in
20 accordance with this subsection:
21 (1) The complaint shall be filed with the Chief
22 Clerk of the Commission and shall be served in hand upon
23 the respondent, the executive director, and the general
24 counsel of the Commission at the time of the filing.
25 (2) A complaint filed under this subsection shall
26 include a statement that the requirements of subsection
27 (c) have been fulfilled and that the respondent did not
28 correct the situation as requested.
29 (3) Reasonable discovery specific to the issue of
30 the complaint may commence upon filing of the complaint.
31 Requests for discovery must be served in hand and
32 responses to discovery must be provided in hand to the
33 requester within 14 days after a request for discovery is
34 made.
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1 (4) An answer and any other responsive pleading to
2 the complaint shall be filed with the Commission and
3 served in hand at the same time upon the complainant, the
4 executive director, and the general counsel of the
5 Commission within 7 days after the date on which the
6 complaint is filed.
7 (5) If the answer or responsive pleading raises the
8 issue that the complaint violates subsection (i) of this
9 Section, the complainant may file a reply to such
10 allegation within 3 days after actual service of such
11 answer or responsive pleading. Within 4 days after the
12 time for filing a reply has expired, the hearing officer
13 or arbitrator shall either issue a written decision
14 dismissing the complaint as frivolous in violation of
15 subsection (i) of this Section including the reasons for
16 such disposition or shall issue an order directing that
17 the complaint shall proceed.
18 (6) A pre-hearing conference shall be held within
19 14 days after the date on which the complaint is filed.
20 (7) The hearing shall commence within 30 days of
21 the date on which the complaint is filed. The hearing
22 may be conducted by a hearing examiner or by an
23 arbitrator. Parties and the Commission staff shall be
24 entitled to present evidence and legal argument in oral
25 or written form as deemed appropriate by the hearing
26 examiner or arbitrator. The hearing examiner or
27 arbitrator shall issue a written decision within 60 days
28 after the date on which the complaint is filed. The
29 decision shall include reasons for the disposition of the
30 complaint and, if a violation of Section 13-514 is found,
31 directions and a deadline for correction of the
32 violation.
33 (8) Any party may file a petition requesting the
34 Commission to review the decision of the hearing examiner
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1 or arbitrator within 5 days of such decision. Any party
2 may file a response to a petition for review within 3
3 business days after actual service of the petition.
4 After the time for filing of the petition for review, but
5 no later than 15 days after the decision of the hearing
6 examiner or arbitrator, the Commission shall decide to
7 adopt the decision of the hearing examiner or arbitrator
8 or shall issue its own final order.
9 (e) If the alleged violation has a substantial adverse
10 effect on the ability of the complainant to provide service
11 to customers, the complainant may include in its complaint a
12 request for an order for emergency relief. The Commission,
13 acting through its designated hearing examiner or arbitrator,
14 shall act upon such a request within 2 business days of the
15 filing of the complaint. An order for emergency relief may
16 be granted, without an evidentiary hearing, upon a verified
17 factual showing that the party seeking relief will likely
18 succeed on the merits, that the party will suffer irreparable
19 harm in its ability to serve customers if emergency relief is
20 not granted, and that the order is in the public interest.
21 An order for emergency relief shall include a finding that
22 the requirements of this subsection have been fulfilled and
23 shall specify the directives that must be fulfilled by the
24 respondent and deadlines for meeting those directives. The
25 decision of the hearing examiner or arbitrator to grant or
26 deny emergency relief shall be considered an order of the
27 Commission unless the Commission enters its own order within
28 2 calendar days of the decision of the hearing examiner or
29 arbitrator. The order for emergency relief may require the
30 responding party to act or refrain from acting so as to
31 protect the provision of competitive service offerings to
32 customers. Any action required by an emergency relief order
33 must be technically feasible and economically reasonable and
34 the respondent must be given a reasonable period of time to
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1 comply with the order.
2 (f) The Commission is authorized to obtain outside
3 resources including, but not limited to, arbitrators and
4 consultants for the purposes of the hearings authorized by
5 this Section. Any arbitrator or consultant obtained by the
6 Commission shall be approved by both parties to the hearing.
7 The cost of such outside resources including, but not limited
8 to, arbitrators and consultants shall be borne by the
9 parties. The Commission shall review the bill for
10 reasonableness and assess the parties for reasonable costs
11 dividing the costs according to the resolution of the
12 complaint brought under this Section. Such costs shall be
13 paid by the parties directly to the arbitrators, consultants,
14 and other providers of outside resources within 60 days after
15 receiving notice of the assessments from the Commission.
16 Interest at the statutory rate shall accrue after expiration
17 of the 60-day period. The Commission, arbitrators,
18 consultants, or other providers of outside resources may
19 apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order
20 requiring payment.
