Bill Text: IL HB1817 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning telecommunications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1817 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1817-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 13-101 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/13-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2013)
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| 8 | Sec. 13-101.
Application of Act to telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | rates and
and
services. Except to the extent modified or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | supplemented by the
specific provisions of this Article, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Sections of this Act pertaining to
public utilities, public | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | utility rates and services, and the regulation
thereof, are | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | fully and equally applicable to noncompetitive
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| 14 | telecommunications rates and services, and the regulation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | thereof, except
where the context clearly renders such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | provisions inapplicable. Except to
the extent modified or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | supplemented by the specific provisions of this
Article, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Articles I through V, Sections 8-301, 8-305, 8-502, 8-503, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 8-505, 8-509, 8-509.5, 8-510,
9-221, 9-222,
9-222.1,
9-222.2, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 9-250, and 9-252.1, and Article X of this Act
are fully and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | equally applicable to
competitive telecommunications rates and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | services, and the regulation
thereof except that Section 9-250 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | shall not apply to competitive retail telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | services; in addition, as to competitive telecommunications | ||||||
| 2 | rates and
services, and the regulation thereof, and with the | ||||||
| 3 | exception of competitive retail telecommunications service | ||||||
| 4 | rates and services, all rules and regulations
made by a | ||||||
| 5 | telecommunications carrier affecting or pertaining to its
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| 6 | charges or service shall be just and reasonable.
As of the | ||||||
| 7 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
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| 8 | Assembly,
Sections 4-202, 4-203,
and
5-202 of this Act shall | ||||||
| 9 | cease to apply to telecommunications rates and
services. | ||||||
| 10 | (Source: P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)
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