220 ILCS 30

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220 ILCS 30/1

(220 ILCS 30/1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 401) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Electric Supplier Act". (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

(220 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 402) Sec. 2. The General Assembly declares it to be in the public interest that, in order to avoid duplication of facilities and to minimize disputes between electric suppliers which may result in inconvenience and diminished efficiency in electric service to the public, any 2 or more electric suppliers may contract, subject to the approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission, as to the respective areas in which each supplier is to provide service. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/2.1

(220 ILCS 30/2.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 402.1) Sec. 2.1. It is declared to be the public policy of this State, pursuant to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the 1970 Illinois Constitution, that, except as otherwise provided in this Act, any power or function set forth in this Act to be exercised by the State is an exclusive power or function and such power or function may not be exercised concurrently, either directly or indirectly, by any unit of local government. (Source: P.A. 78-936.)

220 ILCS 30/3

(220 ILCS 30/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403) Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in Sections 3.1 through 3.17 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.1

(220 ILCS 30/3.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.1) Sec. 3.1. "Adequate" lines or facilities means having sufficient capacity to meet the maximum estimated service requirements of the customer to be served during the year following the commencement of permanent service and to meet the maximum estimated service requirements of other actual customers to be supplied therefrom during such year and to assure such customers of reasonable continuity of service. Facilities or lines are "adequate" even though the electric supplier must increase their capacity if the supplier will undertake to make its facilities and lines meet such service requirements, and can reasonably do so, within such time as meets the customer's requirements. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.2 "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission

(220 ILCS 30/3.2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.2) Sec. 3.2. "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.3

(220 ILCS 30/3.3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.3) Sec. 3.3. "Customer" means any person receiving electricity for any purpose from an electric supplier. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.4

(220 ILCS 30/3.4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.4) Sec. 3.4. "Electric Cooperative" means (a) any not-for-profit corporation or other person that owns, controls, operates or manages, directly or indirectly, within this State, any plant, equipment or property for the production, transmission, sale, delivery or furnishing of electricity and (b) that either is or has been financed in whole or in part under the federal "Rural Electrification Act of 1936" and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, or is directly or indirectly caused to be formed by any one or more such not-for-profit corporations or other persons that is or has been so financed. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.5

(220 ILCS 30/3.5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.5) Sec. 3.5. "Electric Supplier" or "Supplier" means an electric cooperative or a public utility which furnishes electric service. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.6

(220 ILCS 30/3.6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.6) Sec. 3.6. "Existing line" means any line of an electric supplier which on the effective date of this Act is (a) in existence or (b) is under construction, as determined in accordance with accepted engineering practices. The term includes any such line which one electric supplier may acquire from another electric supplier after such effective date. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.7

(220 ILCS 30/3.7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.7) Sec. 3.7. "Extension" means any new construction which increases the length of an existing line laterally or otherwise. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.8

(220 ILCS 30/3.8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.8) Sec. 3.8. "Incorporated municipality" means any city, village or incorporated town. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.9

(220 ILCS 30/3.9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.9) Sec. 3.9. "Line" means any electric line or cable whether overhead or underground. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.10

(220 ILCS 30/3.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.10) Sec. 3.10. "Normal service connection point" means that point on a customer's premises where an electric connection to serve such premises would be made in accordance with accepted engineering practices. In the case of an incorporated municipality which is a customer, "normal service connection point" means that point within the corporate limits of the municipality where an electric connection to serve that municipality would be made in accordance with accepted engineering practices, or, if such connection is to be made outside the corporate limits, that point where the line from such connection crosses the corporate limits. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.11

(220 ILCS 30/3.11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.11) Sec. 3.11. "Person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, electric cooperative, public utility, association, joint stock company, trust, incorporated municipality, municipal corporation, and any governmental entity or political subdivision thereof. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.12

