- a) This Part shall apply whenever any telephone company seeks to negotiate the acquisition of a land right-of-way easement pursuant to Section 4 of the Telephone Company Act [220 ILCS 65/4] (Act).
- b) As used in this Part, "telephone company" shall mean any entity to which the Act is applicable pursuant to Section 1 of the Act [220 ILCS 65/1], including telecommunications carriers as defined in Section 13-202 of the Public Utilities Act [220 ILCS 5/13-202].
c) This Part shall be prospectively applied. This Part shall not affect the following:
- 1) The validity of any existing certificate issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission).
- 2) The validity of any existing easement.
- d) This Part shall not cause the revocation of any existing Commission certificate.
(Source: Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 10216, effective August 1, 2003)