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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3965

Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/13-102

from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-102
220 ILCS 5/13-103

from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-103
220 ILCS 5/13-406.1

Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning a Large
Electing Provider's transition to IP-based networks and service, provides
that a Large Electing Provider shall provide telecommunications service,
including telecommunications service over traditional circuit switched
networks, to existing business and residential end-use customers until at
least December 31, 2031. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2032, a Large
Electing Provider shall start the process of returning the salvage value
of traditional circuit switched networks to the people of the State.
Requires a Large Electing Provider to complete the salvage of the Large
Electing Provider's traditional circuit switched networks by January 1,
2038. Provides that the Large Electing Provider shall document and report
to the Department of Public Health and the Illinois Commerce Commission,
on a quarterly basis, all activities related to the salvage of the Large
Electing Provider's traditional circuit switch networks, including, but
not limited to, the total realized salvage value, a per-mile salvage
value, the geographic location of all salvages, and the value of such
salvages. Provides that, if a Large Electing Provider retires a
traditional circuit switch network, the Large Electing Provider shall,
beginning on December 1, 2032 and annually thereafter, transfer the
salvage value of the retired networks to the Lead Service Line Replacement
Fund for the sole purpose of providing grants to municipal and private
water utilities to replace lead service lines. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning regulation.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
5
Sections 13-102, 13-103, and 13-406.1 as follows:

6

(220 ILCS 5/13-102)

(from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-102)
7

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
8

Sec. 13-102.
Findings.
With respect to telecommunications
9
services, as herein defined, the General Assembly finds that:
10

(a) universally available and widely affordable
11

telecommunications services are essential to the health,
12

welfare and prosperity of all Illinois citizens;
13

(b) federal regulatory and judicial rulings in the
14

1980s caused a restructuring of the telecommunications
15

industry and opened some aspects of the industry to
16

competitive entry, thereby necessitating revision of State
17

telecommunications regulatory policies and practices;
18

(c) revisions in telecommunications regulatory
19

policies and practices in Illinois beginning in the
20

mid-1980s brought the benefits of competition to consumers
21

in many telecommunications markets, but not in local
22

exchange telecommunications service markets;
23

(d) the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996

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established the goal of opening all telecommunications
2

service markets to competition and accords to the states
3

the responsibility to establish and enforce policies
4

necessary to attain that goal;
5

(e) it is in the immediate interest of the People of
6

the State of Illinois for the State to exercise its rights
7

within the new framework of federal telecommunications
8

policy to ensure that the economic benefits of competition
9

in all telecommunications service markets are realized as
10

effectively as possible;
11

(f) the competitive offering of all telecommunications
12

services will increase innovation and efficiency in the
13

provision of telecommunications services and may lead to
14

reduced prices for consumers, increased investment in
15

communications infrastructure, the creation of new jobs,
16

and the attraction of new businesses to Illinois;
17

(g) protection of the public interest requires changes
18

in the regulation of telecommunications carriers and
19

services to ensure, to the maximum feasible extent, the
20

reasonable and timely development of effective competition
21

in all telecommunications service markets;
22

(h) Illinois residents rely on today's modern wired
23

and wireless Internet Protocol (IP) networks and services
24

to improve their lives by connecting them to school and
25

college degrees, work and job opportunities, family and
26

friends, information, and entertainment, as well as

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emergency responders and public safety officials; Illinois
2

businesses rely on these modern IP networks and services
3

to compete in a global marketplace by expanding their
4

customer base, managing inventory and operations more
5

efficiently, and offering customers specialized and
6

personalized products and services; without question,
7

Illinois residents and our State's economy rely profoundly
8

on the modern wired and wireless IP networks and services
9

in our State;
10

(i) the transition from 20th century traditional
11

circuit switched and other legacy telephone services to
12

modern 21st century next generation Internet Protocol (IP)
13

services is taking place at an extraordinary pace as
14

Illinois consumers are upgrading to home communications
15

service using IP technology, including high speed
16

Internet, Voice over Internet Protocol, and wireless
17

service;
18

(j) this rapid transition to IP-based communications
19

has dramatically transformed the way people communicate
20

and has provided significant benefits to consumers in the
21

form of innovative functionalities resulting from the
22

seamless convergence of voice, video, and text, benefits
23

realized by the General Assembly when it chose to
24

transition its own telecommunications system to an all IP
25

communications network in 2016;
26

(k) the benefits of the transition to IP-based

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networks and services were also recognized by the General
2