21 (g) The Commission shall assess the parties under this
22 subsection for all of the Commission's costs of investigation
23 and conduct of the proceedings brought under this Section
24 including, but not limited to, the prorated salaries of
25 staff, attorneys, hearing examiners, and support personnel
26 and including any travel and per diem, directly attributable
27 to the complaint brought pursuant to this Section, but
28 excluding those costs provided for in subsection (f),
29 dividing the costs according to the resolution of the
30 complaint brought under this Section. All assessments made
31 under this subsection shall be paid into the Public Utility
32 Fund within 60 days after receiving notice of the assessments
33 from the Commission. Interest at the statutory rate shall
34 accrue after the expiration of the 60 day period. The
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1 Commission is authorized to apply to a court of competent
2 jurisdiction for an order requiring payment.
3 (h) If the Commission determines that there is an
4 imminent threat to competition or to the public interest, the
5 Commission may, notwithstanding any other provision of this
6 Act, seek temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive
7 relief from a court of competent jurisdiction either prior to
8 or after the hearing.
9 (i) A party shall not bring or defend a proceeding
10 brought under this Section or assert or controvert an issue
11 in a proceeding brought under this Section, unless there is a
12 non-frivolous basis for doing so. By presenting a pleading,
13 written motion, or other paper in complaint or defense of the
14 actions or inaction of a party under this Section, a party is
15 certifying to the Commission that to the best of that party's
16 knowledge, information, and belief, formed after a reasonable
17 inquiry of the subject matter of the complaint or defense,
18 that the complaint or defense is well grounded in law and
19 fact, and under the circumstances:
20 (1) it is not being presented to harass the other
21 party, cause unnecessary delay in the provision of
22 competitive telecommunications services to consumers, or
23 create needless increases in the cost of litigation; and
24 (2) the allegations and other factual contentions
25 have evidentiary support or, if specifically so
26 identified, are likely to have evidentiary support after
27 reasonable opportunity for further investigation or
28 discovery as defined herein.
29 (j) If, after notice and a reasonable opportunity to
30 respond, the Commission determines that subsection (i) has
31 been violated, the Commission shall impose appropriate
32 sanctions upon the party or parties that have violated
33 subsection (i) or are responsible for the violation. The
34 sanctions shall be not more than $7,500, plus the amount of
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1 expenses accrued by the Commission for conducting the
2 hearing. Payment of sanctions imposed under this subsection
3 shall be made to the Common School Fund within 30 days of
4 imposition of such sanctions.
5 (k) An appeal of a Commission Order made pursuant to
6 this Section shall not effectuate a stay of the Order unless
7 a court of competent jurisdiction specifically finds that the
8 party seeking the stay will likely succeed on the merits,
9 that the party will suffer irreparable harm without the stay,
10 and that the stay is in the public interest.
11 (Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97; 90-574, eff. 3-20-98.)
12 (220 ILCS 5/13-516)
13 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
14 Sec. 13-516. Penalties for violation of a Commission
15 order relating to prohibited actions of telecommunications
16 carriers.
17 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
18 upon a finding of a violation of Section 13-515, the
19 Commission may impose penalties of up to $30,000 per
20 violation and upon a finding of a violation of Section
21 13-408, the Commission may impose penalties of up to
22 $1,000,000 per violation of a final order or emergency relief
23 order issued pursuant to Section 13-515 of this Act. Each
24 day of a continuing offense shall be treated as a separate
25 violation for purposes of levying any penalty under this
26 Section. The period for which the fine shall be levied shall
27 commence on the day the Commission order requires compliance
28 with the order and shall continue until the party is in
29 compliance with the Commission order.
30 (b) The Commission may waive penalties imposed under
31 subsection (a) if it makes a written finding as to its
32 reasons for waiving the fine. Reasons for waiving a fine
33 shall include, but not be limited to, technological
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1 infeasibility and acts of God.
2 (c) The Commission shall establish by rule procedures
3 for the imposition of penalties under subsection (a) that, at
4 a minimum, provide for notice, hearing and a written order
5 relating to the imposition of penalties.
6 (d) The Commission is authorized to apply to a court of
7 competent jurisdiction for an order requiring payment of
8 penalties imposed under subsection (a).
9 (e) Payment of penalties imposed under subsection (a)
10 shall be made to the Common School Fund within 30 days of
11 issuance of the Commission order imposing the penalties.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97.)
13 (220 ILCS 5/13-803) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-803)
14 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
15 Sec. 13-803. Repealer. The provisions of this Article
16 XIII are repealed effective July 1, 2006 2001.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-185, eff. 7-23-97.)
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.