96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0657

 

Introduced 02/06/09, by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/8-511 new

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require that all public utilities bury high power electric transmission lines along: (i) major highways with an average daily traffic of at least 12,000 motor vehicles; and (ii) any new highway, the construction of which is under State, local, or township jurisdiction.


LRB096 08253 MJR 18360 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning utilities.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5 Section 8-511 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 5/8-511 new)
7     Sec. 8-511. Burial of high power electric transmission
8 lines. The Commission shall require that all public utilities
9 bury high power electric transmission lines along: (i) major
10 highways with an average daily traffic of at least 12,000 motor
11 vehicles; and (ii) any new highway, the construction of which
12 is under State, local, or township jurisdiction.