Bill Text: IL SB1501 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning telecommunications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-01-12 - Session Sine Die [SB1501 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1501-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB1501 Introduced 2/18/2009, by Sen. Michael Bond 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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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
Section 13-101 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/13-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2009)
Sec. 13-101. Application of Act to telecommunications
rates and and services. Except to the extent modified or
supplemented by the specific provisions of this Article, the
Sections of this Act pertaining to public utilities, public
utility rates and services, and the regulation thereof, are
fully and equally applicable to noncompetitive
telecommunications rates and services, and the regulation
thereof, except where the context clearly renders such
provisions inapplicable. Except to the extent modified or
supplemented by the specific provisions of this Article,
Articles I through V, Sections 8-301, 8-505, 9-221, 9-222,
9-222.1, 9-222.2, 9-250, and 9-252.1, and Articles X and XI of
this Act are fully and equally applicable to competitive
telecommunications rates and services, and the regulation
thereof; in addition, as to competitive telecommunications
rates and services, and the regulation thereof, all rules and

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regulations made by a telecommunications carrier affecting or
pertaining to its charges or service to the public shall be
just and reasonable, provided that nothing in this Section
shall be construed to prevent a telecommunications carrier from
accepting payment electronically or by the use of a
customer-preferred financially accredited credit or debit
methodology. As of the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 92nd General Assembly, Sections 4-202, 4-203, and 5-202 of
this Act shall cease to apply to telecommunications rates and
services.
(Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)