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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Underground Utility Facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Damage Prevention Act is amended by changing Sections 2, 2.1.3, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 3, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11.3, 12, 13, and 14 and by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sections 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.7, 2.1.8, 2.12, 2.13, and 7.5 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | follows:
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10 | (220 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602)
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11 | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | context clearly
otherwise
requires, the terms specified in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Sections 2.1.1 2.1 through 2.13 2.11 have the
meanings
ascribed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | to them in those Sections.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 94-623, eff. 8-18-05.)
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16 | (220 ILCS 50/2.1.1 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Sec. 2.1.1. Excavator. "Excavator" means any person or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | legal entity, public or private, that engages in excavation or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | demolition work. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (220 ILCS 50/2.1.2 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Sec. 2.1.2. Pre-mark. "Pre-mark" means to use white paint, |
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1 | stakes, or flags to delineate the work area at the site of the | ||||||
2 | proposed excavation or demolition area. An existing above | ||||||
3 | ground structure may be considered a pre-mark. A verbal | ||||||
4 | pre-mark is adequate when the scope requested to be marked is | ||||||
5 | narrow and explicit enough to prevent marking a large area | ||||||
6 | beyond the actual area of excavation or demolition. If | ||||||
7 | utilized, physical pre-marking for the area of the planned | ||||||
8 | excavation or demolition must be accomplished prior to | ||||||
9 | notifying the One-Call Notice System. | ||||||
10 | (220 ILCS 50/2.1.3)
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11 | Sec. 2.1.3. No show request. "No show request" means a | ||||||
12 | notice initiated by an excavator through the State-Wide | ||||||
13 | One-Call Notice System to the owners or operators of | ||||||
14 | underground utility facilities notified in the prior locate | ||||||
15 | request that such facility owners or operators, as identified | ||||||
16 | by the excavator, either failed to mark their facilities or to | ||||||
17 | communicate their non-involvement with the excavation prior to | ||||||
18 | the requested dig start date and time.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.) | ||||||
20 | (220 ILCS 50/2.1.4)
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21 | Sec. 2.1.4. Incomplete request. "Incomplete request" | ||||||
22 | means a notice initiated by an excavator through the State-Wide | ||||||
23 | One-Call Notice System to the owners or operators of | ||||||
24 | underground utility facilities notified in a prior locate |
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1 | request that such facility owners or operators, as identified | ||||||
2 | by the excavator person excavating , did not completely mark the | ||||||
3 | entire extent or the entire segment of the proposed excavation, | ||||||
4 | as identified by the excavator in the prior notice.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.) | ||||||
6 | (220 ILCS 50/2.1.5)
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7 | Sec. 2.1.5. Re-mark request. "Re-mark request" means a | ||||||
8 | notice initiated by an excavator through the State-Wide | ||||||
9 | One-Call Notice System to the owners or operators of | ||||||
10 | underground utility facilities notified in the initial locate | ||||||
11 | request requesting facility owners or operators to re-mark all | ||||||
12 | or part of the work area identified in the initial locate | ||||||
13 | request, because facility markings are becoming or have become | ||||||
14 | indistinguishable due to factors, including, but not limited | ||||||
15 | to, weather, fading, construction activity, or vandalism. Only | ||||||
16 | the affected areas where excavation or demolition is to | ||||||
17 | continue shall be requested to be re-marked.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.) | ||||||
19 | (220 ILCS 50/2.1.7 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 2.1.7. Normal notice request. "Normal notice request" | ||||||
21 | means a request for locates that provides no less than 48 | ||||||
22 | hours, but no more than 14 calendar days, advance notice of a | ||||||
23 | planned excavation or demolition. A normal notice request is | ||||||
24 | only valid for 28 calendar days from the date of the original |
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1 | normal notice, unless a subsequent request for extension, as | ||||||
2 | described in subsection (g) of Section 4, is made. | ||||||
3 | (220 ILCS 50/2.1.8 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 2.1.8. One-Call Notice System. "One-Call Notice | ||||||
5 | System" means JULIE or the State-Wide One-Call Notice System | ||||||
6 | for all excavation or demolition performed and underground | ||||||
7 | facilities owned outside the jurisdiction of the city limits of | ||||||
8 | Chicago. "One-Call Notice System" also means the Chicago | ||||||
9 | Utility Alert Network or Digger for all excavation or | ||||||
10 | demolition performed and underground facilities owned within | ||||||
11 | the jurisdiction of the city limits of Chicago.
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12 | (220 ILCS 50/2.2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602.2)
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13 | Sec. 2.2. Underground utility facilities. | ||||||
14 | (a) "Underground utility facilities" or "facilities" means | ||||||
15 | and includes wires, ducts, fiber optic cable, conduits, pipes, | ||||||
16 | sewers, and cables and their connected appurtenances existing | ||||||
17 | installed beneath the surface of the ground and owned or | ||||||
18 | operated by: | ||||||
19 | (1) a public utility as defined in the Public Utilities | ||||||
20 | Act; | ||||||
21 | (2) a municipally owned or mutually owned utility | ||||||
22 | providing a similar utility service; | ||||||
23 | (3) a pipeline entity transporting gases, crude oil, | ||||||
24 | petroleum products, or other hydrocarbon materials within |
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1 | the State; | ||||||
2 | (4) a telecommunications carrier as defined in the | ||||||
3 | Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985, or by a | ||||||
4 | company described in Section 1 of the Telephone Company | ||||||
5 | Act; | ||||||
6 | (5) a community antenna television system, as defined | ||||||
7 | in the Illinois Municipal Code or the Counties Code; | ||||||
8 | (6) a holder, as that term is defined in the Cable and | ||||||
9 | Video Competition Law of 2007; | ||||||
10 | (7) any other entity owning or operating underground | ||||||
11 | facilities that transport generated electrical power to | ||||||
12 | other utility owners or operators or transport generated | ||||||
13 | electrical power within the internal electric grid of a | ||||||
14 | wind turbine generation farm; and | ||||||
15 | (8) an electric cooperative as defined in the Public | ||||||
16 | Utilities Act ; .
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17 | (9) an agency of the State of Illinois; and | ||||||
18 | (10) any other active member of a One-Call Notice | ||||||
19 | System. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.)
