HB2580eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2580 Engrossed LRB094 07710 MKM 37886 b

AN ACT concerning utilities.

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

Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2630/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 206-3)

Sec. 3. Information to be furnished peace officers and commanding officers of certain military installations in Illinois.

(A) The Department shall file or cause to be filed all plates, photographs, outline pictures, measurements, descriptions and information which shall be received by it by virtue of its office and shall make a complete and systematic record and index of the same, providing thereby a method of convenient reference and comparison. The Department shall furnish, upon application, all information pertaining to the identification of any person or persons, a plate, photograph, outline picture, description, measurements, or any data of which there is a record in its office. Such information shall be furnished to peace officers of the United States, of other states or territories, of the Insular possessions of the United States, of foreign countries duly authorized to receive the same, to all peace officers of the State of Illinois, to investigators of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board and, conviction information only, to units of local government, school districts and private organizations, under the provisions of Section 2605-10, 2605-15, 2605-75, 2605-100, 2605-105, 2605-110, 2605-115, 2605-120, 2605-130, 2605-140, 2605-190, 2605-200, 2605-205, 2605-210, 2605-215, 2605-250, 2605-275, 2605-300, 2605-305, 2605-315, 2605-325, 2605-335, 2605-340, 2605-350, 2605-355, 2605-360, 2605-365, 2605-375, 2605-390, 2605-400, 2605-405, 2605-420, 2605-430, 2605-435, 2605-500, 2605-525, or 2605-550 of the Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-10, 2605/2605-15, 2605/2605-75, 2605/2605-100, 2605/2605-105, 2605/2605-110, 2605/2605-115, 2605/2605-120, 2605/2605-130, 2605/2605-140, 2605/2605-190, 2605/2605-200, 2605/2605-205, 2605/2605-210, 2605/2605-215, 2605/2605-250, 2605/2605-275, 2605/2605-300, 2605/2605-305, 2605/2605-315, 2605/2605-325, 2605/2605-335, 2605/2605-340, 2605/2605-350, 2605/2605-355, 2605/2605-360, 2605/2605-365, 2605/2605-375, 2605/2605-390, 2605/2605-400, 2605/2605-405, 2605/2605-420, 2605/2605-430, 2605/2605-435, 2605/2605-500, 2605/2605-525, or 2605/2605-550). Applications shall be in writing and accompanied by a certificate, signed by the peace officer or chief administrative officer or his designee making such application, to the effect that the information applied for is necessary in the interest of and will be used solely in the due administration of the criminal laws or for the purpose of evaluating the qualifications and character of employees, prospective employees, volunteers, or prospective volunteers of units of local government, school districts, and private organizations, or for the purpose of evaluating the character of persons who may be granted or denied access to municipal utility facilities under Section 11-117.1-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code.

For the purposes of this subsection, "chief administrative officer" is defined as follows:

a) The city manager of a city or, if a city does not employ a city manager, the mayor of the city.

b) The manager of a village or, if a village does not employ a manager, the president of the village.

c) The chairman or president of a county board or, if a county has adopted the county executive form of government, the chief executive officer of the county.

d) The president of the school board of a school district.

e) The supervisor of a township.

f) The official granted general administrative control of a special district, an authority, or organization of government establishment by law which may issue obligations and which either may levy a property tax or may expend funds of the district, authority, or organization independently of any parent unit of government.

g) The executive officer granted general administrative control of a private organization defined in Section 2605-335 of the Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-335).

(B) Upon written application and payment of fees authorized by this subsection, State agencies and units of local government, not including school districts, are authorized to submit fingerprints of employees, prospective employees and license applicants to the Department for the purpose of obtaining conviction information maintained by the Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation about such persons. The Department shall submit such fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on behalf of such agencies and units of local government. The Department shall charge an application fee, based on actual costs, for the dissemination of conviction information pursuant to this subsection. The Department is empowered to establish this fee and shall prescribe the form and manner for requesting and furnishing conviction information pursuant to this subsection.

(C) Upon payment of fees authorized by this subsection, the Department shall furnish to the commanding officer of a military installation in Illinois having an arms storage facility, upon written request of such commanding officer or his designee, and in the form and manner prescribed by the Department, all criminal history record information pertaining to any individual seeking access to such a storage facility, where such information is sought pursuant to a federally-mandated security or criminal history check.

The Department shall establish and charge a fee, not to exceed actual costs, for providing information pursuant to this subsection.

(Source: P.A. 91-176, eff. 7-16-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Division 117.1 to Article 11 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 117.1 heading new)

DIVISION 117.1. TERRORISM PREVENTION

(65 ILCS 5/11-117.1-1 new)

Sec. 11-117.1-1. Terrorism prevention measures. A municipality that owns or operates a municipal utility may promulgate rules for the exclusion of any person, based upon criminal conviction information received about that person under the Criminal Identification Act, from all or a portion of any water treatment facility, water pumping station, electrical transfer station, electrical generation facility, natural gas facility, or any other utility facility owned or operated by the municipality. The rules must be promulgated by the appropriate municipal agency in cooperation with the principal law enforcement agency of the municipality and, in the case of rules concerning the exclusion of employees, in cooperation with bona fide collective bargaining representatives. The rules may apply to employees of the municipality, any other persons performing work at the facility, or any visitors to the facility. The rules must identify the types of criminal convictions that disqualify a person from entering a particular area, based solely on whether the person poses an unreasonable risk to the public safety because of the person's potential for future criminal conduct affecting a municipal utility facility. The rules may be amended from time to time and shall be available for inspection under the Freedom of Information Act.

Section 15. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing Section 4-101 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/4-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-101)

Sec. 4-101. The Commerce Commission shall have general supervision of all public utilities, except as otherwise provided in this Act, shall inquire into the management of the business thereof and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the business is conducted. It shall examine those public utilities and keep informed as to their general condition, their franchises, capitalization, rates and other charges, and the manner in which their plants, equipment and other property owned, leased, controlled or operated are managed, conducted and operated, not only with respect to the adequacy, security and accommodation afforded by their service but also with respect to their compliance with this Act and any other law, with the orders of the Commission and with the charter and franchise requirements.

Whenever the Commission is authorized or required by law to consider some aspect of criminal history record information for the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and responsibilities, then, upon request and payment of fees in conformance with the requirements of Section 2605-400 of the Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS 2605/2605-400), the Department of State Police is authorized to furnish, pursuant to positive identification, such information contained in State files as is necessary to fulfill the request.

The Commission shall require all electric public utilities to establish a security policy that includes on-site safeguards to restrict physical or electronic access to critical infrastructure and computerized control and data systems by personnel employed by or under contract with the electric public utility company or by personnel of any entity regulated by the Commission that supplies power to wholesale or residential markets. The Commission shall maintain a record of and each regulated entity that supplies power to wholesale or residential markets shall provide to the Commission an annual affidavit signed by a representative of the regulated entity that states that the entity follows, at a minimum, the most current security standards set forth by the North American Electric Reliability Council.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-638, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)