(220 ILCS 30/3.12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.12) Sec. 3.12. "Premises" means a physical area (a) which, except for any intervening public or private rights of way or easements, constitutes a single parcel or unit and (b) which a single customer owns, uses or in which it has some other interest in connection with receiving service at one or more points of delivery. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.13

(220 ILCS 30/3.13) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.13) Sec. 3.13. "Proximity" means that distance which is shortest between a proposed normal service connection point and a point on an electric supplier's line, which is determined in accordance with accepted engineering practices by the shortest direct route between such points which is practicable to provide the proposed service. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.14 "Public Utility" has the same meaning as is defined in Section 10.3 of the Public Utilities Act

(220 ILCS 30/3.14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.14) Sec. 3.14. "Public Utility" has the same meaning as is defined in Section 10.3 of the Public Utilities Act. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.15

(220 ILCS 30/3.15) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.15) Sec. 3.15. "Public Utilities Act" means "An Act concerning public utilities", approved June 29, 1921, as heretofore or hereafter amended. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.16

(220 ILCS 30/3.16) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.16) Sec. 3.16. "Service" means electric service. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/3.17

(220 ILCS 30/3.17) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 403.17) Sec. 3.17. "Service area" means that area, defined in an agreement between electric suppliers, which has been approved by the Commission, in which an electric supplier is entitled to furnish service, as provided in Section 6. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/4

(220 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 404) Sec. 4. By October 1, 1965, or within such further reasonable time as may be fixed by the Commission, each electric supplier shall make and file with the Commission such map or maps as will clearly indicate the location in this State of the supplier's existing lines. On November 1, 1965, or within such further reasonable time as the Commission may determine, the Commission shall find to be accurate those maps to which no objection has been filed under this Section. If before November 1, 1965, or before the end of such a reasonable time period determined by the Commission, an electric supplier who may be adversely affected by an inaccurate map files with the Commission a written objection to any map, the Commission shall set a hearing on such map or maps and give reasonable notice to the electric supplier filing the map and to the supplier filing the objection. At the hearing, the Commission shall determine on the basis of the evidence presented whether or not each map is accurate. After its determination the Commission shall find to be accurate each map in question or require that a revised map, made in accordance with its determination, be promptly filed which when filed shall be found to be accurate by the Commission. No public utility is required, however, to file a map showing its existing lines in any county in which there are no existing lines of an electric cooperative and which is not adjacent to a county in which there are existing lines of an electric cooperative; and no electric supplier needs to indicate on such a map, except as otherwise required by the Commission, any existing line which is more than 5 miles away from an existing line of another supplier. No electric supplier is required to file a map showing its existing lines in any incorporated municipality except that, if 2 or more electric suppliers are furnishing electric service on the effective date of this Act in any incorporated municipality, each such supplier shall file a map showing the location of its existing lines in the portion of the incorporated municipality where those lines are adjacent to the existing lines of another electric supplier. Such maps found to be accurate by the Commission as provided in this Section are public records of the Commission and are prima facie evidence of the location of the existing lines thereon portrayed. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/5

(220 ILCS 30/5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 405) Sec. 5. Each electric supplier is entitled, except as otherwise provided in this Act or (in the case of public utilities) the Public Utilities Act, to (a) furnish service to customers at locations which it is serving on the effective date of this Act, (b) furnish service to customers or premises which it is not now serving but which it had agreed to serve under contracts in existence on the effective date of this Act, and (c) resume service to any premises to which it has discontinued service in the preceding 12 months and on which are still located the supplier's service facilities. Except as otherwise provided in this Act or (in the case of public utilities) the Public Utilities Act, no electric supplier may construct new lines, or extend existing lines, to furnish electric service to a customer or his premises which another electric supplier is entitled to serve, as provided in this Section, except with the written consent of such other electric supplier subject to the approval of the Commission as to such consent, if required. This Section does not deprive an electric supplier of any right to furnish permanent service under a contract existing on the effective date of this Act to premises receiving temporary service from another supplier on the effective date of this Act. Nothing in this Section prevents a generation and transmission electric cooperative from furnishing service to its member distribution electric cooperatives which are not incorporated municipalities. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/6

