Sen. Michael E. Hastings

Filed: 5/25/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4615

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4615, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
6amended by renumbering and changing Section 5-45.35 as added
7by Public Act 103-568 as follows:
 
8    (5 ILCS 100/5-45.52)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 8, 2024)
10    Sec. 5-45.52 5-45.35. Emergency rulemaking; Public Act
11103-568 this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. To
12provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of
13Public Act 103-568 this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
14Assembly, emergency rules implementing Public Act 103-568 this
15amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly may be adopted in
16accordance with Section 5-45 by the Department of Financial

 

 

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1and Professional Regulation. The adoption of emergency rules
2authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to be
3necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.
4    This Section is repealed on August 4, 2025 one year after
5the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
6Assembly.
7(Source: P.A. 103-568, eff. 12-8-23; revised 12-22-23.)
 
8    Section 10. The Department of Professional Regulation Law
9of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
10changing Section 2105-380 as follows:
 
11    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-380)
12    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 8, 2024)
13    Sec. 2105-380. Extension of expiration dates or renewal
14periods for specified licenses, registrations, or
15certificates.
16    (a) If the Secretary finds that there is a significant
17operational need to do so or that it is necessary to do so to
18avoid undue hardship on a class of individuals whose
19professional licenses, registrations, or certificates are
20issued by the Department, then the Secretary shall extend the
21expiration date or renewal period of the license,
22registration, or certificate of those individuals for a period
23not to exceed the standard renewal period for those licenses,
24registrations, or certificates. Factors that may be considered

 

 

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1by the Secretary when determining whether to extend the
2expiration date or renewal period shall include, but are not
3limited to:
4        (1) the number of applications pending;
5        (2) the percentage of applicants or licensees,
6    registrants, or certificate holders waiting for Department
7    action on their applications compared to the number of
8    licensees, registrants, or certificate holders in the
9    profession;
10        (3) the number of licenses, registrations, or
11    certificates that have expired while pending Department
12    action on renewal;
13        (4) whether there is a shortage of licensees,
14    registrants, or certificate holders providing the
15    professional service;
16        (5) the potential impact on the Department's
17    operational budget; and
18        (6) any other licensing-related factors that are
19    deemed relevant by the Department and are prescribed by
20    rule.
21    (b) The Secretary shall waive the payment of late fees for
22a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder in a profession
23whose expiration date or renewal period has been extended
24under this Section and in those cases where Department
25processing delays result in the expiration of a license,
26registration, or certificate.

 

 

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1    (c) The Department may adopt rules or emergency rules to
2implement and administer this Section.
3    (d) This Section is repealed January 1, 2026 one year
4after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd
5General Assembly.
6(Source: P.A. 103-568, eff. 12-8-23.)
 
7    Section 15. The Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act is
8amended by changing Section 5.1 as follows:
 
9    (30 ILCS 705/5.1)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 31, 2024)
11    Sec. 5.1. Restoration of grant award.
12    (a) A grantee who received an award pursuant to the Open
13Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act who was unable to
14complete the project within the 2 years required by Section 5
15due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, and whose grant
16agreement expired between January 1, 2021 and July 29, 2021,
17shall be eligible for an award under the same terms as the
18expired grant agreement, subject to the availability of
19appropriated moneys in the fund from which the original
20disbursement to the grantee was made. The grantee must
21demonstrate prior compliance with the terms and conditions of
22the expired award to be eligible for funding under this
23Section.
24    (b) Any grant funds not expended or legally obligated by

 

 

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1the expiration of the newly executed agreement must be
2returned to the grantor agency within 45 days, if the funds are
3not already on deposit with the grantor agency or the State
4Treasurer. Such returned funds shall be deposited into the
5fund from which the original grant disbursement to the grantee
6was made.
7    (c) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2025 July 31, 2024.
8(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
 
9    Section 20. The Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act
10is amended by changing Sections 15, 25, and 90 as follows:
 
11    (50 ILCS 840/15)  (was 50 ILCS 835/15)
12    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2024)
13    Sec. 15. Regulation of small wireless facilities.
14    (a) This Section applies to activities of a wireless
15provider within or outside rights-of-way.
16    (b) Except as provided in this Section, an authority may
17not prohibit, regulate, or charge for the collocation of small
18wireless facilities.
19    (c) Small wireless facilities shall be classified as
20permitted uses and subject to administrative review in
21conformance with this Act, except as provided in paragraph (5)
22of subsection (d) of this Section regarding height exceptions
23or variances, but not subject to zoning review or approval if
24they are collocated (i) in rights-of-way in any zone, or (ii)

 

 

