Bill Amendment: IL SB0624 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly

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Bill Title: TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Status: 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0624 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0624-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Emil Jones, III

Filed: 4/17/2015

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 624
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 624 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
changing Section 9-131 as follows:
(605 ILCS 5/9-131)
Sec. 9-131. Installation of fiber-optic network conduit.
(a) For purposes of this Section:
"Fiber-optic network conduit" means a pipe or duct used to
enclose fiber-optic cable facilities buried alongside the
roadway or surface mounted on bridges, overpasses, and other
facilities where below ground placement is impossible or
impractical.
(b) In order to ensure affordable high-speed, world-class
core information and communication networks are available
throughout Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation

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and the Department of Central Management Services shall
collaborate to install fiber-optic network conduit where it
does not already exist in every new State-funded construction
project that opens, bores, or trenches alongside a State-owned
infrastructure, including, but not limited to, roadways and
bridges. The Department of Central Management Services or the
Department of Transportation may permit a third party to manage
the fiber and conduit leasing. Counties with a population of
more than 3,000,000 inhabitants shall be notified of
fiber-optic network conduit installations made under this
Section and shall have the right to install fiber-optic network
conduit during State-funded construction projects. The
Department of Central Management Services and the Department of
Transportation shall take reasonable steps to ensure
market-based, non-discriminatory pricing. Public bidding
notices for such projects must describe the need for
fiber-optic conduit or cable. The Department of Transportation
shall report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly
on the progress and any associated costs incurred by this
Section. This Section does not prohibit the State from
purchasing or installing fiber-optic cable within the
fiber-optic network conduit.
(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)".