Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that specified provisions concerning a certificate of public convenience and necessity do not apply to an electric utility providing transmission service connections located within its certified or service territory in the usual course of business or transmission system extensions approved pursuant to a specific provision. Adds a provision concerning an alternative procedure for obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity for specified transmission line extensions not in the usual course of business. Includes land use studies as an activity requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1348 [HB4649 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2010-05-04	115	0	1	0	116	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2010-04-27	55	0	4	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2010-02-23	108	0	1	0	109	Passed	Link	View