Assembly in 2015 through the enactment of legislation
3

requiring that every 9-1-1 emergency system in Illinois
4

provide Next Generation 9-1-1 service by July 1, 2020, and
5

requiring that the Next Generation 9-1-1 network must be
6

an IP-based platform;
and
7

(l) completing the transition to all IP-based networks
8

and technologies is in the public interest because it will
9

promote continued innovation, consumer benefits, increased
10

efficiencies, and increased investment in IP-based
11

networks and services
;

.

12

(m) a consumer-led transition to IP-based networks is
13

the best way to transition to those networks;
14

(n) the health and safety of Illinois residents is of
15

the utmost importance and, until the health and safety of
16

Illinois residents can be assured, it is prudent to ensure
17

that traditional circuit switched networks are maintained
18

by telecommunications carriers until at least December 31,
19

2031; and
20

(o) traditional circuit switched networks were built
21

under rate-of-return regulations where telecommunications
22

carriers were reimbursed by their customers equal to the
23

telecommunications carriers' just and reasonable
24

investments in the traditional circuit switched networks
25

plus a profit; once the health and safety of Illinois
26

residents is assured and traditional circuit switched

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networks are retired, it is the policy of this State that
2

the salvage value of the traditional circuit switched
3

networks be returned to Illinois residents.

4
(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17
.)

5

(220 ILCS 5/13-103)

(from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-103)
6

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
7

Sec. 13-103.
Policy.
Consistent with its findings, the
8
General Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State of
9
Illinois that:
10

(a) telecommunications services should be available to
11

all Illinois citizens at just, reasonable, and affordable
12

rates and that such services should be provided as widely
13

and economically as possible in sufficient variety,
14

quality, quantity and reliability to satisfy the public
15

interest;
16

(b) consistent with the protection of consumers of
17

telecommunications services and the furtherance of other
18

public interest goals, competition in all
19

telecommunications service markets should be pursued as a
20

substitute for regulation in determining the variety,
21

quality and price of telecommunications services and that
22

the economic burdens of regulation should be reduced to
23

the extent possible consistent with the furtherance of
24

market competition and protection of the public interest;
25

(c) all necessary and appropriate modifications to

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State regulation of telecommunications carriers and
2

services should be implemented without unnecessary
3

disruption to the telecommunications infrastructure system
4

or to consumers of telecommunications services and that it
5

is necessary and appropriate to establish rules to
6

encourage and ensure orderly transitions in the
7

development of markets for all telecommunications
8

services;
9

(d) the consumers of telecommunications services and
10

facilities provided by persons or companies subject to
11

regulation pursuant to this Act and Article should be
12

required to pay only reasonable and non-discriminatory
13

rates or charges and that in no case should rates or
14

charges for non-competitive telecommunications services
15

include any portion of the cost of providing competitive
16

telecommunications services, as defined in Section 13-209,
17

or the cost of any nonregulated activities;
18

(e) the regulatory policies and procedures provided in
19

this Article are established in recognition of the
20

changing nature of the telecommunications industry and
21

therefore should be subject to systematic legislative
22

review to ensure that the public benefits intended to
23

result from such policies and procedures are fully
24

realized;
25

(f) development of and prudent investment in advanced
26

telecommunications services and networks that foster

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economic development of the State should be encouraged
2

through the implementation and enforcement of policies
3

that promote effective and sustained competition in all
4

telecommunications service markets;
and
5

(g) completion of the transition to modern IP-based
6

networks should be encouraged through relief from the
7

outdated regulations that require continued investment in
8

legacy circuit switched networks from which Illinois
9

consumers have largely transitioned, while at the same
10

time ensuring that consumers have access to available
11

alternative services that provide quality voice service
12

and access to emergency communications
;

.

