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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Consideration is being given to introducing a
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| overlay area code in the 217 region of the State; and
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| WHEREAS, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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| currently requires 11-digit dialing when an overlay area code |
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| is implemented; and
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| WHEREAS, The FCC's 11-digit dialing mandate is a needless |
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| inconvenience for residential and business consumers; and
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| WHEREAS, Residents in the 217 region would be able to |
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| continue dialing 7 digits for all local calls if the FCC were |
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| to change its policy on mandatory 11-digit dialing in an |
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| overlay situation; and
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| WHEREAS, The FCC's mandatory 11-digit dialing policy could |
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| soon affect all the residents of Illinois, as the phone |
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| industry claims that every area code in the State will be out |
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| of telephone numbers by 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, On December 29, 2001, the FCC reversed its |
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| long-standing opposition to wireless-only overlays, signaling |
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| that the agency is potentially reconsidering its area code |
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| policies;
therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| urge the Federal Communications Commission to grant a
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| waiver of the 11-digit dialing mandate for the 217 region and |
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| to change its policy on overlay area codes; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| delivered to the Chairman of the FCC, the Chairman of the |
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| Illinois Commerce Commission, and each member of the Illinois |