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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1541
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1541 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
5 adding Section 8-505.1 as follows:
6 (220 ILCS 5/8-505.1 new)
7 Sec. 8-505.1. Non-emergency vegetation management
8 activities.
9 (a) In conducting its non-emergency vegetation
10 management activities, an electric public utility shall:
11 (1) Follow the most current guidelines set forth by
12 the International Society of Arboriculture and the most
13 current applicable Occupational Safety and Health
14 Administration or American National Standards Institute
15 standards.
16 (2) Provide notice of vegetation management
17 activities at least 21 days before beginning those
18 activities. If the vegetation management activities will
19 occur in an incorporated municipality, the notice must be
20 given to the mayor. If the vegetation management
21 activities will occur in an unincorporated area, the
22 notice must be given to the chairman of the county board.
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1 Maps or a description of the area to be affected by
2 vegetation management activities must accompany the
3 notice. Notification may be discontinued upon the
4 request of the governing body of the municipality or
5 county. Requests for the termination of notices shall be
6 in writing.
7 (3) Notify affected customers no fewer than 7 days
8 before the activity is scheduled to begin.
9 (4) Provide notified customers with a toll-free
10 telephone number to call regarding the vegetation
11 management activities.
12 (b) A public utility shall not be required to comply
13 with the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of
14 subsection (a) when (i) it is taking actions to restore
15 reliable service after interruptions of service; (ii) there
16 is a franchise, contract, or written agreement between the
17 public utility and the municipality mandating specific
18 vegetation management practices; or (iii) there is a mutual
19 agreement between the municipality or county and the public
20 utility to waive the requirements of paragraph (2), (3), or
21 (4) of subsection (a), to the extent of the waiver agreement.
22 The Commission shall have sole authority to investigate and
23 issue complaints against the utility under this Section. The
24 provisions of this Section shall not in any way diminish or
25 replace other civil or administrative remedies available to a
26 customer or class of customers under this Act nor invalidate
27 any tariff approved by the Commission.
28 (c) If no applicable tariff governing non-emergency
29 vegetation management practices has been approved by the
30 Commission and if a municipality enacts an ordinance
31 establishing standards for non-emergency vegetation
32 management practices that are more restrictive than the
33 standards established by this Section, the electric public
34 utility may recover from the municipality the difference
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1 between the costs of complying with the standards established
2 under the municipality's ordinance and the costs of complying
3 with the standards established by this Section. Before
4 beginning any non-emergency vegetation management activities
5 in a municipality that has enacted an ordinance establishing
6 standards for vegetation management practices that are more
7 restrictive than the standards established by this Section,
8 an electric public utility shall provide to the municipality
9 a good faith estimate of the costs of complying with the more
10 restrictive municipal standards for vegetation management
11 practices.
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.".