101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3298

 

Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 840/10  was 50 ILCS 835/10
50 ILCS 840/15  was 50 ILCS 835/15

    Amends the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act. Modifies the definition of "collocate" or "collocation" and adds a definition of "structure". Changes various references of "collocate" or "collocation" to "install" or "installation". Provides that an authority may require in a residential historic district that a small wireless facility be collocated on an existing utility pole or existing wireless support structure within 850 feet of the proposed installation or, if no such existing wireless support structure, the authority may reject the application. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act is
5amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 840/10)  (was 50 ILCS 835/10)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2021)
8    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9    "Antenna" means communications equipment that transmits or
10receives electromagnetic radio frequency signals used in the
11provision of wireless services.
12    "Applicable codes" means uniform building, fire,
13electrical, plumbing, or mechanical codes adopted by a
14recognized national code organization or local amendments to
15those codes, including the National Electric Safety Code.
16    "Applicant" means any person who submits an application and
17is a wireless provider.
18    "Application" means a request submitted by an applicant to
19an authority for a permit to collocate small wireless
20facilities, and a request that includes the installation of a
21new utility pole for such collocation, as well as any
22applicable fee for the review of such application.
23    "Authority" means a unit of local government that has

 

 

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1jurisdiction and control for use of public rights-of-way as
2provided by the Illinois Highway Code for placements within
3public rights-of-way or has zoning or land use control for
4placements not within public rights-of-way.
5    "Authority utility pole" means a utility pole owned or
6operated by an authority in public rights-of-way.
7    "Collocate" or "collocation" means either: (i) mounting or
8installing an antenna wireless facility on a pre-existing
9structure; or (ii) modifying a structure for the purpose of
10mounting or installing an antenna wireless facility on that
11structure to install, mount, maintain, modify, operate, or
12replace wireless facilities on or adjacent to a wireless
13support structure or utility pole.
14    "Communications service" means cable service, as defined
15in 47 U.S.C. 522(6), as amended; information service, as
16defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(24), as amended; telecommunications
17service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(53), as amended; mobile
18service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(33), as amended; or
19wireless service other than mobile service.
20    "Communications service provider" means a cable operator,
21as defined in 47 U.S.C. 522(5), as amended; a provider of
22information service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(24), as
23amended; a telecommunications carrier, as defined in 47 U.S.C.
24153(51), as amended; or a wireless provider.
25    "FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission of the
26United States.

 

 

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1    "Fee" means a one-time charge.
2    "Historic district" or "historic landmark" means a
3building, property, or site, or group of buildings, properties,
4or sites that are either (i) listed in the National Register of
5Historic Places or formally determined eligible for listing by
6the Keeper of the National Register, the individual who has
7been delegated the authority by the federal agency to list
8properties and determine their eligibility for the National
9Register, in accordance with Section VI.D.1.a.i through
10Section VI.D.1.a.v of the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement
11codified at 47 CFR Part 1, Appendix C; or (ii) designated as a
12locally landmarked building, property, site, or historic
13district by an ordinance adopted by the authority pursuant to a
14preservation program that meets the requirements of the
15Certified Local Government Program of the Illinois State
16Historic Preservation Office or where such certification of the
17preservation program by the Illinois State Historic
18Preservation Office is pending.
19    "Law" means a federal or State statute, common law, code,
20rule, regulation, order, or local ordinance or resolution.
21    "Micro wireless facility" means a small wireless facility
22that is not larger in dimension than 24 inches in length, 15
23inches in width, and 12 inches in height and that has an
24exterior antenna, if any, no longer than 11 inches.
25    "Permit" means a written authorization required by an
26authority to perform an action or initiate, continue, or

 

 