13

(h) a consumer-led transition to IP-based networks is
14

the best way to transition to those networks; and
15

(i) the health and safety of Illinois residents is of
16

the utmost importance and, until the health and safety of
17

Illinois residents can be assured, it is prudent to ensure
18

that traditional circuit switched networks are maintained
19

by telecommunications carriers until at least December 31,
20

2031.

21
(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17
.)

22

(220 ILCS 5/13-406.1)
23

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
24

Sec. 13-406.1.
Large Electing Provider transition to
25
IP-based networks and service.

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(a) As used in this Section:
2

"Alternative voice service" means service that includes
3
all of the applicable functionalities for voice telephony
4
services described in 47 CFR 54.101(a).
5

"Existing customer" means a residential customer of the
6
Large Electing Provider who is subscribing to a
7
telecommunications service on the date the Large Electing
8
Provider sends its notice under paragraph (1) of subsection
9
(c) of this Section of its intent to cease offering and
10
providing service. For purposes of this Section, a residential
11
customer of the Large Electing Provider whose service has been
12
temporarily suspended, but not finally terminated as of the
13
date that the Large Electing Provider sends that notice, shall
14
be deemed to be an "existing customer".
15

"Large Electing Provider" means an Electing Provider, as
16
defined in Section 13-506.2 of this Act, that (i) reported in
17
its annual competition report for the year 2016 filed with the
18
Commission under Section 13-407 of this Act and 83 Ill. Adm.
19
Code 793 that it provided at least 700,000 access lines to end
20
users; and (ii) is affiliated with a provider of commercial
21
mobile radio service, as defined in 47 CFR 20.3, as of January
22
1, 2017.
23

"New customer" means a residential customer who is not
24
subscribing to a telecommunications service provided by the
25
Large Electing Provider on the date the Large Electing
26
Provider sends its notice under paragraph (1) of subsection

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(c) of this Section of its intent to cease offering and
2
providing that service.
3

"Provider" includes every corporation, company,
4
association, firm, partnership, and individual and their
5
lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court that sell
6
or offer to sell an alternative voice service.
7

"Reliable access to 9-1-1" means access to 9-1-1 that
8
complies with the applicable rules, regulations, and
9
guidelines established by the Federal Communications
10
Commission and the applicable provisions of the Emergency
11
Telephone System Act and implementing rules.
12

"Willing provider" means a provider that voluntarily
13
participates in the request for service process.
14

(b) Beginning June 30, 2017, a Large Electing Provider
15
may, to the extent permitted by and consistent with federal
16
law, including, as applicable, approval by the Federal
17
Communications Commission of the discontinuance of the
18
interstate-access component of a telecommunications service,
19
cease to offer and provide a telecommunications service to an
20
identifiable class or group of customers, other than voice
21
telecommunications service to residential customers or a
22
telecommunications service to a class of customers under
23
subsection (b-5) of this Section, upon 60 days' notice to the
24
Commission and affected customers.
25

(b-5) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in
26
this Section 13-406.1, beginning December 31, 2021, a Large

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Electing Provider may, to the extent permitted by and
2
consistent with federal law, including, if applicable,
3
approval by the Federal Communications Commission of the
4
discontinuance of the interstate-access component of a
5
telecommunication service, cease to offer and provide a
6
telecommunications service to one or more of the following
7
classes or groups of customers upon 60 days' notice to the
8
Commission and affected customers: (1) electric utilities, as
9
defined in Section 16-102 of this Act; (2) public utilities,
10
as defined in Section 3-105 of this Act, that offers natural
11
gas or water services; (3) electric, gas, and water utilities
12
that are excluded from the definition of public utility under
13
paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section 3-105 of this Act;
14
(4) water companies as described in paragraph (2) of
15
subsection (b) of Section 3-105 of this Act; (5) natural gas
16
cooperatives as described in paragraph (4) of subsection (b)
17
of Section 3-105 of this Act; (6) electric cooperatives as
18
defined in Section 3-119 of this Act; (7) entities engaged in
19
the commercial generation of electric power and energy; (8)
20
the functional divisions of public agencies, as defined in
21
Section 2 of the Emergency Telephone System Act, that provide
22
police or firefighting services; and (9) 9-1-1 Authorities, as
23
defined in Section 2 of the Emergency Telephone System Act;
24
provided that the date shall be extended to December 21, 2022,
25
for (i) an electric utility, as defined in Section 16-102 of
26
this Act, that serves more than 3 million customers in the