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1outside rights-of-way in property zoned exclusively for
2commercial or industrial use.
3    (d) An authority may require an applicant to obtain one or
4more permits to collocate a small wireless facility. An
5authority shall receive applications for, process, and issue
6permits subject to the following requirements:
7        (1) An authority may not directly or indirectly
8    require an applicant to perform services unrelated to the
9    collocation for which approval is sought, such as in-kind
10    contributions to the authority, including reserving fiber,
11    conduit, or utility pole space for the authority on the
12    wireless provider's utility pole. An authority may reserve
13    space on authority utility poles for future public safety
14    uses or for the authority's electric utility uses, but a
15    reservation of space may not preclude the collocation of a
16    small wireless facility unless the authority reasonably
17    determines that the authority utility pole cannot
18    accommodate both uses.
19        (2) An applicant shall not be required to provide more
20    information to obtain a permit than the authority requires
21    of a communications service provider that is not a
22    wireless provider that requests to attach facilities to a
23    structure; however, a wireless provider may be required to
24    provide the following information when seeking a permit to
25    collocate small wireless facilities on a utility pole or
26    wireless support structure:

 

 

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1            (A) site specific structural integrity and, for an
2        authority utility pole, make-ready analysis prepared
3        by a structural engineer, as that term is defined in
4        Section 4 of the Structural Engineering Practice Act
5        of 1989;
6            (B) the location where each proposed small
7        wireless facility or utility pole would be installed
8        and photographs of the location and its immediate
9        surroundings depicting the utility poles or structures
10        on which each proposed small wireless facility would
11        be mounted or location where utility poles or
12        structures would be installed;
13            (C) specifications and drawings prepared by a
14        structural engineer, as that term is defined in
15        Section 4 of the Structural Engineering Practice Act
16        of 1989, for each proposed small wireless facility
17        covered by the application as it is proposed to be
18        installed;
19            (D) the equipment type and model numbers for the
20        antennas and all other wireless equipment associated
21        with the small wireless facility;
22            (E) a proposed schedule for the installation and
23        completion of each small wireless facility covered by
24        the application, if approved;
25            (F) certification that the collocation complies
26        with paragraph (6) to the best of the applicant's

 

 

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1        knowledge; and
2            (G) the wireless provider's certification from a
3        radio engineer that it operates the small wireless
4        facility within all applicable FCC standards.
5        (3) Subject to paragraph (6), an authority may not
6    require the placement of small wireless facilities on any
7    specific utility pole, or category of utility poles, or
8    require multiple antenna systems on a single utility pole;
9    however, with respect to an application for the
10    collocation of a small wireless facility associated with a
11    new utility pole, an authority may propose that the small
12    wireless facility be collocated on an existing utility
13    pole or existing wireless support structure within 200
14    feet of the proposed collocation, which the applicant
15    shall accept if it has the right to use the alternate
16    structure on reasonable terms and conditions and the
17    alternate location and structure does not impose technical
18    limits or additional material costs as determined by the
19    applicant. The authority may require the applicant to
20    provide a written certification describing the property
21    rights, technical limits or material cost reasons the
22    alternate location does not satisfy the criteria in this
23    paragraph (3).
24        (4) Subject to paragraph (6), an authority may not
25    limit the placement of small wireless facilities mounted
26    on a utility pole or a wireless support structure by

 

 

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1    minimum horizontal separation distances.
2        (5) An authority may limit the maximum height of a
3    small wireless facility to 10 feet above the utility pole
4    or wireless support structure on which the small wireless
5    facility is collocated. Subject to any applicable waiver,
6    zoning, or other process that addresses wireless provider
7    requests for an exception or variance and does not
8    prohibit granting of such exceptions or variances, the
9    authority may limit the height of new or replacement
10    utility poles or wireless support structures on which
11    small wireless facilities are collocated to the higher of:
12    (i) 10 feet in height above the tallest existing utility
13    pole, other than a utility pole supporting only wireless
14    facilities, that is in place on the date the application
15    is submitted to the authority, that is located within 300
16    feet of the new or replacement utility pole or wireless
17    support structure and that is in the same right-of-way
18    within the jurisdictional boundary of the authority,
19    provided the authority may designate which intersecting
20    right-of-way within 300 feet of the proposed utility pole
21    or wireless support structures shall control the height
22    limitation for such facility; or (ii) 45 feet above ground
23    level.
24        (6) An authority may require that:
25            (A) the wireless provider's operation of the small
26        wireless facilities does not interfere with the

 

 

