Bill Text: IL SB2238 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007 in the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applicability.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2238 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2238-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB2238 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/21-101.1
Amends the Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007 in the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applicability.
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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 21-101.1 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/21-101.1)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on October 1, 2013)
Sec. 21-101.1. Applicability. The The provisions of Public
Act 95-9 shall apply only to a holder of a cable service or
video service authorization issued by the Commission pursuant
to this Article, and shall not apply to any person or entity
that provides cable television services under a cable
television franchise issued by any municipality or county
pursuant to Section 11-42-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65
ILCS 5/11-42-11) or Section 5-1095 of the Counties Code (55
ILCS 5/5-1095), unless specifically provided for herein. A
local unit of government that has an existing agreement for the
provision of video services with a company or entity that uses
its telecommunications facilities to provide video service as
of May 30, 2007 may continue to operate under that agreement or
may, at its discretion, terminate the existing agreement and
require the video provider to obtain a State-issued
authorization under this Article.

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(Source: P.A. 95-9, eff. 6-30-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)