(220 ILCS 30/6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 406) Sec. 6. Any 2 or more electric suppliers may contract together defining and delineating, as between themselves, one or more service areas in which each such contracting supplier shall be entitled to furnish service. Such contracts are subject to the approval of the Commission. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/7

(220 ILCS 30/7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 407) Sec. 7. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, until the respective service areas of the affected electric suppliers have been determined as provided in Section 6, no electric supplier may make an extension of existing lines or construct new lines for the purpose of furnishing service to a customer or premises which it is not entitled to serve under Section 5, or furnish service to any customer or premises which such supplier is not entitled to serve under Section 5, unless in any such case such electric supplier gives written notice to the electric supplier or suppliers which may be adversely affected by the proposed construction, extension or service. Any electric supplier which claims that it should be permitted to serve any customer or premises which could be served by such proposed construction, extension or furnishing of service may within 20 days after receipt of such notice or, if no notice is received, not later than 18 months after the completion of such proposed construction, extension or the commencement of service, file its complaint with the Commission which shall proceed to determine the issue as provided in Section 8. The electric supplier giving such notice may, however, commence such construction, extension or service, subject to the subsequent final determination of the Commission as to which supplier should be permitted to furnish such service. This Section does not apply to and no notice need be given under this Section by (1) a public utility constructing new lines, extending existing lines or furnishing service in any county in which there are no existing lines of an electric cooperative and which is not adjacent to any county in which there are existing lines of an electric cooperative or constructing new lines, extending existing lines or furnishing service more than 5 miles away from an existing line of an electric cooperative; (2) a generation and transmission electric cooperative making a construction or extension of lines solely to serve its member distribution electric cooperatives which are not incorporated municipalities; (3) any electric supplier constructing new lines or extending existing lines to furnish service exclusively to its own property and for its own use; and (4) any electric supplier making, for the purpose of furnishing service to a customer, an extension of 300 feet or less of line having a voltage of 600 volts or less which does not make the service of that supplier any nearer to the existing lines of another supplier than at the effective date of this Act. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/8

(220 ILCS 30/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 408) Sec. 8. When a complaint has been filed as provided in Section 7, the Commission shall proceed, after reasonable notice to the suppliers concerned, to a hearing to determine which of the suppliers is entitled or should be permitted under this Act to furnish the proposed service. The Commission shall first determine whether temporary service should be authorized and may issue a temporary authorization to a supplier permitting the making of extensions and furnishing of service while the dispute is pending. The Commission shall then make its determination as to which supplier is entitled or should be permitted under this Act to furnish the proposed service. In making this determination, the Commission shall act in the public interest and shall give substantial weight to the consideration as to which supplier had existing lines in proximity to the premises proposed to be served, provided such lines are adequate. In addition, the Commission may consider, but with lesser weight, (a) the customer's preference as to which supplier should furnish the proposed service, (b) which supplier was first furnishing service in the area, (c) the extent to which each supplier assisted in creating the demand for the proposed service, and (d) which supplier can furnish the proposed service with the smaller amount of additional investment. The Commission, however, shall give no weight or consideration to the fact that any supplier has or has not been issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity in the area proposed to be served. After making its determination, the Commission shall make findings of fact and render its decision as to which supplier is entitled or should be permitted to furnish the proposed service. The decision of the Commission constitutes an authorization to that supplier to render such service and revokes any temporary authorization granted by the Commission while the dispute was pending. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/9

