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Bill HIGHWAYS-UTILITY DAMAGE Amends the Illinois Highway Code and the Conveyances Act. Provides that a public water service or public sanitary service utility must pay for any physical damage it causes to improvements lawfully located in a road or highway right-of-way. Provides that property that includes a portion of a highway or road but is subject to the highway or road shall not be considered to "end" at the highway or road. Provides that a utility must obtain consent to use a road or highway for public utility purposes from a lawful owner of the roadway or highway property (i.e. a person whose deed of conveyance lawfully includes the property, whether or not made subject to the highway or road) who does not pay taxes by reason of the farmland assessment provisions of the Property Tax Code. Provides that the term "conveyance" expressly excludes a road, street, highway, or alley if the legal description expressly states that the road, street, highway, or alley is excepted from the property being conveyed. Provides that the rights accruing to the abutting property owner shall be subject to all existing uses and easements located within the right-of-way and shall also be subject to such future uses and easements as may be permitted to be located within the right-of-way under the provisions of the Illinois Highway Code. Makes other changes. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 93rd SB 1054 Illinois SB 1054 (93rd)
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Illinois SB 1054 (93rd) — HIGHWAYS-UTILITY DAMAGE

Amends the Illinois Highway Code and the Conveyances Act. Provides that a public water service or public sanitary service utility must pay for any physical damage it causes to improvements lawfully located in a road or highway right-of-way. Provides that property that includes a portion of a highway or road but is subject to the highway or road shall not be considered to "end" at the highway or road. Provides that a utility must obtain consent to use a road or highway for public utility purposes from a lawful owner of the roadway or highway property (i.e. a person whose deed of conveyance lawfully includes the property, whether or not made subject to the highway or road) who does not pay taxes by reason of the farmland assessment provisions of the Property Tax Code. Provides that the term "conveyance" expressly excludes a road, street, highway, or alley if the legal description expressly states that the road, street, highway, or alley is excepted from the property being conveyed. Provides that the rights accruing to the abutting property owner shall be subject to all existing uses and easements located within the right-of-way and shall also be subject to such future uses and easements as may be permitted to be located within the right-of-way under the provisions of the Illinois Highway Code. Makes other changes.

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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third Reading — 1170 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 570 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2003-02-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard filing
  • 2003-02-19 Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
  • 2003-02-19 Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
  • 2003-02-19 First Reading reading-1
  • 2003-02-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2003-03-05 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
  • 2003-03-13 Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
  • 2003-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
  • 2003-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard amendment-introduction
  • 2003-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
  • 2003-03-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
  • 2003-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2003-04-04 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
  • 2003-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Dillard amendment-passage
  • 2003-04-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 4, 2003
  • 2003-04-04 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2003-04-07 Arrived in House introduction
  • 2003-04-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Steve Davis
  • 2003-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
  • 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
  • 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2003-04-09 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
  • 2003-04-09 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Thomas Holbrook
  • 2003-04-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
  • 2003-04-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Steve Davis
  • 2003-04-15 Re-assigned to Public Utilities Committee referral-committee
  • 2003-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2003-05-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
  • 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  • 2003-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
  • 2003-05-14 Passed Both Houses
  • 2003-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2003-07-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2003-07-24 Effective Date January 1, 2004
  • 2003-07-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0357 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee4339c6-cc55-463f-a036-d411ef128d99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).