HB0657 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 08253 MJR 18360 b

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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning utilities.

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.