093_HB2509

 
                                     LRB093 09479 JLS 09714 b

 1        AN ACT concerning the allocation of telephone numbers.

 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    Sections 13-1001 and 13-1002 as follows:

 6        (220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
 8        Sec. 13-1001.  Allocation of telephone numbers.
 9        (a)  An   entity  responsible  for  allocating  telephone
10    numbers to a telecommunications carrier  shall  not  issue  a
11    block  of  more  than  1,000 new telephone numbers at any one
12    time to any telecommunications carrier.
13        (b)  By January 1, 2005, the Commission shall adopt rules
14    concerning  the  allocation  of  new  telephone  numbers   to
15    telecommunications carriers and requiring the periodic return
16    for  reallocation  of  numbers  that have been allocated to a
17    telecommunications  carrier  but  are  not  being   used   by
18    consumers of telecommunications services.

19        (220 ILCS 5/13-1002 new)
20        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
21        Sec.   13-1002.  Creation   of   new   area  codes.   The
22    Commission shall not approve the creation of a new area  code
23    within  an  existing  area code in Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane,
24    DuPage, or Will County unless at least 75% of the potentially
25    available telephone numbers within the existing area code are
26    being used by consumers of telecommunications services.