SB2453 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2453

Introduced 1/30/2018, by Sen. Terry Link

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 50/2.2

from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602.2

Amends the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, the term "underground utility facilities" or "facilities" does not include underground storm sewers located within a right-of-way controlled by the counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will.

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 Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act is amended by changing Section 2.2 as follows:

(220 ILCS 50/2.2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602.2)

Sec. 2.2. Underground utility facilities.

(a) "Underground utility facilities" or "facilities" means and includes wires, ducts, fiber optic cable, conduits, pipes, sewers, and cables and their connected appurtenances installed beneath the surface of the ground by:

(1) a public utility as defined in the Public Utilities Act;

(2) a municipally owned or mutually owned utility providing a similar utility service;

(3) a pipeline entity transporting gases, crude oil, petroleum products, or other hydrocarbon materials within the State;

(4) a telecommunications carrier as defined in the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985, or by a company described in Section 1 of the Telephone Company Act;

(5) a community antenna television system, as defined in the Illinois Municipal Code or the Counties Code;

(6) a holder, as that term is defined in the Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007;

(7) any other entity owning or operating underground facilities that transport generated electrical power to other utility owners or operators or transport generated electrical power within the internal electric grid of a wind turbine generation farm; and

(8) an electric cooperative as defined in the Public Utilities Act.

"Underground utility facilities" or "facilities" does not include underground storm sewers located within a right-of-way controlled by the following counties: DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will.

(Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.)