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1complete a project.
2    "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited
3liability company, partnership, association, trust, or other
4entity or organization, including an authority.
5    "Public safety agency" means the functional division of the
6federal government, the State, a unit of local government, or a
7special purpose district located in whole or in part within
8this State, that provides or has authority to provide
9firefighting, police, ambulance, medical, or other emergency
10services to respond to and manage emergency incidents.
11    "Rate" means a recurring charge.
12    "Right-of-way" means the area on, below, or above a public
13roadway, highway, street, public sidewalk, alley, or utility
14easement dedicated for compatible use. "Right-of-way" does not
15include authority-owned aerial lines.
16    "Small wireless facility" means a wireless facility that
17meets both of the following qualifications: (i) each antenna is
18located inside an enclosure of no more than 6 cubic feet in
19volume or, in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements,
20the antenna and all of its exposed elements could fit within an
21imaginary enclosure of no more than 6 cubic feet; and (ii) all
22other wireless equipment attached directly to a utility pole
23associated with the facility is cumulatively no more than 25
24cubic feet in volume. The following types of associated
25ancillary equipment are not included in the calculation of
26equipment volume: electric meter, concealment elements,

 

 

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1telecommunications demarcation box, ground-based enclosures,
2grounding equipment, power transfer switch, cut-off switch,
3and vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other
4services.
5    "Structure" means a pole, tower, base station, or other
6building, whether or not it has an existing antenna wireless
7facility that is used or to be used for the provision of
8personal wireless service and whether or not owned or
9commingled with other types of services.
10    "Utility pole" means a pole or similar structure that is
11used in whole or in part by a communications service provider
12or for electric distribution, lighting, traffic control, or a
13similar function.
14    "Wireless facility" means equipment at a fixed location
15that enables wireless communications between user equipment
16and a communications network, including: (i) equipment
17associated with wireless communications; and (ii) radio
18transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular
19and backup power supplies, and comparable equipment,
20regardless of technological configuration. "Wireless facility"
21includes small wireless facilities. "Wireless facility" does
22not include: (i) the structure or improvements on, under, or
23within which the equipment is installed collocated; or (ii)
24wireline backhaul facilities, coaxial or fiber optic cable that
25is between wireless support structures or utility poles or
26coaxial, or fiber optic cable that is otherwise not immediately

 

 

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1adjacent to or directly associated with an antenna.
2    "Wireless infrastructure provider" means any person
3authorized to provide telecommunications service in the State
4that builds or installs wireless communication transmission
5equipment, wireless facilities, wireless support structures,
6or utility poles and that is not a wireless services provider
7but is acting as an agent or a contractor for a wireless
8services provider for the application submitted to the
9authority.
10    "Wireless provider" means a wireless infrastructure
11provider or a wireless services provider.
12    "Wireless services" means any services provided to the
13general public, including a particular class of customers, and
14made available on a nondiscriminatory basis using licensed or
15unlicensed spectrum, whether at a fixed location or mobile,
16provided using wireless facilities.
17    "Wireless services provider" means a person who provides
18wireless services.
19    "Wireless support structure" means a freestanding
20structure, such as a monopole; tower, either guyed or
21self-supporting; billboard; or other existing or proposed
22structure designed to support or capable of supporting wireless
23facilities. "Wireless support structure" does not include a
24utility pole.
25(Source: P.A. 100-585, eff. 6-1-18.)
 

 

 

