Bill Text: IL HB2819 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Telecommunications Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Act. Provides that the existing prohibition or new franchise fees does not prohibit a municipality from requiring telecommunications carriers to pay a reasonable application fee in order to gain access to the public right-of-way. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2819 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2819-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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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 Telecommunications Infrastructure | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Maintenance Fee Act is amended by changing Section 30 as | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (35 ILCS 635/30)
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8 | Sec. 30. Validity of existing franchise fees and | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | agreements.
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10 | (a) No new franchise fees or other charges
for the use of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the public rights-of-way , including charges for the recovery of
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12 | reasonable costs of regulating the use of the public | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | rights-of-way,
shall be imposed upon, levied on, or otherwise | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | required of telecommunications
retailers by ordinance, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | resolution, or contract, nor shall any other
new charges be | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | required from telecommunications retailers by
municipalities | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | from and
after the effective date of this Act. This Act does | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | not prohibit a municipality from requiring telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | carriers to pay a reasonable application fee in order to gain | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | access to the public right-of-way.
Nothing in this Act shall | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | excuse any person or entity from obligations imposed
under any | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | law concerning generally applicable taxes or standards for
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23 | construction on, over, under, or within, use of or
repair of |
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1 | the public rights-of-way, including standards relating to free
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2 | standing towers and other structures upon the public way, nor | ||||||
3 | shall any
person or entity be excused
from any liability | ||||||
4 | imposed by any such law for the failure to comply with such
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5 | generally applicable taxes or standards governing construction | ||||||
6 | on, over, under,
or within, use of or repair of the
public | ||||||
7 | rights-of-way.
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8 | (b) Agreements between telecommunications retailers and | ||||||
9 | municipalities
entered into before the effective date of this | ||||||
10 | Act regarding use of
the public ways shall remain valid | ||||||
11 | according to and for their stated terms,
except as to fees or | ||||||
12 | charges waived under Section 5-60 of the Simplified
Municipal | ||||||
13 | Telecommunications Tax Act.
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14 | (c) The regulation of the terms and conditions upon which | ||||||
15 | poles, conduits,
and other facilities located in the public way | ||||||
16 | may be shared by or between
telecommunications retailers shall | ||||||
17 | be committed exclusively to the jurisdiction
of the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Commerce Commission and the Federal Communications Commission,
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19 | and such regulation shall not be among the home rule powers and | ||||||
20 | functions
described in subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article | ||||||
21 | VII of the Illinois
Constitution. Moreover, no municipality may | ||||||
22 | enter into any
contract or agreement with a telecommunications | ||||||
23 | retailer with respect to the
terms and conditions upon which | ||||||
24 | poles, conduits, and other facilities located
in
the public way | ||||||
25 | may be shared by or between telecommunications retailers.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 92-526, eff. 1-1-03.)
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.
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