Bill Text: IL HB3917 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides for the giving of notice and information concerning rates, charges, terms, and conditions of service to customers of telecommunications carriers. Extends the repeal of the Telecommunications Article to July 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3917 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3917-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3917 Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/13-503 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-503
220 ILCS 5/13-505 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505
220 ILCS 5/13-505.4 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505.4
220 ILCS 5/13-1200
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides for the giving of notice and information concerning rates, charges, terms, and conditions of service to customers of telecommunications carriers. Extends the repeal of the Telecommunications Article to July 1, 2020.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
Sections 13-503, 13-505, 13-505.4, and 13-1200 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/13-503) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-503)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
Sec. 13-503. Information available to the public. With
respect to rates or other charges made, demanded, or received
for any telecommunications service offered, provided, or to be
provided, that is subject to subsection (a) of Section 13-501
of this Act, telecommunications carriers shall comply with the
publication and filing provisions of Sections 9-101, 9-102,
9-102.1, and 9-201 of this Act. Except for the provision of
services offered or provided by payphone providers pursuant to
a tariff, telecommunications carriers shall make all tariffs
and all written service offerings for competitive
telecommunications service available electronically to the
public without requiring a password or other means of
registration. A telecommunications carrier's website shall, if
applicable, provide in a conspicuous manner information on the
rates, charges, terms, and conditions of competitive and
noncompetitive service available, and a toll-free telephone

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number that may be used to contact an agent for assistance with
obtaining rate or other charge information or the terms and
conditions of service. The website shall also provide
information on a variety of plans the telecommunications
carrier offers, and an evaluation of which telecommunications
tariffs and written service offerings for competitive
telecommunications service are the most appropriate and cost
efficient for each customer based upon each customer's
individually stated needs, wants, and prior telecommunications
use. Such information shall also be conspicuously provided
along with each billing statement for each customer in the same
manner as the billing statement is provided, or, in the absence
of such information, instructions on how to obtain the
information from the telecommunications carrier's website.
Telecommunications carriers shall keep record of who has
contacted the carrier about rates and packages. If a customer
has not contacted a carrier at least once before November 1 of
each year to discuss rates and packages, the carrier will send
to the customer, in the same manner as the customer's billing
statement, an invitation to discuss such details. Notices will
be sent in a least one more additional instance than the
customer's bill is sent.
(Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13.)
(220 ILCS 5/13-505) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)

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Sec. 13-505. Rate changes; competitive services. Any
proposed increase or decrease in rates or charges, or proposed
change in any classification, written service offering, or
tariff resulting in an increase or decrease in rates or
charges, for a competitive telecommunications service shall be
permitted upon the filing with the Commission or posting on the
telecommunications carrier's website of the proposed rate,
charge, classification, written service offering, or tariff
pursuant to Section 13-501 of this Act. Notice of an increase
or decrease shall be given, no later than the prior billing
cycle, to all potentially affected customers by mail,
telephone, or equivalent means of notice, including electronic
if the customer has elected electronic billing. Additional
notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation may
also be given.
(Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13.)
(220 ILCS 5/13-505.4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505.4)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
Sec. 13-505.4. Provision of noncompetitive services.
(a) A telecommunications carrier that offers or provides a
noncompetitive service, service element, feature, or
functionality on a separate, stand-alone basis to any customer
shall provide that service, service element, feature, or
functionality pursuant to tariff to all persons, including all
telecommunications carriers and competitors, in accordance

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with the provisions of this Article.
(b) A telecommunications carrier that offers or provides a
noncompetitive service, service element, feature, or
functionality to any customer as part of an offering of
competitive services pursuant to tariff or contract shall
publicly disclose the offering or provisioning of the
noncompetitive service, service element, feature, or
functionality by filing with the Commission information that
generally describes the offering or provisioning and that shows
the rates, terms, and conditions of the noncompetitive service,
service element, feature, or functionality. The information
shall be filed with the Commission concurrently with the filing
of the tariff or not more than 10 days following the customer's
acceptance of the offering in a contract. Information under
this subsection (b) shall be provided to customers in the same
manner as information is provided for competitive
telecommunications services under Section 13-503 of this Act.
(c) A telecommunications carrier that is not subject to
regulation under an alternative regulation plan pursuant to
Section 13-506.1 of this Act may reduce the rate or charge for
a noncompetitive service, service element, feature, or
functionality offered to customers on a separate, stand-alone
basis or as part of a bundled service offering by filing with
the Commission a tariff that shows the reduced rate or charge
and all applicable terms and conditions of the noncompetitive
service, service element, feature, or functionality or bundled

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offering. The reduction of rates or charges shall be permitted
upon the filing of the proposed rate, charge, classification,
tariff, or bundled offering. The total price of a bundled
offering shall not attribute any portion of the charge to
services subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission and
shall not be binding on the Commission in any proceeding under
Article IX of this Act to set the revenue requirement or to set
just and reasonable rates for services subject to the
jurisdiction of the Commission. Prices for bundles shall not be
subject to Section 13-505.1 of this Act. For purposes of this
subsection (c), a bundle is a group of services offered
together for a fixed price where at least one of the services
is an interLATA service as that term is defined in 47 U.S.C.
153(21), a cable service or a video service, a community
antenna television service, a satellite broadcast service, a
public mobile service as defined in Section 13-214 of this Act,
or an advanced telecommunications service as "advanced
telecommunications services" is defined in Section 13-517 of
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-9, eff. 6-30-07.)
(220 ILCS 5/13-1200)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
Sec. 13-1200. Repealer. This Article is repealed July 1,
2020 2017.
(Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13; 99-6, eff. 6-29-15.)