$HB7239 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT concerning appropriations.

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

ARTICLE 1

Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated for the ordinary and contingent expenses to the Illinois Commerce Commission:

CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE

Payable from Transportation Regulatory Fund:

For Personal Services............................. 77,100

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer..................................... 0

For State Contributions to State

Employees' Retirement System..................... 8,100

For State Contributions to

Social Security.................................. 5,900

For Group Insurance............................... 12,000

For Contractual Services............................. 400

For Travel......................................... 2,100

For Equipment...................................... 5,800

For Telecommunications............................. 7,200

For Operation of Auto Equipment.................... 1,100

Total $119,700

Payable from Public Utility Fund:

For Personal Services............................ 712,100

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer..................................... 0

For State Contributions to State

Employees' Retirement System.................... 74,500

For State Contributions to

Social Security................................. 54,500

For Group Insurance.............................. 144,000

For Contractual Services.......................... 22,700

For Travel........................................ 64,900

For Commodities.................................... 2,100

For Equipment...................................... 2,300

For Telecommunications............................ 20,000

For Operation of Auto Equipment...................... 800

Total $1,097,900

Section 2. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated for ordinary and contingent expenses to the Illinois Commerce Commission, as follows:

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Payable from Public Utility Fund:

For Personal Services......................... 12,057,300

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer..................................... 0

For State Contributions to State

Employees' Retirement System................. 1,260,300

For State Contributions to

Social Security................................ 915,600

For Group Insurance............................ 2,412,000

For Contractual Services....................... 1,572,400

For Travel....................................... 224,400

For Commodities................................... 46,700

For Printing...................................... 50,500

For Equipment..................................... 74,800

For Electronic Data Processing................... 812,700

For Telecommunications........................... 536,000

For Operation of Auto Equipment................... 21,000

For Refunds....................................... 17,000

Payable from General Revenue Fund:

For legal costs associated with the

passage of "An Act to abolish

incinerator subsidies under the

retail rate law"............................... 408,200

Total $20,488,900

Section 3. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Illinois Commerce Commission:

TRANSPORTATION

Payable from Transportation Regulatory Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 1,845,700

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer..................................... 0

For State Contributions to State

Employees' Retirement System................... 193,000

For State Contributions to

Social Security................................ 141,200

For Group Insurance.............................. 372,000

For Contractual Services......................... 495,200

For Travel........................................ 82,600

For Commodities................................... 23,600

For Printing...................................... 27,800

For Equipment..................................... 41,400

For Electronic Data Processing................... 387,500

For Telecommunications........................... 237,900

For Operation of Auto Equipment.................... 5,200

For Refunds....................................... 25,000

Total $3,878,100

Section 4. The sum of $8,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Transportation Regulatory Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for disbursing funds collected for the Single State Insurance Registration Program to be distributed to: (1) participating states, provided that no distributions exceed funds made available from registration collections; and (2) for refunds for overpayments.

Section 5. The sum of $1,757,600, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Public Utility Fund to assist the Illinois Commerce Commission in implementing the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997, including costs in the prior year.

Section 6. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Digital Divide Elimination Infrastructure Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for grants and awards for the construction of high-speed data transmission facilities.

Section 7. The sum of $950,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Restricted Call Registry Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for the purpose of implementing the Restricted Call Registry Act, including costs in prior years.

Section 8. The sum of $75,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for a grant to the Statewide One-call Notice System, as required in the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act.

Section 9. The sum of $44,800,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wireless Service Emergency Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for grants to emergency telephone system boards, qualified government entities, or the Department of State Police for the design, implementation, operation, maintenance, or upgrade of wireless 9-1-1 or E9-1-1 emergency services and public safety answering points and for reimbursement of the Communications Revolving Fund for administrative costs incurred by the Illinois Commerce Commission related to administering the program.

Section 10. The sum of $35,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for reimbursement of wireless carriers for costs incurred in complying with the applicable provisions of Federal Communications Commission wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services mandates and for reimbursement of the Communications Revolving Fund for administrative costs incurred by the Illinois Commerce Commission related to administering the program.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July 1, 2004.