101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0715

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/13-401  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-401

    Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a certificate of service authority.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
5Section 13-401 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/13-401)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-401)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
8    Sec. 13-401. Certificate of Service Authority.
9    (a) No telecommunications carrier not possessing a
10certificate of public convenience and and necessity or
11certificate of authority from the Commission at the time this
12Article goes into effect shall transact any business in this
13State until it shall have obtained a certificate of service
14authority from the Commission pursuant to the provisions of
15this Article.
16    No telecommunications carrier offering or providing, or
17seeking to offer or provide, any interexchange
18telecommunications service shall do so until it has applied for
19and received a Certificate of Interexchange Service Authority
20pursuant to the provisions of Section 13-403. No
21telecommunications carrier offering or providing, or seeking
22to offer or provide, any local exchange telecommunications
23service shall do so until it has applied for and received a

 

 

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1Certificate of Exchange Service Authority pursuant to the
2provisions of Section 13-405.
3    Notwithstanding Sections 13-403, 13-404, and 13-405, the
4Commission shall approve a cellular radio application for a
5Certificate of Service Authority without a hearing upon a
6showing by the cellular applicant that the Federal
7Communications Commission has issued to it a construction
8permit or an operating license to construct or operate a
9cellular radio system in the area as defined by the Federal
10Communications Commission, or portion of the area, for which
11the carrier seeks a Certificate of Service Authority.
12    No Certificate of Service Authority issued by the
13Commission shall be construed as granting a monopoly or
14exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise. The issuance of a
15Certificate of Service Authority to any telecommunications
16carrier shall not preclude the Commission from issuing
17additional Certificates of Service Authority to other
18telecommunications carriers providing the same or equivalent
19service or serving the same geographical area or customers as
20any previously certified carrier, except to the extent
21otherwise provided by Sections 13-403 and 13-405.
22    Any certificate of public convenience and necessity
23granted by the Commission to a telecommunications carrier prior
24to the effective date of this Article shall remain in full
25force and effect, and such carriers need not apply for a
26Certificate of Service Authority in order to continue offering

 

 

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1or providing service to the extent authorized in such
2certificate of public convenience and necessity. Any such
3carrier, however, prior to substantially altering the nature or
4scope of services provided under a certificate of public
5convenience and necessity, or adding or expanding services
6beyond the authority contained in such certificate, must apply
7for a Certificate of Service Authority for such alterations or
8additions pursuant to the provisions of this Article.
9    The Commission shall review and modify the terms of any
10certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to a
11telecommunications carrier prior to the effective date of this
12Article in order to ensure its conformity with the requirements
13and policies of this Article. Any Certificate of Service
14Authority may be altered or modified by the Commission, after
15notice and hearing, upon its own motion or upon application of
16the person or company affected. Unless exercised within a
17period of two years from the issuance thereof, authority
18conferred by a Certificate of Service Authority shall be null
19and void.
20    (b) The Commission may issue a temporary Certificate which
21shall remain in force not to exceed one year in cases of
22emergency, to assure maintenance of adequate service or to
23serve particular customers, without notice and hearing,
24pending the determination of an application for a Certificate,
25and may by regulation exempt from the requirements of this
26Section temporary acts or operations for which the issuance of

 

 

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1a certificate is not necessary in the public interest and which
2will not be required therefor.
3(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)