093_HB2489

 
                                     LRB093 10419 JLS 10673 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 adding
 5    Section 13-519 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-519 new)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
 8        Sec.  13-519.  Fire  alarm; discontinuance of service.  A
 9    telecommunications carrier shall not discontinue  service  on
10    an  emergency system or fire alarm system that is required by
11    the local authority to be a dedicated phone line  circuit  to
12    the   central   dispatch  of  the  fire  department  or  fire
13    protection district or, if applicable, the police  department
14    without  having  first  given  written  notice  to that local
15    authority at least 2 weeks before discontinuation of service.