Chapter 220 — UTILITIES

(220 ILCS 5/13-213) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-213) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-213. "Hearing-aid compatible telephone" means a telephone so equipped that it can activate an inductive coupling hearing-aid or which will provide an alternative tech…

(220 ILCS 5/13-214) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-214) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-214. (a) "Public mobile services" means air-to-ground radio telephone services, cellular radio telecommunications services, offshore radio, rural radio service, publi…

(220 ILCS 5/13-215) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-215) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-215. (a) "Essential telephones" means all coin operated telephones in any public or semi-public location, telephones provided for emergency use, a reasonable percenta…

(220 ILCS 5/13-216) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-216. Network element. "Network element" means a facility or equipment used in the provision of a telecommunications service. The term also includes features, functions, and capabilities that are pro…

(220 ILCS 5/13-217) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-217. End user. "End user" means any person, corporation, partnership, firm, municipality, cooperative, organization, governmental agency, building owner, or other entity provided with a telecommunic…

(220 ILCS 5/13-218) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-218. Business end user. "Business end user" means (1) an end user engaged primarily or substantially in a paid commercial, professional, or institutional activity; (2) an end user provided telecommu…

(220 ILCS 5/13-219) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-219. Residential end user. "Residential end user" means an end user other than a business end user. (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)

(220 ILCS 5/13-220) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-220. Retail telecommunications service. "Retail telecommunications service" means a telecommunications service sold to an end user. "Retail telecommunications service" does not include a telecommuni…

(220 ILCS 5/13-230) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) Sec. 13-230. Prepaid calling service. "Prepaid calling service" means telecommunications service that must be paid for in advance by an end user, enables the end user to originate calls using an access numb…

(220 ILCS 5/13-231) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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 indivi…

(220 ILCS 5/13-232) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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 indivi…

(220 ILCS 5/13-233) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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 indivi…

(220 ILCS 5/13-234) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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 o…

(220 ILCS 5/13-235) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030) 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, ass…

(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 5/13-301.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-301.1) Sec. 13-301.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17. Repealed by P.A. 103-826, eff. 1-1-25.)

(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, 2030) 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 5/13-402.1) 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) (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 5/13-407) 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) Sec. 13-408. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 93-5, eff. 5-9-03. Repealed by P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)

(220 ILCS 5/13-409) Sec. 13-409. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 93-521, eff. 8-9-03. Repealed by P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)

(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 upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly in which…

(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 5/13-505.1) Sec. 13-505.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-856. Repealed by P.A. 96-927, eff. 6-15-10.)

(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…