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1    (50 ILCS 840/15)  (was 50 ILCS 835/15)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 1, 2021)
3    Sec. 15. Regulation of small wireless facilities.
4    (a) This Section applies to activities of a wireless
5provider within or outside rights-of-way.
6    (b) Except as provided in this Section, an authority may
7not prohibit, regulate, or charge for the installation
8collocation of small wireless facilities.
9    (c) Small wireless facilities shall be classified as
10permitted uses and subject to administrative review in
11conformance with this Act, except as provided in paragraph (5)
12of subsection (d) of this Section regarding height exceptions
13or variances, but not subject to zoning review or approval if
14they are installed collocated (i) in rights-of-way in any zone,
15or (ii) outside rights-of-way in property zoned exclusively for
16commercial or industrial use.
17    (d) An authority may require an applicant to obtain one or
18more permits to install collocate a small wireless facility. An
19authority shall receive applications for, process, and issue
20permits subject to the following requirements:
21        (1) An authority may not directly or indirectly require
22    an applicant to perform services unrelated to the
23    installation collocation for which approval is sought,
24    such as in-kind contributions to the authority, including
25    reserving fiber, conduit, or utility pole space for the
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1    authority may reserve space on authority utility poles for
2    future public safety uses or for the authority's electric
3    utility uses, but a reservation of space may not preclude
4    the collocation of a small wireless facility unless the
5    authority reasonably determines that the authority utility
6    pole cannot accommodate both uses.
7        (2) An applicant shall not be required to provide more
8    information to obtain a permit than the authority requires
9    of a communications service provider that is not a wireless
10    provider that requests to attach facilities to a structure;
11    however, a wireless provider may be required to provide the
12    following information when seeking a permit to install
13    collocate small wireless facilities on a utility pole or
14    wireless support structure:
15            (A) site specific structural integrity and, for an
16        authority utility pole, make-ready analysis prepared
17        by a structural engineer, as that term is defined in
18        Section 4 of the Structural Engineering Practice Act of
19        1989;
20            (B) the location where each proposed small
21        wireless facility or utility pole would be installed
22        and photographs of the location and its immediate
23        surroundings depicting the utility poles or structures
24        on which each proposed small wireless facility would be
25        mounted or location where utility poles or structures
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1            (C) specifications and drawings prepared by a
2        structural engineer, as that term is defined in Section
3        4 of the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989,
4        for each proposed small wireless facility covered by
5        the application as it is proposed to be installed;
6            (D) the equipment type and model numbers for the
7        antennas and all other wireless equipment associated
8        with the small wireless facility;
9            (E) a proposed schedule for the installation and
10        completion of each small wireless facility covered by
11        the application, if approved; and
12            (F) certification that the installation
13        collocation complies with paragraph (6) to the best of
14        the applicant's knowledge.
15        (3) Subject to paragraph (6), an authority may not
16    require the placement of small wireless facilities on any
17    specific utility pole, or category of utility poles, or
18    require multiple antenna systems on a single utility pole;
19    however: (i) , with respect to an application for the
20    collocation of a small wireless facility associated with a
21    new utility pole, an authority may require propose that the
22    small wireless facility be collocated on an existing
23    utility pole or existing wireless support structure, when
24    possible, within 850 100 feet of the proposed installation
25    collocation, which the applicant shall accept if it has the
26    right to use the alternate structure on reasonable terms

 

 

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1    and conditions and the alternate location and structure
2    does not impose technical limits or additional material
3    costs as determined by the applicant; or (ii) an authority
4    may require in a residential historic district that the
5    small wireless facility be collocated on an existing
6    utility pole or existing wireless support structure within
7    850 feet of the proposed installation or, if no such
8    existing wireless support structure, the authority may
9    reject the application. The authority may require the
10    applicant to provide a written certification describing
11    the property rights, technical limits or material cost
12    reasons the alternate location does not satisfy the
13    criteria in this paragraph (3).
14        (4) Subject to paragraph (6), an authority may not
15    limit the placement of small wireless facilities mounted on
16    a utility pole or a wireless support structure by minimum
17    horizontal separation distances.
18        (5) An authority may limit the maximum height of a
19    small wireless facility to 10 feet above the utility pole
20    or wireless support structure on which the small wireless
21    facility is installed collocated. Subject to any
22    applicable waiver, zoning, or other process that addresses
23    wireless provider requests for an exception or variance and
24    does not prohibit granting of such exceptions or variances,
25    the authority may limit the height of new or replacement
26    utility poles or wireless support structures on which small

 

 

