Bill Text: IL SB2526 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require all regulated utilities under its authority to submit a quarterly report on all procurement goals and actual spending for minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises. Provides that each regulated utility shall submit the rules, regulations, and definitions used for their procurement goals in their quarterly report, and the Commission shall publish each quarterly report on its website and shall maintain each quarterly report for at least 5 years. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1041 [SB2526 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2526-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 097-1041 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding | ||||
Section 5-115 as follows:
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(220 ILCS 5/5-115 new) | ||||
Sec. 5-115. Minority, female, veterans, small business | ||||
reports and spending. The Commission shall require all | ||||
regulated gas and electric utilities with at least 100,000 | ||||
customers under its authority to submit an annual report by | ||||
February 1, 2013 and each February 1 thereafter, in a | ||||
searchable Adobe PDF format, on all procurement goals and | ||||
actual spending for minority-owned, women-owned, | ||||
veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous | ||||
calendar year. These goals shall be expressed as a percentage | ||||
of the total work performed by the regulated utility, and the | ||||
actual spending for all minority-owned, women-owned, | ||||
veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be | ||||
expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the | ||||
regulated utility. | ||||
Each regulated gas and electric utility with at least | ||||
100,000 customers shall submit the rules, regulations, and | ||||
definitions used for their procurement goals in their annual | ||||
report. | ||
The Commission shall publish each annual report on its | ||
website and shall maintain each annual report for at least 5 | ||
years.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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