SB2526 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 5-115 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/5-115 new)

Sec. 5-115. Minority, female, veterans, small business reports and spending. The 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. These goals shall be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the regulated utility, and the actual spending for all minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the regulated utility.

Each regulated utility shall submit the rules, regulations, and definitions used for their procurement goals in their quarterly report.

The Commission shall publish each quarterly report on its website and shall maintain each quarterly report for at least 5 years.

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