97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2526

 

Introduced 11/9/2011, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/5-115 new

    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.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5Section 5-115 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/5-115 new)
7    Sec. 5-115. Minority, female, veterans, small business
8reports and spending. The Commission shall require all
9regulated utilities under its authority to submit a quarterly
10report on all procurement goals and actual spending for
11minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business
12enterprises. These goals shall be expressed as a percentage of
13the total work performed by the regulated utility, and the
14actual spending for all minority-owned, women-owned,
15veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be
16expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the
17regulated utility.
18    Each regulated utility shall submit the rules,
19regulations, and definitions used for their procurement goals
20in their quarterly report.
21    The Commission shall publish each quarterly report on its
22website and shall maintain each quarterly report for at least 5
23years.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.