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1    wireless facilities are installed collocated to the higher
2    of: (i) 10 feet in height above the tallest existing
3    utility pole, other than a utility pole supporting only
4    wireless facilities, that is in place on the date the
5    application is submitted to the authority, that is located
6    within 300 feet of the new or replacement utility pole or
7    wireless support structure and that is in the same
8    right-of-way within the jurisdictional boundary of the
9    authority, provided the authority may designate which
10    intersecting right-of-way within 300 feet of the proposed
11    utility pole or wireless support structures shall control
12    the height limitation for such facility; or (ii) 45 feet
13    above ground level.
14        (6) An authority may require that:
15            (A) the wireless provider's operation of the small
16        wireless facilities does not interfere with the
17        frequencies used by a public safety agency for public
18        safety communications; a wireless provider shall
19        install small wireless facilities of the type and
20        frequency that will not cause unacceptable
21        interference with a public safety agency's
22        communications equipment; unacceptable interference
23        will be determined by and measured in accordance with
24        industry standards and the FCC's regulations
25        addressing unacceptable interference to public safety
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1        safety agency; if a small wireless facility causes such
2        interference, and the wireless provider has been given
3        written notice of the interference by the public safety
4        agency, the wireless provider, at its own expense,
5        shall take all reasonable steps necessary to correct
6        and eliminate the interference, including, but not
7        limited to, powering down the small wireless facility
8        and later powering up the small wireless facility for
9        intermittent testing, if necessary; the authority may
10        terminate a permit for a small wireless facility based
11        on such interference if the wireless provider is not
12        making a good faith effort to remedy the problem in a
13        manner consistent with the abatement and resolution
14        procedures for interference with public safety
15        spectrum established by the FCC including 47 CFR 22.970
16        through 47 CFR 22.973 and 47 CFR 90.672 through 47 CFR
17        90.675;
18            (B) the wireless provider comply with requirements
19        that are imposed by a contract between an authority and
20        a private property owner that concern design or
21        construction standards applicable to utility poles and
22        ground-mounted equipment located in the right-of-way;
23            (C) the wireless provider comply with applicable
24        spacing requirements in applicable codes and
25        ordinances concerning the location of ground-mounted
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1        requirements include a waiver, zoning, or other
2        process that addresses wireless provider requests for
3        exception or variance and do not prohibit granting of
4        such exceptions or variances;
5            (D) the wireless provider comply with local code
6        provisions or regulations concerning undergrounding
7        requirements that prohibit the installation of new or
8        the modification of existing utility poles in a
9        right-of-way without prior approval if the
10        requirements include a waiver, zoning, or other
11        process that addresses requests to install such new
12        utility poles or modify such existing utility poles and
13        do not prohibit the replacement of utility poles;
14            (E) the wireless provider comply with generally
15        applicable standards that are consistent with this Act
16        and adopted by an authority for construction and public
17        safety in the rights-of-way, including, but not
18        limited to, reasonable and nondiscriminatory wiring
19        and cabling requirements, grounding requirements,
20        utility pole extension requirements, and signage
21        limitations; and shall comply with reasonable and
22        nondiscriminatory requirements that are consistent
23        with this Act and adopted by an authority regulating
24        the location, size, surface area and height of small
25        wireless facilities, or the abandonment and removal of
26        small wireless facilities;

 

 

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1            (F) the wireless provider not install collocate
2        small wireless facilities on authority utility poles
3        that are part of an electric distribution or
4        transmission system within the communication worker
5        safety zone of the pole or the electric supply zone of
6        the pole; however, the antenna and support equipment of
7        the small wireless facility may be located in the
8        communications space on the authority utility pole and
9        on the top of the pole, if not otherwise unavailable,
10        if the wireless provider complies with applicable
11        codes for work involving the top of the pole; for
12        purposes of this subparagraph (F), the terms
13        "communications space", "communication worker safety
14        zone", and "electric supply zone" have the meanings
15        given to those terms in the National Electric Safety
16        Code as published by the Institute of Electrical and
17        Electronics Engineers;
18            (G) the wireless provider comply with the
19        applicable codes and local code provisions or
20        regulations that concern public safety;
21            (H) the wireless provider comply with written
22        design standards that are generally applicable for
23        decorative utility poles, or reasonable stealth,
24        concealment, and aesthetic requirements that are
25        identified by the authority in an ordinance, written
26        policy adopted by the governing board of the authority,

 

 