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21 | (220 ILCS 50/2.3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602.3)
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22 | Sec. 2.3. Excavation. "Excavation" means any operation in | ||||||
23 | which earth,
rock, or
other material in or on the ground is | ||||||
24 | moved, removed, or otherwise
displaced by means of any tools, | ||||||
25 | power equipment or explosives, and
includes, without |
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1 | limitation, grading, trenching, digging, ditching,
drilling, | ||||||
2 | augering, boring, tunneling, scraping, cable or pipe plowing, | ||||||
3 | saw cutting when penetrating into the base or subbase of a | ||||||
4 | paved surface, and
driving ,
but does not include : | ||||||
5 | (1) farm tillage operations ; or | ||||||
6 | (2) railroad right-of-way
maintenance ; or operations | ||||||
7 | or | ||||||
8 | (3) coal mining operations regulated under the
Federal | ||||||
9 | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 or any | ||||||
10 | State law
or rules or regulations adopted under the federal | ||||||
11 | statute ; , or | ||||||
12 | (4) land
surveying operations as defined in the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Professional Land Surveyor
Act of 1989 when | ||||||
14 | manually excavating to a depth not to exceed 24 inches; not | ||||||
15 | using power equipment, or | ||||||
16 | (5) roadway surface milling ; or .
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17 | (6) manually inserting a temporary ground or probe rod | ||||||
18 | as part of underground utility facility locating; or | ||||||
19 | (7) manually inserting a temporary probe rod for bar | ||||||
20 | holing to determine the area of a leaking underground | ||||||
21 | hazardous gas or liquid facility; or | ||||||
22 | (8) manually inserting a ground rod for the purpose of | ||||||
23 | grounding utility equipment when an emergency exists and no | ||||||
24 | other ground source is available. | ||||||
25 | An exclusion to this Section in no way prohibits a request | ||||||
26 | from being made for the marking of underground utility |
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1 | facilities. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 94-623, eff. 8-18-05.)
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3 | (220 ILCS 50/2.4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602.4)
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4 | Sec. 2.4. Demolition. "Demolition" means the wrecking, | ||||||
5 | razing, rending, moving,
or removing of a structure by means of | ||||||
6 | any power tool, power
equipment (exclusive of transportation | ||||||
7 | equipment) or explosives.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 86-674.)
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9 | (220 ILCS 50/2.5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1602.5)
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10 | Sec. 2.5. Damage. "Damage" means the contact or dislocation | ||||||
11 | of any underground
utility facility or CATS facility during | ||||||
12 | excavation or demolition which
necessitates immediate or | ||||||
13 | subsequent repair by the owner or operator of such facility due | ||||||
14 | to a weakening or the partial or complete destruction of the | ||||||
15 | facility, including, but not limited to, the protective | ||||||
16 | coating, lateral support, cathodic protection, or housing for | ||||||
17 | the line, device, or facility .
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18 | (Source: P.A. 86-674.)
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19 | (220 ILCS 50/2.7)
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20 | Sec. 2.7. Tolerance zone. "Tolerance zone" means : (i) if | ||||||
21 | the diameter of the facility is indicated, the distance of | ||||||
22 | one-half of the known diameter plus 1.5 feet on either side of | ||||||
23 | the designated center line of the utility marking; (ii) if the |
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1 | diameter of the facility is not indicated, 1.5 feet on either | ||||||
2 | side of the outside edge of the utility marking; or (iii) for | ||||||
3 | subaqueous facilities, a distance of 10 feet on either side of | ||||||
4 | the indicated facility. For purposes of this Section, | ||||||
5 | "subaqueous" means a facility located under a lake, river, or | ||||||
6 | navigable waterway. The utility markings provided cannot | ||||||
7 | indicate that the width of the marked facility is any greater | ||||||
8 | than the actual width of the underground facility. The | ||||||
9 | tolerance zone shall also apply to visible utility structures, | ||||||
10 | including, but not limited to, poles with overhead to | ||||||
11 | underground transitions, pedestals, transformers, meters, | ||||||
12 | hydrants, and valve boxes; there shall be a 1.5 foot tolerance | ||||||
13 | zone entirely around such facilities the approximate location
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14 | of underground
utility facilities
or CATS facilities defined as | ||||||
15 | a strip of land at least 3 feet wide, but not
wider than the | ||||||
16 | width of
the underground facility or CATS facility plus 1-1/2 | ||||||
17 | feet on either side of
such facility based upon the markings | ||||||
18 | made by the owner or operator of the
facility .
Excavation | ||||||
19 | within the tolerance zone requires extra care and precaution
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20 | including, but not
limited to, as set forth in Section 4.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)
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22 | (220 ILCS 50/2.8)
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23 | Sec. 2.8. Approximate location. "Approximate location" | ||||||
24 | means the actual location of the marked underground facility | ||||||
25 | that lies entirely within the tolerance zone a strip of
land at |
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1 | least 3 feet wide, but not wider than the width of the | ||||||
2 | underground
facility or CATS facility plus 1.5 feet on either | ||||||
3 | side of the facility .
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4 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)
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5 | (220 ILCS 50/2.9) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 2.9. 48 Hours. "48 hours" "Forty-eight hours" means 2 | ||||||
7 | business days beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. | ||||||
8 | (exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays recognized by | ||||||
9 | the State-Wide One-Call Notice System or the municipal one-call | ||||||
10 | notice system ). All requests for locates received after 4 p.m. | ||||||
11 | will be processed as if received at 8 a.m. the next business | ||||||
12 | day.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 94-623, eff. 8-18-05.) | ||||||
14 | (220 ILCS 50/2.10) | ||||||
15 | Sec. 2.10. Open cut utility locate. "Open cut utility | ||||||
16 | locate" means a method of locating underground utility | ||||||
17 | facilities that requires excavation by the owner, operator, or | ||||||
18 | agent of the underground facility.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 94-623, eff. 8-18-05.) | ||||||
20 | (220 ILCS 50/2.11)
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21 | Sec. 2.11. Roadway surface milling. "Roadway surface | ||||||
22 | milling" means the removal of a uniform pavement section by | ||||||
23 | rotomilling, grinding, saw cutting, or other means that does |
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1 | not penetrate into including the roadway base or subbase.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-623, eff. 8-18-05.) | ||||||
3 | (220 ILCS 50/2.12 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 2.12. Damage notification. "Damage notification" | ||||||
5 | means a notice to the owners or operators that damage to an | ||||||
6 | underground line has occurred in the area of the excavation or | ||||||
7 | demolition. | ||||||
8 | (220 ILCS 50/2.13 new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 2.13. Exposed notification. "Exposed notification" | ||||||
10 | means a notification to the owners or operators that a | ||||||
11 | previously unmarked underground line has been exposed, but not | ||||||
12 | damaged.
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13 | (220 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1603)
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14 | Sec. 3. One-Call Notice System membership. The owners or | ||||||
15 | operators of underground utility facilities are required to be | ||||||
16 | members of a One-Call Notice System
or CATS facilities that are | ||||||
17 | not currently participants in the State-Wide
One-Call Notice | ||||||
18 | System shall, within 6 months of the effective date of this
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19 | Act, join the State-Wide One-Call Notice System. This Section | ||||||
20 | shall not
apply to utilities operating facilities or CATS | ||||||
21 | facilities exclusively
within the boundaries of a municipality | ||||||
22 | with a population of at least one
million persons .
