Illinois Compiled Statutes 220 ILCS 45 — Telecommunications Facility Fire and Emergency Act.

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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications Facility Fire and Emergency Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

The General Assembly finds that telecommunications services have developed into an indispensable facet of modern life, encompassing personal communications, business communications from the local to the international level, and a wide range of emergency communications. The results of any major interruption of telecommu…

In addition to any other rulemaking authority they possess, the Illinois Commerce Commission created by the Public Utilities Act, the Office of the State Fire Marshal created by the State Fire Marshal Act, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency created by the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency Act of…

The agencies listed in Section 2 of this Act shall have the authority to investigate alleged violations of the rules adopted under this Act and to serve a notice of violation upon the affected telecommunications carrier or other communications provider. If the affected telecommunications carrier or other communications…

(a) Any telecommunications carrier which fails to correct any violation of the rules adopted under this Act after written notice of violation, or, if the violation is disputed, after final determination of violation including appeal if any, in accordance with Section 3, shall be liable for a penalty not to exceed $10,0…

This Act and any rules adopted pursuant to this Act shall be applicable to such switching facilities of telecommunications carriers in Illinois, as defined in Section 13-202 of The Public Utilities Act, and to such switching facilities of any company described in Section 1 of "An Act relating to the powers, duties and…