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 Bill Status of SB2929  93rd General Assembly


Short Description:  CROSS RAILROAD RIGHT WAY ACT

Senate Sponsors
Sen. William R. Haine

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act


Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Crossing of Railroad Right-of-way Act. Provides terms and conditions for a crossing. Allows the Illinois Commerce Commission to adopt rules prescribing additional terms and conditions to ensure that any crossing be consistent with the public convenience and necessity and reasonable service to the public. Provides that public utilities that locate their facilities within the railroad right-of-way for a crossing shall pay the railroad a one-time standard crossing fee of $750 for each crossing. Provides special circumstances under which the standard crossing fee is not imposed. Provides that, pending Commission resolution of a claim of special circumstances raised in a petition, a public utility may, upon securing the payment of any damages and upon submission of completed engineering specifications to the railroad, proceed with a crossing in accordance with the rules adopted by the Commission, unless the Commission, upon application for emergency relief, determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that the proposed crossing either (i) involves a significant and imminent likelihood of danger to the public health or safety or (ii) is a serious threat to the safe operations of the railroad or to the current use of the railroad right-of-way.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/6/2004SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine
  2/6/2004SenateFirst Reading
  2/6/2004SenateReferred to Rules
  1/11/2005SenateSession Sine Die

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