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23 | (Source: P.A. 86-674.)
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1 | (220 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1604)
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2 | Sec. 4. Required activities. Every excavator person who | ||||||
3 | engages in nonemergency
excavation or
demolition shall:
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4 | (a) take reasonable action to inform himself or herself | ||||||
5 | of the
location of any underground utility facilities in | ||||||
6 | and
near the area for which such operation is to be | ||||||
7 | conducted;
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8 | (b) plan the excavation or demolition to avoid or | ||||||
9 | minimize interference with
underground utility facilities | ||||||
10 | within the tolerance zone
by utilizing such precautions | ||||||
11 | that include, but are not limited to, hand
excavation , or | ||||||
12 | vacuum excavation methods to the depth of the proposed | ||||||
13 | excavation or demolition , and visually inspecting the | ||||||
14 | excavation
while in progress until clear of the existing | ||||||
15 | marked facility;
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16 | (c) pre-mark in accordance with Section 2.1.2 if | ||||||
17 | practical, use white paint, flags, stakes, or both, to | ||||||
18 | outline the
dig site ;
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19 | (d) provide notice not less than 48 hours
but no more | ||||||
20 | than 14 calendar days in
advance of the start of the
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21 | excavation or demolition to the owners or operators of the | ||||||
22 | underground
utility facilities in and near the excavation | ||||||
23 | or
demolition area through the State-Wide One-Call Notice | ||||||
24 | System or, in the
case of nonemergency excavation or | ||||||
25 | demolition within the boundaries of a
municipality of at |
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1 | least one million persons which operates its own
one-call | ||||||
2 | notice system, through the one-call notice system which | ||||||
3 | operates
in that municipality . | ||||||
4 | At a minimum, the notice required under this subsection | ||||||
5 | (d) shall provide: | ||||||
6 | (1) the person's name, address, phone number at | ||||||
7 | which a person can be reached, and if available, a fax | ||||||
8 | number and email address , if available ; | ||||||
9 | (2) the start date and time of the planned | ||||||
10 | excavation or demolition; | ||||||
11 | (3) all counties, cities, or townships, or any | ||||||
12 | combination thereof, where the proposed excavation or | ||||||
13 | demolition shall take place; | ||||||
14 | (4) the address or location at which the excavation | ||||||
15 | or demolition shall take place; | ||||||
16 | (5) the type of work, and the and extent and | ||||||
17 | description of the area where excavation or demolition | ||||||
18 | is to occur of the work involved ; and | ||||||
19 | (6) the section or quarter sections when the | ||||||
20 | information in items (1) through (5) of this subsection | ||||||
21 | (d) does not allow the State-Wide One-Call Notice | ||||||
22 | System to determine the appropriate excavation or | ||||||
23 | demolition site. This item (6) does not apply to | ||||||
24 | residential property owners;
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25 | (7) an indication of whether directional boring or | ||||||
26 | horizontal drilling will be used; |
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1 | (8) an indication of whether the excavation will | ||||||
2 | exceed 7 feet in depth; | ||||||
3 | (9) an indication of whether the proposed | ||||||
4 | excavation or demolition has been physically | ||||||
5 | pre-marked as defined in Section 2.1.2; and | ||||||
6 | (10) the latitude and longitude, if available. The | ||||||
7 | information specified in items (1) through
(9) of this | ||||||
8 | subsection (d) is still required when providing | ||||||
9 | latitude and longitude; | ||||||
10 | (e) provide, during and following excavation or | ||||||
11 | demolition,
such support for
existing underground utility | ||||||
12 | facilities in and near the
excavation or demolition area as | ||||||
13 | may be reasonably necessary for the protection
of such | ||||||
14 | facilities unless otherwise agreed to by the owner or | ||||||
15 | operator of the
underground facility;
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16 | (f) backfill all excavations in such manner and with | ||||||
17 | such
materials as may
be reasonably necessary for the | ||||||
18 | protection of existing underground utility
facilities in | ||||||
19 | and near the excavation or demolition area;
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20 | (g) after February 29, 2004, when the excavation or | ||||||
21 | demolition project
will extend past 28 calendar days from | ||||||
22 | the date of the original notice provided
under clause (d), | ||||||
23 | the excavator shall provide a subsequent notice to the | ||||||
24 | owners
or operators of the underground utility facilities | ||||||
25 | in and
near the excavation or demolition area through the | ||||||
26 | State-Wide One-Call Notice
System
or, in the case of |
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1 | excavation or demolition within the boundaries of a
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2 | municipality having a population of at least 1,000,000 | ||||||
3 | inhabitants that
operates its own one-call
notice system, | ||||||
4 | through the one-call notice system that operates in that
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5 | municipality
informing utility owners and operators that | ||||||
6 | additional time to complete
the excavation or demolition | ||||||
7 | project will be required . The notice will provide
the | ||||||
8 | excavator with an additional 28 calendar days from the date | ||||||
9 | of the
subsequent notification to continue or complete the | ||||||
10 | excavation or demolition
project . The excavator may not | ||||||
11 | provide a subsequent notice under this Section simply for | ||||||
12 | the purpose of keeping a prior notice open or valid without | ||||||
13 | continued excavation occurring within the period of that | ||||||
14 | subsequent notice ;
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15 | (h) exercise due care at all times to protect | ||||||
16 | underground utility facilities. If, after proper | ||||||
17 | notification through a the State-Wide One-Call Notice | ||||||
18 | System and upon arrival at the site of the proposed | ||||||
19 | excavation, the excavator observes clear evidence of the | ||||||
20 | presence of an unmarked or incompletely marked utility in | ||||||
21 | the area of the proposed excavation, the excavator shall | ||||||
22 | not begin excavating until all affected facilities have | ||||||
23 | been marked or 2 hours , whichever is shorter, after an | ||||||
24 | additional call is made to the State-Wide One-Call Notice | ||||||
25 | System for the area . The owner or operator of the utility | ||||||
26 | shall respond within 2 hours of the excavator's call to the |
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1 | State-Wide One-Call Notice System; and | ||||||
2 | (i) when factors, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
3 | weather, construction activity, or vandalism, at the | ||||||
4 | excavation site have caused the utility markings to become | ||||||
5 | faded or indistinguishable, the excavator shall initiate a | ||||||
6 | remark request provide an additional notice through the | ||||||
7 | State-Wide One-Call Notice System requesting that only the | ||||||
8 | affected areas where excavation or demolition is to | ||||||
9 | continue be re-marked. Facility owners or operators must | ||||||
10 | respond to the notice to re-mark according to the | ||||||
11 | requirements of Section 10 of this Act.
