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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0703
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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220 ILCS 5/13-406 |
from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-406 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning discontinuation or abandonment of telecommunications service.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0703 |
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LRB096 06779 MJR 16863 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 13-406 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/13-406) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-406)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2009)
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| Sec. 13-406.
No telecommunications carrier offering or |
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| providing
noncompetitive telecommunications service pursuant |
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| to a valid
Certificate of Service Authority or certificate of |
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| public convenience and
and
necessity shall discontinue or |
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| abandon such service once initiated until
and unless it shall |
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| demonstrate, and the Commission finds, after notice and
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| hearing, that such discontinuance or abandonment will not |
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| deprive customers
of any necessary or essential |
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| telecommunications service or access thereto
and is not |
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| otherwise contrary to the public interest. No
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| telecommunications carrier offering or providing competitive
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| telecommunications service shall discontinue or abandon such |
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| service once
initiated except upon 30 days notice to the |
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| Commission and affected
customers. The Commission may, upon its |
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| own motion or upon complaint,
investigate the proposed |
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| discontinuance or abandonment of a competitive
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