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1        a comprehensive plan, or other written design plan that
2        applies to other occupiers of the rights-of-way,
3        including on a historic landmark or in a historic
4        district; and
5            (I) subject to subsection (c) of this Section, and
6        except for facilities excluded from evaluation for
7        effects on historic properties under 47 CFR
8        1.1307(a)(4), reasonable, technically feasible and
9        non-discriminatory design or concealment measures in a
10        historic district or historic landmark; any such
11        design or concealment measures, including restrictions
12        on a specific category of poles, may not have the
13        effect of prohibiting any provider's technology; such
14        design and concealment measures shall not be
15        considered a part of the small wireless facility for
16        purposes of the size restrictions of a small wireless
17        facility; this paragraph may not be construed to limit
18        an authority's enforcement of historic preservation in
19        conformance with the requirements adopted pursuant to
20        the Illinois State Agency Historic Resources
21        Preservation Act or the National Historic Preservation
22        Act of 1966, 54 U.S.C. Section 300101 et seq., and the
23        regulations adopted to implement those laws.
24        (7) Within 30 days after receiving an application, an
25    authority must determine whether the application is
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1    incomplete, an authority must specifically identify the
2    missing information. An application shall be deemed
3    complete if the authority fails to provide notification to
4    the applicant within 30 days after when all documents,
5    information, and fees specifically enumerated in the
6    authority's permit application form are submitted by the
7    applicant to the authority. Processing deadlines are
8    tolled from the time the authority sends the notice of
9    incompleteness to the time the applicant provides the
10    missing information.
11        (8) An authority shall process applications as
12    follows:
13            (A) an application to collocate a small wireless
14        facility on an existing utility pole or wireless
15        support structure shall be processed on a
16        nondiscriminatory basis and deemed approved if the
17        authority fails to approve or deny the application
18        within 90 days; however, if an applicant intends to
19        proceed with the permitted activity on a deemed
20        approved basis, the applicant must notify the
21        authority in writing of its intention to invoke the
22        deemed approved remedy no sooner than 75 days after the
23        submission of a completed application; the permit
24        shall be deemed approved on the latter of the 90th day
25        after submission of the complete application or the
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1        notice by the authority; the receipt of the deemed
2        approved notice shall not preclude the authority's
3        denial of the permit request within the time limits as
4        provided under this Act; and
5            (B) an application to install collocate a small
6        wireless facility that includes the installation of a
7        new utility pole shall be processed on a
8        nondiscriminatory basis and deemed approved if the
9        authority fails to approve or deny the application
10        within 120 days; however, if an applicant intends to
11        proceed with the permitted activity on a deemed
12        approved basis, the applicant must notify the
13        authority in writing of its intention to invoke the
14        deemed approved remedy no sooner than 105 days after
15        the submission of a completed application; the permit
16        shall be deemed approved on the latter of the 120th day
17        after submission of the complete application or the
18        10th day after the receipt of the deemed approved
19        notice by the authority; the receipt of the deemed
20        approved notice shall not preclude the authority's
21        denial of the permit request within the time limits as
22        provided under this Act.
23        (9) An authority shall approve an application unless
24    the application does not meet the requirements of this Act.
25    If an authority determines that applicable codes, local
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1    or the requirements of paragraph (6) require that the
2    utility pole or wireless support structure be replaced
3    before the requested installation collocation, approval
4    may be conditioned on the replacement of the utility pole
5    or wireless support structure at the cost of the provider.
6    The authority must document the basis for a denial,
7    including the specific code provisions or application
8    conditions on which the denial was based, and send the
9    documentation to the applicant on or before the day the
10    authority denies an application. The applicant may cure the
11    deficiencies identified by the authority and resubmit the
12    revised application once within 30 days after notice of
13    denial is sent to the applicant without paying an
14    additional application fee. The authority shall approve or
15    deny the revised application within 30 days after the
16    applicant resubmits the application or it is deemed
17    approved; however, the applicant must notify the authority
18    in writing of its intention to proceed with the permitted
19    activity on a deemed approved basis, which may be submitted
20    with the resubmitted application. Any subsequent review
21    shall be limited to the deficiencies cited in the denial.
22    However, this revised application cure does not apply if
23    the cure requires the review of a new location, new or
24    different structure to be installed collocated upon, new
25    antennas, or other wireless equipment associated with the
26    small wireless facility.

 

 

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1        (10) The time period for applications may be further
2    tolled by:
3            (A) the express agreement in writing by both the
4        applicant and the authority; or
5            (B) a local, State, or federal disaster
6        declaration or similar emergency that causes the
7        delay.
8        (11) An applicant seeking to install collocate small
9    wireless facilities within the jurisdiction of a single
10    authority shall be allowed, at the applicant's discretion,
11    to file a consolidated application and receive a single
12    permit for the installation collocation of up to 25 small
13    wireless facilities if the installations collocations each
14    involve substantially the same type of small wireless
15    facility and substantially the same type of structure. If
16    an application includes multiple small wireless
17    facilities, the authority may remove small wireless
18    facility installations collocations from the application
19    and treat separately small wireless facility installations
20    collocations for which incomplete information has been
21    provided or that do not qualify for consolidated treatment
22    or that are denied. The authority may issue separate
23    permits for each installation collocation that is approved
24    in a consolidated application.
25        (12) Installation Collocation for which a permit is
26    granted shall be completed within 180 days after issuance

