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220 ILCS 5/8-502

(220 ILCS 5/8-502) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-502)

Sec. 8-502.

Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion
or upon complaint, shall find that public convenience and necessity require
the use by one public utility of the conduits, subways, wires,
poles, pipes or other property or equipment, or any part thereof, on, over
or under any street or highway, belonging to another public utility, and
that such use will not prevent the owner or other users thereof from
performing their public duties nor result in irreparable injury to such
owner or other users of such conduits, subways, wires, poles, pipes
or other property or equipment, or in any substantial detriment to the
service, and that such public utilities have failed to agree upon such use
or the terms and conditions or compensation for the same, the Commission
may, by order, direct that such use be permitted and prescribe a reasonable
compensation and reasonable terms and conditions for such joint use. If
such use be directed, the public utility to whom the use is permitted shall
be liable to the owner or other users of such conduits, subways,
wires, poles, pipes or other property or equipment, for such damage as may
result therefrom to the property of such owner or other users thereof.

(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)