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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 5-115 as follows:
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| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/5-115 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-115. Minority, female, veterans, small business |
| 8 | | reports and spending. The Commission shall require all |
| 9 | | regulated gas and electric utilities with at least 100,000 |
| 10 | | customers under its authority to submit an annual report by |
| 11 | | February 1, 2013 and each February 1 thereafter, in a |
| 12 | | searchable Adobe PDF format, on all procurement goals and |
| 13 | | actual spending for minority-owned, women-owned, |
| 14 | | veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous |
| 15 | | calendar year. These goals shall be expressed as a percentage |
| 16 | | of the total work performed by the regulated utility, and the |
| 17 | | actual spending for all minority-owned, women-owned, |
| 18 | | veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be |
| 19 | | expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the |
| 20 | | regulated utility. |
| 21 | | Each regulated gas and electric utility with at least |
| 22 | | 100,000 customers shall submit the rules, regulations, and |
| 23 | | definitions used for their procurement goals in their annual |