(220 ILCS 30/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 409) Sec. 9. (a) Any customer receiving service from any electric supplier, which is not subject to the Public Utilities Act, who contends that he is not receiving adequate service from that supplier, or who contends that he is being discriminated against by that supplier, may complain to the Commission. If the Commission on hearing finds that the service is inadequate and that there is another supplier whose service would be adequate and who is willing to serve that customer, the customer shall be released to such other supplier unless the supplier against whom complaint is made makes its service to that customer adequate within a reasonable time to be fixed by the Commission. If there is no such other supplier the Commission may direct that service be made adequate. If the Commission finds on hearing that such customer is being discriminated against as compared with other customers of the electric supplier so supplying such customer, the Commission shall order such supplier to cease and desist from such discrimination. (b) If any electric supplier, which is not subject to the Public Utilities Act, refuses to serve a customer whom it is obligated to serve and who has applied for service to the supplier in accordance with the supplier's standard rules as to service, the Commission, on receiving a complaint from the customer and after a hearing thereon, may direct the supplier to serve that customer. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/10

(220 ILCS 30/10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410) Sec. 10. The Commission shall make and adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary to enforce compliance with and to administer the provisions of this Act. Before the adoption of any such rule or regulation, or of any amendment thereof, the Commission shall set the rule, regulation or amendment for public hearing and shall give at least 30 days prior written notice of such hearing to all electric suppliers, accompanying such notice with a copy of each of the rules, regulations or amendments that the Commission proposes to adopt. The Commission shall prepare and make available to all electric suppliers, and to the public upon request, copies of all such rules and regulations and the amendments thereof. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/10.1 Payment of Commission expenses

(220 ILCS 30/10.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.1) Sec. 10.1. Payment of Commission expenses. All of the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Commission incident to the administration of this Act shall be paid out of the Public Utility Fund except the compensation of the members of the Commission which shall be paid from the General Revenue Fund. (Source: P.A. 81-1010.)

220 ILCS 30/10.2

(220 ILCS 30/10.2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.2) Sec. 10.2. Definition of "gross revenue". As used in this Act "gross revenue" means the consideration received for electricity distributed, supplied, furnished or sold to persons for use or consumption and not for resale and for all services rendered in connection therewith, including amounts received from minimum service charges, and shall include cash, services and property of every kind or nature, and shall be determined without any deduction on account of the cost of the service, product or commodity supplied, the cost of materials used, labor or service costs, or any other expense whatsoever. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 659.)

220 ILCS 30/10.3

(220 ILCS 30/10.3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.3) Sec. 10.3. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon each electric supplier subject to the provisions of this Act equal to .08% of its gross revenue for each calendar year commencing with the calendar year beginning January 1, 1982; however, for the period July 1, 1981 through December 31, 1981 such tax is imposed upon each electric supplier's gross revenue for that period. (Source: P.A. 81-1393.)

220 ILCS 30/10.4

(220 ILCS 30/10.4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.4) Sec. 10.4. Annual gross revenue returns to Commission. On or before January 30 of each year each electric supplier subject to tax under the provisions of this Act shall file with the Commission an annual gross revenue return for the calendar year ending December 31 of such year and a statement of the amount of tax due for that calendar year on the basis of that return. However, for the tax period July 1, 1981 through December 31, 1981 each electric supplier shall file on or before February 1, 1982 a gross revenue return for the period July 1, 1981 through December 31, 1981 and a statement of the amount of tax due for that period on the basis of that return. Forms for such returns and amended returns shall be devised and supplied by the Commission. (Source: P.A. 81-1393.)

220 ILCS 30/10.5

(220 ILCS 30/10.5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.5) Sec. 10.5. Audit of returns. All returns submitted to the Commission by an electric supplier as provided in this Section or Section 10.4 shall be sworn to by an appropriate officer of the electric supplier. The Commission may audit each such return submitted and may take such measures as are necessary to ascertain the correctness of the returns submitted. The Commission has the power to direct the filing of an amended return by an electric supplier which has filed an incorrect return and to direct the filing of a return by any electric supplier which has failed to submit a return. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 659.)

