93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4122


 
Introduced 1/15/2004, by Sidney H. Mathias
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    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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    AN ACT concerning the allocation of telephone numbers. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding 
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Section 13-1001
as follows:


 
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    (220 ILCS 5/13-1001 new)

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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)


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    Sec. 13-1001. Phone number utilization.

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    (a) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall obtain and 
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review the semi-annual Number
Resource Utilization and 
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Forecast Reports from the North American Numbering
Plan

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Administration (NANPA).

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    (b) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall identify to 
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NANPA any
telecommunications carrier that is not in full 
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compliance with the Federal
Communications Commission's 
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"request threshold", "utilization requirement", and
all
other 
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Federal Communications Commission number utilization rules 
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identified in
its 2
Numbering Resource Optimization Orders, In 
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the Matter of Number Resource
Optimization, CC 99-200, FCC 
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00-104, Report and Order (rel. March 31, 2000)
codified
in part 
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at 47 CFR 52.15, and In the Matter of Number Resource 
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Optimization, CC
99-200, FCC 00-429, Second Report and Order 
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(rel. December 29, 2000) codified
in
part at
47 CFR 52.15. The 
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Illinois Commerce Commission shall request that NANPA audit any

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telecommunications carrier not in full compliance with the 
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Federal
Communications
Commission's numbering resource rules 
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or otherwise investigate instances of
noncompliance as 
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proscribed by Federal Communications Commission rules.

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    (c) Within 6 weeks after receiving data from NANPA, the 
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Illinois Commerce
Commission shall issue a public report 
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containing the name of any company not
in full
compliance and 
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the area code affected. The report shall also contain the

 


 









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utilization rate by
area code for every telecommunications 
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carrier that has phone numbers in any
Illinois
area code and a 
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report of any Illinois Commerce Commission action being taken 
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to
investigate,
audit, or otherwise order any 
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telecommunications carrier to comply with the
Federal

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Communications Commission's number resource rules.