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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Underground Utility Facilities | ||||||
5 | Damage Prevention Act is amended by changing Sections 2, 2.2, | ||||||
6 | 2.3, 4, 6, 10, and 11 and by adding Sections 2.9, 2.10, and | ||||||
7 | 2.11 as follows:
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8 | (220 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602)
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9 | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
10 | context clearly
otherwise
requires, the terms specified in | ||||||
11 | Sections 2.1 through 2.11
2.8 have the
meanings
ascribed to | ||||||
12 | them in those Sections.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)
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14 | (220 ILCS 50/2.2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602.2)
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15 | Sec. 2.2. Underground utility facilities. "Underground | ||||||
16 | utility
facilities" or "facilities" means and
includes wires, | ||||||
17 | ducts, fiber optic cable, conduits, pipes, sewers, and
cables | ||||||
18 | and
their connected appurtenances installed beneath the | ||||||
19 | surface of the ground
by a public utility (as is defined in the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Public Utilities Act, as
amended), or by a municipally | ||||||
21 | owned or mutually owned utility providing a
similar utility | ||||||
22 | service, except an electric cooperative as defined in the
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23 | Illinois Public Utilities Act, as amended, or by a pipeline | ||||||
24 | entity
transporting gases, crude oil, petroleum products, or | ||||||
25 | other hydrocarbon
materials within the State , or by a | ||||||
26 | telecommunications carrier as defined in
the Universal | ||||||
27 | Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985, or by a company
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28 | described in Section 1 of "An Act relating to the powers, | ||||||
29 | duties and
property of telephone companies", approved May 16, | ||||||
30 | 1903, as amended, or by
a community antenna television system, | ||||||
31 | hereinafter referred to as "CATS",
as defined in the Illinois |
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1 | Municipal Code, as amended.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)
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3 | (220 ILCS 50/2.3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602.3)
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4 | Sec. 2.3. Excavation. "Excavation" means any operation in | ||||||
5 | which earth,
rock, or
other material in or on the ground is | ||||||
6 | moved, removed, or otherwise
displaced by means of any tools, | ||||||
7 | power equipment or explosives, and
includes, without | ||||||
8 | limitation, grading, trenching, digging, ditching,
drilling, | ||||||
9 | augering, boring, tunneling, scraping, cable or pipe plowing, | ||||||
10 | and
driving
but does not include farm tillage operations or | ||||||
11 | railroad right-of-way
maintenance or operations or coal mining | ||||||
12 | operations regulated under the
Federal Surface Mining Control | ||||||
13 | and Reclamation Act of 1977 or any State law
or rules or | ||||||
14 | regulations adopted under the federal statute, or land
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15 | surveying operations as defined in the Illinois Professional | ||||||
16 | Land Surveyor
Act of 1989 when not using power equipment , or | ||||||
17 | roadway surface milling .
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18 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)
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19 | (220 ILCS 50/2.9 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 2.9. "Forty-eight hours" means 2 business days | ||||||
21 | beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. (exclusive of | ||||||
22 | Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays recognized by the State-Wide | ||||||
23 | One-Call Notice System or the municipal one-call notice | ||||||
24 | system). All requests for locates received after 4 p.m. will be | ||||||
25 | processed as if received at 8 a.m. the next business day. | ||||||
26 | (220 ILCS 50/2.10 new) | ||||||
27 | Sec. 2.10. "Open cut utility locate" means a method of | ||||||
28 | locating underground utility facilities that requires | ||||||
29 | excavation by the owner, operator, or agent of the underground | ||||||
30 | facility. | ||||||
31 | (220 ILCS 50/2.11 new)
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32 | Sec. 2.11. "Roadway surface milling" means the removal of a |
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1 | uniform pavement section by rotomilling, grinding, or other | ||||||
2 | means not including the base or subbase.