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12 | If upon notice, a facility operator determines there is a | ||||||
13 | critical facility within the proposed excavation area and the | ||||||
14 | facility operator desires to have an authorized representative | ||||||
15 | present during excavation near the critical facility, the | ||||||
16 | facility operator shall contact the excavator prior to the | ||||||
17 | requested dig start time provided on the notice to schedule a | ||||||
18 | date and time for the facility operator to be present when | ||||||
19 | excavation will occur near the critical facility. All | ||||||
20 | excavators must comply with the facility operator's request to | ||||||
21 | be present during excavation near critical facilities. In lieu | ||||||
22 | of having an authorized representative present, the facility | ||||||
23 | operator may choose to complete a minimal excavation near the | ||||||
24 | critical facility to expose its location. However, it is | ||||||
25 | incumbent on the facility operator to comply with the | ||||||
26 | excavator's schedule for when excavation will occur near the |
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1 | critical facility. For excavation that may be near critical | ||||||
2 | facilities intermittently during the course of the project, the | ||||||
3 | excavator shall provide notice to the facility operator not | ||||||
4 | less than one business day before excavation is expected to be | ||||||
5 | near the critical facility. Nothing in this Section shall | ||||||
6 | prohibit an excavator from excavating prudently and carefully | ||||||
7 | near a critical facility without the facility operator present, | ||||||
8 | provided the facility operator waives the request to be present | ||||||
9 | or to complete a minimal excavation exposing the critical | ||||||
10 | facility or is unable to comply with the excavator's schedule. | ||||||
11 | Nothing in this Section prohibits the use of any method of | ||||||
12 | excavation if
conducted in a manner that would avoid | ||||||
13 | interference with
underground utility facilities.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.)
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15 | (220 ILCS 50/6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1606)
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16 | Sec. 6. Emergency excavation or demolition.
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17 | (a) Every excavator person who
engages in emergency | ||||||
18 | excavation or
demolition outside of the boundaries of a | ||||||
19 | municipality of at least one
million persons which operates its | ||||||
20 | own one-call notice system shall take
all reasonable | ||||||
21 | precautions to avoid or minimize
interference between the | ||||||
22 | emergency work and existing underground utility
facilities in | ||||||
23 | and near the excavation or demolition
area, through the | ||||||
24 | State-Wide One-Call Notice System,
and shall notify, as far in | ||||||
25 | advance as possible, the owners or operators of
such |
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1 | underground utility facilities in and near the
emergency | ||||||
2 | excavation or demolition area, through the State-Wide One-Call
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3 | Notice System.
At a minimum, the notice required under this | ||||||
4 | subsection (a) shall provide:
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5 | (1) the person's name, address, and (i) phone number at | ||||||
6 | which a person can
be reached and , if available, a (ii) fax | ||||||
7 | number and email address , if available ;
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8 | (2) the start date and time of the planned emergency | ||||||
9 | excavation or demolition;
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10 | (3) the address or location at which the excavation or | ||||||
11 | demolition will take place; and
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12 | (4) the type of work, and the and extent and | ||||||
13 | description of the area where excavation or demolition is | ||||||
14 | to occur; and of the work involved.
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15 | (5) all counties, cities, or townships, or any | ||||||
16 | combination thereof, where the emergency excavation or | ||||||
17 | demolition will take place. | ||||||
18 | There is a wait time of 2 hours or the date and time | ||||||
19 | requested on the notice, whichever is longer, after an | ||||||
20 | emergency locate notification request is
made through the | ||||||
21 | State-Wide One-Call Notice System. If the conditions at the
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22 | site dictate an earlier start than the required wait time, it | ||||||
23 | is the
responsibility of the excavator to demonstrate that site | ||||||
24 | conditions warranted
this earlier start time.
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25 | Upon notice by the excavator person engaged in emergency | ||||||
26 | excavation or demolition, the owner or operator of an |
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1 | underground utility facility in or near the excavation or | ||||||
2 | demolition area shall communicate with the excavator person | ||||||
3 | engaged in emergency excavation or demolition within 2 hours or | ||||||
4 | by the date and time requested on the notice, whichever is | ||||||
5 | longer by (1) marking the approximate location of underground | ||||||
6 | facilities; (2) advising the excavator person excavating that | ||||||
7 | their underground facilities are not in conflict with the | ||||||
8 | emergency excavation; or (3) notifying the excavator person | ||||||
9 | excavating that the owner or operator shall be delayed in | ||||||
10 | marking because of conditions as referenced in subsection (g) | ||||||
11 | of Section 11 of this Act. | ||||||
12 | The notice by the owner or operator to the excavator person | ||||||
13 | engaged in emergency excavation or demolition may be provided | ||||||
14 | by phone or phone message or by marking the excavation or | ||||||
15 | demolition area. The owner or operator has discharged the | ||||||
16 | owner's or operator's obligation to provide notice under this | ||||||
17 | Section if the owner or operator attempts to provide notice by | ||||||
18 | telephone but is unable to do so because the excavator person | ||||||
19 | engaged in the emergency excavation or demolition does not | ||||||
20 | answer his or her telephone or does not have an answering | ||||||
21 | machine , or answering service or voicemail to receive the | ||||||
22 | telephone call. If the owner or operator attempts to provide | ||||||
23 | notice by telephone or by facsimile but receives a busy signal, | ||||||
24 | that attempt shall not discharge the owner or operator from the | ||||||
25 | obligation to provide notice under this Section.
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26 | (b) Blank. Every person who engages in emergency excavation |
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1 | or demolition
within the boundaries of a municipality of at | ||||||
2 | least one million persons
which operates its own one-call | ||||||
3 | notice system shall take all reasonable
precautions to avoid or | ||||||
4 | minimize interference between the emergency work
and existing | ||||||
5 | underground utility facilities in and near
the excavation or | ||||||
6 | demolition area, through the municipality's one-call
notice | ||||||
7 | system, and shall notify, as far in advance as possible, the | ||||||
8 | owners
and operators of underground utility facilities in and
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9 | near the emergency excavation or demolition area, through the
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10 | municipality's one-call notice system.
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11 | (c) The reinstallation of traffic control devices shall be | ||||||
12 | deemed an
emergency for purposes of this Section.
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13 | (d) An open cut utility locate shall be deemed an emergency | ||||||
14 | for purposes of this Section.
