Public Act 93-0358

SB1056 Enrolled                      LRB093 07338 JLS 07500 b

    AN ACT concerning telecommunications.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The  Public  Utilities  Act  is  amended  by
changing Section 13-301.2 as follows:

    (220 ILCS 5/13-301.2)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
    Sec.  13-301.2.  Program  to  Foster  Elimination  of the
Digital Divide. The Commission shall  require  by  rule  that
each  telecommunications  carrier  providing  local  exchange
telecommunications service notify its end-user customers that
if  the  customer wishes to participate in the funding of the
Program to Foster Elimination of the Digital Divide he or she
may do so by electing to contribute, on a  monthly  basis,  a
fixed  amount that will be included in the customer's monthly
bill.  The obligations imposed in this Section shall  not  be
imposed  upon  a  telecommunications  carrier  for any of its
end-users subscribing  to  the  services  listed  below:  (1)
private line service which is not directly or indirectly used
for    the    origination    or   termination   of   switched
telecommunications service, (2) cellular radio  service,  (3)
high-speed  point-to-point  data transmission at or above 9.6
kilobits, (4) the provision of telecommunications service  by
a  company  or  person otherwise subject to subsection (c) of
Section 13-202 to  a  telecommunications  carrier,  which  is
incidental  to the provision of service subject to subsection
(c) of Section 13-202; (5)  pay  telephone  service;  or  (6)
interexchange  telecommunications  service.  The customer may
cease contributing at any time upon providing notice  to  the
telecommunications  carrier.  The notice shall state that any
contribution made will not reduce  the  customer's  bill  for
telecommunications  services.  Failure to remit the amount of
increased payment will reduce the  contribution  accordingly.
The  Commission  shall  specify  the  monthly fixed amount or
amounts that customers wishing to contribute to  the  funding
of  the  Program  to Foster Elimination of the Digital Divide
may  choose  from   in   making   their   contributions.    A
telecommunications  carrier  subject to this obligation shall
remit  the  amounts  contributed  by  its  customers  to  the
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs for  deposit  in
the   Digital   Divide  Elimination  Fund  at  the  intervals
specified in the Commission rules.
(Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)