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91_SB0891
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by adding
2 Section 13-301.5.
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 adding
6 Section 13-301.5 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/13-301.5 new)
8 Sec. 13-301.5. Affordable Rural Telecommunications
9 Service Program Design Group.
10 (a) The Affordable Rural Telecommunications Service
11 Program Design Group is established to advise the General
12 Assembly and to investigate the necessity and feasibility of
13 creating a fund from which telecommunications carriers
14 offering or providing local exchange telecommunications
15 service may receive compensation to mitigate the price impact
16 on customers resulting from the high or rising cost of
17 providing that service. The Program Design Group shall
18 report its findings and recommendations to the General
19 Assembly by January 1, 2001.
20 (b) The Governor shall appoint the chairperson and 6
21 additional members of the Affordable Rural Telecommunications
22 Service Program Design Group. The members appointed by the
23 Governor shall include a representative of the Illinois
24 Commerce Commission and representatives of telecommunications
25 carriers.
26 (c) The Program Design Group shall gather pertinent
27 economic information and formulate recommendations consistent
28 with the policies established in subsection (a) of Section
29 13-102 and subsection (a) of Section 13-103.
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.