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220 ILCS 5/13-231
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-231. Prepaid calling service provider. "Prepaid calling service provider" means and includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership, or individual and their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that contracts directly with a telecommunications carrier to resell or offers to resell telecommunications service as prepaid calling service to one or more distributors, prepaid calling resellers, prepaid calling service retailers, or end users.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-232
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-232. Prepaid calling service retailer.   "Prepaid calling service retailer" means and includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership, or individual and their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that sells or offers to sell prepaid calling service directly to one or more end users.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-233
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-233. Prepaid calling service reseller.   "Prepaid calling service reseller" means and includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership, or individual and their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that purchases prepaid calling services from a prepaid calling service provider or distributor and sells those services to one or more distributors of prepaid calling services or to one or more prepaid calling service retailers.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-234
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-234. Interconnected voice over Internet protocol service. "Interconnected voice over Internet protocol service" or "Interconnected VoIP service" has the meaning prescribed in 47 CFR 9.3 as defined on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly or as amended thereafter.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-235
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-235. Interconnected voice over Internet protocol provider. "Interconnected voice over Internet protocol provider" or "Interconnected VoIP provider" means and includes every corporation, company, association, joint stock company or association, firm, partnership, or individual, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that owns, controls, operates, manages, or provides within this State, directly or indirectly, Interconnected voice over Internet protocol service.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-301.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-301.2. Program to Foster Elimination of the Digital Divide. The Commission shall require by rule that each  telecommunications carrier providing local exchange telecommunications  service notify its end-user customers that if the customer wishes to  participate in the funding of the Program to Foster Elimination of the Digital  Divide he or she may do so by electing to contribute, on a monthly basis, a  fixed  amount that will be included in the customer's monthly bill.  The obligations  imposed in this Section shall not be imposed upon a telecommunications carrier  for any of its end-users subscribing to the services listed below: (1) private  line service which is not directly or indirectly used for the origination or  termination of switched telecommunications service, (2) cellular radio service,  (3) high-speed point-to-point data transmission at or above 9.6 kilobits, (4)  the provision of telecommunications service by a company or person otherwise  subject to subsection (c) of Section 13-202 to a telecommunications carrier,  which is  incidental to the provision of service subject to subsection (c) of Section  13-202; (5) pay  telephone service; or (6) interexchange telecommunications service.  The customer  may  cease contributing at any time upon providing notice to the telecommunications  carrier. The notice shall state that any contribution made will not reduce the  customer's bill for telecommunications services.  Failure to remit the amount  of increased payment will reduce the contribution accordingly.  The Commission  shall specify the monthly fixed amount or amounts that customers wishing to  contribute to the funding of the Program to Foster Elimination of the Digital  Divide may choose from in making their contributions.  A telecommunications  carrier subject to this obligation shall remit the amounts contributed by  its customers to the Department  of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for deposit in the Digital Divide Elimination  Fund at the intervals specified in the Commission rules.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-302
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-302)(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-302.   (a) No telecommunications carrier shall implement a local  measured service calling plan which does not include one of the following  elements:(1) the residential customer has the option of a flat     rate local calling service under which local calls are not charged for frequency or duration; or(2) residential calls to points within an untimed     calling zone approved by the Commission are not charged for duration; or(3) a low income residential Universal Service     Assistance Program, which meets criteria set forth by the Commission, is available.(b) In formulating the criteria for the low income residential Universal  Service Assistance Program referred to in paragraph (3) of subsection (a),  the Commission shall consider the desirability of various alternatives,  including a reduction of the access line charge or connection charge for  eligible customers.(c) For local measured service plans implemented prior to the effective  date of this amendatory Act of 1987 which do not contain one of the  elements specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of this Section,  the Commission shall order the telecommunications carrier having such a  plan to include one of the elements specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of  subsection (a) of this Section by January 1, 1989.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-303