220 ILCS 30/10.6

(220 ILCS 30/10.6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.6) Sec. 10.6. The annual amount of tax due under Section 10.3 shall be paid to the Commission on or before the thirtieth day of January following the end of the calendar year subject to tax. However, for the tax period July 1, 1981 through December 31, 1981 the amount of tax due under Section 10.3 shall be paid to the Commission on or before February 1, 1982. In the event that an adjustment in the amount of tax due should be necessary as a result of the filing of an amended return pursuant to Section 10.5, the amount of any deficiency shall be paid by the electric supplier together with the amended return. Any excess tax payment by the electric supplier shall be returned to the supplier after filing a claim for credit, in the form of a credit memorandum in the amount of such excess. However, if such deficiency or excess is less than $1, then the electric supplier need not pay the deficiency and may not claim a credit. (Source: P.A. 81-1393.)

220 ILCS 30/10.7

(220 ILCS 30/10.7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.7) Sec. 10.7. Penalties for underpayment; enforcement. Each payment of the tax imposed by Section 10.3 becomes delinquent at midnight of the date that it is due. In the event that upon the filing of an amended return pursuant to Section 10.5 of this Act it appears that an electric supplier has failed to pay or has underpaid the proper amount of tax due, it shall pay a penalty to the Commission of 1% of the amount so due for each month or fraction thereof that such amount is unpaid. The Commission may enforce the collection of any delinquent payment, or portion thereof by legal action or in any other manner by which the collection of debts due the State of Illinois may be enforced under the laws of this State. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 659.)

220 ILCS 30/10.8 Payment to Public Utility Fund

(220 ILCS 30/10.8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.8) Sec. 10.8. Payment to Public Utility Fund. All sums collected by the Commission under the provisions of Sections 10.1 through 10.7 of this Act shall be paid promptly after the receipt of the same, accompanied by a detailed statement thereof, into the Public Utility Fund in the State treasury. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 659.)

220 ILCS 30/10.9

(220 ILCS 30/10.9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.9) Sec. 10.9. An electric supplier, after notification by the Commission, may file during the 3 month period after the date of notification a claim for credit in such proportionate amount as computed pursuant to Section 2-202 of The Public Utilities Act. If the proportionate amount is less than $10, no notification will be sent by the Commission, and no right to a claim exists as to that amount. Upon the filing of a claim for credit within the period provided, the Commission shall issue a credit memorandum in such amount to such electric supplier. Notification of any claim for credit issued prior to October 1, 1975 may be filed within the 3 month period from that date, notwithstanding the preceding sentence. Any claim for credit filed after the period provided for in this Section is void. Credit memoranda issued pursuant to Section 10.6 and this Section may be applied for the 2 year period from the date of issuance against the payment of any amount due during that period under the tax imposed by Section 10.3, or, subject to reasonable rule of the Commission including requirement of notification, may be assigned to any other electric supplier subject to regulation under this Act. Credit memoranda issued prior to October 1, 1975 may be applied for the 2 year period from said date, notwithstanding the preceding sentence. Any application of credit memoranda after the period provided for in this Section is void. (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

220 ILCS 30/10.10

(220 ILCS 30/10.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 410.10) Sec. 10.10. Exemption from tax. Any delivering supplier, as that term is defined in Section 2-3 of the Electricity Excise Tax Law, collecting and remitting to the State of Illinois for each fiscal year the tax imposed by Section 2-4(a) of the Electricity Excise Tax Law shall not be subject to the provisions of Sections 10.1 through 10.9 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 91-926, eff. 12-8-00.)

