Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 1357

Amends the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Removes all references to "CATS facilities". Removes "personal representative" from, and adds "employee or agent" to, the definition of "person". Contains provisions concerning a joint meet for certain parties. Contains provisions concerning a no show request initiated by an excavator through the State-Wide One-Call Notice System. Contains provisions concerning the initiation of an incomplete request by an excavator. Defines the terms "residential property owner" and "JULIE Excavator Handbook". Removes community antenna television systems from certain requirements concerning nonemergency excavation or demolition, emergency excavation or demolition, and certain records of notice. Adds certain requirements concerning nonemergency excavation or demolition. Contains provisions concerning requests of drawings of the job site by the owner or operator. Adds language (1) providing that excavation shall cease in the area of the damage when the damaged facility is a threat to life or property or if otherwise required by law and (2) prohibiting the excavator from engaging in specified activities. Provides that every person that fails to provide notice and willfully fails to comply with other provisions of the Act shall be subject to specified penalties. Contains provisions concerning penalties for owners and operators of underground utility facilities. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2010.

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Defines the term "internal electric grid of a wind turbine generation farm". Adds language that provides that "underground utility facilities" or "facilities" means and includes wires, ducts, fiber optic cable, conduits, pipes, sewers, and cables and their connected appurtenances installed beneath the surface of the ground by (1) a holder, as that term is defined in the Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007, (2) any other entity owning or operating underground facilities that transport generated electrical power to other utility owners or operators or transport generated electrical power within the internal electric grid of a wind turbine generation farm, and (3) an electric cooperative as defined in the Public Utilities Act. Removes language that provides that "underground utility facilities" does not mean underground utility facilities operated by an electric cooperative as defined in the Public Utilities Act. Effective January 1, 2010.

Defines the term "residential property owner" as any individual or entity that owns or leases real property that is used by such individual or entity as its residence or dwelling (instead of any individual or entity that owns or leases real property, which property is zoned residential and used by such individual or entity as its residence or dwelling). Provides that "emergency locate request" means a locate request for any condition constituting an imminent danger to life, health, or property, or a utility service outage, and which requires repair or action (instead of immediate repair or action) before the expiration of 48 hours. Provides that in the event of any damage to or dislocation of any underground utility facilities in connection with any excavation or demolition, emergency or nonemergency, the person responsible for the excavation or demolition operations shall immediately notify the affected utility and the State-Wide One-Call Notice System and cease excavation in the area of the damage when the damaged facility is a threat to life or property or if otherwise required by law or, in the case of damage or dislocation in connection with any excavation or demolition within the boundaries of a municipality having a population of at least 1,000,000 inhabitants that operates its own one-call notice system, notify the affected utility and the one-call notice system that operates in that municipality. Provides that at no time shall a person under the Act be required by a utility facility owner or operator to attempt to repair, clamp, or constrict a damaged utility facility.

Date	Chamber	Action
8/25/2009	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0714

Date	Chamber	Action
2/10/2009	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale E. Risinger
2/10/2009	Senate	First Reading
2/10/2009	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/20/2009	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
2/25/2009	Senate	Assigned to Energy
3/6/2009	Senate	Do Pass Energy; 013-000-000
3/6/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2009
3/24/2009	Senate	Second Reading
3/24/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
3/25/2009	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale E. Risinger
3/25/2009	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
3/30/2009	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Energy
3/31/2009	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Energy; 012-000-000
4/2/2009	Senate	Recalled to Second Reading
4/2/2009	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Risinger
4/2/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
4/2/2009	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
4/2/2009	House	Arrived in House
4/2/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/2/2009	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
4/2/2009	House	First Reading
4/2/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
4/20/2009	House	Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee
4/29/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Environment & Energy Committee
4/29/2009	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environment & Energy Committee; by Voice Vote
4/29/2009	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 015-000-000
4/29/2009	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/30/2009	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/30/2009	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/13/2009	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
5/13/2009	Senate	Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
5/13/2009	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 14, 2009
5/15/2009	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Dale E. Risinger
5/15/2009	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
5/22/2009	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Energy
5/29/2009	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Energy; 011-000-000
5/30/2009	Senate	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
5/30/2009	Senate	Passed Both Houses
6/26/2009	Senate	Sent to the Governor
8/25/2009	Senate	Governor Approved
8/25/2009	Senate	Effective Date January 1, 2010
8/25/2009	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0714

	Adds reference to:
	220 ILCS 50/2.1.10 new