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-303. Action to enforce law or orders. Whenever the Commission  is of the opinion that a telecommunications carrier is failing or  omitting, or is about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law or  by an order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, or requirement of the  Commission or is doing or permitting anything to be done, or is about to do  anything or is about to permit anything to be done, contrary to or in violation  of law or an order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, or requirement of  the Commission, the Commission shall file an action or proceeding in the  circuit court in and for the county in which the case or some part thereof  arose or in which the telecommunications carrier complained of has its  principal place of business,  in the name of the People of the State of Illinois for the purpose of  having the violation or threatened violation stopped and prevented either by  mandamus or injunction.  The Commission may express its opinion in a resolution  based upon whatever factual information has come to its attention and may  issue the resolution ex parte and without holding any administrative hearing  before bringing suit.  Except in cases involving an imminent threat to the  public health and safety, no such resolution shall be adopted until 48 hours  after the telecommunications carrier has been given notice of (i) the substance  of the alleged violation, including citation to the law, order, decision, rule,  regulation, or direction of the Commission alleged to have been violated and  (ii) the time and the date of the meeting at which such resolution will first  be before the Commission for consideration.The Commission shall file the action or proceeding by complaint in the  circuit court alleging the violation or threatened violation complained of  and praying for appropriate relief by way of mandamus or injunction.  It shall  be the duty of the court to specify a time, not exceeding 20 days  after the service of the copy of the complaint, within which the  telecommunications carrier complained of must answer the complaint, and in the  meantime the telecommunications carrier may be restrained.  In case of default  in answer or after answer, the court shall immediately inquire into the facts  and circumstances of the case.  The telecommunications carrier and persons that  the court may  deem necessary or proper may be joined as parties.  The final judgment in any  action or proceeding shall either dismiss the action or proceeding or grant  relief by mandamus or injunction as prayed for in the complaint, or in such  modified or other form as will afford appropriate relief in the court's  judgment.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-303.5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-303.5. Injunctive relief. If, after a hearing, the Commission  determines that a telecommunications carrier has violated this Act or a  Commission order or rule, any telecommunications carrier adversely affected by  the  violation may seek injunctive relief in circuit court.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-401.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-401.1. Interconnected voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service surcharge. An interconnected voice over Internet protocol provider shall charge and collect from its end-user customers, and remit to the appropriate authority, fees and surcharges in the same manner as are charged and collected upon end-user customers of local exchange telecommunications service and remitted by local exchange telecommunications companies for local enhanced 9-1-1 surcharges.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-840, eff. 8-13-18.)
220 ILCS 5/13-402
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-402)(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-402.   The Commission is authorized, in connection with the  issuance or modification of a Certificate of Interexchange Service  Authority or the modification of a certificate of public convenience and  necessity for interexchange telecommunications service, to waive or modify  the application of its rules, general orders, procedures or notice  requirements when such action will reduce the economic burdens of  regulation and such waiver or modification is not inconsistent with the law  or the purposes and policies of this Article.Any such waiver or modification granted to any interexchange  telecommunications carrier which has, or any group of such carriers any one  of which has annual revenues exceeding $10,000,000 shall be  automatically applied fully and equally to all such carriers with annual  revenues exceeding $10,000,000 unless the Commission specifically finds,  after notice to all such carriers and a hearing, that restricting the  application of such waiver or modification to only one such carrier or some  group of such carriers is consistent with and would promote the purposes  and policies of this Article and the protection of telecommunications  customers.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-402.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

Sec. 13-402.1. (Repealed).        (Source: P.A. 87-856. Repealed by P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)
220 ILCS 5/13-403
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-403)(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-403. Interexchange service authority; approval. The  Commission shall approve an application for a  Certificate of Interexchange Service Authority only upon a showing by the  applicant, and a finding by the Commission, after notice and hearing, that  the applicant possesses sufficient technical, financial and managerial  resources and abilities to provide interexchange telecommunications  service.  The removal from this Section of the dialing restrictions by  this amendatory Act of 1992 does not create any legislative presumption for  or against intra-Market Service Area presubscription or changes in  intra-Market Service Area dialing arrangements related to the  implementation of that presubscription, but simply vests jurisdiction in  the Illinois Commerce Commission to consider after notice and hearing the  issue of presubscription in accordance with the policy goals outlined in  Section 13-103.The Commission shall have authority to alter the boundaries of Market  Service Areas when such alteration is consistent with the public interest  and the purposes and policies of this Article. A  determination by the Commission with respect to Market Service  Area boundaries shall not modify or affect the rights or obligations of any  telecommunications carrier with respect to any consent decree or agreement  with the United States Department of Justice, including, but not limited  to, the Modification of Final Judgment in United States v. Western Electric  Co., 552 F. Supp. 131 (D.D.C. 1982), as modified from time to  time.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-404
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-404)(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-404.   Any telecommunications carrier offering or providing the  resale of either local exchange or interexchange telecommunications service  must first obtain a Certificate of Service Authority. The Commission shall  approve an application for a Certificate for the resale of local exchange  or interexchange telecommunications service upon a showing by the  applicant, and a finding by the Commission, after notice and hearing, that  the applicant possesses sufficient technical, financial and managerial  resources and abilities to provide the resale of telecommunications service.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-404.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-404.1. Prepaid calling service authority; rules.(a)  The General Assembly finds that it is necessary to require the certification of prepaid calling service providers to protect and promote against fraud the legitimate business interests of persons or entities currently providing prepaid calling service to Illinois end users and Illinois end users who purchase these services.