Public Act 93-0412

HB2489 Enrolled                      LRB093 10419 JLS 10673 b

    AN ACT concerning telecommunications carriers.

    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 adding
Section 13-519 as follows:

    (220 ILCS 5/13-519 new)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
    Sec.  13-519.  Fire  alarm;  discontinuance  of  service.
When  a telecommunications carrier initiates a discontinuance
of service on a known emergency system or fire  alarm  system
that  is  required  by  the local authority to be a dedicated
phone line circuit  to  the  central  dispatch  of  the  fire
department or fire protection district or, if applicable, the
police  department, the telecommunications carrier shall also
transmit a copy of the written notice  of  discontinuance  to
that local authority.