220 ILCS 30/11

(220 ILCS 30/11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 411) Sec. 11. The Commission shall have the power and jurisdiction to, and shall, enforce compliance with this Act on complaint made by the electric supplier or customer or prospective customer aggrieved by any non-compliance with this Act and shall make such orders and take such action by appropriate court proceedings or otherwise which will secure compliance with this Act. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/12

(220 ILCS 30/12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 412) Sec. 12. Any final order or decision of the Commission may be reviewed as provided in the Administrative Review Law, as heretofore or hereafter amended, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

220 ILCS 30/13

(220 ILCS 30/13) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 413) Sec. 13. An electric cooperative when it is found by the Commission that it is necessary so to do may proceed to take or damage private property as provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act. The requirement of such finding by the Commission is not to be construed to require authorization by the Commission of the facility for which the authorization to use eminent domain is sought. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

220 ILCS 30/13.5

(220 ILCS 30/13.5) Sec. 13.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

220 ILCS 30/14

(220 ILCS 30/14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 414) Sec. 14. Except as provided in Section 11-117-7.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code and except as otherwise provided in this Section, Sections 5 (other than the first paragraph thereof), 7 and 8 of this Act do not apply to any area which is located within an incorporated municipality on the effective date of this Act and shall cease to apply to any area after it is annexed to or otherwise becomes located within an incorporated municipality. An electric supplier which is serving in an area which has been or hereafter becomes annexed to or otherwise located within an incorporated municipality may continue to furnish service within such annexed or otherwise incorporated area to the premises which it is serving at the time of such annexation or incorporation provided that: (i) no such supplier may extend its lines into any area previously or subsequently annexed or otherwise located within the incorporated municipality in which another electric supplier is authorized to maintain and extend its lines unless in any such case the electric supplier is or shall become authorized to do so by the incorporated municipality and the Commission; (ii) no such supplier serving in an area which has been previously annexed to or otherwise located in an incorporated municipality prior to the effective date of this Act may extend its lines within such annexed or otherwise incorporated area unless in any such case the electric supplier is or shall become authorized to do so by the incorporated municipality and the Commission; and (iii) no such electric supplier which is serving in an area which becomes so annexed to or otherwise located within an incorporated municipality after the effective date of this Act may furnish service to any additional premises or extend its lines into or within such area unless such supplier is or shall become authorized so to do by the incorporated municipality. In making a determination under clause (i) above the Commission shall act in the public interest and shall consider all the factors set forth in Section 8 but shall not be required to give substantial weight to any particular factor and shall take into consideration any applicable certificate of public convenience and necessity. In making a determination under clause (ii) above the Commission shall act in the public interest and shall consider all the factors set forth in Section 8, shall not be required to give substantial weight to any particular factor and shall not take into consideration any certificate of public convenience and necessity. Nothing in this Section requires any electric supplier to obtain any authorization, either from an incorporated municipality or from the Commission, to extend its lines if, and to the extent that, such supplier, on the effective date of this Act, has such authorization from such municipality or from the Commission under the Public Utilities Act, as the case may be, or as a matter of law, but any such authorization must be lawfully in effect at that time. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair, abridge, or diminish in any way the powers, rights and privileges of incorporated municipalities. (Source: P.A. 88-335.)

220 ILCS 30/15

(220 ILCS 30/15) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 415) Sec. 15. The rights and obligations of public utilities as between themselves shall not be affected by this Act except as provided by the Public Utilities Act. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1206.)

220 ILCS 30/16

(220 ILCS 30/16) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 416) Sec. 16. Any electric supplier which violates any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a business offense and shall upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000. (Source: P.A. 77-2196.)

220 ILCS 30/17

(220 ILCS 30/17) Sec. 17. Short title. This Section through Section 17.8 of this Act may be referred to as the Electrical Service Broadband Deployment and Access Law. (Source: P.A. 104-426, eff. 8-15-25.)

220 ILCS 30/17.1 Purpose

(220 ILCS 30/17.1) Sec. 17.1. Purpose. This Law authorizes certain electric cooperatives to deploy broadband infrastructure and to provide broadband service to residential and business locations within an electric cooperative's service territory. (Source: P.A. 104-426, eff. 8-15-25.)

220 ILCS 30/17.2 Definitions

(220 ILCS 30/17.2) Sec. 17.2. Definitions. As used in this Law: "Broadband grant recipient" means an electric cooperative that has received grant funding pursuant to any State or federal grant program with the purpose of expanding broadband deployment of and access to broadband services. "Broadband infrastructure" means aboveground or underground wires, cables, fiber optic lines, conduit, pipe, innerduct, or microduct for fiber optic or other cables and facilities, including ancillary equipment such as power supplies, backhaul, and support structures, that are used in the provision of broadband service. "Broadband service" means broadband Internet access service as defined in 47 CFR 8.1(b). "Deploy" means, with respect to broadband infrastructure, to install, operate, maintain, access, inspect, upgrade, replace, repair, remove, and perform activities ancillary to those activities. "Electric easement" means any recorded or unrecorded easement held by any electricity supplier for the siting of electric facilities, regardless of whether the easement is for the exclusive benefit of the electricity supplier or for use in connection with other utility services and regardless of whether the electricity supplier provides other utility services. "Grant service area" means the defined location in the broadband grant where the broadband grant recipient is to provide broadband service subject to the broadband grant. "Property owner" does not include a public utility as defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act. (Source: P.A. 104-426, eff. 8-15-25.)

220 ILCS 30/17.3

(220 ILCS 30/17.3) Sec. 17.3. Rights granted to electric cooperative broadband grant recipients. (a) In the grant service area, a broadband grant recipient, subject to the recipient's broadband grant, may access and use (i) any existing electric easement held or controlled by the broadband grant recipient or (ii) any other existing electric easement contingent upon an agreement with the easement holder or controller for the delivery of broadband service by the broadband grant recipient. (b) If the proper permits are acquired by State and local authorities, no property owner of property located within the grant service area shall forbid or prevent a proposed broadband grant recipient from entering upon the property for purposes of and in connection with the deployment of broadband infrastructure, nor shall any such property owner forbid or prohibit the broadband grant recipient from deploying upon, beneath, or over that property broadband infrastructure utilized by the broadband grant recipient for such broadband service. The property owner may be entitled to the payment of just compensation by that broadband grant recipient as provided in Section 17.4, and the broadband grant recipient shall indemnify the owner of the property for any physical damage caused by deployment of the broadband infrastructure and service. (Source: P.A. 104-426, eff. 8-15-25.)

220 ILCS 30/17.4

(220 ILCS 30/17.4) Sec. 17.4. Notice and compensation. (a) The broadband grant recipient must notify the property owner in writing by sending notification to the property owner's address specified in the online or publicly available records of the applicable county assessor (i) by the United States Postal Service, certified mail, return receipt requested; (ii) by a designated private delivery service, as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, that provides the same function as certified mail with return receipt; or (iii) by personally serving the notification. The property owner shall be notified at least 14 days, but not more than 60 days, prior to the broadband grant recipient entering upon such property for purposes of or in connection with the deployment of broadband infrastructure. The notice shall include the following information: (1) the address of the property; (2) the name of the broadband grant recipient and contact information for notice to the broadband grant recipient; (3) the anticipated date of the proposed installation, maintenance, repair, or removal of the broadband infrastructure and projected length of time required to complete the installation, maintenance, or repair; (4) information as to the time within which the owner may give notice and demand just compensation under this Section if the property owner believes that the property is diminished in value due to the burden on the property from the expanded use of the electric easement or right-of-way; (5) the manner and method of, and the detailed design and construction plans for, such installation, maintenance, repair, and removal, including the location of the proposed entry and path of broadband facilities proposed to be placed, repaired, maintained, or removed upon the property; (6) for installation of broadband infrastructure that will occur overhead, the details regarding how the broadband infrastructure installation will conform to applicable National Electric Safety Code standards for overhead clearance; and (7) for installation of broadband infrastructure that will occur below ground, a statement absolving the property owner or the property owner's tenant from liability for any damages to broadband infrastructure that occur in the event of normal property use, including normal farming operations if the property is used for farming purposes. (b) If the property owner intends to demand just compensation, the property owner must serve written notice thereof upon the broadband grant recipient within 45 days after the anticipated date of broadband deployment as provided in the notice to the property owner. Unless timely notice as provided in this subsection is given by the property owner to the broadband grant recipient, it will be conclusively presumed that the property owner does not claim just compensation for the burden on the property from the expanded use of the electric easement or the right-of-way. (c) Any property owner described in subsection (a) who has given timely written notice to the broadband provider, as provided in subsection (b), may assert a claim for just compensation for diminution in value of the property from the expanded use of the electric easement or right-of-way. A property owner may bring suit in an applicable circuit court with jurisdiction to enforce a claim for just compensation and to have the amount of just compensation determined by a jury. Such action must be commenced within 6 months of delivery of the broadband grant recipient's original notice of intent to deploy broadband infrastructure. A property owner who has not given timely notice as provided in subsection (b) is barred from asserting such a claim. (d) Neither the property owner's notice to demand just compensation, nor the property owner's assertion of a specific claim for just compensation, nor the initiation of any legal action to enforce the claim of just compensation shall delay or impair the right of the broadband grant recipient to deploy broadband infrastructure and provide broadband service within or upon, beneath, or over property described in subsection (a). (Source: P.A. 104-426, eff. 8-15-25.)

220 ILCS 30/17.5 Rights-of-way

(220 ILCS 30/17.5) Sec. 17.5. Rights-of-way. Conditional upon acquiring the proper agreement or permit with the highway right-of-way controller or holder, a broadband grant recipient may install, maintain, and use broadband infrastructure below ground along a highway right-of-way within the grant service area. The broadband grant recipient shall comply with all applicable provisions of Section 9-113 of the Illinois Highway Code and relevant administrative rules. No property owner of property located within the grant service area shall forbid or prevent such proposed broadband grant recipient from entering upon such property for purposes of and in connection with the deployment of broadband infrastructure, nor shall any such property owner forbid or prohibit the covered provider from deploying upon, beneath, or over such property broadband infrastructure utilized by the covered provider for providing broadband service. The property owner may be entitled to payment of just compensation by that broadband grant recipient, as provided in Section 17.4, and the broadband grant recipient shall indemnify the owner of such property for any physical damage caused by the deployment of such broadband infrastructure and service. Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly shall be construed as reducing the ability of the Department of Transportation from exercising its authority to (1) approve or deny permits for use of its right-of-way, (2) collect fees and compensation required as part of the Department of Transportation's administrative rules, and (3) manage the use of its right-of-way. (Source: P.A. 104-426, eff. 8-15-25.)

220 ILCS 30/17.6

(220 ILCS 30/17.6) Sec. 17.6. Labor standards and protection. Electric cooperative broadband grant recipients under this Law, including any contractors and subcontractors of the broadband grant recipient, performing work subject to this Law shall, when applicable, pay prevailing wages and benefits to workers, comply with the Davis-Bacon Act, and collect any required certified payrolls. A broadband grant recipient shall comply with all requirements set forth in the Prevailing Wage Act, including, but not limited to, inserting into all contracts for construction a stipulation that not less than the prevailing rate of wages, as applicable to the project, shall be paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics performing work under the contract, and requiring all surety bonds with contractors to include a provision that guarantees the faithful performance of the prevailing wage clause in the contract. The electric cooperative shall report to the Department of Labor on its compliance with the Prevailing Wage Act on a monthly basis. Apprentices performing work subject to this Law shall perform either 10% of the total labor hours actually worked in each prevailing wage classification or 10% of the estimated labor hours in each prevailing wage classification, whichever is less. (Source: P.A. 104-426, eff. 8-15-25.)

220 ILCS 30/17.8 Sunset

(220 ILCS 30/17.8) Sec. 17.8. Sunset. The rights and obligations of broadband project grant recipients and landowners set forth in this Law do not apply on and after January 1, 2030. (Source: P.A. 104-426, eff. 8-15-25.)

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