Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB6570

Home

Legislation & Laws

Senate

House

My Legislation

Site Map

Previous General Assemblies

Bill Status of HB6570 99th General Assembly

Full Text Votes Witness Slips View All Actions Printer-Friendly Version

Short Description: MUNI CD-UNDERGRND UTILITIES

House Sponsors
Rep. Fred Crespo - Michelle Mussman

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2017	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.4 heading new

65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Defines "underground" and "undergrounding". Provides that public utilities shall underground specified electric transmission lines under certain conditions. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall allow a public utility to recover from all retail customers in its service territory all reasonable and prudent costs that it incurs related to the undergrounding of such transmission lines. Provides that a public utility shall record and defer such costs as a regulatory asset to be included in the public utility's total rate base and amortized over a reasonable period that is equal to the expected life of such transmission line. Effective immediately.

Actions

Date	Chamber	Action
5/4/2016	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo
5/5/2016	House	First Reading
5/5/2016	House	Referred to Rules Committee
5/19/2016	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
1/10/2017	House	Session Sine Die

×