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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3051 Introduced 2/2/2024, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 220 ILCS 5/2-101 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101 |
| Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Commerce Commission. |
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| | A BILL FOR |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing |
5 | | Section 2-101 as follows:
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6 | | (220 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101) |
7 | | Sec. 2-101. Commerce Commission created. There is created |
8 | | an Illinois Commerce Commission consisting of 5 members not |
9 | | more than 3 of whom shall be members of the the same political |
10 | | party at the time of appointment. The Governor shall appoint |
11 | | the members of such Commission by and with the advice and |
12 | | consent of the Senate. In case of a vacancy in such office |
13 | | during the recess of the Senate the Governor shall make a |
14 | | temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate, |
15 | | when he shall nominate some person to fill such office; and any |
16 | | person so nominated who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold |
17 | | his office during the remainder of the term and until his |
18 | | successor shall be appointed and qualified. Each member of the |
19 | | Commission shall hold office for a term of 5 years from the |
20 | | third Monday in January of the year in which his predecessor's |
21 | | term expires. |
22 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the |
23 | | contrary, the term of office of each member of the Commission |
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1 | | is terminated on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
2 | | 1995, but the incumbent members shall continue to exercise all |
3 | | of the powers and be subject to all of the duties of members of |
4 | | the Commission until their respective successors are appointed |
5 | | and qualified. Of the members initially appointed under the |
6 | | provisions of this amendatory Act of 1995, one member shall be |
7 | | appointed for a term of office which shall expire on the third |
8 | | Monday of January, 1997; 2 members shall be appointed for |
9 | | terms of office which shall expire on the third Monday of |
10 | | January, 1998; one member shall be appointed for a term of |
11 | | office which shall expire on the third Monday of January, |
12 | | 1999; and one member shall be appointed for a term of office |
13 | | which shall expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. Each |
14 | | respective successor shall be appointed for a term of 5 years |
15 | | from the third Monday of January of the year in which his |
16 | | predecessor's term expires in accordance with the provisions |
17 | | of the first paragraph of this Section. |
18 | | Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed |
19 | | and qualified, except that if the Senate refuses to consent to |
20 | | the appointment of any member, such office shall be deemed |
21 | | vacant, and within 2 weeks of the date the Senate refuses to |
22 | | consent to the reappointment of any member, such member shall |
23 | | vacate such office. The Governor shall from time to time |
24 | | designate the member of the Commission who shall be its |
25 | | chairman. Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the |
26 | | Chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the |