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1        frequencies used by a public safety agency for public
2        safety communications; a wireless provider shall
3        install small wireless facilities of the type and
4        frequency that will not cause unacceptable
5        interference with a public safety agency's
6        communications equipment; unacceptable interference
7        will be determined by and measured in accordance with
8        industry standards and the FCC's regulations
9        addressing unacceptable interference to public safety
10        spectrum or any other spectrum licensed by a public
11        safety agency; if a small wireless facility causes
12        such interference, and the wireless provider has been
13        given written notice of the interference by the public
14        safety agency, the wireless provider, at its own
15        expense, shall take all reasonable steps necessary to
16        correct and eliminate the interference, including, but
17        not limited to, powering down the small wireless
18        facility and later powering up the small wireless
19        facility for intermittent testing, if necessary; the
20        authority may terminate a permit for a small wireless
21        facility based on such interference if the wireless
22        provider is not making a good faith effort to remedy
23        the problem in a manner consistent with the abatement
24        and resolution procedures for interference with public
25        safety spectrum established by the FCC including 47
26        CFR 22.970 through 47 CFR 22.973 and 47 CFR 90.672

 

 

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1        through 47 CFR 90.675;
2            (B) the wireless provider comply with requirements
3        that are imposed by a contract between an authority
4        and a private property owner that concern design or
5        construction standards applicable to utility poles and
6        ground-mounted equipment located in the right-of-way;
7            (C) the wireless provider comply with applicable
8        spacing requirements in applicable codes and
9        ordinances concerning the location of ground-mounted
10        equipment located in the right-of-way if the
11        requirements include a waiver, zoning, or other
12        process that addresses wireless provider requests for
13        exception or variance and do not prohibit granting of
14        such exceptions or variances;
15            (D) the wireless provider comply with local code
16        provisions or regulations concerning undergrounding
17        requirements that prohibit the installation of new or
18        the modification of existing utility poles in a
19        right-of-way without prior approval if the
20        requirements include a waiver, zoning, or other
21        process that addresses requests to install such new
22        utility poles or modify such existing utility poles
23        and do not prohibit the replacement of utility poles;
24            (E) the wireless provider comply with generally
25        applicable standards that are consistent with this Act
26        and adopted by an authority for construction and

 

 

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1        public safety in the rights-of-way, including, but not
2        limited to, reasonable and nondiscriminatory wiring
3        and cabling requirements, grounding requirements,
4        utility pole extension requirements, acoustic
5        regulations, and signage limitations; and shall comply
6        with reasonable and nondiscriminatory requirements
7        that are consistent with this Act and adopted by an
8        authority regulating the location, size, surface area
9        and height of small wireless facilities, or the
10        abandonment and removal of small wireless facilities;
11            (F) the wireless provider not collocate small
12        wireless facilities on authority utility poles that
13        are part of an electric distribution or transmission
14        system within the communication worker safety zone of
15        the pole or the electric supply zone of the pole;
16        however, the antenna and support equipment of the
17        small wireless facility may be located in the
18        communications space on the authority utility pole and
19        on the top of the pole, if not otherwise unavailable,
20        if the wireless provider complies with applicable
21        codes for work involving the top of the pole; for
22        purposes of this subparagraph (F), the terms
23        "communications space", "communication worker safety
24        zone", and "electric supply zone" have the meanings
25        given to those terms in the National Electric Safety
26        Code as published by the Institute of Electrical and

 

 

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1        Electronics Engineers;
2            (G) the wireless provider comply with the
3        applicable codes and local code provisions or
4        regulations that concern public safety;
5            (H) the wireless provider comply with written
6        design standards that are generally applicable for
7        decorative utility poles, or reasonable stealth,
8        concealment, and aesthetic requirements that are
9        identified by the authority in an ordinance, written
10        policy adopted by the governing board of the
11        authority, a comprehensive plan, or other written
12        design plan that applies to other occupiers of the
13        rights-of-way, including on a historic landmark or in
14        a historic district;
15            (I) subject to subsection (c) of this Section, and
16        except for facilities excluded from evaluation for
17        effects on historic properties under 47 CFR
18        1.1307(a)(4), reasonable, technically feasible and
19        non-discriminatory design or concealment measures in a
20        historic district or historic landmark; any such
21        design or concealment measures, including restrictions
22        on a specific category of poles, may not have the
23        effect of prohibiting any provider's technology; such
24        design and concealment measures shall not be
25        considered a part of the small wireless facility for
26        purposes of the size restrictions of a small wireless

 

 

