SB2335enr 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2335 Enrolled LRB098 07039 JLS 37098 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 2. The Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act is amended by changing Section 85 as follows:

(50 ILCS 751/85)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2014)

Sec. 85. 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board. There is hereby created the 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board. The Board shall work with the Commission to determine the 9-1-1 costs necessary for every 9-1-1 system to adequately function and shall submit, by May February 1, 2014, recommendations on whether there is a need to consolidate 9-1-1 functions to the General Assembly. The Board shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor as follows:

(1) the Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce Commission, or his or her designee;

(2) one member representing the Illinois chapter of the National Emergency Number Association;

(3) one member representing the Illinois chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials;

(4) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system from a county with a population of 50,000 or less;

(5) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system from a county with a population between 50,000 and 250,000;

(6) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system from a county with a population of 250,000 or more;

(7) one member representing an incumbent local exchange 9-1-1 system provider;

(8) one member representing a non-incumbent local exchange 9-1-1 system provider;

(9) one member representing a large wireless carrier;

(10) one member representing a small wireless carrier; and

(11) one member representing the Illinois Telecommunications Association.

The Board is abolished on July 1, 2014.

(Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13.)

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing Section 2-203 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/2-203)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)

Sec. 2-203. Public Utility Fund base maintenance contribution. Each electric utility as defined in Section 16-102 of this Act providing service to more than 12,500 customers in this State on January 1, 1995 shall contribute annually a pro rata share of a total amount of $5,500,000 based upon the number of kilowatt-hours delivered to retail customers within this State by each such electric utility in the 12 months preceding the year of contribution. On or before May 1 of each year, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall determine and notify the Illinois Department of Revenue of the pro rata share owed by each electric utility based upon information supplied annually to the Commission. On or before June 1 of each year, the Department of Revenue shall send written notification to each electric utility of the amount of pro rata share they owe. These contributions shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue no earlier than July 1 and no later than July 31 of each year the contribution is due on a return prescribed and furnished by the Department of Revenue showing such information as the Department of Revenue may reasonably require. The Department of Revenue shall place the funds remitted under this Section in the Public Utility Fund in the State treasury. The funds received pursuant to this Section shall be subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. If an electric utility does not remit its pro rata share to the Department of Revenue, the Department of Revenue must inform the Illinois Commerce Commission of such failure. The Illinois Commerce Commission may then revoke the certification of that electric utility. This Section is repealed on April 1, 2015 January 1, 2014.

(Source: P.A. 96-250, eff. 8-11-09; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.