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15 | (e) During widespread emergency situations, as described | ||||||
16 | in Section 2.6, where the owner or operator of underground | ||||||
17 | utility facilities has a situation beyond their equipment or | ||||||
18 | personnel capabilities to facilitate a timely repair or | ||||||
19 | correction of the emergency, the facility owner or operator may | ||||||
20 | utilize subcontractors to facilitate the work without a | ||||||
21 | separate emergency locate request by the subcontractor. | ||||||
22 | However, for the purposes of this Act, in such a situation, the | ||||||
23 | facility owner or operator shall be responsible for the actions | ||||||
24 | of their subcontractor, unless the subcontractor has obtained | ||||||
25 | their own notice or has changed the excavators name in the | ||||||
26 | original notice. |
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1 | (f) Emergency notices provided through a One-Call Notice | ||||||
2 | System shall expire 14 calendar days after the date of the | ||||||
3 | initial notice. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.)
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5 | (220 ILCS 50/7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1607)
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6 | Sec. 7. Damage or dislocation. In the event of any damage | ||||||
7 | to or
dislocation of any underground
utility facilities in | ||||||
8 | connection with any excavation or
demolition, emergency or | ||||||
9 | nonemergency, the excavator person responsible for the
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10 | excavation or demolition operations shall immediately notify | ||||||
11 | the affected
utility and the State-Wide One-Call Notice System | ||||||
12 | and cease excavation in the area of the damage when the damaged | ||||||
13 | facility is a threat to life or property or if otherwise | ||||||
14 | required by law or, in the case of damage
or dislocation in | ||||||
15 | connection with any excavation or demolition within the
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16 | boundaries of a municipality having a population of at least | ||||||
17 | 1,000,000
inhabitants that operates its
own one-call notice | ||||||
18 | system, notify the affected utility and the one-call
notice | ||||||
19 | system that operates in that municipality . The excavator person | ||||||
20 | responsible for the excavation or demolition shall not attempt | ||||||
21 | to repair, clamp, or constrict the damaged utility facility | ||||||
22 | unless under the supervision or advisement of the utility | ||||||
23 | facility owner or operator. At no time shall an excavator a | ||||||
24 | person under this Act be required by a utility facility owner | ||||||
25 | or operator to attempt to repair, clamp, or constrict a damaged |
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1 | utility facility. In the event of any damage to any underground | ||||||
2 | utility facility that results in the escape of any flammable, | ||||||
3 | toxic, or corrosive gas or liquid, the excavator person | ||||||
4 | responsible for the excavation or demolition shall call 9-1-1 | ||||||
5 | and notify authorities of the damage. Owners and operators of
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6 | underground utility facilities that are damaged and the | ||||||
7 | excavator involved
shall work in a cooperative and expeditious | ||||||
8 | manner to repair the affected
utility.
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9 | At a minimum, the notice required under this Section shall | ||||||
10 | provide: | ||||||
11 | (1) a reference to the original excavation or | ||||||
12 | demolition notice, if one exists; | ||||||
13 | (2) the type of damaged underground utility facility; | ||||||
14 | (3) the name of the affected underground utility | ||||||
15 | facility owner, if known; and | ||||||
16 | (4) the location of the damaged underground line at the | ||||||
17 | excavation or demolition site. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.)
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19 | (220 ILCS 50/7.5 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 7.5. Exposed facility. In the event of any previously | ||||||
21 | unmarked underground utility facility being exposed during | ||||||
22 | excavation or demolition, emergency or nonemergency, the | ||||||
23 | excavator responsible for the excavation or demolition | ||||||
24 | operations shall immediately notify the One-Call Notice | ||||||
25 | System. |
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1 | At a minimum, the notice required under this Section shall | ||||||
2 | provide: | ||||||
3 | (1) a reference to the original excavation or | ||||||
4 | demolition notice, if one exists; | ||||||
5 | (2) the type of exposed underground utility facility; | ||||||
6 | (3) the name of the affected underground utility | ||||||
7 | facility owner, if known; and | ||||||
8 | (4) the location of the exposed underground line at the | ||||||
9 | excavation or demolition site.
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10 | (220 ILCS 50/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1608)
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11 | Sec. 8. Liability or financial responsibility.
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12 | (a) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect or | ||||||
13 | determine
the financial responsibility for any operation under | ||||||
14 | this Act or liability
of any entity or individual person for | ||||||
15 | any damages that occur unless specifically stated otherwise.
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16 | (b) Except for enforcement penalties authorized pursuant | ||||||
17 | to this Act, nothing Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to | ||||||
18 | provide for liability or
financial
responsibility of the | ||||||
19 | Department of Transportation, its officers and
employees | ||||||
20 | concerning any underground utility facility or CATS facility
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21 | located on highway right-of-way by permit issued under the | ||||||
22 | provisions of
Section 9-113 of the Illinois Highway Code.
It is | ||||||
23 | not the intent of this Act to change any remedies in law | ||||||
24 | regarding
the duty of providing lateral support.
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25 | (c) Neither a the State-Wide One-Call Notice System nor any |
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1 | of its officers,
agents, or employees shall be liable for | ||||||
2 | damages for injuries or death to
persons or damage to property | ||||||
3 | caused by acts or omissions in the receipt,
recording, or | ||||||
4 | transmission of locate requests or other information in the
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5 | performance of its duties as the State-Wide One-Call Notice | ||||||
6 | System, unless the
act or omission was the result of willful | ||||||
7 | and wanton misconduct.
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8 | (d) Any residential property owner who fails to comply with
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9 | any provision of this Act and damages underground utility | ||||||
10 | facilities or CATS
facilities while engaging in excavation or | ||||||
11 | demolition on such residential
property shall not be subject to | ||||||
12 | a penalty under this Act, but shall be
liable for the damage | ||||||
13 | caused to the owner or operator of the damaged
underground | ||||||
14 | utility facilities or CATS facilities .
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15 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)
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16 | (220 ILCS 50/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1609)
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17 | Sec. 9. Negligence. When it is shown by competent evidence | ||||||
18 | in any action for
damages to underground utility facilities or | ||||||
19 | CATS facilities that such
damages resulted from excavation or | ||||||
20 | demolition and that the excavator person engaged
in such | ||||||
21 | excavation or demolition failed to comply with the provisions | ||||||
22 | of
this Act, that excavator person shall be deemed prima facie | ||||||
23 | guilty of negligence.
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24 | When it is shown by competent evidence in any action for | ||||||
25 | damages to excavators
persons , material or equipment brought by |
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1 | persons undertaking excavation or
demolition acting in | ||||||
2 | compliance with the provisions of this Act that such
damages | ||||||
3 | resulted from the failure of owners and operators of | ||||||
4 | underground
facilities or CATS facilities to comply with the | ||||||
5 | provisions of this Act,
those owners and operators shall be | ||||||
6 | deemed prima facie guilty of negligence.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 86-674.)
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8 | (220 ILCS 50/10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1610)
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9 | Sec. 10. Record of notice; marking of facilities. | ||||||
10 | (a) Upon notice by the
excavator person engaged in | ||||||
11 | excavation or
demolition , the entity person owning or operating | ||||||
12 | underground utility facilities
in or near the excavation or | ||||||
13 | demolition area shall
cause a written record to be made of the | ||||||
14 | notice and shall mark, within 48
hours of receipt of notice or | ||||||
15 | by the requested date and time indicated on the notice, | ||||||
16 | whichever is later, the
approximate locations of such | ||||||
17 | facilities so as to enable the excavator person excavating
or | ||||||
18 | demolishing to establish the location of the underground | ||||||
19 | utility facilities. | ||||||
20 | (b) Owners and operators of underground sewer facilities
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21 | that are located outside the boundaries of a municipality | ||||||
22 | having a population
of at least 1,000,000 inhabitants
shall be | ||||||
23 | required to
respond and mark the approximate location of those | ||||||
24 | sewer facilities when
the excavator indicates, in the notice | ||||||
25 | required in Section 4, that the
excavation or demolition |
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1 | project will exceed a depth of 7 feet. "Depth", in
this
case, | ||||||
2 | is defined as the distance measured vertically from the surface | ||||||
3 | of the
ground to the top of the sewer facility. | ||||||
4 | (c) Owners and operators of underground
sewer
facilities
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5 | that are located outside the boundaries of a municipality | ||||||
6 | having a population
of at least 1,000,000 inhabitants
shall be | ||||||
7 | required at all times to locate the approximate location of
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8 | those sewer facilities
when: (1) directional
boring is the | ||||||
9 | indicated type of excavation work being performed within the
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10 | notice; (2) the underground sewer facilities owned are | ||||||
11 | non-gravity, pressurized
force mains; or (3) the excavation | ||||||
12 | indicated will occur in the immediate
proximity of known
| ||||||
13 | underground sewer facilities that are less than 7 feet deep. | ||||||
14 | (d) Owners or
operators of underground sewer
facilities | ||||||
15 | that are located outside the boundaries of a municipality | ||||||
16 | having a
population
of at least 1,000,000 inhabitants
shall not | ||||||
17 | hold an excavator liable for damages that occur to sewer
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18 | facilities that were not required to be marked under this | ||||||
19 | Section, provided
that
prompt notice of the damage is made to | ||||||
20 | the State-Wide One-Call Notice System
and
the utility owner as | ||||||
21 | required in Section 7.
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22 | (e) All entities persons subject to the requirements of | ||||||
23 | this Act shall plan and conduct
their work consistent with | ||||||
24 | reasonable business practices. Conditions may exist
making it | ||||||
25 | unreasonable to request that locations be marked within 48 | ||||||
26 | hours or by the requested date and time indicated on the |
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1 | notice, whichever is later. It
is unreasonable to request | ||||||
2 | owners and operators of underground utility
facilities to | ||||||
3 | locate all of their facilities in an affected
area upon
short | ||||||
4 | notice in advance of a large or extensive nonemergency project, | ||||||
5 | or to
request extensive locates in excess of a reasonable | ||||||
6 | excavation or demolition
work schedule, or to request locates | ||||||
7 | under conditions where a repeat request is
likely
to be made | ||||||
8 | because of the passage of time or adverse job conditions.
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9 | (f) Owners
and operators of underground utility facilities | ||||||
10 | must
reasonably anticipate seasonal fluctuations in the number | ||||||
11 | of locate requests
and staff accordingly.
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12 | (g) If an entity a person owning or operating underground | ||||||
13 | utility facilities receives a notice under this Section but | ||||||
14 | does not own
or operate any underground utility facilities | ||||||
15 | within the
proposed excavation or demolition area described in | ||||||
16 | the notice, that entity person ,
within 48 hours or by the | ||||||
17 | requested date and time indicated on the notice, whichever is | ||||||
18 | later, after receipt
of the notice, shall so notify the | ||||||
19 | excavator person engaged in excavation or demolition
who | ||||||
20 | initiated the notice, unless the person who initiated the | ||||||
21 | notice
expressly waives the right to be notified that no | ||||||
22 | facilities are located within
the excavation or demolition | ||||||
23 | area . | ||||||
24 | (h) The notification by the owner or operator
of
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25 | underground utility facilities to the excavator person engaged | ||||||
26 | in
excavation or demolition may be provided in any reasonable |
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1 | manner including,
but not limited to, notification in any one | ||||||
2 | of the following ways: | ||||||
3 | (1) by
face-to-face communication; | ||||||
4 | (2) by phone or phone message; | ||||||
5 | (3) by facsimile or email ; | ||||||
6 | (4) by posting
in the excavation or demolition area; or | ||||||
7 | (5) by marking the excavation or
demolition area. | ||||||
8 | (i) The owner or operator of those facilities has | ||||||
9 | discharged the
owner's or operator's obligation to provide | ||||||
10 | notice under this Section if the
owner or operator attempts to | ||||||
11 | provide notice by one of the following ways: | ||||||
12 | (1) telephone or by facsimile, if
the person has | ||||||
13 | supplied a facsimile number , but is unable to do
so because | ||||||
14 | the excavator person engaged in the excavation or | ||||||
15 | demolition does not answer
his or her telephone and or does | ||||||
16 | not have the ability to receive telephone messages; | ||||||
17 | (2) facsimile, if the excavator has supplied a | ||||||
18 | facsimile number and does not have a facsimile machine in | ||||||
19 | operation to receive the facsimile transmission; or | ||||||
20 | (3) email, if the excavator has supplied an email | ||||||
21 | address and the message is electronically undeliverable an | ||||||
22 | answering machine or answering service
to receive the | ||||||
23 | telephone call or does not have a facsimile machine in | ||||||
24 | operation
to receive the facsimile transmission . | ||||||
25 | If the owner or operator attempts to
provide notice by | ||||||
26 | telephone or by facsimile but receives a busy signal, that
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1 | attempt shall not serve to discharge the owner or operator of | ||||||
2 | the obligation to
provide notice under this Section.
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3 | A person engaged in excavation or demolition may expressly | ||||||
4 | waive the right
to notification from the owner or operator of | ||||||
5 | underground utility facilities that the owner or operator has | ||||||
6 | no facilities located in the
proposed excavation or demolition | ||||||
7 | area. Waiver of notice is only permissible
in the case of | ||||||
8 | regular or nonemergency locate requests. The waiver must be
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9 | made at the time of
the notice to the State-Wide One-Call | ||||||
10 | Notice System. A waiver made under this
Section is not | ||||||
11 | admissible as evidence in any criminal or civil action that may
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12 | arise out of, or is in any way related to, the excavation or | ||||||
13 | demolition that is
the subject of the waiver.
