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Joining JULIE
A PARTNERSHIP IN DAMAGE PREVENTION
In July 2001, the governor signed House Bill 2138* strengthening the Illinois Underground Damage Prevention Act. This approved amendatory language created a true one-call process in the State of Illinois. The law now states that "all owners or operators of underground utility facilities or CATS facilities who fail to join the State-Wide One-Call Notice System by January 1, 2003 shall be subject to a penalty of $100 per day for each offense." Every day an owner or operator fails to join JULIE is a separate offense.  

BENEFITS OF JULIE MEMBERSHIP
Minimize Utility Service Loss
Most excavators call only JULIE, therefore member utilities have a greater chance of locating and marking their buried facilities and minimizing the possibility of service loss.

Reduce Unnecessary Repair Costs
JULIE members consider the service the "best insurance" to avoid utility hits. Early notification and location of lines prevents excavation accidents.

Provides Excavators With 24 Hour Access To Your Utility
As a JULIE member you will receive notification from JULIE of any emergency work that is occurring in your service area.

EXPLANATION OF JULIE MEMBERSHIP AND MESSAGE COSTS
When a municipality or utility joins JULIE, they indicate where their buried utility lines are located according to the County, City(s) or Township(s), Tier and Range, Section and Quarter-section number from plat maps. This information is entered into the JULIE system.
 
When an excavator calls in and indicates they will be digging, the JULIE operator asks them a series of questions to determine the exact location where the work will be done. This information is automatically entered into the JULIE system where it grids the information and issues a JULIE Locate Request Number. If the JULIE system determines that the proposed dig site falls within the area where a JULIE member has indicated they have buried facilities, they will be notified of that upcoming dig project in one of four ways. The method in which you receive your JULIE notifications will determine your monthly cost for membership.
 
Each JULIE member receives a monthly billing statement indicating how many notifications they received for that month. Currently, there are four ways to receive your JULIE notifications and each one has a different related message cost.
 
Message Costs as of April 1, 2004
Printer or email delivery - $0.95 per message
Fax delivery* - $1.45 per message*
Voice delivery - $1.95
 

*You must receive under 300 messages annually for these delivery methods. 

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