SB1837 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1837

Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Mattie Hunter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 645/5-4

Amends the Electricity Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning franchise contracts.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning revenue.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Electricity Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Law is amended by changing Section 5-4 as follows:

(35 ILCS 645/5-4)

Sec. 5-4. Right to franchise contract. A municipality shall be entitled to require a franchise contract from an electricity deliverer as a condition of allowing the the electricity deliverer to use any portion of any public right of way within the municipality for the placement and maintenance of facilities for distributing, transmitting, or delivering electricity. Such franchise contract shall be established by ordinance and shall be valid when accepted in writing by the electricity deliverer.

(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 8-1-98.)