220 ILCS 5/13-401
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-401)(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-401. Certificate of Service Authority.(a) No telecommunications carrier not possessing a certificate of public  convenience and necessity or certificate of authority from the Commission  at the time this Article goes into effect shall transact any business in  this State until it shall have obtained a certificate of service authority  from the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this Article.No telecommunications carrier offering or providing, or seeking to offer  or provide, any interexchange telecommunications service shall do so until  it has applied for and received a Certificate of Interexchange Service  Authority pursuant to the provisions of Section 13-403. No  telecommunications carrier offering or providing, or seeking to offer or  provide, any local exchange telecommunications service shall do so until it  has applied for and received a Certificate of Exchange Service Authority  pursuant to the provisions of Section 13-405.Notwithstanding Sections 13-403, 13-404, and 13-405, the Commission  shall approve a cellular radio application for a Certificate of Service  Authority without a hearing upon a showing by the cellular applicant that  the Federal Communications Commission has issued to it a construction  permit or an operating license to construct or operate a cellular radio  system in the area as defined by the Federal Communications Commission, or  portion of the area, for which the carrier seeks a Certificate of Service  Authority.No Certificate of Service Authority issued by the Commission shall be  construed as granting a monopoly or exclusive privilege, immunity or  franchise. The issuance of a Certificate of Service Authority to any  telecommunications carrier shall not preclude the Commission from issuing  additional Certificates of Service Authority to other telecommunications  carriers providing the same or equivalent service or serving the same  geographical area or customers as any previously certified carrier, except  to the extent otherwise provided by Sections 13-403 and 13-405.Any certificate of public convenience and necessity granted by the  Commission to a telecommunications carrier prior to the effective date of  this Article shall remain in full force and effect, and such carriers need  not apply for a Certificate of Service Authority in order to continue  offering or providing service to the extent authorized in such certificate  of public convenience and necessity. Any such carrier, however, prior to  substantially altering the nature or scope of services provided under a  certificate of public convenience and necessity, or adding or expanding  services beyond the authority contained in such certificate, must apply for  a Certificate of Service Authority for such alterations or additions  pursuant to the provisions of this Article.The Commission shall review and modify the terms of any  certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to a  telecommunications carrier prior to the effective date of this Article in  order to ensure its conformity with the requirements and policies of this  Article. Any Certificate of Service Authority may be altered or modified by  the Commission, after notice and hearing, upon its own motion or upon  application of the person or company affected. Unless exercised within a  period of two years from the issuance thereof, authority conferred by a  Certificate of Service Authority shall be null and void.(b) The Commission may issue a temporary Certificate which shall remain  in force not to exceed one year in cases of emergency, to assure maintenance  of adequate service or to serve particular customers, without notice and  hearing, pending the determination of an application for a Certificate, and  may by regulation exempt from the requirements of this Section temporary  acts or operations for which the issuance of a certificate is not necessary  in the public interest and which will not be required therefor.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)