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1        facility; this paragraph may not be construed to limit
2        an authority's enforcement of historic preservation in
3        conformance with the requirements adopted pursuant to
4        the Illinois State Agency Historic Resources
5        Preservation Act or the National Historic Preservation
6        Act of 1966, 54 U.S.C. Section 300101 et seq., and the
7        regulations adopted to implement those laws; and
8            (J) When a wireless provider replaces or adds a
9        new radio transceiver or antennas to an existing small
10        wireless facility, certification by the wireless
11        provider from a radio engineer that the continuing
12        operation of the small wireless facility complies with
13        all applicable FCC standards.
14        (7) Within 30 days after receiving an application, an
15    authority must determine whether the application is
16    complete and notify the applicant. If an application is
17    incomplete, an authority must specifically identify the
18    missing information. An application shall be deemed
19    complete if the authority fails to provide notification to
20    the applicant within 30 days after when all documents,
21    information, and fees specifically enumerated in the
22    authority's permit application form are submitted by the
23    applicant to the authority. Processing deadlines are
24    tolled from the time the authority sends the notice of
25    incompleteness to the time the applicant provides the
26    missing information.

 

 

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1        (8) An authority shall process applications as
2    follows:
3            (A) an application to collocate a small wireless
4        facility on an existing utility pole or wireless
5        support structure shall be processed on a
6        nondiscriminatory basis and deemed approved if the
7        authority fails to approve or deny the application
8        within 90 days; however, if an applicant intends to
9        proceed with the permitted activity on a deemed
10        approved basis, the applicant must notify the
11        authority in writing of its intention to invoke the
12        deemed approved remedy no sooner than 75 days after
13        the submission of a completed application; the permit
14        shall be deemed approved on the latter of the 90th day
15        after submission of the complete application or the
16        10th day after the receipt of the deemed approved
17        notice by the authority; the receipt of the deemed
18        approved notice shall not preclude the authority's
19        denial of the permit request within the time limits as
20        provided under this Act; and
21            (B) an application to collocate a small wireless
22        facility that includes the installation of a new
23        utility pole shall be processed on a nondiscriminatory
24        basis and deemed approved if the authority fails to
25        approve or deny the application within 120 days;
26        however, if an applicant intends to proceed with the

 

 

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1        permitted activity on a deemed approved basis, the
2        applicant must notify the authority in writing of its
3        intention to invoke the deemed approved remedy no
4        sooner than 105 days after the submission of a
5        completed application; the permit shall be deemed
6        approved on the latter of the 120th day after
7        submission of the complete application or the 10th day
8        after the receipt of the deemed approved notice by the
9        authority; the receipt of the deemed approved notice
10        shall not preclude the authority's denial of the
11        permit request within the time limits as provided
12        under this Act.
13        (9) An authority shall approve an application unless
14    the application does not meet the requirements of this
15    Act. If an authority determines that applicable codes,
16    local code provisions or regulations that concern public
17    safety, or the requirements of paragraph (6) require that
18    the utility pole or wireless support structure be replaced
19    before the requested collocation, approval may be
20    conditioned on the replacement of the utility pole or
21    wireless support structure at the cost of the provider.
22    The authority must document the basis for a denial,
23    including the specific code provisions or application
24    conditions on which the denial was based, and send the
25    documentation to the applicant on or before the day the
26    authority denies an application. The applicant may cure

 

 

