Illinois Administrative Code › Title 83 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part 757 - TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 757.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
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.