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91_HB0287eng HB0287 Engrossed LRB9101576JSpc 1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by adding 2 Section 13-301.5. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding 6 Section 13-301.5 as follows: 7 (220 ILCS 5/13-301.5 new) 8 Sec. 13-301.5. Affordable Rural Telecommunications 9 Service Program Design Group. 10 (a) The Affordable Rural Telecommunications Service 11 Program Design Group is established to advise the General 12 Assembly and to investigate the necessity and feasibility of 13 creating a fund from which telecommunications carriers 14 offering or providing local exchange telecommunications 15 service may receive compensation to mitigate the price impact 16 on customers resulting from the high or rising cost of 17 providing that service. The Program Design Group shall 18 report its findings and recommendations to the General 19 Assembly by January 1, 2001. 20 (b) The Governor shall appoint the chairperson and 6 21 additional members of the Affordable Rural Telecommunications 22 Service Program Design Group. The members appointed by the 23 Governor shall include a representative of the Illinois 24 Commerce Commission and representatives of telecommunications 25 carriers. 26 (c) The Program Design Group shall gather pertinent 27 economic information and formulate recommendations consistent 28 with the policies established in subsection (a) of Section 29 13-102 and subsection (a) of Section 13-103. 30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon HB0287 Engrossed -2- LRB9101576JSpc 1 becoming law.