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90_HB1790

      220 ILCS 5/4-201          from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-201
          Amends the Public Utilities Act.  Adds  a  caption  to  a
      Section  concerning  the enforcement of laws affecting public
      utilities.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the  Public  Utilities  Act  by  changing
 2    Section 4-201.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Public  Utilities  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 4-201 as follows:
 7        (220 ILCS 5/4-201) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-201)
 8        Sec. 4-201. Enforcement of laws; electronic trespass.  It
 9    is hereby made the duty of the Commission  to  see  that  the
10    provisions  of  the  Constitution  and statutes of this State
11    affecting public utilities, the enforcement of which  is  not
12    specifically  vested  in  some other officer or tribunal, are
13    enforced and obeyed, and that violations thereof are promptly
14    prosecuted and penalties due the State therefor recovered and
15    collected, and to this end it may sue  in  the  name  of  the
16    People of the State.
17        It  shall be the duty of the Commission, at the direction
18    and discretion of the Chairman, to assemble and  maintain  an
19    electronic  trespass  enforcement assistance staff consisting
20    of  experts  in  computer  systems,  electronics  and   other
21    professional disciplines to aid public utilities, businesses,
22    individuals  and  law  enforcement  agencies in detecting and
23    preventing electronic trespass violations and  enforcing  the
24    provisions  of  Section  16-9 of the "Criminal Code of 1961",
25    approved July 28, 1961, as  amended  or  any  other  relevant
26    statute.
27        No  cause  of  action shall exist and no liability may be
28    imposed either civil or  criminal,  against  the  State,  the
29    Chairman  of  the  Commission  or  any of its members, or any
30    employee of the Commission, for any act or omission  by  them
31    in  the  performance  of any power or duty authorized by this
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 1    Section, unless such act or omission  was  performed  in  bad
 2    faith and with intent to injure a particular person.
 3    (Source: P.A. 84-617.)

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