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91_HB2228
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Underground Utility
2 Facilities Damage Prevention Act by changing Section 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Underground Utility Facilities
6 Damage Prevention Act is amended by changing Section 4 as
7 follows:
8 (220 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1604)
9 Sec. 4. Required activities. A Every person who engages
10 in nonemergency excavation or demolition shall:
11 (a) take reasonable action to inform himself of the
12 location of any underground utility facilities or CATS
13 facilities in and near the area for which such operation is
14 to be conducted;
15 (b) plan the excavation or demolition to avoid or
16 minimize interference with underground utility facilities or
17 CATS facilities in and near the construction area;
18 (c) provide notice not more than 14 days nor less than
19 48 hours (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) in
20 advance of the start of the excavation or demolition to the
21 owners or operators of the underground utility facilities or
22 CATS facilities in and near the excavation or demolition area
23 through the State-Wide One-Call Notice System or, in the case
24 of nonemergency excavation or demolition within the
25 boundaries of a municipality of at least one million persons
26 which operates its own one-call notice system, through the
27 one-call notice system which operates in that municipality;
28 (d) provide, during and following excavation or
29 demolition, such support for existing underground utility
30 facilities or CATS facilities in and near the excavation or
31 demolition area as may be reasonably necessary for the
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1 protection of such facilities unless otherwise agreed to by
2 the owner or operator of the underground facility or CATS
3 facility; and
4 (e) backfill all excavations in such manner and with
5 such materials as may be reasonably necessary for the
6 protection of existing underground utility facilities or CATS
7 facilities in and near the excavation or demolition area.
8 At a minimum, the notice required under clause (c) shall
9 provide:
10 (1) the person's name, address, and (i) phone
11 number at which a message can be left or (ii) fax number;
12 (2) the start date of the planned excavation or
13 demolition;
14 (3) the address at which the excavation or
15 demolition will take place; and
16 (4) the type and extent of the work involved.
17 (Source: P.A. 87-125; 88-578, effective date changed to
18 7-1-95 by P.A. 88-681.)