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1    the deficiencies identified by the authority and resubmit
2    the revised application once within 30 days after notice
3    of denial is sent to the applicant without paying an
4    additional application fee. The authority shall approve or
5    deny the revised application within 30 days after the
6    applicant resubmits the application or it is deemed
7    approved; however, the applicant must notify the authority
8    in writing of its intention to proceed with the permitted
9    activity on a deemed approved basis, which may be
10    submitted with the resubmitted application. Any subsequent
11    review shall be limited to the deficiencies cited in the
12    denial. However, this revised application cure does not
13    apply if the cure requires the review of a new location,
14    new or different structure to be collocated upon, new
15    antennas, or other wireless equipment associated with the
16    small wireless facility.
17        (10) The time period for applications may be further
18    tolled by:
19            (A) the express agreement in writing by both the
20        applicant and the authority; or
21            (B) a local, State, or federal disaster
22        declaration or similar emergency that causes the
23        delay.
24        (11) An applicant seeking to collocate small wireless
25    facilities within the jurisdiction of a single authority
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1    consolidated application and receive a single permit for
2    the collocation of up to 25 small wireless facilities if
3    the collocations each involve substantially the same type
4    of small wireless facility and substantially the same type
5    of structure. If an application includes multiple small
6    wireless facilities, the authority may remove small
7    wireless facility collocations from the application and
8    treat separately small wireless facility collocations for
9    which incomplete information has been provided or that do
10    not qualify for consolidated treatment or that are denied.
11    The authority may issue separate permits for each
12    collocation that is approved in a consolidated
13    application.
14        (12) Collocation for which a permit is granted shall
15    be completed within 180 days after issuance of the permit,
16    unless the authority and the wireless provider agree to
17    extend this period or a delay is caused by make-ready work
18    for an authority utility pole or by the lack of commercial
19    power or backhaul availability at the site, provided the
20    wireless provider has made a timely request within 60 days
21    after the issuance of the permit for commercial power or
22    backhaul services, and the additional time to complete
23    installation does not exceed 360 days after issuance of
24    the permit. Otherwise, the permit shall be void unless the
25    authority grants an extension in writing to the applicant.
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1    not less than 5 years, and the permit shall be renewed for
2    equivalent durations unless the authority makes a finding
3    that the small wireless facilities or the new or modified
4    utility pole do not comply with the applicable codes or
5    local code provisions or regulations in paragraphs (6) and
6    (9). If this Act is repealed as provided in Section 90,
7    renewals of permits shall be subject to the applicable
8    authority code provisions or regulations in effect at the
9    time of renewal.
10        (14) An authority may not prohibit, either expressly
11    or de facto, the (i) filing, receiving, or processing
12    applications, or (ii) issuing of permits or other
13    approvals, if any, for the collocation of small wireless
14    facilities unless there has been a local, State, or
15    federal disaster declaration or similar emergency that
16    causes the delay.
17        (15) Applicants shall submit applications, supporting
18    information, and notices by personal delivery or as
19    otherwise required by the authority. An authority may
20    require that permits, supporting information, and notices
21    be submitted by personal delivery at the authority's
22    designated place of business, by regular mail postmarked
23    on the date due, or by any other commonly used means,
24    including electronic mail, as required by the authority.
25    (e) Application fees are subject to the following
26requirements:

 

 

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1        (1) An authority may charge an application fee of up
2    to $650 for an application to collocate a single small
3    wireless facility on an existing utility pole or wireless
4    support structure and up to $350 for each small wireless
5    facility addressed in an application to collocate more
6    than one small wireless facility on existing utility poles
7    or wireless support structures.
8        (2) An authority may charge an application fee of
9    $1,000 for each small wireless facility addressed in an
10    application that includes the installation of a new
11    utility pole for such collocation.
12        (3) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of State
13    law or local ordinance, applications pursuant to this
14    Section must be accompanied by the required application
15    fee.
16        (4) Within 2 months after the effective date of this
17    Act, an authority shall make available application fees
18    consistent with this subsection, through ordinance, or in
19    a written schedule of permit fees adopted by the
20    authority.
21        (5) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
22    contrary, an authority may charge recurring rates and
23    application fees up to the amount permitted by the Federal
24    Communication Commission in its Declaratory Ruling and
25    Third Report and Order adopted on September 26, 2018 in WT
26    Docket Nos. 17-70, 17-84 and cited as 33 FCC Rcd 9088,

 

 

