Illinois Compiled Statutes 220 Utilities: Article -

• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 1
  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 76-1588.)
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2
  As used in this Act, unless the context, otherwise requires, the terms specified in the Sections following this Section and preceding Section 3 have the...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.01
  "Person" means any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, municipality, cooperative association, or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.02
  "Gas" means natural gas, flammable gas or gas which is toxic or corrosive. (Source: P.A. 97-96, eff. 7-13-11; 97-239, eff. 8-2-11; 97-906, eff. 8-7-12.)
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.02.5
  "Primary fuel line" means that portion of the customer-owned piping that connects the outlet of the gas meter to the outside wall of residential...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.03
  "Transportation of gas" means the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline or its storage, within this State and not subject to the jurisdiction...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.04
  "Pipeline facilities" includes new and existing pipe rights-of-way and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.05
  "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission. (Source: P.A. 76-1588.)
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.06
  "Public Utilities Act" means "An Act concerning public utilities", approved June 29, 1921, as amended. (Source: P.A. 76-1588.)
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.07
  "Federal Act" means the "Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968". (Source: P.A. 76-1588.)
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.08
  Notice of probable violation. "Notice of probable violation" or "NOPV" means a written notice, satisfying the criteria set forth in Section 7.5 of this Act,...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 2.09
  Pipeline safety manager. "Pipeline safety manager" means the manager of the Commission's Pipeline Safety Program or other staff of the Commission assigned to gas pipeline...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 3
  (a) As soon as practicable, but not later than 3 months after the effective date of this Act, the Commission shall adopt rules establishing minimum...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 4
  Subject to Section 3, paragraph (e) of the Federal Act, the Commission may, upon application by any person engaged in the transportation of gas...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 5
  Each person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall file with the Commission a plan for...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 6
  (a) Each person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall: (1) at all times after the...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 7
  Penalties; action for penalties; Commission approval of penalties. (a) Any person violating paragraph (a) of Section 6 of this Act or any rule or order...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 7.5
  NOPV; Commission hearing. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "violation" means a failure to comply with any provision of this Act or any Commission...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 8
  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Public Utilities Act applies to pipeline facilities and to persons engaged in the transportation of gas...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 9
  The Commission shall prepare and file with the Secretary of Transportation the initial and annual certification and report required by Section 5, paragraph (a)...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 10
  The Commission may apply for, accept, receive and receipt for Federal monies, for the State, given by the Federal government under the Federal Act...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 11
  Nothing contained in this Act is intended, nor shall it be construed, to limit or diminish the authority of the Commission under "An Act...
• Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. - 220 ILCS 20, Section 12
  If any provision, clause or phrase of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall...

Last modified: February 18, 2015