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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 287
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 287 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by adding
5 Section 13-301.5."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
9 adding Section 13-301.5 as follows:
10 (220 ILCS 5/13-301.5 new)
11 Sec. 13-301.5. Affordable Rural Telecommunications
12 Service Program Design Group.
13 (a) The Affordable Rural Telecommunications Service
14 Program Design Group is established to advise the General
15 Assembly and to investigate the necessity and feasibility of
16 creating a fund from which telecommunications carriers
17 offering or providing local exchange telecommunications
18 service may receive compensation to mitigate the price impact
19 on customers resulting from the high or rising cost of
20 providing that service. The Program Design Group shall
21 report its findings and recommendations to the General
22 Assembly by January 1, 2001.
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1 (b) The Governor shall appoint the chairperson and 6
2 additional members of the Affordable Rural Telecommunications
3 Service Program Design Group. The members appointed by the
4 Governor shall include a representative of the Illinois
5 Commerce Commission and representatives of telecommunications
6 carriers.
7 (c) The Program Design Group shall gather pertinent
8 economic information and formulate recommendations consistent
9 with the policies established in subsection (a) of Section
10 13-102 and subsection (a) of Section 13-103.
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.".