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1 | AN ACT concerning utilities.
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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 Section 10 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (220 ILCS 50/10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1610)
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8 | Sec. 10. Record of notice; marking of facilities. | ||||||
9 | (a) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
10 | 96th General Assembly, all fiber-optic network conduit | ||||||
11 | installed as new or replacement underground fiber-optic | ||||||
12 | network conduit pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 9-131 of | ||||||
13 | the Illinois Highway Code must be marked with detectable | ||||||
14 | underground warning tape that is able to be traced by inductive | ||||||
15 | locating. The marking shall be a minimum of 6 inches and be | ||||||
16 | buried as close to the ground surface as possible, or between 4 | ||||||
17 | and 6 inches deep. | ||||||
18 | The warning tape shall be American Public Works Association | ||||||
19 | color-coded to match the type of utility line it is protecting. | ||||||
20 | (b) Upon notice by the
person engaged in excavation or
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21 | demolition, the person owning or operating underground utility | ||||||
22 | facilities
in or near the excavation or demolition area shall
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23 | cause a written record to be made of the notice and shall mark, |
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1 | within 48
hours of receipt of notice or by the requested date | ||||||
2 | and time indicated on the notice, whichever is later, the
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3 | approximate locations of such facilities so as to enable the | ||||||
4 | person excavating
or demolishing to establish the location of | ||||||
5 | the underground utility facilities. Owners and operators of | ||||||
6 | underground sewer facilities
that are located outside the | ||||||
7 | boundaries of a municipality having a population
of at least | ||||||
8 | 1,000,000 inhabitants
shall be required to
respond and mark the | ||||||
9 | approximate location of those sewer facilities when
the | ||||||
10 | excavator indicates, in the notice required in Section 4, that | ||||||
11 | the
excavation or demolition project will exceed a depth of 7 | ||||||
12 | feet. "Depth", in
this
case, is defined as the distance | ||||||
13 | measured vertically from the surface of the
ground to the top | ||||||
14 | of the sewer facility. Owners and operators of underground
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15 | sewer
facilities
that are located outside the boundaries of a | ||||||
16 | municipality having a population
of at least 1,000,000 | ||||||
17 | inhabitants
shall be required at all times to locate the | ||||||
18 | approximate location of
those sewer facilities
when: (1) | ||||||
19 | directional
boring is the indicated type of excavation work | ||||||
20 | being performed within the
notice; (2) the underground sewer | ||||||
21 | facilities owned are non-gravity, pressurized
force mains; or | ||||||
22 | (3) the excavation indicated will occur in the immediate
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23 | proximity of known
underground sewer facilities that are less | ||||||
24 | than 7 feet deep. Owners or
operators of underground sewer
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25 | facilities that are located outside the boundaries of a | ||||||
26 | municipality having a
population
of at least 1,000,000 |
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1 | inhabitants
shall not hold an excavator liable for damages that | ||||||
2 | occur to sewer
facilities that were not required to be marked | ||||||
3 | under this Section, provided
that
prompt notice of the damage | ||||||
4 | is made to the State-Wide One-Call Notice System
and
the | ||||||
5 | utility owner as required in Section 7.
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6 | All persons subject to the requirements of this Act shall | ||||||
7 | plan and conduct
their work consistent with reasonable business | ||||||
8 | practices. Conditions may exist
making it unreasonable to | ||||||
9 | request that locations be marked within 48 hours or by the | ||||||
10 | requested date and time indicated on the notice, whichever is | ||||||
11 | later. It
is unreasonable to request owners and operators of | ||||||
12 | underground utility
facilities to locate all of their | ||||||
13 | facilities in an affected
area upon
short notice in advance of | ||||||
14 | a large or extensive nonemergency project, or to
request | ||||||
15 | extensive locates in excess of a reasonable excavation or | ||||||
16 | demolition
work schedule, or to request locates under | ||||||
17 | conditions where a repeat request is
likely
to be made because | ||||||
18 | of the passage of time or adverse job conditions.
Owners
and | ||||||
19 | operators of underground utility facilities must
reasonably | ||||||
20 | anticipate seasonal fluctuations in the number of locate | ||||||
21 | requests
and staff accordingly.