 

 

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1    of the permit, unless the authority and the wireless
2    provider agree to extend this period or a delay is caused
3    by make-ready work for an authority utility pole or by the
4    lack of commercial power or backhaul availability at the
5    site, provided the wireless provider has made a timely
6    request within 60 days after the issuance of the permit for
7    commercial power or backhaul services, and the additional
8    time to complete installation does not exceed 360 days
9    after issuance of the permit. Otherwise, the permit shall
10    be void unless the authority grants an extension in writing
11    to the applicant.
12        (13) The duration of a permit shall be for a period of
13    not less than 5 years, and the permit shall be renewed for
14    equivalent durations unless the authority makes a finding
15    that the small wireless facilities or the new or modified
16    utility pole do not comply with the applicable codes or
17    local code provisions or regulations in paragraphs (6) and
18    (9). If this Act is repealed as provided in Section 90,
19    renewals of permits shall be subject to the applicable
20    authority code provisions or regulations in effect at the
21    time of renewal.
22        (14) An authority may not prohibit, either expressly or
23    de facto, the (i) filing, receiving, or processing
24    applications, or (ii) issuing of permits or other
25    approvals, if any, for the installation collocation of
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1    State, or federal disaster declaration or similar
2    emergency that causes the delay.
3        (15) Applicants shall submit applications, supporting
4    information, and notices by personal delivery or as
5    otherwise required by the authority. An authority may
6    require that permits, supporting information, and notices
7    be submitted by personal delivery at the authority's
8    designated place of business, by regular mail postmarked on
9    the date due, or by any other commonly used means,
10    including electronic mail, as required by the authority.
11    (e) Application fees are subject to the following
12requirements:
13        (1) An authority may charge an application fee of up to
14    $650 for an application to collocate a single small
15    wireless facility on an existing utility pole or wireless
16    support structure and up to $350 for each small wireless
17    facility addressed in an application to collocate more than
18    one small wireless facility on existing utility poles or
19    wireless support structures.
20        (2) An authority may charge an application fee of
21    $1,000 for each small wireless facility addressed in an
22    application that includes the installation of a new utility
23    for such installation collocation.
24        (3) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of State
25    law or local ordinance, applications pursuant to this
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1    fee.
2        (4) Within 2 months after the effective date of this
3    Act, an authority shall make available application fees
4    consistent with this subsection, through ordinance, or in a
5    written schedule of permit fees adopted by the authority.
6    (f) An authority shall not require an application,
7approval, or permit, or require any fees or other charges, from
8a communications service provider authorized to occupy the
9rights-of-way, for: (i) routine maintenance; (ii) the
10replacement of wireless facilities with wireless facilities
11that are substantially similar, the same size, or smaller if
12the wireless provider notifies the authority at least 10 days
13prior to the planned replacement and includes equipment
14specifications for the replacement of equipment consistent
15with the requirements of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of
16subsection (d) of this Section; or (iii) the installation,
17placement, maintenance, operation, or replacement of micro
18wireless facilities that are suspended on cables that are
19strung between existing utility poles in compliance with
20applicable safety codes. However, an authority may require a
21permit to work within rights-of-way for activities that affect
22traffic patterns or require lane closures.
23    (g) Nothing in this Act authorizes a person to install
24collocate small wireless facilities on: (1) property owned by a
25private party or property owned or controlled by a unit of
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1subject to subsection (j) of this Section, or a privately owned
2utility pole or wireless support structure without the consent
3of the property owner; (2) property owned, leased, or
4controlled by a park district, forest preserve district, or
5conservation district for public park, recreation, or
6conservation purposes without the consent of the affected
7district, excluding the placement of facilities on
8rights-of-way located in an affected district that are under
9the jurisdiction and control of a different unit of local
10government as provided by the Illinois Highway Code; or (3)
11property owned by a rail carrier registered under Section
1218c-7201 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Metra Commuter Rail or
13any other public commuter rail service, or an electric utility
14as defined in Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act,
15without the consent of the rail carrier, public commuter rail
16service, or electric utility. The provisions of this Act do not
17apply to an electric or gas public utility or such utility's
18wireless facilities if the facilities are being used,
