95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB6635


 
Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Flider
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














220 ILCS 5/15-401









    Amends the Common Carrier by Pipeline Law in the Public Utilities Act. Provides that no certificate of good standing issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission shall be valid unless the common carrier by pipeline provides all employees a wage of no less than the general prevailing hourly rate as paid for work of a similar character in the locality in which the work is performed as prescribed by the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the Commission may require the Illinois Department of Labor to certify a common carrier by pipeline's compliance with specified provisions. Provides that the Commission may reinstate a certificate in good standing to a common carrier by pipeline upon receiving reasonable evidence that the common carrier by pipeline has complied with specified provisions. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 15-401 as follows:
 



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    (220 ILCS 5/15-401)



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    Sec. 15-401. Licensing. 

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    (a) No person shall operate
as a common carrier by pipeline 
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unless the person
possesses a certificate in good standing 
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authorizing it to operate as a
common carrier by pipeline.  No

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person shall begin or continue construction of a
pipeline or 
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other facility, other than the repair or
replacement of an 
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existing pipeline or facility, for use
in operations as a 
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common carrier by pipeline unless the
person possesses a 
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certificate in good standing.

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    (b) Requirements for issuance.  The Commission,
after a 
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hearing, shall grant an application for a
certificate 
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authorizing operations as a common carrier by
pipeline, in 
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whole or in part, to the extent that it
finds that the 
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application was properly filed; a public
need for the service 
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exists; the applicant is fit,
willing, and able to provide the 
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service in compliance
with this Act, Commission regulations, 
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and orders; and the
public convenience and necessity requires 
 


 






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issuance of the
certificate.

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    In its determination of public convenience and necessity 
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for a proposed
pipeline or facility designed or intended to 
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transport crude oil and any
alternate locations for such 
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proposed pipeline or facility,
the Commission shall consider, 
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but not be limited to, the following:


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        (1) any evidence presented by the Illinois 
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    Environmental Protection Agency
regarding the 
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    environmental impact of the proposed pipeline or other 
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    facility;


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        (2) any evidence presented by  the Illinois Department 
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    of Transportation
regarding the impact of the proposed 
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    pipeline or facility on traffic safety,
road construction, 
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    or other transportation issues;


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        (3) any evidence presented by the Department of Natural 
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    Resources
regarding
the impact of the proposed pipeline or 
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    facility on any conservation areas,
forest preserves, 
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    wildlife preserves, wetlands, or any other natural 
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    resource;


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        (4) any evidence of the effect of the pipeline upon the 
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    economy,
infrastructure, and public safety presented by 
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    local governmental units that
will be
affected by the 
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    proposed pipeline or facility;


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        (5) any evidence of the effect of the pipeline upon 
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    property values
presented by property owners who will be 
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    affected by the
proposed pipeline or facility;


 


 






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        (6) any evidence presented by the Department of 
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    Commerce and Economic Opportunity

regarding the current 
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    and future economic effect of the proposed
pipeline or 
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    facility including, but not limited to, property values, 
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    employment
rates, and residential and business 
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    development; and


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        (7) any evidence presented by any other State agency 
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    that
participates in the proceeding.

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    In its written order, the Commission shall address all of 
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the evidence
presented, and if the order is contrary to any of 
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the evidence, the Commission
shall state the reasons for its 
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determination with regard to that evidence.
The provisions of 
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this amendatory Act of 1996 apply to any certificate granted
or 
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denied after the effective date of
this
amendatory Act
of 1996.

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    (c) Duties and obligations of common carriers by
pipeline. 
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Each common carrier by pipeline shall provide
adequate service 
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to the public at reasonable rates and
without discrimination.
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    (d) No certificate in good standing issued by the 
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Commission shall be valid unless the common carrier by pipeline 
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provides all employees a wage of no less than the general 
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prevailing hourly rate as paid for work of a similar character 
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in the locality in which the work is performed as prescribed by 
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the Prevailing Wage Act. The Commission may require the 
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Illinois Department of Labor to certify a common carrier by 
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pipeline's compliance with this subsection (d).
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    (e) The Commission may reinstate a certificate in good 
 


 






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standing to a common carrier by pipeline upon receiving 
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reasonable evidence that the common carrier by pipeline has 
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complied with subsection (d) of this Section. 

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(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

 

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