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State; and (ii) an entity engaged in the commercial generation
2
of electric power and energy that operates one or more nuclear
3
power plants in the State.
4

(c) Beginning June 30, 2017, a Large Electing Provider
5
may, to the extent permitted by and consistent with federal
6
law, cease to offer and provide voice telecommunications
7
service to an identifiable class or group of residential
8
customers, which, for the purposes of this subsection (c),
9
shall be referred to as "requested service", subject to
10
compliance with the following requirements:
11

(1) No less than 255 days prior to providing notice to
12

the Federal Communications Commission of its intent to
13

discontinue the interstate-access component of the
14

requested service, the Large Electing Provider shall:
15

(A) file a notice of the proposed cessation of the
16

requested service with the Commission, which shall
17

include a statement that the Large Electing Provider
18

will comply with any service discontinuance rules and
19

regulations of the Federal Communications Commission
20

pertaining to compatibility of alternative voice
21

services with medical monitoring devices; and
22

(B) provide notice of the proposed cessation of
23

the requested service to each of the Large Electing
24

Provider's existing customers within the affected
25

geographic area by first-class mail separate from
26

customer bills. If the customer has elected to receive

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electronic billing, the notice shall be sent
2

electronically and by first-class mail separate from
3

customer bills. The notice provided under this
4

subparagraph (B) shall describe the requested service,
5

identify the earliest date on which the Large Electing
6

Provider intends to cease offering or providing the
7

telecommunications service, provide a telephone number
8

by which the existing customer may contact a service
9

representative of the Large Electing Provider, and
10

provide a telephone number by which the existing
11

customer may contact the Commission's Consumer
12

Services Division. The notice shall also include the
13

following statement in English and in Spanish:
14

"If you do not believe that an alternative
15

voice service including reliable access to 9-1-1
16

is available to you, from either [name of Large
17

Electing Provider] or another provider of wired or
18

wireless voice service where you live, you have
19

the right to request the Illinois Commerce
20

Commission to investigate the availability of
21

alternative voice service including reliable
22

access to 9-1-1. To do so, you must submit such a
23

request either in writing or by signing and
24

returning a copy of this notice, no later than
25

(insert date), 60 days after the date of the
26

notice to the following address:

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Chief Clerk of the Illinois Commerce Commission
2

527 East Capitol Avenue
3

Springfield, Illinois 62706
4

You must include in your request a reference
5

to the notice you received from [Large Electing
6

Provider's name] and the date of notice.".
7

Thirty days following the date of notice, the
8

Large Electing Provider shall provide each customer to
9

which the notice was sent a follow-up notice
10

containing the same information and reminding
11

customers of the deadline for requesting the
12

Commission to investigate alternative voice service
13

with access to 9-1-1.
14

(2) After June 30, 2017, and only in a geographic area
15

for which a Large Electing Provider has provided notice of
16

proposed cessation of the requested service to existing
17

customers under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c), an
18

existing customer of that provider may, within 60 days
19

after issuance of such notice, request the Commission to
20

investigate the availability of alternative voice service
21

including reliable access to 9-1-1 to that customer. For
22

the purposes of this paragraph (2), existing customers who
23

make such a request are referred to as "requesting
24

existing customers". The Large Electing Provider may cease
25

to offer or provide the requested service to existing
26

customers who do not make a request for investigation

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beginning 30 days after issuance of the notice required by
2

paragraph (5) of this subsection (c).
3

(A) In response to all requests and investigations
4

under this paragraph (2), the Commission shall conduct
5

a single investigation to be commenced 75 days after
6

the receipt of notice under paragraph (1) of this
7

subsection (c), and completed within 135 days after
8

commencement. The Commission shall, within 135 days
9

after commencement of the investigation, make one of
10

the findings described in subdivisions (i) and (ii) of
11

this subparagraph (A) for each requesting existing
12

customer.
13

(i) If, as a result of the investigation, the
14

Commission finds that service from at least one
15

provider offering alternative voice service
16

including reliable access to 9-1-1 through any
17

technology or medium is available to one or more
18

requesting existing customers, the Commission
19

shall declare by order that, with respect to each
20

requesting existing customer for which such a
21

finding is made, the Large Electing Provider may
22

cease to offer or provide the requested service
23

beginning 30 days after the issuance of the notice
24

required by paragraph (5) of this subsection (c).
25

(ii) If, as a result of the investigation, the
26

Commission finds that service from at least one

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provider offering alternative voice service,
2