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1    9129, or any subsequent ruling, order, or guidance issued
2    by the Federal Communication Commission regarding fees and
3    recurring rates.
4    (f) An authority shall not require an application,
5approval, or permit, or require any fees or other charges,
6from a communications service provider authorized to occupy
7the rights-of-way, for: (i) routine maintenance; (ii) the
8replacement of wireless facilities with wireless facilities
9that are substantially similar, the same size, or smaller if
10the wireless provider notifies the authority at least 10 days
11prior to the planned replacement and includes equipment
12specifications for the replacement of equipment consistent
13with the requirements of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of
14subsection (d) of this Section; or (iii) the installation,
15placement, maintenance, operation, or replacement of micro
16wireless facilities that are suspended on cables that are
17strung between existing utility poles in compliance with
18applicable safety codes. However, an authority may require a
19permit to work within rights-of-way for activities that affect
20traffic patterns or require lane closures.
21    (g) Nothing in this Act authorizes a person to collocate
22small wireless facilities on: (1) property owned by a private
23party or property owned or controlled by a unit of local
24government that is not located within rights-of-way, subject
25to subsection (j) of this Section, or a privately owned
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1of the property owner; (2) property owned, leased, or
2controlled by a park district, forest preserve district, or
3conservation district for public park, recreation, or
4conservation purposes without the consent of the affected
5district, excluding the placement of facilities on
6rights-of-way located in an affected district that are under
7the jurisdiction and control of a different unit of local
8government as provided by the Illinois Highway Code; or (3)
9property owned by a rail carrier registered under Section
1018c-7201 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, Metra Commuter Rail or
11any other public commuter rail service, or an electric utility
12as defined in Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act,
13without the consent of the rail carrier, public commuter rail
14service, or electric utility. The provisions of this Act do
15not apply to an electric or gas public utility or such
16utility's wireless facilities if the facilities are being
17used, developed, and maintained consistent with the provisions
18of subsection (i) of Section 16-108.5 of the Public Utilities
19Act.
20    For the purposes of this subsection, "public utility" has
21the meaning given to that term in Section 3-105 of the Public
22Utilities Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
23relieve any person from any requirement (1) to obtain a
24franchise or a State-issued authorization to offer cable
25service or video service or (2) to obtain any required
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1communications facilities, other than small wireless
2facilities subject to this Act.
3    (h) Agreements between authorities and wireless providers
4that relate to the collocation of small wireless facilities in
5the right-of-way, including the collocation of small wireless
6facilities on authority utility poles, that are in effect on
7the effective date of this Act remain in effect for all small
8wireless facilities collocated on the authority's utility
9poles pursuant to applications submitted to the authority
10before the effective date of this Act, subject to applicable
11termination provisions. Such agreements entered into after the
12effective date of the Act shall comply with the Act.
13    (i) An authority shall allow the collocation of small
14wireless facilities on authority utility poles subject to the
15following:
16        (1) An authority may not enter into an exclusive
17    arrangement with any person for the right to attach small
18    wireless facilities to authority utility poles.
19        (2) The rates and fees for collocations on authority
20    utility poles shall be nondiscriminatory regardless of the
21    services provided by the collocating person.
22        (3) An authority may charge an annual recurring rate
23    to collocate a small wireless facility on an authority
24    utility pole located in a right-of-way that equals (i)
25    $270 $200 per year or (ii) the actual, direct, and
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1    space on the authority utility pole. Rates for collocation
2    on authority utility poles located outside of a
3    right-of-way are not subject to these limitations. In any
4    controversy concerning the appropriateness of a cost-based
5    rate for an authority utility pole located within a
6    right-of-way, the authority shall have the burden of
7    proving that the rate does not exceed the actual, direct,
8    and reasonable costs for the applicant's proposed use of
9    the authority utility pole. Nothing in this paragraph (3)
10    prohibits a wireless provider and an authority from
11    mutually agreeing to an annual recurring rate of less than
12    $270 $200 to collocate a small wireless facility on an
13    authority utility pole.
14        (4) Authorities or other persons owning or controlling
15    authority utility poles within the right-of-way shall
16    offer rates, fees, and other terms that comply with
17    subparagraphs (A) through (E) of this paragraph (4).
18    Within 2 months after the effective date of this Act, an
19    authority or a person owning or controlling authority
20    utility poles shall make available, through ordinance or
21    an authority utility pole attachment agreement, license or
22    other agreement that makes available to wireless
23    providers, the rates, fees, and terms for the collocation
24    of small wireless facilities on authority utility poles
25    that comply with this Act and with subparagraphs (A)
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1    an ordinance or agreement that complies with this Act, and
2    until such a compliant ordinance or agreement is adopted,
3    wireless providers may collocate small wireless facilities
4    and install utility poles under the requirements of this
5    Act.
6            (A) The rates, fees, and terms must be
7        nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral, and
8        commercially reasonable, and may address, among other
9        requirements, the requirements in subparagraphs (A)
10        through (I) of paragraph (6) of subsection (d) of this
11        Section; subsections (e), (i), and (k) of this
12        Section; Section 30; and Section 35, and must comply
13        with this Act.
14            (B) For authority utility poles that support
15        aerial facilities used to provide communications
16        services or electric service, wireless providers shall
17        comply with the process for make-ready work under 47
18        U.S.C. 224 and its implementing regulations, and the
19        authority shall follow a substantially similar process
20        for make-ready work except to the extent that the
21        timing requirements are otherwise addressed in this
22        Act. The good-faith estimate of the person owning or
23        controlling the authority utility pole for any
24        make-ready work necessary to enable the pole to
25        support the requested collocation shall include
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1            (C) For authority utility poles that do not
2        support aerial facilities used to provide
3        communications services or electric service, the
4        authority shall provide a good-faith estimate for any
5        make-ready work necessary to enable the authority
6        utility pole to support the requested collocation,
7        including pole replacement, if necessary, within 90
8        days after receipt of a complete application.
9        Make-ready work, including any authority utility pole
10        replacement, shall be completed within 60 days of
11        written acceptance of the good-faith estimate by the
12        applicant at the wireless provider's sole cost and
13        expense. Alternatively, if the authority determines
14        that applicable codes or public safety regulations
15        require the authority utility pole to be replaced to
16        support the requested collocation, the authority may
17        require the wireless provider to replace the authority
18        utility pole at the wireless provider's sole cost and
19        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 collocation
21        of small wireless facilities that are the subject of
22        an application submitted 2 or more years after the
23        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        (5) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
8    contrary, an authority may charge recurring rates and
9    application fees up to the amount permitted by the Federal
10    Communication Commission in its Declaratory Ruling and
11    Third Report and Order adopted on September 26, 2018 in WT
12    Docket Nos. 17-70, 17-84 and cited as 33 FCC Rcd 9088,
13    9129, or any subsequent ruling, order, or guidance issued
14    by the Federal Communication Commission regarding fees and
15    recurring rates.
16    (j) An authority shall authorize the collocation of small
17wireless facilities on utility poles owned or controlled by
18the authority that are not located within rights-of-way to the
19same extent the authority currently permits access to utility
20poles for other commercial projects or uses. The collocations
21shall be subject to reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates,
22fees, and terms as provided in an agreement between the
23authority and the wireless provider.
24    (k) Nothing in this Section precludes an authority from
25adopting reasonable rules with respect to the removal of
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1that is not operated for a continuous period of 12 months shall
2be considered abandoned and the owner of the facility must
3remove the small wireless facility within 90 days after
4receipt of written notice from the authority notifying the
5owner of the abandonment. The notice shall be sent by
6certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by the
7authority to the owner at the last known address of the owner.
8If the small wireless facility is not removed within 90 days of
9such notice, the authority may remove or cause the removal of
10the facility pursuant to the terms of its pole attachment
11agreement for authority utility poles or through whatever
12actions are provided for abatement of nuisances or by other
13law for removal and cost recovery. An authority may require a
14wireless provider to provide written notice to the authority
15if it sells or transfers small wireless facilities subject to
16this Act within the jurisdictional boundary of the authority.
17Such notice shall include the name and contact information of
18the new wireless provider.
19    (l) Nothing in this Section requires an authority to
20install or maintain any specific utility pole or to continue
21to install or maintain utility poles in any location if the
22authority makes a non-discriminatory decision to eliminate
23above-ground utility poles of a particular type generally,
24such as electric utility poles, in all or a significant
25portion of its geographic jurisdiction. For authority utility
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1an authority makes a decision to eliminate above-ground
2utility poles of a particular type generally, the authority
3shall either (i) continue to maintain the authority utility
4pole or install and maintain a reasonable alternative utility
5pole or wireless support structure for the collocation of the
6small wireless facility, or (ii) offer to sell the utility
7pole to the wireless provider at a reasonable cost or allow the
8wireless provider to install its own utility pole so it can
9maintain service from that location.
10(Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 102-21, eff. 6-25-21.)
 
