HB3647 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 09904 MJR 30115 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3647

Introduced 2/28/2007, 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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 8-511 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/8-511 new)

Sec. 8-511. Burial of high power electric transmission lines. The 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.