Rep. Mike Fortner

Filed: 4/1/2009

 

 


 

 


 
09600HB3654ham001 LRB096 06209 MJR 24912 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3654

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3654 on page 1,
3 immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
 
4     "Section 3. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5 Section 4-605 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 5/4-605 new)
7     Sec. 4-605. Installation of fiber-optic network conduit.
8 In order to ensure affordable high-speed information and
9 communication networks are available throughout Illinois,
10 where it does not already exist, the Commission, along with the
11 Illinois Department of Transportation and the Department of
12 Central Management Services, shall collaborate to install
13 fiber-optic network conduit in every new State-funded
14 construction project that opens, bores, or trenches alongside
15 roadways, railways, and bridges. This Section does not preclude
16 the State from purchasing or installing fiber-optic circuits

 

 

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1 within the fiber-optic network conduit.".