093_HB2438
LRB093 07826 JLS 11440 b
1 AN ACT concerning telecommunications.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5 Section 13-519 as follows:
6 (220 ILCS 5/13-519 new)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2005)
8 Sec. 13-519. Offer of local exchange service. A
9 telecommunications carrier that offers basic local exchange
10 service, as defined in Section 13-712 of this Act, in the
11 service territory of an incumbent local exchange carrier
12 subject to an alternative regulation plan under Section
13 13-506.1 of this Act shall also offer basic local exchange
14 service including local usage on a stand-alone basis at a
15 rate no higher than the rate charged by the local incumbent
16 exchange carrier providing such basic local exchange service
17 within that serving territory.
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.