Bill Text: IL SB0709 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "telecommunications carrier".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0709 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB0709-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning telecommunications.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 13-202 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-202)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2013)
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| 8 | Sec. 13-202.
"Telecommunications carrier" means and
and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | includes every
corporation, company, association, joint stock | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | company or association,
firm, partnership or individual, their | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | lessees, trustees or receivers
appointed by any court | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | whatsoever that owns, controls, operates or manages,
within | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | this State, directly or indirectly, for public use, any plant,
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| 14 | equipment or property used or to be used for or in connection | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | with, or owns
or controls any franchise, license, permit or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | right to engage in the
provision of, telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | services between points within the State
which are specified by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | the user. "Telecommunications carrier" includes an Electing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Provider, as defined in Section 13-506.2. Telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | carrier does not
include, however: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (a) telecommunications carriers that are owned and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | operated by any
political subdivision, public or private | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | institution of higher education or
municipal corporation of | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | this State, for their own use, or
telecommunications carriers | ||||||
| 2 | that are owned by such political subdivision,
public or private | ||||||
| 3 | institution of higher education, or municipal corporation
and | ||||||
| 4 | operated by any of its lessees or operating agents, for their | ||||||
| 5 | own use;
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| 6 | (b) telecommunications carriers which are purely mutual | ||||||
| 7 | concerns, having
no rates or charges for services, but paying | ||||||
| 8 | the operating expenses by
assessment upon the members of such a | ||||||
| 9 | company and no other person but does
include telephone or | ||||||
| 10 | telecommunications cooperatives as defined in
Section 13-212;
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| 11 | (c) a company or person which provides telecommunications | ||||||
| 12 | services solely to
itself and its affiliates or members or | ||||||
| 13 | between points in the same building,
or between closely located | ||||||
| 14 | buildings, affiliated through substantial
common ownership, | ||||||
| 15 | control or development; or
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| 16 | (d) a company or person engaged in the delivery of | ||||||
| 17 | community antenna
television services as described in | ||||||
| 18 | subdivision (c) of Section 13-203,
except with respect to the | ||||||
| 19 | provision of telecommunications services by that
company or | ||||||
| 20 | person.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)
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