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91_SB0510 LRB9103310JSpc 1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing 2 Section 13-209 and adding Section 13-216. 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 6 changing Section 13-209 and adding Section 13-216 as follows: 7 (220 ILCS 5/13-209) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-209) 8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001) 9 Sec. 13-209. "Competitive Telecommunications Service" 10 means a telecommunications service, its functional equivalent 11 or a substitute service, which, for some identifiable class 12 or group of customers in an exchange, group of exchanges, or 13 some other clearly defined geographical area, is reasonably 14 available from more than one provider, whether or not such 15 provider is a telecommunications carrier subject to 16 regulation under this Act. A telecommunications service may 17 be competitive for the entire state, some geographical area 18 therein, including an exchange or set of exchanges, or for a 19 specific customer or class or group of customers, but only to 20 the extent consistent with this definition. All 21 telecommunications services offered by carriers other than 22 incumbent local exchange carriers are competitive 23 telecommunications services. 24 (Source: P.A. 84-1063.) 25 (220 ILCS 5/13-216 new) 26 Sec. 13-216. Incumbent local exchange carrier. 27 "Incumbent local exchange carrier" means a local exchange 28 telecommunications carrier as defined by Section 251(h)(1) of 29 the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.