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92_SB1017sam001
LRB9204478MWpkam
1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1017
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1017 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois Underground Utility Facilities
5 Damage Prevention Act is amended by adding Section 11.3 as
6 follows:
7 (220 ILCS 50/11.3 new)
8 Sec. 11.3. Emergency telephone system outages;
9 reimbursement. Any person who negligently damages an
10 underground facility or CATS facility causing an emergency
11 telephone system outage must reimburse the public safety
12 agency that provides personnel to answer calls or to maintain
13 or operate an emergency telephone system during the outage
14 for the agency's costs associated with answering calls or
15 maintaining or operating the system during the outage. For
16 the purposes of this Section, "public safety agency" means
17 the same as in Section 2.02 of the Emergency Telephone System
18 Act.
19 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
20 adding Section 7-504 as follows:
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1 (625 ILCS 5/7-504 new)
2 Sec. 7-504. Emergency telephone system outages;
3 reimbursement. Any person who negligently causes a motor
4 vehicle accident that causes an emergency telephone system
5 outage must reimburse the public safety agency that provides
6 personnel to answer call or to maintain or operate an
7 emergency telephone system during the outage for the agency's
8 costs associated with answering calls or maintaining or
9 operating the system during the outage. For the purposes of
10 this Section, "public safety agency" means the same as in
11 Section 2.02 of the Emergency Telephone System Act.".