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HB1411 Engrossed |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
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| Section 18b-106.2 as follows: |
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| (625 ILCS 5/18b-106.2 new) |
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| Sec. 18b-106.2. Hours of service; utility service |
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| interruption emergencies. |
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| (a) As used in this Section: |
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| "Commercial driver's license" has the meaning set forth in |
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| Section 1-111.6 of this Code. |
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| "Commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning set forth in |
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| Section 18b-101 of this Code. |
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| "Utility service interruption emergency" means an outage |
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| or interruption of utility service in Illinois occasioned by a |
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| set of circumstances included in the definition of "emergency" |
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| set forth at 49 CFR 390.5. |
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| "Utility service" means the repairing, maintaining, or |
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| operating of any structures or any other physical facilities |
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| necessary for the delivery of utility services, including the |
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| furnishing of electric, gas, water, sanitary sewer, telephone, |
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| and television cable or community antenna service. |
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| "Utility service vehicle" has the meaning set forth in 49 |
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| CFR 395.2. |
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| (b) Upon receipt of notification of a utility service |
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| interruption emergency by a utility service provider, the |
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| Illinois Department of Transportation shall declare that an |
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| emergency exists pursuant to 49 CFR 390.23. Should an audit by |
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| the Illinois Department of Transportation establish that there |
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| has been an abuse of the notification procedure by a utility |
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| service provider, the Illinois Department of Transportation |
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| may refuse to grant emergency declarations to that utility |