(b)  On and after July 1, 2005, it shall be unlawful for any prepaid calling service provider to offer or provide or seek to offer or provide to any distributor, prepaid calling service reseller, prepaid calling service retailer, or end user any prepaid calling service unless the prepaid calling service provider has applied for and received a Certificate of Prepaid Calling Service Provider Authority from the Commission.  The Commission shall approve an application for a Certificate of Prepaid Calling Service Provider Authority upon a showing by the applicant, and a finding by the Commission, after notice and hearing, that the applicant possesses sufficient technical, financial, and managerial resources and abilities to provide prepaid calling services. The Commission shall approve an application for a Certificate of Prepaid Calling Service Provider Authority without a hearing upon a showing by the applicant that the Commission has issued an appropriate Certificate of Service Authority (whether a Certificate of Interexchange Service Authority or Certificate of Exchange Service Authority or both) to the applicant or the telecommunications carrier whose service the applicant is seeking to resell, provided that the telecommunications carrier remains in good standing with the Commission. The Commission may adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subsection.(c)  Upon issuance of  a Certificate of Prepaid Calling Service Provider Authority to a prepaid calling service provider, the Commission shall post a list that contains the full legal name of the prepaid service provider, the docket number of the provider's certification proceeding, and the toll-free customer service number of the certified prepaid calling service provider on the Commission's web site on a link solely dedicated to prepaid calling service providers. If the certified prepaid calling service provider changes its toll-free customer service number, it is the duty of the certified prepaid calling service provider to provide the Commission with notice of the change and with the provider's new toll-free customer service number at least 24 hours prior to changing its toll-free customer service number. The Commission may adopt rules that further define the administration of this subsection.(d)  Any and all enforcement authority granted to the Commission under this Article over any Certificate of Service Authority shall apply equally and without limitation to Certificates of Prepaid Calling Service Provider Authority.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-404.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-404.2. Prepaid calling service standards.    The Commission, by rule,  may establish and implement minimum service quality standards for prepaid calling service. The rules may include, but are not limited to, requiring access to a live customer service attendant through the customer service number, reporting requirements, fines, penalties, customer credits, remedies, and other enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance with the service quality standards.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-405
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-405)(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-405. Local exchange service authority; approval. The Commission  shall approve an application for a  Certificate of Exchange Service Authority only upon a showing by the  applicant, and a finding by the Commission, after notice and hearing, that the  applicant possesses sufficient technical, financial, and  managerial resources and abilities to provide local exchange  telecommunications service.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-405.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-405.1)(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-405.1. Interexchange services; incidental local service. Whether or not a telecommunications carrier is certified to offer  or provide local exchange telecommunications service, nothing in  Section 13-405 shall be construed to require the withdrawal or  prevent the offering of interexchange services merely because  incidental use of such service by the customer for local exchange  telecommunications service is possible.  (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)
220 ILCS 5/13-406
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-406)(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 13-406. Abandonment of service.(a) No telecommunications carrier offering or providing  noncompetitive telecommunications service pursuant to a valid  Certificate of Service Authority or certificate of public convenience and  necessity shall discontinue or abandon such service once initiated until  and unless it shall demonstrate, and the Commission finds, after notice and  hearing, that such discontinuance or abandonment will not deprive customers  of any necessary or essential telecommunications service or access thereto  and is not otherwise contrary to the public interest.  No  telecommunications carrier offering or providing competitive  telecommunications service shall completely discontinue or abandon such service to an identifiable class or group of customers once  initiated except upon 60 days' notice to the Commission and affected  customers.  The Commission may, upon its own motion or upon complaint,  investigate the proposed discontinuance or abandonment of a competitive  telecommunications service and may, after notice and hearing, prohibit such  proposed discontinuance or abandonment if the Commission finds that it  would be contrary to the public interest. If the Commission does not provide notice of a hearing within 60 calendar days after the notification or holds a hearing and fails to find that the proposed discontinuation or abandonment would be contrary to the public interest, the provider may discontinue or abandon such service after providing at least 30 days' notice to affected customers. This Section does not apply to a Large Electing Provider proceeding under Section 13-406.1.(b) A Small Electing Provider may choose to cease offering or providing a telecommunications service pursuant to either this Section or Section 13-406.1 of this Act in the same manner as a Large Electing Provider. A Small Electing Provider that elects to cease offering or providing a telecommunications service pursuant to Section 13-406.1 shall be subject to all of the provisions that apply to a Large Electing Provider under Section 13-406.1. In this subsection (b), "Small Electing Provider" means an incumbent local exchange carrier, as defined in Section 13-202.5 of this Act, that is an Electing Provider, as defined in Section 13-506.2 of this Act, and that, together with all of its incumbent local exchange carrier affiliates offering telecommunications services within the State of Illinois, has fewer than 40,000 subscriber access lines as of January 1, 2020.(Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21.)
220 ILCS 5/13-407
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

Sec. 13-407. (Repealed).        (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17. Repealed by P.A. 100-840, eff. 8-13-18.)
220 ILCS 5/13-408
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XIII - Telecommunications

Sec. 13-408. (Repealed).        (Source: P.A. 93-5, eff. 5-9-03. Repealed by P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)