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3 | (220 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1604)
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4 | Sec. 4. Required activities. Every person who engages in | ||||||
5 | nonemergency
excavation or
demolition shall:
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6 | (a) take reasonable action to inform himself of the
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7 | location of any underground utility facilities or CATS | ||||||
8 | facilities in and
near the area for which such operation is to | ||||||
9 | be conducted;
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10 | (b) plan the excavation or demolition to avoid or minimize | ||||||
11 | interference with
underground utility facilities or CATS | ||||||
12 | facilities within the tolerance zone
by utilizing such | ||||||
13 | precautions that include, but are not limited to, hand
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14 | excavation, vacuum excavation methods, and visually inspecting | ||||||
15 | the excavation
while in progress until clear of the existing | ||||||
16 | marked facility;
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17 | (c) if practical, use white paint, flags, stakes, or both, | ||||||
18 | to outline the
dig site;
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19 | (d) provide notice not less than 48 hours
(exclusive
of | ||||||
20 | Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) but no more than 14 calendar | ||||||
21 | days in
advance of the start of the
excavation or demolition to | ||||||
22 | the owners or operators of the underground
utility facilities | ||||||
23 | or CATS facilities in and near the excavation or
demolition | ||||||
24 | area through the State-Wide One-Call Notice System or, in the
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25 | case of nonemergency excavation or demolition within the | ||||||
26 | boundaries of a
municipality of at least one million persons | ||||||
27 | which operates its own
one-call notice system, through the | ||||||
28 | one-call notice system which operates
in that municipality;
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29 | (e) provide, during and following excavation or | ||||||
30 | demolition,
such support for
existing underground utility | ||||||
31 | facilities or CATS facilities in and near the
excavation or | ||||||
32 | demolition area as may be reasonably necessary for the | ||||||
33 | protection
of such facilities unless otherwise agreed to by the | ||||||
34 | owner or operator of the
underground facility or CATS facility;
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35 | (f) backfill all excavations in such manner and with such
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1 | materials as may
be reasonably necessary for the protection of | ||||||
2 | existing underground utility
facilities or CATS facilities in | ||||||
3 | and near the excavation or demolition area;
and
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4 | (g) After February 29, 2004, when the excavation or | ||||||
5 | demolition project
will extend past 28 calendar days from the | ||||||
6 | date of the original notice provided
under clause (d), the | ||||||
7 | excavator shall provide a subsequent notice to the owners
or | ||||||
8 | operators of the underground utility facilities or CATS | ||||||
9 | facilities in and
near the excavation or demolition area | ||||||
10 | through the State-Wide One-Call Notice
System
or, in the case | ||||||
11 | of excavation or demolition within the boundaries of a
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12 | municipality having a population of at least 1,000,000 | ||||||
13 | inhabitants that
operates its own one-call
notice system, | ||||||
14 | through the one-call notice system that operates in that
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15 | municipality
informing utility owners and operators that | ||||||
16 | additional time to complete
the excavation or demolition | ||||||
17 | project will be required. The notice will provide
the excavator | ||||||
18 | with an additional 28 calendar days from the date of the
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19 | subsequent notification to continue or complete the excavation | ||||||
20 | or demolition
project.
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21 | At a minimum, the notice required under clause (d) shall | ||||||
22 | provide:
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23 | (1) the person's name, address, and (i) phone number at | ||||||
24 | which a person
can be reached and (ii) fax number , if | ||||||
25 | available ;
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26 | (2) the start date of the planned excavation or | ||||||
27 | demolition;
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28 | (3) the address at which the excavation or demolition | ||||||
29 | will take place;
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30 | (4) the type and extent of the work involved; and
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31 | (5) section/quarter sections when the above | ||||||
32 | information does not
allow the State-Wide One-Call Notice | ||||||
33 | System to determine the appropriate
geographic | ||||||
34 | section/quarter sections. This item (5) does not apply to
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35 | residential property owners.
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36 | Nothing in this Section prohibits the use of any method of |
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1 | excavation if
conducted in a manner that would avoid | ||||||
2 | interference with
underground utility facilities or CATS | ||||||
3 | facilities.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02; 93-430, eff. 8-5-03.)
