Chapter 220, UTILITIES

(220 ILCS 5/13-301) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-301) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-301. Duties of the Commission. (1) Consistent with the findings and policy established in paragraph (a) of Section 13-102 and paragraph (a) of Section 13-103, and in …

(220 ILCS 5/13-301.2) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-301.2.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…

(220 ILCS 5/13-301.3) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 13-301.3. Digital Divide Elimination Infrastructure Program. (a) The Digital Divide Elimination Infrastructure Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Fund shall be…

(220 ILCS 5/13-302) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-302) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-302.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…

(220 ILCS 5/13-303) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-303.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 b…

(220 ILCS 5/13-303.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-303.5.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 adver…

(220 ILCS 5/13-304) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-304. Action to recover civil penalties. (a) The Commission shall assess and collect all civil penalties established under this Act against telecommunications carriers, corporations other than teleco…

(220 ILCS 5/13-305) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-305. Amount of civil penalty. A telecommunications carrier, any corporation other than a telecommunications carrier, or any person acting as a telecommunications carrier that violates or fails to co…

(220 ILCS 5/13-401) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-401) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-401. Certificate of Service Authority. (a) No telecommunications carrier not possessing a certificate of public convenience and necessity or certificate of authority …

(220 ILCS 5/13-401.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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…

(220 ILCS 5/13-402) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-402) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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 certif…

(220 ILCS 5/13-403) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-403) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-403. Interexchange service authority; approval. The Commission shall approve an application for a Certificate of Interexchange Service Authority only upon a showing b…

(220 ILCS 5/13-404) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-404) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-404. Any telecommunications carrier offering or providing the resale of either local exchange or interexchange telecommunications service must first obtain a Certific…

(220 ILCS 5/13-404.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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 agains…

(220 ILCS 5/13-404.2) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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 lim…

(220 ILCS 5/13-405) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-405) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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 th…

(220 ILCS 5/13-405.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-405.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-405.1. Interexchange services; incidental local service. Whether or not a telecommunications carrier is certified to offer or provide local exchange telecommunica…

(220 ILCS 5/13-406) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-406) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-406. Abandonment of service. (a) No telecommunications carrier offering or providing noncompetitive telecommunications service pursuant to a valid Certificate of Serv…

(220 ILCS 5/13-406.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-406.1. Large Electing Provider transition to IP-based networks and service. (a) As used in this Section: "Alternative voice service" means service that includes all of the applicable functionaliti…

(220 ILCS 5/13-501) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-501) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-501. Tariff; filing. (a) No telecommunications carrier shall offer or provide noncompetitive telecommunications service, telecommunications service subject to subsect…

(220 ILCS 5/13-501.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-501.5. Directory assistance service for the blind. A telecommunications carrier that provides directory assistance service shall provide in its tariffs or its written service offering pursuant to …

(220 ILCS 5/13-502) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-502) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-502. Classification of services. (a) All telecommunications services offered or provided under tariff by telecommunications carriers shall be classified as either com…

(220 ILCS 5/13-502.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-502.5. Services alleged to be improperly classified. (a) Any action or proceeding pending before the Commission on June 30, 2001 (the effective date of Public Act 92-22) in which it is alleged tha…

(220 ILCS 5/13-503) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-503) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-503. Information available to the public. With respect to rates or other charges made, demanded, or received for any telecommunications service offered, provided, or …

(220 ILCS 5/13-504) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-504) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-504. Application of ratemaking provisions of Article IX. (a) Except where the context clearly renders such provisions inapplicable, the ratemaking provisions of Artic…

(220 ILCS 5/13-505) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-505. Rate changes; competitive services. Any proposed increase or decrease in rates or charges, or proposed change in any classification, written service offering, or…

(220 ILCS 5/13-505.2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505.2) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-505.2. Nondiscrimination in the provision of noncompetitive services. A telecommunications carrier that offers both noncompetitive and competitive services shall …

(220 ILCS 5/13-505.3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505.3) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-505.3. Services for resale. A telecommunications carrier that offers both noncompetitive and competitive services shall offer all noncompetitive services, togethe…

