Primeco Personal Communications, L.P. v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 89075, 89084 cons. Rel

Docket Nos. 89075, 89084 cons.-Agenda 14-January 2001.

PRIMECO PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, L.P., et al.
Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE
COMMISSION et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Opinion filed March 29, 2001

JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case, we are asked to decide whether the "municipalinfrastructure maintenance fee" (the municipal IMF) (see 35 ILCS635/20 (West 1998)), part of the Telecommunications MunicipalInfrastructure Maintenance Fee Act (35 ILCS 635/1 et seq. (West1998)), violates the uniformity clause of the Illinois Constitution(Ill. Const. 1970, art. IX,