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