93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4122

 

Introduced 1/15/2004, by Sidney H. Mathias

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new

    Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to obtain Number Resource Utilization and Forecast Reports from the North American Numbering Plan Administration and identify to that Administration any telecommunications carriers that are not in compliance with the Federal Communications Commission's number utilization rules. Provides for investigation of telecommunications carriers that are not in compliance. Requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to report any actions it takes to obtain compliance by telecommunications carriers.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 13-1001 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
8     Sec. 13-1001. Phone number utilization.
9     (a) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall obtain and
10 review the semi-annual Number Resource Utilization and
11 Forecast Reports from the North American Numbering Plan
12 Administration (NANPA).
13     (b) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall identify to
14 NANPA any telecommunications carrier that is not in full
15 compliance with the Federal Communications Commission's
16 "request threshold", "utilization requirement", and all other
17 Federal Communications Commission number utilization rules
18 identified in its 2 Numbering Resource Optimization Orders, In
19 the Matter of Number Resource Optimization, CC 99-200, FCC
20 00-104, Report and Order (rel. March 31, 2000) codified in part
21 at 47 CFR 52.15, and In the Matter of Number Resource
22 Optimization, CC 99-200, FCC 00-429, Second Report and Order
23 (rel. December 29, 2000) codified in part at 47 CFR 52.15. The
24 Illinois Commerce Commission shall request that NANPA audit any
25 telecommunications carrier not in full compliance with the
26 Federal Communications Commission's numbering resource rules
27 or otherwise investigate instances of noncompliance as
28 proscribed by Federal Communications Commission rules.
29     (c) Within 6 weeks after receiving data from NANPA, the
30 Illinois Commerce Commission shall issue a public report
31 containing the name of any company not in full compliance and
32 the area code affected. The report shall also contain the

 

 

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1 utilization rate by area code for every telecommunications
2 carrier that has phone numbers in any Illinois area code and a
3 report of any Illinois Commerce Commission action being taken
4 to investigate, audit, or otherwise order any
5 telecommunications carrier to comply with the Federal
6 Communications Commission's number resource rules.