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91_HB1012
LRB9104292JSpc
1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing
2 Section 8-502.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
6 changing Section 8-502 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/8-502) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-502)
8 Sec. 8-502. Joint use of facilities. Whenever the
9 Commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon
10 complaint, shall find that public convenience and necessity
11 require the use by one public utility of the conduits,
12 subways, wires, poles, pipes or other property or equipment,
13 or any part thereof, on, over or under any street or highway,
14 belonging to another public utility, and that such use will
15 not prevent the owner or other users thereof from performing
16 their public duties nor result in irreparable injury to such
17 owner or other users of such conduits, subways, wires, poles,
18 pipes or other property or equipment, or in any substantial
19 detriment to the service, and that such public utilities have
20 failed to agree upon such use or the terms and conditions or
21 compensation for the same, the Commission may, by order,
22 direct that such use be permitted and prescribe a reasonable
23 compensation and reasonable terms and conditions for such
24 joint use. If such use be directed, the public utility to
25 whom the use is permitted shall be liable to the owner or
26 other users of such conduits, subways, wires, poles, pipes or
27 other property or equipment, for such damage as may result
28 therefrom to the property of such owner or other users
29 thereof.
30 (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)