97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1817
 
Introduced , by Rep. Robert Rita
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


  
220 ILCS 5/13-101  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101
    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning telecommunications.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:

 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing 
5Section 13-101 as follows:
 



6    (220 ILCS 5/13-101)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101)



7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2013)

8    Sec. 13-101. 
Application of Act to telecommunications 
9rates and
and
services.  Except to the extent modified or 
10supplemented by the
specific provisions of this Article, the 
11Sections of this Act pertaining to
public utilities, public 
12utility rates and services, and the regulation
thereof, are 
13fully and equally applicable to noncompetitive

14telecommunications rates and services, and the regulation 
15thereof, except
where the context clearly renders such 
16provisions inapplicable.  Except to
the extent modified or 
17supplemented by the specific provisions of this
Article, 
18Articles I through V, Sections 8-301, 8-305, 8-502, 8-503, 
198-505, 8-509, 8-509.5, 8-510,
9-221, 9-222,
9-222.1,
9-222.2, 
209-250, and 9-252.1, and Article X of this Act
are fully and 
21equally applicable to
competitive telecommunications rates and 
22services, and the regulation
thereof except that Section 9-250 
23shall not apply to competitive retail telecommunications 
 
 
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1services; in addition, as to competitive telecommunications 
2rates and
services, and the regulation thereof, and with the 
3exception of competitive retail telecommunications service 
4rates and services, all rules and regulations
made by a 
5telecommunications carrier affecting or pertaining to its

6charges or service shall be just and reasonable.
 As of the 
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General

8Assembly,
Sections 4-202, 4-203,
and
5-202 of this Act shall 
9cease to apply to telecommunications rates and
services.
10(Source: P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)