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14 | (j) For the purposes of this Act, the following color | ||||||
15 | coding shall be used to mark the approximate location of | ||||||
16 | underground utility facilities by the
underground facility | ||||||
17 | operators who may utilize a combination of flags, stakes, or
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18 | and paint as when possible on non-paved surfaces and when dig | ||||||
19 | site and seasonal
conditions warrant . If the approximate
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20 | location of an underground utility facility is marked with
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21 | stakes or other physical means, the following color coding | ||||||
22 | shall be employed :
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19 | (220 ILCS 50/11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1611)
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20 | Sec. 11. Penalties; liability; fund.
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21 | (a) Every excavator person who, while engaging
in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | excavation or
demolition, wilfully fails to comply with the Act |
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1 | by failing to provide the
notice to the owners or operators of | ||||||
2 | the underground facilities near the excavation or demolition | ||||||
3 | area through the State-Wide
One-Call Notice System as required | ||||||
4 | by Section 4 or 6 of this Act shall be subject to a
penalty of | ||||||
5 | up to $5,000 for each
separate offense and shall be liable for
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6 | the damage caused to the owners or operators of the facility. | ||||||
7 | Every excavator person who fails to provide notice and | ||||||
8 | willfully fails to comply with other provisions of this Act | ||||||
9 | shall be subject to additional penalties of up to $2,500 for | ||||||
10 | each separate offense and shall be liable for the damage caused | ||||||
11 | to the owners or operators of the facility.
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12 | (b) Every excavator person who has
provided the notice to | ||||||
13 | the owners or operators of the underground utility
facilities | ||||||
14 | in and near the excavation or demolition area
through the | ||||||
15 | State-Wide One-Call Notice System as required by Section 4 or 6 | ||||||
16 | of
this Act, but otherwise wilfully fails to comply with this | ||||||
17 | Act, shall be subject to a
penalty of up to $2,500 for each
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18 | separate offense and shall be liable
for the damage caused to | ||||||
19 | the owners or operators of the facility.
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20 | (c) Every excavator person who, while engaging in | ||||||
21 | excavation or demolition, has
provided the notice to the owners | ||||||
22 | or operators of the underground utility
facilities in and near | ||||||
23 | the excavation or demolition area
through the State-Wide | ||||||
24 | One-Call Notice System as required by Section 4 or 6 of
this | ||||||
25 | Act, but otherwise, while acting reasonably, damages any | ||||||
26 | underground
utility facilities, shall not be subject to a |
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1 | penalty, but
shall be liable for the damage caused to the | ||||||
2 | owners or operators of the
facility provided the underground | ||||||
3 | utility facility is
properly marked as provided in Section 10 | ||||||
4 | of this Act.
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5 | (d) Every excavator person who provides
notice to the | ||||||
6 | owners or operators of the underground utility facilities | ||||||
7 | through the State-Wide One-Call Notice System as a no-show, | ||||||
8 | incomplete, or an emergency locate
request and the locate | ||||||
9 | request is not a no-show, incomplete, or an emergency locate | ||||||
10 | request as defined in Section 2.1.3, 2.1.4, or 2.6 of this Act | ||||||
11 | shall be subject to a penalty of up to $2,500 for each
separate | ||||||
12 | offense.
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13 | (e) Owners and operators of underground utility facilities | ||||||
14 | who willfully fail to comply with this Act by a failure to mark | ||||||
15 | or respond with notice of all clear, respond with notice of | ||||||
16 | delay by the requested date and time indicated on the notice, | ||||||
17 | respond or mark the approximate location of an underground | ||||||
18 | utility as required by subsection (h) of Section 4, subsection | ||||||
19 | (a) of Section 6, or Section 10 of this Act after being | ||||||
20 | notified of planned excavation or demolition through the | ||||||
21 | State-Wide One-Call Notice System, shall be subject to a | ||||||
22 | penalty of up to $5,000 for each separate offense. A facility | ||||||
23 | operator will not be subject to a penalty for failing to | ||||||
24 | properly mark the approximate location of an underground | ||||||
25 | facility provided that the facility operator marked, or | ||||||
26 | responded with notice of all clear, or responded with notice of |
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1 | delay by the requested date and time indicated on the notice | ||||||
2 | and took reasonable precautions when locating the underground | ||||||
3 | facility.
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4 | (f) As provided in Section 3 of this Act, all owners or | ||||||
5 | operators of
underground utility facilities who fail to join | ||||||
6 | the
State-Wide One-Call Notice System by January 1, 2003 shall | ||||||
7 | be subject to a
penalty of $100 per day for each separate | ||||||
8 | offense. Every day an owner or
operator fails to join the | ||||||
9 | State-Wide One-Call Notice System is a separate
offense. This | ||||||
10 | subsection (f) does not apply to utilities operating facilities
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11 | exclusively within the boundaries of a municipality with a
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12 | population of at least 1,000,000 persons.
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13 | (g) No owner or operator of underground utility facilities | ||||||
14 | shall be subject to a penalty where a
delay in marking or a | ||||||
15 | failure to mark or properly mark the location of an
underground | ||||||
16 | utility is caused by conditions beyond the
reasonable control | ||||||
17 | of such owner or operator. Any owners or operators receiving an | ||||||
18 | increase to the notice volume within any political subdivision | ||||||
19 | of the State that exceeds 20% of the same corresponding | ||||||
20 | calendar day's volume from the prior year for that political | ||||||
21 | subdivision which will result in a delay in marking shall | ||||||
22 | communicate with the excavator the increase for that political | ||||||
23 | subdivision and notify the entity of the volume increase in the | ||||||
24 | political subdivision, and indicate: (i) that a delay of up to | ||||||
25 | an additional 48 hours may be required to mark the requested | ||||||
26 | area; or (ii) that an additional 48 hours will not be |
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1 | sufficient to mark the requested area and that a mutually | ||||||
2 | agreeable date and time is needed to complete the marking.
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3 | (h) Any entity that person who is neither an agent, | ||||||
4 | employee, or authorized locating
contractor of the owner or | ||||||
5 | operator of the underground utility facility
nor an
excavator | ||||||
6 | involved in the excavation or demolition activity that
who
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7 | removes, alters, or otherwise damages markings, flags, or | ||||||
8 | stakes used to mark
the
location of an
underground utility | ||||||
9 | other than during the course of the
excavation or demolition | ||||||
10 | for which
the markings were made or before completion of the | ||||||
11 | project shall be subject to
a penalty up to
$1,000 for each | ||||||
12 | separate offense.
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13 | (i) (Blank).
