Bill Text: IL HB0715 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a certificate of service authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0715 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0715-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 13-401 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/13-401) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-401)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2020)
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8 | Sec. 13-401. Certificate of Service Authority.
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9 | (a) No telecommunications carrier not possessing a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | certificate of public
convenience and
and necessity or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | certificate of authority from the Commission
at the time this | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Article goes into effect shall transact any business in
this | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | State until it shall have obtained a certificate of service | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | authority
from the Commission pursuant to the provisions of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | this Article. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | No telecommunications carrier offering or providing, or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | seeking to offer
or provide, any interexchange | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | telecommunications service shall do so until
it has applied for | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | and received a Certificate of Interexchange Service
Authority | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | pursuant to the provisions of Section 13-403. No
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21 | telecommunications carrier offering or providing, or seeking | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | to offer or
provide, any local exchange telecommunications | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | service shall do so until it
has applied for and received a |
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1 | Certificate of Exchange Service Authority
pursuant to the | ||||||
2 | provisions of Section 13-405.
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3 | Notwithstanding Sections 13-403, 13-404, and 13-405, the | ||||||
4 | Commission
shall approve a cellular radio application for a | ||||||
5 | Certificate of Service
Authority without a hearing upon a | ||||||
6 | showing by the cellular applicant that
the Federal | ||||||
7 | Communications Commission has issued to it a construction
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8 | permit or an operating license to construct or operate a | ||||||
9 | cellular radio
system in the area as defined by the Federal | ||||||
10 | Communications Commission, or
portion of the area, for which | ||||||
11 | the carrier seeks a Certificate of Service
Authority.
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12 | No Certificate of Service Authority issued by the | ||||||
13 | Commission shall be
construed as granting a monopoly or | ||||||
14 | exclusive privilege, immunity or
franchise. The issuance of a | ||||||
15 | Certificate of Service Authority to any
telecommunications | ||||||
16 | carrier shall not preclude the Commission from issuing
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17 | additional Certificates of Service Authority to other | ||||||
18 | telecommunications
carriers providing the same or equivalent | ||||||
19 | service or serving the same
geographical area or customers as | ||||||
20 | any previously certified carrier, except
to the extent | ||||||
21 | otherwise provided by Sections 13-403 and 13-405.
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22 | Any certificate of public convenience and necessity | ||||||
23 | granted by the
Commission to a telecommunications carrier prior | ||||||
24 | to the effective date of
this Article shall remain in full | ||||||
25 | force and effect, and such carriers need
not apply for a | ||||||
26 | Certificate of Service Authority in order to continue
offering |
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1 | or providing service to the extent authorized in such | ||||||
2 | certificate
of public convenience and necessity. Any such | ||||||
3 | carrier, however, prior to
substantially altering the nature or | ||||||
4 | scope of services provided under a
certificate of public | ||||||
5 | convenience and necessity, or adding or expanding
services | ||||||
6 | beyond the authority contained in such certificate, must apply | ||||||
7 | for
a Certificate of Service Authority for such alterations or | ||||||
8 | additions
pursuant to the provisions of this Article.
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9 | The Commission shall review and modify the terms of any
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10 | certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to a
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11 | telecommunications carrier prior to the effective date of this | ||||||
12 | Article in
order to ensure its conformity with the requirements | ||||||
13 | and policies of this
Article. Any Certificate of Service | ||||||
14 | Authority may be altered or modified by
the Commission, after | ||||||
15 | notice and hearing, upon its own motion or upon
application of | ||||||
16 | the person or company affected. Unless exercised within a
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17 | period of two years from the issuance thereof, authority | ||||||
18 | conferred by a
Certificate of Service Authority shall be null | ||||||
19 | and void.
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20 | (b) The Commission may issue a temporary Certificate which | ||||||
21 | shall remain
in force not to exceed one year in cases of | ||||||
22 | emergency, to assure maintenance
of adequate service or to | ||||||
23 | serve particular customers, without notice and
hearing, | ||||||
24 | pending the determination of an application for a Certificate, | ||||||
25 | and
may by regulation exempt from the requirements of this | ||||||
26 | Section temporary
acts or operations for which the issuance of |
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1 | a certificate is not necessary
in the public interest and which | ||||||
2 | will not be required therefor.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
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