Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
Filed: 3/11/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4252
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4252 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage | ||||||
| 5 | Prevention Act is amended by changing Section 2.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 50/2.2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602.2)
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| 7 | Sec. 2.2. Underground utility facilities. "Underground | ||||||
| 8 | utility facilities" or "facilities" means and includes wires, | ||||||
| 9 | the internal electric grid of a wind generation farm facility, | ||||||
| 10 | ducts, fiber optic cable, conduits, pipes, sewers, and cables | ||||||
| 11 | and their connected appurtenances installed beneath the | ||||||
| 12 | surface of the ground by: | ||||||
| 13 | (1) a public utility as defined in the Public Utilities | ||||||
| 14 | Act; | ||||||
| 15 | (2) a municipally owned or mutually owned utility | ||||||
| 16 | providing a similar utility service; | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) a pipeline entity transporting gases, crude oil, | ||||||
| 2 | petroleum products, or other hydrocarbon materials within | ||||||
| 3 | the State; | ||||||
| 4 | (4) a telecommunications carrier as defined in the | ||||||
| 5 | Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985, or by a | ||||||
| 6 | company described in Section 1 of the Telephone Company | ||||||
| 7 | Act; | ||||||
| 8 | (5) a community antenna television system, as defined | ||||||
| 9 | in the Illinois Municipal Code; and | ||||||
| 10 | (6) any other entity owning or operating underground | ||||||
| 11 | facilities that transport generated electrical power to | ||||||
| 12 | other utility owners or operators. | ||||||
| 13 | "Underground utility
facilities" or "facilities" means and
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| 14 | includes wires, ducts, fiber optic cable, conduits, pipes, | ||||||
| 15 | sewers, and
cables and
their connected appurtenances installed | ||||||
| 16 | beneath the surface of the ground
by a public utility (as is | ||||||
| 17 | defined in the Illinois Public Utilities Act, as
amended), or | ||||||
| 18 | by a municipally owned or mutually owned utility providing a
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| 19 | similar utility service, except an electric cooperative as | ||||||
| 20 | defined in the
Illinois Public Utilities Act, as amended, or by | ||||||
| 21 | a pipeline entity
transporting gases, crude oil, petroleum | ||||||
| 22 | products, or other hydrocarbon
materials within the State, or | ||||||
| 23 | by a telecommunications carrier as defined in
the Universal | ||||||
| 24 | Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985, or by a company
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| 25 | described in Section 1 of "An Act relating to the powers, | ||||||
| 26 | duties and
property of telephone companies", approved May 16, | ||||||
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| 1 | 1903, as amended, or by
a community antenna television system, | ||||||
| 2 | hereinafter referred to as "CATS",
as defined in the Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Municipal Code, as amended.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 94-623, eff. 8-18-05.)
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.".
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