Bill Text: IL SB0703 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning discontinuation or abandonment of telecommunications service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0703 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB0703-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 13-406 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/13-406) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-406)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2009)
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8 | Sec. 13-406.
No telecommunications carrier offering or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | providing
noncompetitive telecommunications service pursuant | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | to a valid
Certificate of Service Authority or certificate of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | public convenience and
and
necessity shall discontinue or | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | abandon such service once initiated until
and unless it shall | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | demonstrate, and the Commission finds, after notice and
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14 | hearing, that such discontinuance or abandonment will not | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | deprive customers
of any necessary or essential | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | telecommunications service or access thereto
and is not | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | otherwise contrary to the public interest. No
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18 | telecommunications carrier offering or providing competitive
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19 | telecommunications service shall discontinue or abandon such | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | service once
initiated except upon 30 days notice to the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Commission and affected
customers. The Commission may, upon its | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | own motion or upon complaint,
investigate the proposed | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | discontinuance or abandonment of a competitive
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1 | telecommunications service and may, after notice and hearing, | ||||||
2 | prohibit such
proposed discontinuance or abandonment if the | ||||||
3 | Commission finds that it
would be contrary to the public | ||||||
4 | interest. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 84-1063 .)
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