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John J. Cullerton
Filed: 2/19/2004
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09300SB2517sam001 |
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LRB093 17930 JAM 47667 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2517
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2517 by replacing |
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| all of Section 20 with the following:
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| "Section 20. Accessible Electronic Information Service |
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| Fund. |
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| (a) In order to support the program described in Section |
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| 15, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall enter into an |
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| agreement with the Director for the purpose of recovering the |
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| cost by using the rate recovery mechanism established by the |
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| Commission pursuant to Section 13-703(c) of the Public |
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| Utilities Act. |
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| (b) The Illinois Commerce Commission, in consultation with |
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| the Director, shall annually determine the amount to be |
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| recovered based on the amount of funding necessary to support |
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| the program described in Section 15. |
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| (c) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall determine the |
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| percentage of the cost recovery rate established under Section |
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| 13-703(c) of the Public Utilities Act needed annually to |
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| support the program described in Section 15, and each local |
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| exchange telecommunications company shall remit to the |
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| Director an amount to be computed based on the percentage |
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| required, less any amount allowed for administration. The |
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| amounts remitted shall be deposited into the Accessible |
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| Electronic Information Service Fund, a special fund created in |
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| the State treasury that may be appropriated only for the |