19developed, and maintained consistent with the provisions of
20subsection (i) of Section 16-108.5 of the Public Utilities Act.
21    For the purposes of this subsection, "public utility" has
22the meaning given to that term in Section 3-105 of the Public
23Utilities Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
24relieve any person from any requirement (1) to obtain a
25franchise or a State-issued authorization to offer cable
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1permission to install, place, maintain, or operate
2communications facilities, other than small wireless
3facilities subject to this Act.
4    (h) Agreements between authorities and wireless providers
5that relate to the installation collocation of small wireless
6facilities in the right-of-way, including the collocation of
7small wireless facilities on authority utility poles, that are
8in effect on the effective date of this Act remain in effect
9for all small wireless facilities collocated on the authority's
10utility poles pursuant to applications submitted to the
11authority before the effective date of this Act, subject to
12applicable termination provisions. Such agreements entered
13into after the effective date of the Act shall comply with the
14Act.
15    (i) An authority shall allow the collocation of small
16wireless facilities on authority utility poles subject to the
17following:
18        (1) An authority may not enter into an exclusive
19    arrangement with any person for the right to attach small
20    wireless facilities to authority utility poles.
21        (2) The rates and fees for collocations on authority
22    utility poles shall be nondiscriminatory regardless of the
23    services provided by the collocating person.
24        (3) An authority may charge an annual recurring rate to
25    collocate a small wireless facility on an authority utility
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1    year or (ii) the actual, direct, and reasonable costs
2    related to the wireless provider's use of space on the
3    authority utility pole. Rates for collocation on authority
4    utility poles located outside of a right-of-way are not
5    subject to these limitations. In any controversy
6    concerning the appropriateness of a cost-based rate for an
7    authority utility pole located within a right-of-way, the
8    authority shall have the burden of proving that the rate
9    does not exceed the actual, direct, and reasonable costs
10    for the applicant's proposed use of the authority utility
11    pole. Nothing in this paragraph (3) prohibits a wireless
12    provider and an authority from mutually agreeing to an
13    annual recurring rate of less than $200 to collocate a
14    small wireless facility on an authority utility pole.
15        (4) Authorities or other persons owning or controlling
16    authority utility poles within the right-of-way shall
17    offer rates, fees, and other terms that comply with
18    subparagraphs (A) through (E) of this paragraph (4). Within
19    2 months after the effective date of this Act, an authority
20    or a person owning or controlling authority utility poles
21    shall make available, through ordinance or an authority
22    utility pole attachment agreement, license or other
23    agreement that makes available to wireless providers, the
24    rates, fees, and terms for the collocation of small
25    wireless facilities on authority utility poles that comply
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1    this paragraph (4). In the absence of such an ordinance or
2    agreement that complies with this Act, and until such a
3    compliant ordinance or agreement is adopted, wireless
4    providers may install collocate small wireless facilities
5    and install utility poles under the requirements of this
6    Act.
7            (A) The rates, fees, and terms must be
8        nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral, and
9        commercially reasonable, and may address, among other
10        requirements, the requirements in subparagraphs (A)
11        through (I) of paragraph (6) of subsection (d) of this
12        Section; subsections (e), (i), and (k) of this Section;
13        Section 30; and Section 35, and must comply with this
14        Act.
15            (B) For authority utility poles that support
16        aerial facilities used to provide communications
17        services or electric service, wireless providers shall
18        comply with the process for make-ready work under 47
19        U.S.C. 224 and its implementing regulations, and the
20        authority shall follow a substantially similar process
21        for make-ready work except to the extent that the
22        timing requirements are otherwise addressed in this
23        Act. The good-faith estimate of the person owning or
24        controlling the authority utility pole for any
25        make-ready work necessary to enable the pole to support
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1        utility pole replacement, if necessary.
2            (C) For authority utility poles that do not support
3        aerial facilities used to provide communications
4        services or electric service, the authority shall
5        provide a good-faith estimate for any make-ready work
6        necessary to enable the authority utility pole to
7        support the requested collocation, including pole
8        replacement, if necessary, within 90 days after
9        receipt of a complete application. Make-ready work,
10        including any authority utility pole replacement,
11        shall be completed within 60 days of written acceptance