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14 | (j) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall have the power | ||||||
15 | and jurisdiction
to, and shall, enforce the provisions of this | ||||||
16 | Act. The Illinois Commerce
Commission
may impose | ||||||
17 | administrative penalties as provided in this Section. The | ||||||
18 | Illinois
Commerce Commission may promulgate rules and develop
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19 | enforcement policies in the manner provided by the Public | ||||||
20 | Utilities Act in
order to implement compliance with this Act. | ||||||
21 | When a
penalty is warranted, the following criteria shall be | ||||||
22 | used in determining the
magnitude of the penalty:
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23 | (1) gravity of noncompliance;
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24 | (2) culpability of offender;
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25 | (3) history of noncompliance for the 18 months prior to | ||||||
26 | the date of the incident; however, when determining |
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1 | non-compliance , the alleged violator's roles as operator | ||||||
2 | or owner and the entity person engaged in excavating shall | ||||||
3 | be treated separately;
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4 | (4) ability to pay penalty;
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5 | (5) show of good faith of offender;
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6 | (6) ability to continue business; and
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7 | (7) other special circumstances.
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8 | (k) There is hereby created in the State treasury a special | ||||||
9 | fund to be
known
as the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities | ||||||
10 | Damage Prevention Fund. All
penalties recovered by the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Commerce Commission in any action under this Section shall be | ||||||
12 | paid into the
Fund and shall be distributed annually as a grant | ||||||
13 | to the State-Wide
One-Call Notice System operated by JULIE to | ||||||
14 | be used in safety and informational programs to
reduce the | ||||||
15 | number of incidents of damage to underground utility facilities
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16 | in Illinois. The distribution shall be made during
January of | ||||||
17 | each calendar year based on the balance in the Illinois
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18 | Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Fund as of | ||||||
19 | December 31 of
the previous calendar year. In all such actions | ||||||
20 | under this Section, the
procedure and rules of evidence shall | ||||||
21 | conform with the Code of Civil
Procedure, and with rules of | ||||||
22 | courts governing civil trials.
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23 | (l) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall establish an | ||||||
24 | Advisory
Committee consisting of a representative from each of | ||||||
25 | the following: utility
operator, JULIE, excavator, | ||||||
26 | municipality, and the general public. The Advisory
Committee |
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1 | shall serve as a peer review panel for any contested penalties
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2 | resulting from the enforcement of this Act.
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3 | The members of the Advisory Committee shall be immune, | ||||||
4 | individually and
jointly, from civil liability for any act or | ||||||
5 | omission done or made in
performance of their duties while | ||||||
6 | serving as members of such Advisory
Committee, unless the act | ||||||
7 | or omission was the result of willful and wanton
misconduct.
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8 | (m) If, after the Advisory Committee has considered a | ||||||
9 | particular contested
penalty and performed its review | ||||||
10 | functions under this Act and the Commission's
rules, there | ||||||
11 | remains a dispute as to whether the Commission should impose a
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12 | penalty under this Act, the matter shall proceed in the manner | ||||||
13 | set forth in
Article X of the Public Utilities Act, including | ||||||
14 | the provisions governing
judicial review.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 96-714, eff. 1-1-10.)
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16 | (220 ILCS 50/11.3)
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17 | Sec. 11.3. Emergency telephone system outages; | ||||||
18 | reimbursement. Any excavator person
who negligently damages an | ||||||
19 | underground facility or CATS facility causing an
emergency | ||||||
20 | telephone system outage must reimburse the public safety agency | ||||||
21 | that
provides personnel to answer calls or to maintain or | ||||||
22 | operate an emergency
telephone system during the outage for the | ||||||
23 | agency's costs associated with
answering calls or maintaining | ||||||
24 | or operating the system during the outage. For
the purposes of | ||||||
25 | this Section, "public safety agency" means the same as in
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1 | Section 2.02 of the Emergency Telephone System Act.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 92-149, eff. 1-1-02.)
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3 | (220 ILCS 50/12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1612)
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4 | Sec. 12. Submittal of non-compliance report and | ||||||
5 | enforcement actions timeframes. No action may be brought under | ||||||
6 | Section 11 of this Act unless
commenced within 2 years after | ||||||
7 | the date of violation of this Act.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 86-674.)
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9 | (220 ILCS 50/13) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1613)
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10 | Sec. 13. Mandamus or injunction. Where public safety or the
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11 | preservation
of uninterrupted,
necessary utility service or | ||||||
12 | community antenna television system service is
endangered by | ||||||
13 | any excavator person engaging in excavation or demolition in a
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14 | negligent or unsafe manner which has resulted in or is likely | ||||||
15 | to result in
damage to underground utility facilities or CATS | ||||||
16 | facilities or
proposing to use procedures for excavation or | ||||||
17 | demolition which are likely
to result in damage to underground | ||||||
18 | utility facilities or CATS facilities ,
or where the owner or | ||||||
19 | operator of underground utility facilities or CATS
facilities | ||||||
20 | endangers an excavator by willfully failing to respond to a | ||||||
21 | locate
request,
the owner or operator of such facilities or the | ||||||
22 | excavator or the State's
Attorney or the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
23 | Commission at the request of the owner or
operator of such | ||||||
24 | facilities or the excavator may commence an action
in the |
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1 | circuit court for the county in which the excavation or | ||||||
2 | demolition
is occurring or is to occur, or in which the person | ||||||
3 | complained of has his
principal place of business or resides, | ||||||
4 | for the purpose of having such
negligent or unsafe excavation | ||||||
5 | or demolition stopped and prevented or to
compel the marking of | ||||||
6 | underground utilities facilities or CATS facilities ,
either
by | ||||||
7 | mandamus or injunction.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 92-179, eff. 7-1-02.)
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9 | (220 ILCS 50/14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1614)
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10 | Sec. 14. Home rule. The regulation of underground utility | ||||||
11 | facilities
and CATS facilities damage prevention, as provided | ||||||
12 | for in this Act, is an
exclusive power and function of the | ||||||
13 | State. A home rule unit may not
regulate underground utility | ||||||
14 | facilities and CATS facilities damage
prevention, as provided | ||||||
15 | for in this Act. All units of local government,
including home | ||||||
16 | rule units that are not municipalities of more than 1,000,000 | ||||||
17 | persons , must comply with the provisions of this Act. To this | ||||||
18 | extent, this
Section is a denial and
limitation of home rule | ||||||
19 | powers and functions under subsection (h) of
Section 6 of | ||||||
20 | Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. A home rule | ||||||
21 | municipality of more than 1,000,000 persons may regulate | ||||||
22 | underground utility facilities and CATS facilities damage | ||||||
23 | prevention enforcement only .
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24 | (Source: P.A. 99-121, eff. 7-23-15.)
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