Bill Text: IL HB0714 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of ratemaking provisions of Article IX of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0714 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0714-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 13-504 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/13-504) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
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| 8 | Sec. 13-504. Application of ratemaking provisions of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Article IX.
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| 10 | (a) Except where the
the context clearly renders such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | provisions
inapplicable, the ratemaking provisions of Article | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | IX of this Act relating
to public utilities are fully and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | equally applicable to the rates, charges,
tariffs and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | classifications for the offer or provision of noncompetitive
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| 15 | telecommunications services. However, the ratemaking | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | provisions do not apply to
any proposed change in rates or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | charges, any proposed change in any
classification or tariff | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | resulting in a change in rates or charges, or the
establishment | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | of new services and rates therefor for
a noncompetitive local | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | exchange telecommunications service offered or provided
by a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | local exchange telecommunications carrier with no more than | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 35,000
subscriber access lines. Proposed changes in rates, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | charges,
classifications, or tariffs meeting these criteria | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | shall be permitted upon
the filing of the proposed tariff and | ||||||
| 2 | 30 days notice to the Commission and
all potentially affected | ||||||
| 3 | customers. The proposed changes shall not be
subject to | ||||||
| 4 | suspension. The Commission shall investigate whether any | ||||||
| 5 | proposed
change is just and reasonable only if a | ||||||
| 6 | telecommunications
carrier that is
a customer of the local | ||||||
| 7 | exchange telecommunications carrier or 10% of the potentially | ||||||
| 8 | affected access line subscribers of the
local exchange | ||||||
| 9 | telecommunications carrier shall file a petition or
complaint | ||||||
| 10 | requesting an investigation of the proposed
changes. When the
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| 11 | telecommunications carrier or 10% of the
potentially
affected | ||||||
| 12 | access line subscribers of a local exchange telecommunications
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| 13 | carrier file a complaint, the Commission shall, after notice | ||||||
| 14 | and hearing,
have the power and duty to establish the rates, | ||||||
| 15 | charges, classifications,
or tariffs it finds to be just and | ||||||
| 16 | reasonable. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) Subsection (c) of Section 13-502 and Sections 13-505.1, | ||||||
| 18 | 13-505.4,
13-505.6, and 13-507 of this Article do not
apply to | ||||||
| 19 | rates or charges or proposed changes in rates or charges for
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| 20 | applicable competitive or interexchange services when offered | ||||||
| 21 | or provided
by a local exchange telecommunications carrier with | ||||||
| 22 | no more than 35,000
subscriber access lines. In addition, | ||||||
| 23 | Sections 13-514, 13-515, and 13-516 do
not apply to | ||||||
| 24 | telecommunications carriers with no more than 35,000 | ||||||
| 25 | subscriber
access
lines. The Commission may require | ||||||
| 26 | telecommunications
carriers with no more than 35,000 | ||||||
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| 1 | subscriber access lines to
furnish
information that the | ||||||
| 2 | Commission deems necessary for a determination that
rates and | ||||||
| 3 | charges for any competitive telecommunications service are
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| 4 | just and reasonable.
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| 5 | (c) For a local exchange telecommunications carrier with no | ||||||
| 6 | more than
35,000 access lines, the Commission shall consider | ||||||
| 7 | and adjust,
as
appropriate, a local exchange | ||||||
| 8 | telecommunications carrier's depreciation
rates only in | ||||||
| 9 | ratemaking proceedings.
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| 10 | (d) Article VI and Sections 7-101 and 7-102 of Article VII | ||||||
| 11 | of this Act
pertaining to public utilities, public utility | ||||||
| 12 | rates and services, and the
regulation thereof are not | ||||||
| 13 | applicable to local exchange telecommunication
carriers with | ||||||
| 14 | no more than 35,000 subscriber access lines.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
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