including reliable access to 9-1-1, through any
3

technology or medium is not available to one or
4

more requesting existing customers, the Commission
5

shall declare by order that an emergency exists
6

with respect to each requesting existing customer
7

for which such a finding is made.
8

(B) If the Commission declares an emergency under
9

subdivision (ii) of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph
10

(2) with respect to one or more requesting existing
11

customers, the Commission shall conduct a request for
12

service process to identify a willing provider of
13

alternative voice service including reliable access to
14

9-1-1. A provider shall not be required to participate
15

in the request for service process. The willing
16

provider may utilize any form of technology that is
17

capable of providing alternative voice service
18

including reliable access to 9-1-1, including, without
19

limitation, Voice over Internet Protocol services and
20

wireless services. The Commission shall, within 45
21

days after the issuance of an order finding that an
22

emergency exists, make one of the determinations
23

described in subdivisions (i) and (ii) of this
24

subparagraph (B) for each requesting existing customer
25

for which an emergency has been declared.
26

(i) If the Commission determines that another

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provider is willing and capable of providing
2

alternative voice service including reliable
3

access to 9-1-1 to one or more requesting existing
4

customers for which an emergency has been
5

declared, the Commission shall declare by order
6

that, with respect to each requesting existing
7

customer for which such a determination is made,
8

the Large Electing Provider may cease to offer or
9

provide the requested service beginning 30 days
10

after the issuance of the notice required by
11

paragraph (5) of this Section.
12

(ii) If the Commission determines that for one
13

or more of the requesting existing customers for
14

which an emergency has been declared there is no
15

other provider willing and capable of providing
16

alternative voice service including reliable
17

access to 9-1-1, the Commission shall issue an
18

order requiring the Large Electing Provider to
19

provide alternative voice service including
20

reliable access to 9-1-1 to each requesting
21

existing customer utilizing any form of technology
22

capable of providing alternative voice service
23

including reliable access to 9-1-1, including,
24

without limitation, continuation of the requested
25

service, Voice over Internet Protocol services,
26

and wireless services, until another willing

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provider is available. A Large Electing Provider
2

may fulfill the requirement through an affiliate
3

or another provider. The Large Electing Provider
4

may request that such an order be rescinded upon a
5

showing that an alternative voice service
6

including reliable access to 9-1-1 has become
7

available to the requesting existing customer from
8

another provider.
9

(3) If the Commission receives no requests for
10

investigation from any existing customer under paragraph
11

(2) of this subsection (c) within 60 days after issuance
12

of the notice under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c),
13

the Commission shall provide written notice to the Large
14

Electing Provider of that fact no later than 75 days after
15

receipt of notice under paragraph (1) of this subsection
16

(c). Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection (c)
17

to the contrary, if no existing customer requests an
18

investigation under paragraph (2) of this subsection (c),
19

the Large Electing Provider may immediately provide the
20

notice to the Federal Communications Commission as
21

described in paragraph (4) of this subsection (c).
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(4) At the same time that it provides notice to the
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Federal Communications Commission of its intent to
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discontinue the interstate-access component of the
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requested service, the Large Electing Provider shall:
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(A) file a notice of proposal to cease to offer and

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provide the requested service with the Commission; and
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(B) provide a notice of proposal to cease to offer
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and provide the requested service to existing
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customers and new customers receiving the service at
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the time of the notice within each affected geographic
6

area, with the notice made by first-class mail or
7

within customer bills delivered by mail or equivalent
8

means of notice, including electronic means if the
9

customer has elected to receive electronic billing.
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The notice provided under this subparagraph (B) shall
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include a brief description of the requested service,
12

the date on which the Large Electing Provider intends
13

to cease offering or providing the telecommunications
14

service, and a statement as required by 47 CFR 63.71
15

that describes the process by which the customer may
16

submit comments to the Federal Communications
17

Commission.
18

(5) Upon approval by the Federal Communications
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Commission of its request to discontinue the
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interstate-access component of the requested service and
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subject to the requirements of any order issued by the
22

