IL SB1423

Amends Section 13-101 of the Public Utilities Act concerning the application of the Act to telecommunications rates and services.

Makes a technical change by striking and replacing the word "and" in the section title "Application of Act to telecommunications rates and services."

Maintains that the Public Utilities Act provisions applicable to noncompetitive telecommunications rates and services remain fully applicable except where context renders them inapplicable.

Specifies that Articles I through V and certain sections (8-301, 8-305, 8-502, 8-503, 8-505, 8-509, 8-509.5, 8-510, 9-221, 9-222, 9-222.1, 9-222.2, 9-250, and 9-252.1) and Article X apply to competitive telecommunications rates and services, with Section 9-250 excluded from competitive retail telecommunications services.

Clarifies that Sections 4-202, 4-203, and 5-202 cease to apply to telecommunications rates and services as of the effective date of the 92nd General Assembly's amendatory act.