Bill Text: IL SB3225 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB3225 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB3225-Introduced.html
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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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