220 ILCS 65/4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article XXI - Cable and Video Competition

.(f) In addition to the other requirements in this Section, if the holder installs, upgrades, constructs, operates, maintains, and removes facilities or equipment within a public right-of-way to provide cable service or video service, it shall comply with the following:(1) The holder must locate its equipment in the     right-of-way as to cause only minimum interference with the  use of streets, alleys, and other public ways and places, and to cause only minimum impact upon and interference with the rights and reasonable convenience of property owners who adjoin any of the said streets, alleys, or other public ways.  No fixtures shall be placed in any public ways in such a manner to interfere with the usual travel on such public ways, nor  shall such fixtures or equipment limit the visibility of vehicular or  pedestrian traffic, or both.(2)  The holder shall  comply with a local unit of     government's reasonable requests to place equipment on public property where possible and promptly comply with local unit of government direction with respect to the location and screening of equipment and facilities.  In constructing or upgrading its cable or video network in the right-of-way, the holder shall use the smallest suitable equipment enclosures and power pedestals and cabinets then in use by the holder for the application.(3) The holder's construction practices shall be in     accordance with all applicable Sections of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, as well as all applicable State laws, including the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, and local codes, where applicable, as adopted by the local unit of government. All installation of electronic equipment shall be of a permanent nature, durable, and, where applicable, installed in accordance with the provisions of the National Electrical Safety Code of the National Bureau of Standards and National Electrical Code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.(4) The holder shall not interfere with the local     unit of government's performance of public works.  Nothing in the State-issued authorization shall be in preference or hindrance to the right of the local unit of government to perform or carry on any public works or public improvements of any kind.  The holder expressly agrees that it shall, at its own expense, protect, support, temporarily disconnect, relocate in the same street or other public place, or remove from such street or other public place any of the network, system, facilities, or equipment when required to do so by the local unit of government because of necessary public health, safety, and welfare improvements.  In the event a holder and other users of a public right-of-way, including incumbent cable operators or utilities, are required to relocate and compensation is paid to the users of such public right-of-way, such parties shall be treated equally with respect to such compensation.(5) The holder shall comply with all local units of     government inspection requirements.  The making of post-construction, subsequent or  periodic inspections, or both, or the failure to do so shall not operate to relieve the holder of any responsibility, obligation, or liability.(6) The holder shall maintain insurance or provide     evidence of self insurance as required by an applicable ordinance of the local unit of government.(7) The holder shall reimburse all reasonable     make-ready expenses, including aerial and underground installation expenses requested by the holder to the local unit of government within 30  days of billing to the holder, provided that such charges shall be at the same rates as charges to others for the same or similar services.(8) The holder shall indemnify and hold harmless the     local unit of government and all  boards, officers, employees, and representatives thereof from all claims, demands, causes of action, liability, judgments, costs and expenses, or losses for injury or death to persons or damage to property owned by, and Worker's Compensation claims against any parties indemnified herein, arising out of, caused by, or as a result of the holder's construction, lines, cable, erection, maintenance, use or presence of, or removal of any poles, wires, conduit, appurtenances thereto, or equipment or attachments thereto.  The holder, however, shall not indemnify the local unit of government for any liabilities, damages, cost, and expense resulting from the willful misconduct, or negligence of the local unit of government, its officers, employees, and agents.  The obligations imposed pursuant to this Section by a local unit of government shall be competitively neutral.(9) The holder, upon request, shall provide the local     unit of government with information describing the location of the cable service or video service facilities and equipment located in the unit of local government's rights-of-way pursuant to its State-issued authorization.  If designated by the holder as confidential, such information provided pursuant to this subsection shall be exempt from inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act and shall not be disclosed by the unit of local government to any third party without the written consent of the holder. (Source: P.A. 99-6, eff. 6-29-15; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17.)