SB1385 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1385

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 20/2.03

from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 552.3

Amends the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. Makes a technical change to the definition of "transportation of gas".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act is amended by changing Section 2.03 as follows:

(220 ILCS 20/2.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 552.3)

Sec. 2.03. "Transportation of gas" means the the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline or its storage, within this State and not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act, except that it includes the transmission of gas through pipeline facilities within this State that transport gas from an interstate gas pipeline to a direct sales customer within this State purchasing gas for its own consumption. "Transportation of gas" also includes the conveyance of gas from a gas main through the primary fuel line to the outside wall of residential premises. If the gas meter is placed within 3 feet of the structure, the utility's responsibility shall end at the outlet side of the meter.

(Source: P.A. 87-1092; 88-314.)