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22 | If a person owning or operating underground utility | ||||||
23 | facilities receives a notice under this Section but does not | ||||||
24 | own
or operate any underground utility facilities within the
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25 | proposed excavation or demolition area described in the notice, | ||||||
26 | that person,
within 48 hours or by the requested date and time |
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1 | indicated on the notice, whichever is later, after receipt
of | ||||||
2 | the notice, shall so notify the person engaged in excavation or | ||||||
3 | demolition
who initiated the notice, unless the person who | ||||||
4 | initiated the notice
expressly waives the right to be notified | ||||||
5 | that no facilities are located within
the excavation or | ||||||
6 | demolition area. The notification by the owner or operator
of
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7 | underground utility facilities to the person engaged in
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8 | excavation or demolition may be provided in any reasonable | ||||||
9 | manner including,
but not limited to, notification in any one | ||||||
10 | of the following ways: by
face-to-face communication; by phone | ||||||
11 | or phone message; by facsimile; by posting
in the excavation or | ||||||
12 | demolition area; or by marking the excavation or
demolition | ||||||
13 | area. The owner or operator of those facilities has discharged | ||||||
14 | the
owner's or operator's obligation to provide notice under | ||||||
15 | this Section if the
owner or operator attempts to provide | ||||||
16 | notice by telephone or by facsimile, if
the person has supplied | ||||||
17 | a facsimile number, but is unable to do
so because the person | ||||||
18 | engaged in the excavation or demolition does not answer
his or | ||||||
19 | her telephone or does not have an answering machine or | ||||||
20 | answering service
to receive the telephone call or does not | ||||||
21 | have a facsimile machine in operation
to receive the facsimile | ||||||
22 | transmission. If the owner or operator attempts to
provide | ||||||
23 | notice by telephone or by facsimile but receives a busy signal, | ||||||
24 | that
attempt shall not serve to discharge the owner or operator | ||||||
25 | of the obligation to
provide notice under this Section.
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26 | A person engaged in excavation or demolition may expressly |
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1 | waive the right
to notification from the owner or operator of | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | underground utility facilities that the owner or operator has | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | no facilities located in the
proposed excavation or demolition | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | area. Waiver of notice is only permissible
in the case of | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | regular or nonemergency locate requests. The waiver must be
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6 | made at the time of
the notice to the State-Wide One-Call | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Notice System. A waiver made under this
Section is not | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | admissible as evidence in any criminal or civil action that may
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9 | arise out of, or is in any way related to, the excavation or | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | demolition that is
the subject of the waiver.
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11 | For the purposes of this Act,
underground facility | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | operators may utilize a combination of flags, stakes,
and paint | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | when possible on non-paved surfaces and when dig site and | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | seasonal
conditions warrant. If the approximate
location of an | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | underground utility facility is marked with
stakes or other | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | physical means, the following color coding shall be employed:
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13 | (Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.)
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14 | Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | changing Section 9-131 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (605 ILCS 5/9-131)
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17 | Sec. 9-131. Installation of fiber-optic network conduit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (a) For purposes of this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | "Fiber-optic network conduit" means a pipe or duct used to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | enclose fiber-optic cable facilities buried alongside the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | roadway or surface mounted on bridges, overpasses, and other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | facilities where below ground placement is impossible or |
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1 | impractical. | ||||||
2 | (b) In order to ensure affordable high-speed, world-class | ||||||
3 | core information and communication networks are available | ||||||
4 | throughout Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
5 | and the Department of Central Management Services shall | ||||||
6 | collaborate to install fiber-optic network conduit where it | ||||||
7 | does not already exist in every new State-funded construction | ||||||
8 | project that opens, bores, or trenches alongside a State-owned | ||||||
9 | infrastructure, including, but not limited to, roadways and | ||||||
10 | bridges. The Department of Central Management Services or the | ||||||
11 | Department of Transportation may permit a third party to manage | ||||||
12 | the fiber and conduit leasing. The Department of Central | ||||||
13 | Management Services and the Department of Transportation shall | ||||||
14 | take reasonable steps to ensure market-based, | ||||||
15 | non-discriminatory pricing. Public bidding notices for such | ||||||
16 | projects must describe the need for fiber-optic conduit or | ||||||
17 | cable. The Department of Transportation shall report annually | ||||||
18 | to the Governor and the General Assembly on the progress and | ||||||
19 | any associated costs incurred by this Section. All fiber-optic | ||||||
20 | network conduit installed pursuant to this Section must comply | ||||||
21 | with subsection (a) of Section 10 of the Illinois Underground | ||||||
22 | Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. This Section does not | ||||||
23 | prohibit the State from purchasing or installing fiber-optic | ||||||
24 | cable within the fiber-optic network conduit.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.) |