093_HB1453
LRB093 06973 JLS 07122 b
1 AN ACT concerning telecommunications carriers.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
5 changing Section 13-601 as follows:
6 (220 ILCS 5/13-601) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-601)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
8 Sec. 13-601. Application of Article VII.
9 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions
10 of Article VII of this Act are applicable only to
11 telecommunications carriers offering or providing
12 noncompetitive telecommunications service, and the
13 Commission's regulation thereof, except that (1) the approval
14 of contracts and arrangements with affiliated interests
15 required by paragraph (3) of Section 7-101 shall not apply to
16 such telecommunications carriers provided that, except as
17 provided in item (2), those contracts and arrangements shall
18 be filed with the Commission and (2) affiliated interest
19 contracts or arrangements entered into by such
20 telecommunications carriers where the increased obligation
21 thereunder does not exceed the lesser of $5,000,000 or 5% of
22 such carrier's prior annual revenue from noncompetitive
23 services are not required to be filed with the Commission.
24 (b) The Commission shall have the power to prohibit an
25 incumbent local exchange carrier having a parent corporation
26 outside of this State from paying dividends to that parent
27 corporation when, in addition to the considerations provided
28 in subsection (2) of Section 7-103, the Commission has
29 determined that the incumbent local exchange carrier has
30 violated the service quality rules for basic local exchange
31 service promulgated pursuant to Sections 13-712 and 13-902.
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1 (Source: P.A. 89-440, eff. 12-15-95.)