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SB2602 Engrossed |
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| AN ACT relating to telecommunications.
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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 changing
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| Section 13-202 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-202)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
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| Sec. 13-202. Telecommunications carrier.
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| "Telecommunications carrier"
means and includes every
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| corporation, company, association, joint stock company or |
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| association,
firm, partnership or individual, their lessees, |
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| trustees or receivers
appointed by any court whatsoever that |
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| owns, controls, operates or manages,
within this State, |
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| directly or indirectly, for public use, any plant,
equipment or |
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| property used or to be used for or in connection with, or owns
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| or controls any franchise, license, permit or right to engage |
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| in the
provision of, telecommunications services between |
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| points within the State
which are specified by the user. |
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| Telecommunications carrier does not
include, however:
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| (a) telecommunications carriers that are owned and |
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| operated by any
political subdivision, public or private |
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| institution of higher education or
municipal corporation of |
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| this State, for their own use, or
telecommunications carriers |
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| that are owned by such political subdivision,
public or private |
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| institution of higher education, or municipal corporation
and |
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| operated by any of its lessees or operating agents, for their |
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| own use;
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| (b) telecommunications carriers which are purely mutual |
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| concerns, having
no rates or charges for services, but paying |
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| the operating expenses by
assessment upon the members of such a |
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| company and no other person but does
include telephone or |
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| telecommunications cooperatives as defined in
Section 13-212;
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