House Sponsors: TENHOUSE-MAUTINO-GRANBERG-HARTKE-RUTHERFORD, REITZ, BLACK, WINKEL, LAWFER, JONES,JOHN, MYERS,RICHARD, HANNIG, CURRY,JULIE, MITCHELL,BILL, FOWLER, MITCHELL,JERRY, STEPHENS, SOMMER, SMITH,MICHAEL, BRUNSVOLD, TURNER,JOHN AND MOFFITT. Senate Sponsors: DONAHUE-SIEBEN-MAITLAND-JACOBS-WELCH Short description: PUB UTILITIES-UNIVERSAL FUNDS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning Commerce Commission duties and makes a stylistic change regarding universal telephone service. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 220 ILCS 5/13-301 Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/13-301.5 new Replaces everything. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates the Affordable Rural Telecommunications Service Program Design Group to study the necessity of creating a fund to compensate providers of local exchange telecommunications service to mitigate the price impact on consumers resulting from the high or rising cost of providing that service. Requires the Program Design Group to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 2001. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. (Senate recedes May 27, 1999) Deletes reference to: 220 ILCS 5/13-301.5 new Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/13-301 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-301 Replaces the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Commerce Commission shall, if appropriate, create funds to subsidize eligible telecommunications carriers whose cost of providing service exceeds the affordable rate for the service. Provides that the costs of the funds shall be recovered from all telecommunications carriers on a competitively neutral basis. Effective immediately. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. Recommends that the Senate recede from S-am 1. Recommends that the bill be amended as follows: Replaces the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Authorizes the Commerce Commission to establish universal support service funds to subsidize the cost of telecommunications services by carriers whose costs of providing the services exceed the affordable rate as established by the Commission. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0636 Last action date: 99-08-20 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status