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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Aeronautics Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 47 as follows:
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| 6 | (620 ILCS 5/47) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.47)
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| 7 | Sec. 47.
Operation without certificate of approval | ||||||
| 8 | unlawful;
applications.) An application for a certificate of | ||||||
| 9 | approval of an
airport or restricted landing area, or the | ||||||
| 10 | alteration or extension
thereof, shall set forth, among other | ||||||
| 11 | things, the location of all
railways, mains, pipes, conduits, | ||||||
| 12 | wires, cables, poles and other
facilities and structures of | ||||||
| 13 | public service corporations or municipal or
quasi-municipal | ||||||
| 14 | corporations, located within the area proposed to be
acquired | ||||||
| 15 | or restricted, and the names of persons owning the same, to the
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| 16 | extent that such information can be reasonably ascertained by | ||||||
| 17 | the
applicant.
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| 18 | It shall be unlawful for any municipality or other | ||||||
| 19 | political
subdivision, or officer or employee thereof, or for | ||||||
| 20 | any person, to make
any alteration or extension of an existing | ||||||
| 21 | airport or restricted landing
area, or to use or operate any | ||||||
| 22 | airport or restricted landing area, for
which a certificate of | ||||||
| 23 | approval has not been issued by the Department;
provided, that | ||||||
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| 1 | no certificate of approval shall be required for an
airport or | ||||||
| 2 | restricted landing area which was in existence and approved
by | ||||||
| 3 | the Illinois Aeronautics Commission, whether or not being | ||||||
| 4 | operated,
on or before July 1, 1945, or for the O'Hare | ||||||
| 5 | Modernization Program as defined
in Section 10
of the O'Hare
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| 6 | Modernization Act; except that a certificate of approval shall | ||||||
| 7 | be required
under this Section
for construction of a new runway | ||||||
| 8 | at O'Hare International Airport with a
geographical | ||||||
| 9 | orientation that varies from a geographical east-west | ||||||
| 10 | orientation
by more than 10 degrees, or for construction of a | ||||||
| 11 | new runway at that airport
that would result in more than 10 8 | ||||||
| 12 | runways being available for aircraft
operations at that | ||||||
| 13 | airport.
The Department shall supervise, monitor, and enforce
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| 14 | compliance with the
O'Hare Modernization Act by all other | ||||||
| 15 | departments, agencies, and units of State
and local
government.
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| 16 | Provisions of this Section do not apply to special purpose | ||||||
| 17 | aircraft
designated as such by the Department when
operating to | ||||||
| 18 | or
from uncertificated areas other than their principal base of | ||||||
| 19 | operations,
provided mutually acceptable arrangements are made | ||||||
| 20 | with the property
owner, and provided the owner or operator of | ||||||
| 21 | the aircraft assumes
liabilities which may arise out of such | ||||||
| 22 | operations.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 93-450, eff. 8-6-03.)
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