(220 ILCS 5/13-505.4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505.4) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-505.4. Provision of noncompetitive services. (a) A telecommunications carrier that offers or provides a noncompetitive service, service element, feature, or funct…

(220 ILCS 5/13-505.5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-505.5. Requests for new noncompetitive services. Any party may petition the Commission to request the provision of a noncompetitive service not currently provided…

(220 ILCS 5/13-505.6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-505.6) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-505.6. Unbundling of noncompetitive services. A telecommunications carrier that provides both noncompetitive and competitive telecommunications services shall pro…

(220 ILCS 5/13-506.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-506.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-506.1. Alternative forms of regulation for noncompetitive services. (a) Notwithstanding any of the ratemaking provisions of this Article or Article IX that are de…

(220 ILCS 5/13-506.2) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-506.2. Market regulation for competitive retail services. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: (1) "Electing Provider" means a telecommunications carrier that is subject to either rate regula…

(220 ILCS 5/13-507) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-507) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-507. In any proceeding permitting, approving, investigating, or establishing rates, charges, classifications, or tariffs for telecommunications services offered or pr…

(220 ILCS 5/13-507.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-507.1. In any proceeding permitting, approving, investigating, or establishing rates, charges, classifications, or tariffs for telecommunications services classified as noncompetitive offered or p…

(220 ILCS 5/13-508) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-508) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-508. The Commission is authorized, after notice and hearing, to order a telecommunications carrier which offers or provides both competitive and noncompetitive teleco…

(220 ILCS 5/13-508.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-508.1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-508.1. Separate subsidiary requirement for certain electronic publishing. A telecommunications carrier that offers or provides both competitive and noncompetitive…

(220 ILCS 5/13-509) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-509) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-509. Agreements for provisions of competitive telecommunications services differing from tariffs or written service offerings. A telecommunications carrier may negoti…

(220 ILCS 5/13-510) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-510) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-510. Compensation of payphone providers. Any telecommunications carrier using the facilities or services of a payphone provider shall pay the provider just and reason…

(220 ILCS 5/13-512) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-512. Rules; review. The Commission shall have general rulemaking authority to make rules necessary to enforce this Article. However, not later than 270 days after the effective date of this amendato…

(220 ILCS 5/13-513) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-513. Waiver of rules. A telecommunications carrier may petition for waiver of the application of a rule issued pursuant to this Act. The burden of proof in establishing the right to a waiver shall b…

(220 ILCS 5/13-514) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-514. Prohibited actions of telecommunications carriers. A telecommunications carrier shall not knowingly impede the development of competition in any telecommunications service market. The following…

(220 ILCS 5/13-515) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-515. Enforcement. (a) The following expedited procedures shall be used to enforce the provisions of Section 13-514 of this Act, provided that, for a violation of paragraph (8) of Section 13-514 to q…

(220 ILCS 5/13-516) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-516. Enforcement remedies for prohibited actions by telecommunications carriers. (a) In addition to any other provision of this Act, all of the following remedies may be applied for violations of Se…

(220 ILCS 5/13-517) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-517. Provision of advanced telecommunications services. (a) Every Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (telecommunications carrier that offers or provides a noncompetitive telecommunications service) sh…

(220 ILCS 5/13-518) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-518. Optional service packages. (a) It is the intent of this Section to provide unlimited local service packages at prices that will result in savings for the average consumer. Each telecommunicatio…

(220 ILCS 5/13-519) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-519. Fire alarm; discontinuance of service. When a telecommunications carrier initiates a discontinuance of service on a known emergency system or fire alarm system that is required by the local aut…

(220 ILCS 5/13-601) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-601) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-601. Application of Article VII. The provisions of Article VII of this Act are applicable only to telecommunications carriers offering or providing noncompetitive tel…

(220 ILCS 5/13-701) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-701) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-701. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, the Commission has no power to supervise or control any telephone cooperative as respects assess…

(220 ILCS 5/13-702) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-702) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-702. Every telecommunications carrier operating in this State shall receive, transmit and deliver, without discrimination or delay, the conversations, messages or oth…