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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2623
Introduced 1/21/2010, by Sen. Antonio Muņoz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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220 ILCS 20/2.03 |
from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 552.3 |
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Amends the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. Provides that "transportation of gas" includes the conveyance of gas by pipeline within, on, over, under, or across any highway, as that term is defined in Section 1-126 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2623 |
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LRB096 14792 MJR 29650 b |
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| AN ACT concerning utilities.
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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 Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act is amended |
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| by changing Section 2.03 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 20/2.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 552.3)
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| Sec. 2.03.
"Transportation of gas" means the gathering, |
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| transmission, or
distribution of gas by pipeline or its |
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| storage, within this State and not
subject to the jurisdiction |
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| of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission under the
Natural |
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| Gas Act, except that it includes the transmission of gas |
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| through
pipeline facilities within this State that transport |
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| gas from an interstate
gas pipeline to a direct sales customer |
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| within this State purchasing gas
for its own consumption. |
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| "Transportation of gas" also includes
the conveyance of gas |
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| from a gas main through the primary fuel line to the
outside |
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| wall of residential
premises. If the gas meter is placed within |
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| 3 feet of the structure, the
utility's responsibility shall end |
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| at the outlet side of the meter. "Transportation of gas" also |
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| includes, without limiting any other definitions in this |
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| Section, the conveyance of gas by pipeline within, on, over, |
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| under, or across any highway, as that term is defined in |
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| Section 1-126 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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