11    (50 ILCS 840/25)  (was 50 ILCS 835/25)
12    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2024)
13    Sec. 25. Dispute resolution. A circuit court has
14jurisdiction to resolve all disputes arising under this Act.
15Pending resolution of a dispute concerning rates for
16collocation of small wireless facilities on authority utility
17poles within the right-of-way, the authority shall allow the
18collocating person to collocate on its poles at annual rates
19of no more than $270 $200 per year per authority utility pole,
20with rates to be determined upon final resolution of the
21dispute.
22(Source: P.A. 102-21, eff. 6-25-21.)
 
23    (50 ILCS 840/90)  (was 50 ILCS 835/90)
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1    Sec. 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, 2030
2December 31, 2024.
3(Source: P.A. 102-9, eff. 6-3-21; 102-21, eff. 6-25-21.)
 
4    Section 25. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Sections 8-3-14b and 8-3-14c as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/8-3-14b)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)
8    Sec. 8-3-14b. Municipal hotel operators' tax in DuPage
9County. For any municipality located within DuPage County that
10belongs to a not-for-profit organization headquartered in
11DuPage County that is recognized by the Department of Commerce
12and Economic Opportunity as a certified local tourism and
13convention bureau entitled to receive State tourism grant
14funds, not less than 75% of the amounts collected pursuant to
15Section 8-3-14 shall be expended by the municipality to
16promote tourism and conventions within that municipality or
17otherwise to attract nonresident overnight visitors to the
18municipality, and the remainder of the amounts collected by a
19municipality within DuPage County pursuant to Section 8-3-14
20may be expended by the municipality for economic development
21or capital infrastructure.
22    This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027 2025.
23(Source: P.A. 101-204, eff. 8-2-19; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
 

 

 