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5 | (220 ILCS 50/6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1606)
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6 | Sec. 6. Emergency excavation or demolition.
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7 | (a) Every person who
engages in emergency excavation or
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8 | demolition outside of the boundaries of a municipality of at | ||||||
9 | least one
million persons which operates its own one-call | ||||||
10 | notice system shall take
all reasonable precautions to avoid or | ||||||
11 | minimize
interference between the emergency work and existing | ||||||
12 | underground utility
facilities or CATS facilities in and near | ||||||
13 | the excavation or demolition
area, through the State-Wide | ||||||
14 | One-Call Notice System,
and shall notify, as far in advance as | ||||||
15 | possible, the owners or operators of
such underground utility | ||||||
16 | facilities or CATS facilities in and near the
emergency | ||||||
17 | excavation or demolition area, through the State-Wide One-Call
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18 | Notice System.
At a minimum, the notice required under this | ||||||
19 | subsection (a) shall provide:
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20 | (1) the person's name, address, and (i) phone number at | ||||||
21 | which a person can
be reached and (ii) fax number , if | ||||||
22 | available ;
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23 | (2) the start date of the planned emergency excavation | ||||||
24 | or demolition;
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25 | (3) the address at which the excavation or demolition | ||||||
26 | will take place; and
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27 | (4) the type and extent of the work involved.
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28 | There is a wait time of 2 hours or the date and time | ||||||
29 | requested on the notice, whichever is longer,
A 2-hour wait | ||||||
30 | time exists after an emergency locate notification request is
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31 | made through the State-Wide One-Call Notice System. If the | ||||||
32 | conditions at the
site dictate an earlier start than the | ||||||
33 | required
2-hour wait time, it is the
responsibility of the | ||||||
34 | excavator to demonstrate that site conditions warranted
this | ||||||
35 | earlier start time.
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1 | Upon notice by the person engaged in emergency excavation | ||||||
2 | or demolition, the owner or operator of an underground utility | ||||||
3 | facility or CATS facility in or near the excavation or | ||||||
4 | demolition area shall communicate with the person engaged in | ||||||
5 | emergency excavation or demolition within 2 hours or by the | ||||||
6 | date and time requested on the notice, whichever is longer. | ||||||
7 | The notice by the owner or operator to the person engaged | ||||||
8 | in emergency excavation or demolition may be provided by phone | ||||||
9 | or phone message or by marking the excavation or demolition | ||||||
10 | area. The owner or operator has discharged the owner's or | ||||||
11 | operator's obligation to provide notice under this Section if | ||||||
12 | the owner or operator attempts to provide notice by telephone | ||||||
13 | but is unable to do so because the person engaged in the | ||||||
14 | emergency excavation or demolition does not answer his or her | ||||||
15 | telephone or does not have an answering machine or answering | ||||||
16 | service to receive the telephone call. If the owner or operator | ||||||
17 | attempts to provide notice by telephone or by facsimile but | ||||||
18 | receives a busy signal, that attempt shall not discharge the | ||||||
19 | owner or operator from the obligation to provide notice under | ||||||
20 | this Section.
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21 | (b) Every person who engages in emergency excavation or | ||||||
22 | demolition
within the boundaries of a municipality of at least | ||||||
23 | one million persons
which operates its own one-call notice | ||||||
24 | system shall take all reasonable
precautions to avoid or | ||||||
25 | minimize interference between the emergency work
and existing | ||||||
26 | underground utility facilities or CATS facilities in and near
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27 | the excavation or demolition area, through the municipality's | ||||||
28 | one-call
notice system, and shall notify, as far in advance as | ||||||
29 | possible, the owners
and operators of underground utility | ||||||
30 | facilities or CATS facilities in and
near the emergency | ||||||
31 | excavation or demolition area, through the
municipality's | ||||||
32 | one-call notice system.
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33 | (c) The reinstallation of traffic control devices shall be | ||||||
34 | deemed an
emergency for purposes of this Section.
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35 | (d) An open cut utility locate shall be deemed an emergency | ||||||
36 | for purposes of this Section.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)
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2 | (220 ILCS 50/10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1610)
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3 | Sec. 10. Record of notice; marking of facilities. Upon | ||||||
4 | notice by the
person engaged in excavation or
demolition, the | ||||||
5 | person owning or operating underground utility facilities
or | ||||||
6 | CATS facilities in or near the excavation or demolition area | ||||||
7 | shall
cause a written record to be made of the notice and shall | ||||||
8 | mark, within 48
hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and | ||||||
9 | holidays) of receipt of notice, the
approximate locations of | ||||||
10 | such facilities so as to enable the person excavating
or | ||||||
11 | demolishing to establish the location of the underground | ||||||
12 | utility facilities
or CATS facilities. Owners and operators of | ||||||
13 | underground sewer facilities
that are located outside the | ||||||
14 | boundaries of a municipality having a population
of at least | ||||||
15 | 1,000,000 inhabitants
shall be required to
respond and mark the | ||||||
16 | approximate location of those sewer facilities when
the | ||||||
17 | excavator indicates, in the notice required in Section 4, that | ||||||
18 | the
excavation or demolition project will exceed a depth of 7 | ||||||
19 | feet. "Depth", in
this
case, is defined as the distance | ||||||
20 | measured vertically from the surface of the
ground to the top | ||||||
21 | of the sewer facility. Owners and operators of underground
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22 | sewer
facilities
that are located outside the boundaries of a | ||||||
23 | municipality having a population
of at least 1,000,000 | ||||||
24 | inhabitants
shall be required at all times to locate the | ||||||
25 | approximate location of
those sewer facilities
when: (1) | ||||||
26 | directional
boring is the indicated type of excavation work | ||||||
27 | being performed within the
notice; (2) the underground sewer | ||||||
28 | facilities owned are non-gravity, pressurized
force mains; or | ||||||
29 | (3) the excavation indicated will occur in the immediate
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30 | proximity of known
underground sewer facilities that are less | ||||||
31 | than 7 feet deep. Owners or
operators of underground sewer
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32 | facilities that are located outside the boundaries of a | ||||||
33 | municipality having a
population
of at least 1,000,000 | ||||||
34 | inhabitants
shall not hold an excavator liable for damages that | ||||||
35 | occur to sewer
facilities that were not required to be marked |
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1 | under this Section, provided
that
prompt notice of the damage | ||||||
2 | is made to the State-Wide One-Call Notice System
and
the | ||||||
3 | utility owner as required in Section 7.
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4 | All persons subject to the requirements of this Act shall | ||||||
5 | plan and conduct
their work consistent with reasonable business | ||||||
6 | practices. Conditions may exist
making it unreasonable to | ||||||
7 | request that locations be marked within 48 hours. It
is | ||||||
8 | unreasonable to request owners and operators of underground | ||||||
9 | utility
facilities and CATS facilities to locate all of their | ||||||
10 | facilities in an affected
area upon
short notice in advance of | ||||||
11 | a large or extensive nonemergency project, or to
request | ||||||
12 | extensive locates in excess of a reasonable excavation or | ||||||
13 | demolition
work schedule, or to request locates under | ||||||
14 | conditions where a repeat request is
likely
to be made because | ||||||
15 | of the passage of time or adverse job conditions.
Owners
and | ||||||
16 | operators of underground utility facilities and CATS | ||||||
17 | facilities must
reasonably anticipate seasonal fluctuations in | ||||||
18 | the number of locate requests
and staff accordingly.
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19 | If a person owning or operating underground utility | ||||||
20 | facilities or CATS
facilities receives a notice under this | ||||||
21 | Section but does not own
or operate any underground utility | ||||||
22 | facilities or CATS facilities within the
proposed excavation or | ||||||
23 | demolition area described in the notice, that person,
within 48 | ||||||
24 | hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) after | ||||||
25 | receipt
of the notice, shall so notify the person engaged in | ||||||
26 | excavation or demolition
who initiated the notice, unless the | ||||||
27 | person who initiated the notice
expressly waives the right to | ||||||
28 | be notified that no facilities are located within
the | ||||||
29 | excavation or demolition area. The notification by the owner or | ||||||
30 | operator
of
underground utility facilities or CATS facilities | ||||||
31 | to the person engaged in
excavation or demolition may be | ||||||
32 | provided in any reasonable manner including,
but not limited | ||||||
33 | to, notification in any one of the following ways: by
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34 | face-to-face communication; by phone or phone message; by | ||||||
35 | facsimile; by posting
in the excavation or demolition area; or | ||||||
36 | by marking the excavation or
demolition area. The owner or |
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1 | operator of those facilities has discharged the
owner's or | ||||||||||||||||
2 | operator's obligation to provide notice under this Section if | ||||||||||||||||
3 | the
owner or operator attempts to provide notice by telephone | ||||||||||||||||
4 | or by facsimile, if
the person has supplied a facsimile number, | ||||||||||||||||
5 | but is unable to do
so because the person engaged in the | ||||||||||||||||
6 | excavation or demolition does not answer
his or her telephone | ||||||||||||||||
7 | or does not have an answering machine or answering service
to | ||||||||||||||||
8 | receive the telephone call or does not have a facsimile machine | ||||||||||||||||
9 | in operation
to receive the facsimile transmission. If the | ||||||||||||||||
10 | owner or operator attempts to
provide notice by telephone or by | ||||||||||||||||
11 | facsimile but receives a busy signal, that
attempt shall not | ||||||||||||||||
12 | serve to discharge the owner or operator of the obligation to
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13 | provide notice under this Section.
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14 | A person engaged in excavation or demolition may expressly | ||||||||||||||||
15 | waive the right
to notification from the owner or operator of | ||||||||||||||||
16 | underground utility facilities or
CATS facilities that the | ||||||||||||||||
17 | owner or operator has no facilities located in the
proposed | ||||||||||||||||
18 | excavation or demolition area. Waiver of notice is only | ||||||||||||||||
19 | permissible
in the case of regular or nonemergency locate | ||||||||||||||||
20 | requests. The waiver must be
made at the time of
the notice to | ||||||||||||||||
21 | the State-Wide One-Call Notice System. A waiver made under this
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22 | Section is not admissible as evidence in any criminal or civil | ||||||||||||||||
23 | action that may
arise out of, or is in any way related to, the | ||||||||||||||||
24 | excavation or demolition that is
the subject of the waiver.
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25 | For the purposes of this Act,
underground facility | ||||||||||||||||
26 | operators may utilize a combination of flags, stakes,
and paint | ||||||||||||||||
27 | when possible on non-paved surfaces and when dig site and | ||||||||||||||||
28 | seasonal
conditions warrant. If the approximate
location of an | ||||||||||||||||
29 | underground utility facility or CATS facility is marked with
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30 | stakes or other physical means, the following color coding | ||||||||||||||||
31 | shall be employed:
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21 | (220 ILCS 50/11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1611)
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22 | Sec. 11. Penalties; liability; fund.
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23 | (a) Every person who, while engaging
in excavation or
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24 | demolition, wilfully fails to comply with the Act by failing to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | provide the
notice to the owners or operators of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | underground facilities or CATS
facility near the excavation or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | demolition area through the State-Wide
One-Call Notice System | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | as required by Section 4 or 6 of this Act shall be subject to a
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29 | penalty of up to $5,000 for each
separate offense and shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | liable for
the damage caused to the owners or operators of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | facility.
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32 | (b) Every person who, while engaging in excavation or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | demolition, has
provided the notice to the owners or operators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | of the underground utility
facilities or CATS facilities in and |
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1 | near the excavation or demolition area
through the State-Wide | ||||||
2 | One-Call Notice System as required by Section 4 or 6 of
this | ||||||
3 | Act, but otherwise wilfully fails to comply with this Act, | ||||||
4 | shall be subject to a
penalty of up to $2,500 for each
separate | ||||||
5 | offense and shall be liable
for the damage caused to the owners | ||||||
6 | or operators of the facility.
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7 | (c) Every person who, while engaging in excavation or | ||||||
8 | demolition, has
provided the notice to the owners or operators | ||||||
9 | of the underground utility
facilities or CATS facilities in and | ||||||
10 | near the excavation or demolition area
through the State-Wide | ||||||
11 | One-Call Notice System as required by Section 4 or 6 of
this | ||||||
12 | Act, but otherwise, while acting reasonably, damages any | ||||||
13 | underground
utility facilities or CATS facilities, shall not be | ||||||
14 | subject to a penalty, but
shall be liable for the damage caused | ||||||
15 | to the owners or operators of the
facility provided the | ||||||
16 | underground utility facility or CATS facility is
properly | ||||||
17 | marked as provided in Section 10 of this Act.
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18 | (d) Every person who, while engaging in excavation or | ||||||
19 | demolition, provides
notice to the owners or operators of the | ||||||
20 | underground utility facilities or CATS
facilities through the | ||||||
21 | State-Wide One-Call Notice System as an emergency locate
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22 | request and the locate request is not an emergency locate | ||||||
23 | request as defined in
Section 2.6 of this Act shall be subject | ||||||
24 | to a penalty of up to $2,500 for each
separate offense.
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25 | (e) Owners and operators of underground utility facilities | ||||||
26 | or CATS facilities (i) who wilfully fail to comply with this
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27 | Act by a failure to mark the location of an underground
utility | ||||||
28 | or CATS facility or a failure to provide notice that facilities | ||||||
29 | are not within the proposed excavation or demolition area as | ||||||
30 | required in Section 10, or (ii) who willfully fail to respond | ||||||
31 | as required in Section 6 to an emergency request , after being | ||||||
32 | notified of planned excavation or
demolition through the | ||||||
33 | State-Wide One-Call Notice System, shall be subject to
a | ||||||
34 | penalty of up to
$5,000
for each separate offense resulting | ||||||
35 | from the failure to
mark an
underground utility facility or | ||||||
36 | CATS facility.
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1 | (f) As provided in Section 3 of this Act, all owners or | ||||||
2 | operators of
underground utility facilities or CATS facilities | ||||||
3 | who fail to join the
State-Wide One-Call Notice System by | ||||||
4 | January 1, 2003 shall be subject to a
penalty of $100 per day | ||||||
5 | for each separate offense. Every day an owner or
operator fails | ||||||
6 | to join the State-Wide One-Call Notice System is a separate
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7 | offense. This subsection (f) does not apply to utilities | ||||||
8 | operating facilities
or CATS facilities exclusively within the | ||||||
9 | boundaries of a municipality with a
population of at least | ||||||
10 | 1,000,000 persons.
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11 | (g) No owner or operator of underground utility facilities | ||||||
12 | or CATS facilities shall be subject to a penalty where a
delay | ||||||
13 | in marking or a failure to mark or properly mark the location | ||||||
14 | of an
underground utility or CATS facility is caused by | ||||||
15 | conditions beyond the
reasonable control of such owner or | ||||||
16 | operator.
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17 | (h) Any person who is neither an agent, employee, or | ||||||
18 | authorized locating
contractor of the owner or operator of the | ||||||
19 | underground utility facility
or CATS
facility
nor an
excavator | ||||||
20 | involved in the excavation activity
who
removes, alters, or | ||||||
21 | otherwise damages markings, flags, or stakes used to mark
the
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22 | location of an
underground utility or CATS facility other than | ||||||
23 | during the course of the
excavation for which
the markings were | ||||||
24 | made or before completion of the project shall be subject to
a | ||||||
25 | penalty up to
$1,000 for each separate offense.
