SB0547sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 4/17/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 547

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 547 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act is amended by changing Section 14 as follows:

(220 ILCS 50/14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1614)

Sec. 14. Home rule. The regulation of underground utility facilities and CATS facilities damage prevention, as provided for in this Act, is an exclusive power and function of the State. A home rule unit may not regulate underground utility facilities and CATS facilities damage prevention, as provided for in this Act. All units of local government, including home rule units that are not municipalities of more than 1,000,000 persons, must comply with the provisions of this Act. To this extent, this This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. A home rule municipality of more than 1,000,000 persons may regulate underground utility facilities and CATS facilities damage prevention.

(Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".