Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act. Provides that "underground utility facilities" or "facilities" means and includes wires, the internal electric grid of a wind generation farm facility, ducts, fiber optic cable, conduits, pipes, sewers, and cables and their connected appurtenances installed beneath the surface of the ground by: (1) a public utility as defined in the Public Utilities Act; (2) a municipally owned or mutually owned utility providing a similar utility service; (3) a pipeline entity transporting gases, crude oil, petroleum products, or other hydrocarbon materials within the State; (4) a telecommunications carrier as defined in the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985, or by a company described in Section 1 of the Telephone Company Act; (5) a community antenna television system, as defined in the Illinois Municipal Code; and (6) any other entity owning or operating underground facilities that transport generated electrical power to other utility owners or operators. Provides that "underground utility facilities" or "facilities" does not mean underground utility facilities operated by an electric cooperative as defined in the Public Utilities Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4252 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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