12        of the good-faith estimate by the applicant at the
13        wireless provider's sole cost and expense.
14        Alternatively, if the authority determines that
15        applicable codes or public safety regulations require
16        the authority utility pole to be replaced to support
17        the requested collocation, the authority may require
18        the wireless provider to replace the authority utility
19        pole at the wireless provider's sole cost and expense.
20            (D) The authority shall not require more
21        make-ready work than required to meet applicable codes
22        or industry standards. Make-ready work may include
23        work needed to accommodate additional public safety
24        communications needs that are identified in a
25        documented and approved plan for the deployment of
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1        of subsection (d) of this Section and included in an
2        existing or preliminary authority or public service
3        agency budget for attachment within one year of the
4        application. Fees for make-ready work, including any
5        authority utility pole replacement, shall not exceed
6        actual costs or the amount charged to communications
7        service providers for similar work and shall not
8        include any consultants' fees or expenses for
9        authority utility poles that do not support aerial
10        facilities used to provide communications services or
11        electric service. Make-ready work, including any pole
12        replacement, shall be completed within 60 days of
13        written acceptance of the good-faith estimate by the
14        wireless provider, at its sole cost and expense.
15            (E) A wireless provider that has an existing
16        agreement with the authority on the effective date of
17        the Act may accept the rates, fees, and terms that an
18        authority makes available under this Act for the
19        collocation of small wireless facilities or the
20        installation of new utility poles for the installation
21        collocation of small wireless facilities that are the
22        subject of an application submitted 2 or more years
23        after the effective date of the Act as provided in this
24        paragraph (4) by notifying the authority that it opts
25        to accept such rates, fees, and terms. The existing
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1        termination provisions, for the small wireless
2        facilities the wireless provider has collocated on the
3        authority's utility poles pursuant to applications
4        submitted to the authority before the wireless
5        provider provides such notice and exercises its option
6        under this subparagraph.
7    (j) An authority shall authorize the collocation of small
8wireless facilities on utility poles owned or controlled by the
9authority that are not located within rights-of-way to the same
10extent the authority currently permits access to utility poles
11for other commercial projects or uses. The collocations shall
12be subject to reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates, fees, and
13terms as provided in an agreement between the authority and the
14wireless provider.
15    (k) Nothing in this Section precludes an authority from
16adopting reasonable rules with respect to the removal of
17abandoned small wireless facilities. A small wireless facility
18that is not operated for a continuous period of 12 months shall
19be considered abandoned and the owner of the facility must
20remove the small wireless facility within 90 days after receipt
21of written notice from the authority notifying the owner of the
22abandonment. The notice shall be sent by certified or
23registered mail, return receipt requested, by the authority to
24the owner at the last known address of the owner. If the small
25wireless facility is not removed within 90 days of such notice,
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1facility pursuant to the terms of its pole attachment agreement
2for authority utility poles or through whatever actions are
3provided for abatement of nuisances or by other law for removal
4and cost recovery. An authority may require a wireless provider
5to provide written notice to the authority if it sells or
6transfers small wireless facilities subject to this Act within
7the jurisdictional boundary of the authority. Such notice shall
8include the name and contact information of the new wireless
9provider.
10    (l) Nothing in this Section requires an authority to
11install or maintain any specific utility pole or to continue to
12install or maintain utility poles in any location if the
13authority makes a non-discriminatory decision to eliminate
14above-ground utility poles of a particular type generally, such
15as electric utility poles, in all or a significant portion of
16its geographic jurisdiction. For authority utility poles with
17collocated small wireless facilities in place when an authority
18makes a decision to eliminate above-ground utility poles of a
19particular type generally, the authority shall either (i)
20continue to maintain the authority utility pole or install and
21maintain a reasonable alternative utility pole or wireless
22support structure for the collocation of the small wireless
23facility, or (ii) offer to sell the utility pole to the
24wireless provider at a reasonable cost or allow the wireless
25provider to install its own utility pole so it can maintain
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1(Source: P.A. 100-585, eff. 6-1-18.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.