96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2623

 

Introduced 1/21/2010, by Sen. Antonio Muņoz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 20/2.03   from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 552.3

    Amends the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. Provides that "transportation of gas" includes the conveyance of gas by pipeline within, on, over, under, or across any highway, as that term is defined in Section 1-126 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning utilities.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act is amended
5 by changing Section 2.03 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 20/2.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 552.3)
7     Sec. 2.03. "Transportation of gas" means the gathering,
8 transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline or its
9 storage, within this State and not subject to the jurisdiction
10 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural
11 Gas Act, except that it includes the transmission of gas
12 through pipeline facilities within this State that transport
13 gas from an interstate gas pipeline to a direct sales customer
14 within this State purchasing gas for its own consumption.
15 "Transportation of gas" also includes the conveyance of gas
16 from a gas main through the primary fuel line to the outside
17 wall of residential premises. If the gas meter is placed within
18 3 feet of the structure, the utility's responsibility shall end
19 at the outlet side of the meter. "Transportation of gas" also
20 includes, without limiting any other definitions in this
21 Section, the conveyance of gas by pipeline within, on, over,
22 under, or across any highway, as that term is defined in
23 Section 1-126 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 87-1092; 88-314.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.