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LRB095 07146 MJR 27273 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 2-107 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/2-107) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-107)
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| Sec. 2-107. The office of the Commission shall be in |
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| Springfield, but
the Commission may, with the approval of the |
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| Governor, establish and
maintain branch offices at places other |
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| than the seat of government.
Such office shall be open for |
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| business between the hours of 8:30 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m. |
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| throughout the year, and one or more responsible persons
to be |
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| designated by the executive director shall be on duty
at all |
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| times in immediate charge thereof.
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| The Commission shall hold stated meetings at least once a |
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| month and
may hold such special meetings as it may deem |
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| necessary at any place
within the State. At each regular and |
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| special meeting that is open to the public, members of the |
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| public shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable |
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| constraints, to make comments to or to ask questions of the |
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| Commission. |
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| The Commission shall provide a web site and a toll-free |
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| telephone number to accept comments from Illinois residents |
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| regarding any matter under the auspices of the Commission or |
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| before the Commission. The Commission staff shall report, in a |
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| manner established by the Commission that is consistent with |
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| the Commission's rules regarding ex parte communications, to |
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| the full Commission comments and suggestions received through |
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| both venues before all relevant votes of the Commission.
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| The Commission may, for the authentication of its records, |
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| process
and proceedings, adopt, keep and use a common seal, of |
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| which seal
judicial notice shall be taken in all courts of this |
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| State; and any
process, notice, order or other paper which the |
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| Commission may be
authorized by law to issue shall be deemed |
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| sufficient if signed and
certified by the Chairman of the |
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| Commission or his or her designee, either
by hand or by |
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| facsimile, and with such
seal attached; and all acts, orders, |
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| proceedings, rules, entries,
minutes, schedules and records of |
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| the Commission, and all reports and
documents filed with the |
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| Commission, may be proved in any court of this
State by a copy |
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| thereof, certified to by the Chairman of the
Commission, with |
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| the seal of the Commission attached. |
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the |
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| Commission's established procedures for accepting testimony |
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| from Illinois residents on matters pending before the |
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| Commission shall be consistent with the Commission's rules |
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| regarding ex parte communications and due process.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |