(220 ILCS 5/15-201)
Sec. 15-201.
Definitions.
In this Law:
"Common carrier by pipeline" means (1) a
person or corporation that owns, controls, operates, or manages, within
this State, directly or indirectly, equipment,
facilities, or other property, or a franchise, permit,
license, or right, used or to be used in connection with
the conveyance of gas or any liquid other than water for
the general public in common carriage by pipeline,
or (2) a person or corporation that owns
and operates within this State any equipment, facilities, or other property, or
any franchise, permit, license, or right, used or to be used in connection with
the conveyance of water drawn from Lake Michigan for the general public in
common carriage by pipeline.
A gas public utility that provides local distribution services is not a
common carrier by pipeline, irrespective of whether the public utility
transports customer-owned gas or gas owned by a third party to some of its
customers. A water public utility that provides local distribution services
is not a common carrier by pipeline.
A unit of local government is not a common carrier by pipeline. In
addition, "common carrier by pipeline" does not include common carriers by
pipeline that
are owned and operated by any political subdivision, public institution of
higher education or municipal corporation of this State, or common carriers by
pipeline that are owned by such political subdivision, public institution of
higher education, or municipal corporation and operated by any of its lessees
or operating agents.
(Source: P.A. 89-42, eff. 1-1-96; 89-573, eff. 7-30-96; 89-713, eff.
2-21-97.)
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