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1    (65 ILCS 5/8-3-14c)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025)
3    Sec. 8-3-14c. Municipal hotel use tax in DuPage County.
4For any municipality located within DuPage County that belongs
5to a not-for-profit organization headquartered in DuPage
6County that is recognized by the Department of Commerce and
7Economic Opportunity as a certified local tourism and
8convention bureau entitled to receive State tourism grant
9funds, not less than 75% of the amounts collected pursuant to
10Section 8-3-14a shall be expended by the municipality to
11promote tourism and conventions within that municipality or
12otherwise to attract nonresident overnight visitors to the
13municipality, and the remainder of the amounts collected by a
14municipality within DuPage County pursuant to Section 8-3-14a
15may be expended by the municipality for economic development
16or capital infrastructure.
17    This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027 2025.
18(Source: P.A. 101-204, eff. 8-2-19; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
 
19    Section 30. The School Code is amended by changing Section
2017-2A as follows:
 
21    (105 ILCS 5/17-2A)  (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2A)
22    Sec. 17-2A. Interfund transfers.
23    (a) The school board of any district having a population
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1following a public hearing set by the school board or the
2president of the school board (that is preceded (i) by at least
3one published notice over the name of the clerk or secretary of
4the board, occurring at least 7 days and not more than 30 days
5prior to the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation
6within the school district and (ii) by posted notice over the
7name of the clerk or secretary of the board, at least 48 hours
8before the hearing, at the principal office of the school
9board or at the building where the hearing is to be held if a
10principal office does not exist, with both notices setting
11forth the time, date, place, and subject matter of the
12hearing), transfer money from (1) the Educational Fund to the
13Operations and Maintenance Fund or the Transportation Fund,
14(2) the Operations and Maintenance Fund to the Educational
15Fund or the Transportation Fund, (3) the Transportation Fund
16to the Educational Fund or the Operations and Maintenance
17Fund, or (4) the Tort Immunity Fund to the Operations and
18Maintenance Fund of said district, provided that, except
19during the period from July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2026 2024,
20such transfer is made solely for the purpose of meeting
21one-time, non-recurring expenses. Except during the period
22from July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2026 and except as otherwise
23provided in subsection (b) of this Section, any other
24permanent interfund transfers authorized by any provision or
25judicial interpretation of this Code for which the transferee
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1provision of this Code authorizing such transfer shall be made
2to the fund of the school district most in need of the funds
3being transferred, as determined by resolution of the school
4board.
5    (b) (Blank).
6    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section or any
7other provision of this Code to the contrary, the school board
8of any school district (i) that is subject to the Property Tax
9Extension Limitation Law, (ii) that is an elementary district
10servicing students in grades K through 8, (iii) whose
11territory is in one county, (iv) that is eligible for Section
127002 Federal Impact Aid, and (v) that has no more than $81,000
13in funds remaining from refinancing bonds that were refinanced
14a minimum of 5 years prior to January 20, 2017 (the effective
15date of Public Act 99-926) may make a one-time transfer of the
16funds remaining from the refinancing bonds to the Operations
17and Maintenance Fund of the district by proper resolution
18following a public hearing set by the school board or the
19president of the school board, with notice as provided in
20subsection (a) of this Section, so long as the district meets
21the qualifications set forth in this subsection (c) on January
2220, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 99-926).
23    (d) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section or any
24other provision of this Code to the contrary, the school board
25of any school district (i) that is subject to the Property Tax
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1district servicing students in grades K through 12, (iii)
2whose territory is in one county, (iv) that owns property
3designated by the United States as a Superfund site pursuant
4to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,
5Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
6seq.), and (v) that has an excess accumulation of funds in its
7bond fund, including funds accumulated prior to July 1, 2000,
8may make a one-time transfer of those excess funds accumulated
9prior to July 1, 2000 to the Operations and Maintenance Fund of
10the district by proper resolution following a public hearing
11set by the school board or the president of the school board,
12with notice as provided in subsection (a) of this Section, so
13long as the district meets the qualifications set forth in
14this subsection (d) on August 4, 2017 (the effective date of
15Public Act 100-32).
16(Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20; 102-671, eff. 11-30-21;
17102-895, eff. 5-23-22.)
 
18    Section 35. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
19changing Sections 13-1200 and 21-1601 as follows:
 
20    (220 ILCS 5/13-1200)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)
22    Sec. 13-1200. Repealer. This Article is repealed January
231, 2030 December 31, 2026.
24(Source: P.A. 101-639, eff. 6-12-20; 102-9, eff. 6-3-21.)
 

 

 

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1    (220 ILCS 5/21-1601)
2    Sec. 21-1601. Repealer. Sections 21-101 through 21-1501 of
3this Article are repealed January 1, 2030 December 31, 2026.
4(Source: P.A. 101-639, eff. 6-12-20; 102-9, eff. 6-3-21.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.".