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| | SB3173 Enrolled | | LRB103 37811 AWJ 67941 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 5-1189 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1189 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-1189. Access to and use of county infrastructure |
| 8 | | for broadband. A county may lease, license, or otherwise grant |
| 9 | | access to and use of infrastructure, including fiber optic |
| 10 | | cables, that the county owns or controls to public or private |
| 11 | | entities to facilitate the delivery of broadband services on |
| 12 | | the condition that the lease, license, access, or use: (1) be |
| 13 | | granted on a nondiscriminatory, nonexclusive, and |
| 14 | | competitively neutral basis; and (2) comply with all other |
| 15 | | State and federal laws, rules, and regulations, including, but |
| 16 | | not limited to, all applicable safety codes and requirements. |
| 17 | | However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to |
| 18 | | authorize a county to lease, license, or otherwise grant |
| 19 | | access to or use of infrastructure that the county does not own |
| 20 | | or control to public or private entities to facilitate the |
| 21 | | delivery of broadband services. This Section applies to |
| 22 | | leases, licenses, or other agreements entered into, amended, |
| 23 | | or renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory |