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| Bill | UTILITIES-RAIL RIGHT OF WAY | Creates the Crossing of Railroad Right-of-way Act. Applies only to crossings of a railroad right-of-way that is owned by a land management company and not a registered rail carrier. Provides that public utilities that locate their facilities within the railroad right-of-way for a crossing shall pay the land management company a one-time standard crossing fee of $1,500 for each crossing. Provides special circumstances under which the standard crossing fee is not imposed. Provides that, if the parties cannot agree that special circumstances exist, the dispute shall be submitted to non-binding arbitration. Provides procedures for the non-binding arbitration and provides that, if the parties cannot resolve their dispute based on the arbitrator's recommendation within 30 days, either party may, upon the expiration of the 30-day period, give written notice to the other party of the commencement of a binding arbitration proceeding. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 2626 | Illinois HB 2626 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2009-02-20 | 2009-08-18 | openstates | ocd-bill/1d890b4f-43f3-4c28-8a96-091d5556faeb | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2626&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=45362&SessionID=76&GA=96 | 4ee0c8e07c934ac942b1629c81d2b21687dee33b7acf73814e079d239e499adc | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2626 (96th) — UTILITIES-RAIL RIGHT OF WAY
Creates the Crossing of Railroad Right-of-way Act. Applies only to crossings of a railroad right-of-way that is owned by a land management company and not a registered rail carrier. Provides that public utilities that locate their facilities within the railroad right-of-way for a crossing shall pay the land management company a one-time standard crossing fee of $1,500 for each crossing. Provides special circumstances under which the standard crossing fee is not imposed. Provides that, if the parties cannot agree that special circumstances exist, the dispute shall be submitted to non-binding arbitration. Provides procedures for the non-binding arbitration and provides that, if the parties cannot resolve their dispute based on the arbitrator's recommendation within 30 days, either party may, upon the expiration of the 30-day period, give written notice to the other party of the commencement of a binding arbitration proceeding. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 98–15 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Patrick J. Verschoore — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
filing - 2009-02-20 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-25 Assigned to Public Utilities Committee
referral-committee - 2009-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-015-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mike Jacobs
- 2009-03-25 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-25 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Assigned to Executive
referral-committee - 2009-04-30 Do Pass Executive; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
- 2009-05-12 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- 2009-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-05-21 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-06-19 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-08-18 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2009
- 2009-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0595
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d890b4f-43f3-4c28-8a96-091d5556faeb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).