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26 | (i) The excavator shall exercise due care at all times to | ||||||
27 | protect
underground utility facilities and CATS facilities. | ||||||
28 | If, after proper
notification through the State-Wide One-Call | ||||||
29 | Notice System and upon arrival at
the site of a proposed | ||||||
30 | excavation, the excavator observes clear evidence of the
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31 | presence of an unmarked utility or CATS facility in the area of | ||||||
32 | the proposed
excavation, the excavator shall not begin | ||||||
33 | excavating until 2 hours after an
additional call is made to | ||||||
34 | the State-Wide One-Call Notice System for the area.
The | ||||||
35 | operator of the utility or CATS facility shall respond within 2 | ||||||
36 | hours of
the excavator's call to the State-Wide One-Call Notice |
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1 | System.
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2 | (j) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall have the power | ||||||
3 | and jurisdiction
to, and shall, enforce the provisions of this | ||||||
4 | Act. The Illinois Commerce
Commission
may impose | ||||||
5 | administrative penalties as provided in this Section. The | ||||||
6 | Illinois
Commerce Commission may promulgate rules and develop
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7 | enforcement policies in the manner provided by the Public | ||||||
8 | Utilities Act in
order to implement compliance with this Act. | ||||||
9 | When a
penalty is warranted, the following criteria shall be | ||||||
10 | used in determining the
magnitude of the penalty:
| ||||||
11 | (1) gravity of noncompliance;
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12 | (2) culpability of offender;
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13 | (3) history of noncompliance for the 18 months prior to | ||||||
14 | the date of the incident ;
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15 | (4) ability to pay penalty;
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16 | (5) show of good faith of offender;
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17 | (6) ability to continue business; and
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18 | (7) other special circumstances.
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19 | (k) There is hereby created in the State treasury a special | ||||||
20 | fund to be
known
as the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities | ||||||
21 | Damage Prevention Fund. All
penalties recovered in any action | ||||||
22 | under this Section shall be paid into the
Fund and shall be | ||||||
23 | distributed annually as a grant to the State-Wide
One-Call | ||||||
24 | Notice System to be used in safety and informational programs | ||||||
25 | to
reduce the number of incidents of damage to underground | ||||||
26 | utility facilities
and CATS facilities in Illinois. The | ||||||
27 | distribution shall be made during
January of each calendar year | ||||||
28 | based on the balance in the Illinois
Underground Utility | ||||||
29 | Facilities Damage Prevention Fund as of December 31 of
the | ||||||
30 | previous calendar year. In all such actions under this Section, | ||||||
31 | the
procedure and rules of evidence shall conform with the Code | ||||||
32 | of Civil
Procedure, and with rules of courts governing civil | ||||||
33 | trials.
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34 | (l) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish an | ||||||
35 | Advisory
Committee consisting of a representative from each of | ||||||
36 | the following: utility
operator, JULIE, excavator, |
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1 | municipality, and the general public. The Advisory
Committee | ||||||
2 | shall serve as a peer review panel for any contested penalties
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3 | resulting from the enforcement of this Act.
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4 | The members of the Advisory Committee shall be immune, | ||||||
5 | individually and
jointly, from civil liability for any act or | ||||||
6 | omission done or made in
performance of their duties while | ||||||
7 | serving as members of such Advisory
Committee, unless the act | ||||||
8 | or omission was the result of willful and wanton
misconduct.
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9 | (m) If, after the Advisory Committee has considered a | ||||||
10 | particular contested
penalty and performed its review | ||||||
11 | functions under this Act and the Commission's
rules, there | ||||||
12 | remains a dispute as to whether the Commission should impose a
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13 | penalty under this Act, the matter shall proceed in the manner | ||||||
14 | set forth in
Article X of the Public Utilities Act, including | ||||||
15 | the provisions governing
judicial review.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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