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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB1827 Introduced , by Rep. Karen May SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 220 ILCS 5/2-101 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101 |
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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)
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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
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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,
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15 | | when he shall nominate some person to fill such office; and any
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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
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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 terms |
9 | | of office which shall expire on the third
Monday of January, |
10 | | 1998; one member shall be appointed for a term of office
which |
11 | | shall expire on the third Monday of January, 1999; and one |
12 | | member shall
be appointed for a term of office which shall |
13 | | expire on the third Monday of
January, 2000. Each respective |
14 | | successor shall be appointed for a term of
5 years from the |
15 | | third Monday of January of the year in which his
predecessor's |
16 | | term expires in accordance with the provisions of the first
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17 | | paragraph of this Section.
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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
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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 Commission |
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1 | | for the purpose of ensuring that the
Commission's policies are |
2 | | properly executed.
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3 | | If there is no vacancy on the Commission, 4 members of the |
4 | | Commission shall
constitute a quorum to transact business; |
5 | | otherwise, a majority of the
Commission shall constitute a |
6 | | quorum to transact business,
and no vacancy shall impair the |
7 | | right of the remaining
commissioners to
exercise all of the |
8 | | powers of the Commission. Every finding,
order, or
decision |
9 | | approved by a majority of the members of the Commission shall |
10 | | be
deemed to be the finding, order, or decision of the |
11 | | Commission.
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12 | | (Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)
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