Section 757.10  Definitions

For the purpose of this Part:

            "Act" means the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5].

"Broadband internet access service" or "BIAS" has the meaning ascribed in 47 CFR 54.400 (July 1, 2017).

            "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.

            "Eligible new subscriber" is an applicant for local exchange service or broadband internet access service who meets the eligibility guidelines set forth in Section 757.225.  As used in this Part, a subscriber who meets the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 757.225 who relocates his or her principal place of residence is also an eligible new subscriber.

            "Eligible subscriber" is any individual currently subscribing to local exchange service who meets the eligibility guidelines set forth in Section 757.225.

            "Eligible telecommunications carrier" has the meaning given to it at 47 CFR 54.201, as amended through the FCC's Third Report and Order, Further Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, FCC 16-38, WC Docket Nos. 11-42, 09-197 and 10-90 (released April 27, 2016).  This incorporation does not include any later amendments or editions.

            "LEC" means "local exchange carrier", which is a telecommunications carrier providing local exchange telecommunications service as defined in Section 13-204 of the Act [220 ILCS 5].

            "Lifeline" means "Lifeline service", as defined in Section 13-301.1(c) of the Act.

            "Local exchange service charge waiver" means any reduction in a participant's initial local exchange service installation charge or local exchange service obligation in the amount established under this Part.

            "Local exchange service installation charge" means those charges pursuant to either a tariff filed with the Commission or, if no tariff is filed, a written service offering available on the local exchange carrier's website assessed for connecting an eligible new subscriber to the network.  These charges do not include security deposit requirements.

"Local exchange service" means local exchange telecommunications service as defined in Section 13-204 of the Act.

"Local exchange service obligation" means those charges pursuant to either a tariff filed with the Commission or, if no tariff is filed, a written service offering available on the local exchange carrier's website assessed on a monthly basis for access to the network.  These charges do not include taxes.

            "Member Agreement" means the contract between an LEC and a UTAC.

            "Program" or "plan" means the telephone assistance programs offered under this Part.

            "Proxy Programs" include the assistance programs identified in 47 CFR  54.409, as amended through the FCC's Third Report and Order, Further Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, FCC 16-38, WC Docket Nos. 11-42, 09-197 and 10-90 (released April 27, 2016), which include, with respect to Illinois, only:  Medicaid; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Supplemental Security Income; Federal Public Housing Assistance; and Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit.  This incorporation does not include any later amendments or editions.

            "Staff" means individuals employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission, exclusive of Commissioners.

"UTAC" means the Universal Telephone Assistance Corporation, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation responsible for the administration of the UTSAP as described in Section 757.215.

            "UTSAP" means the Universal Telephone Service Assistance Program in which all Illinois LECs shall participate as provided in Section 757.200.

            "UTSAP Administrator" is the Universal Telephone Assistance Corporation, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation responsible for the administration of the UTSAP as described in Section 757.215.

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 16417, effective August 15, 2018)