Commission under subdivision (ii) of subparagraph (B) of
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paragraph (2) of this subsection (c), the Large Electing
24

Provider may immediately cease to offer the requested
25

service to all customers not receiving the service on the
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date of the Federal Communications Commission's approval

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and may cease to offer and provide the requested service
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to all customers receiving the service at the time of the
3

Federal Communications Commission's approval upon 30 days'
4

notice to the Commission and affected customers. Notice to
5

affected customers under this paragraph (5) shall be
6

provided by first-class mail separate from customer bills.
7

The notice provided under this paragraph (5) shall
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describe the requested service, identify the date on which
9

the Large Electing Provider intends to cease offering or
10

providing the telecommunications service, and provide a
11

telephone number by which the existing customer may
12

contact a service representative of the Large Electing
13

Provider.
14

(6) The notices provided for in paragraph (1) of this
15

subsection (c) are not required as a prerequisite for the
16

Large Electing Provider to cease to offer or provide a
17

telecommunications service in a geographic area where
18

there are no residential customers taking service from the
19

Large Electing Provider on the date that the Large
20

Electing Provider files notice to the Federal
21

Communications Commission of its intent to discontinue the
22

interstate-access component of the requested service in
23

that geographic area.
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(7) For a period of 45 days following the date of a
25

notice issued under paragraph (5) of this Section, an
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existing customer (i) who is located in the affected

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geographic area subject to that notice; (ii) who was
2

receiving the requested service as of the date of the
3

Federal Communications Commission's approval of the Large
4

Electing Provider's request to discontinue the
5

interstate-access component of the requested service;
6

(iii) who did not make a timely request for investigation
7

under paragraph (2) of this subsection (c); and (iv) whose
8

service will be or has been discontinued under paragraph
9

(5), may request assistance from the Large Electing
10

Provider in identifying providers of alternative voice
11

service including reliable access to 9-1-1. Within 15 days
12

of the request, the Large Electing Provider shall provide
13

the customer with a list of alternative voice service
14

providers.
15

(8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
16

except as expressly authorized by this subsection (c), the
17

Commission may not, upon its own motion or upon complaint,
18

investigate, suspend, disapprove, condition, or otherwise
19

regulate the cessation of a telecommunications service to
20

an identifiable class or group of customers once initiated
21

by a Large Electing Provider under subsection (b) or (b-5)
22

of this Section or this subsection (c).
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(9) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
24

Section, a Large Electing Provider shall provide
25

telecommunications service, including telecommunications
26

service over traditional circuit switched networks, to

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existing business and residential end-use customers until
2

at least December 31, 2031.
3

(10) Beginning January 1, 2032, a Large Electing
4

Provider shall start the process of returning the salvage
5

value of traditional circuit switched networks to the
6

people of this State. The Large Electing Provider shall
7

complete the salvage of the Large Electing Provider's
8

traditional circuit switched networks by January 1, 2038.
9

The Large Electing Provider shall document and report to
10

the Department of Public Health and the Commission, on a
11

quarterly basis, activities related to the salvage of the
12

Large Electing Provider's traditional circuit switched
13

networks, including, but not limited to, the total
14

realized salvage value, a per-mile salvage value, the
15

geographic location of all salvages, and the value of such
16

salvages.
17

For the purposes of this Section, "salvage value"
18

means the monetary value received by a Large Electing
19

Provider for the components of a traditional circuit
20

switched network, including, but not limited to, the
21

copper wiring comprising the traditional circuit switched
22

network, once the traditional circuit switched network is
23

no longer in use.

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(11) If a Large Electing Provider retires a
25

traditional circuit switched network, the Large Electing
26

Provider shall, beginning on January 1, 2032 and annually

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thereafter, transfer the salvage value of the retired
2

network to the Lead Service Line Replacement Fund for the
3

sole purpose of providing grants to municipal and private
4

water utilities to replace lead service lines.
5
(Source: P.A. 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-719, eff. 8-3-18
.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
7
becoming law.

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