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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4419
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4419 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 4-101 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/4-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-101)
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| 7 | Sec. 4-101. The Commerce Commission shall have general | ||||||
| 8 | supervision of all
public utilities, except as otherwise | ||||||
| 9 | provided in this Act, shall inquire into
the management of the | ||||||
| 10 | business thereof and shall keep itself informed as to the
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| 11 | manner and method in which the business is conducted. It shall | ||||||
| 12 | examine those
public utilities and keep informed as to their | ||||||
| 13 | general condition, their
franchises, capitalization, rates and | ||||||
| 14 | other charges, and the manner in which
their plants, equipment | ||||||
| 15 | and other property owned, leased, controlled or
operated are | ||||||
| 16 | managed, conducted and operated, not only with respect to the
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| 17 | adequacy, security and accommodation afforded by their service | ||||||
| 18 | but also with
respect to their compliance with this Act and any | ||||||
| 19 | other law, with the orders
of the Commission and with the | ||||||
| 20 | charter and franchise requirements.
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| 21 | Whenever the Commission is authorized or required
by law to | ||||||
| 22 | consider some aspect of criminal history record information for
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| 23 | the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and | ||||||
| 24 | responsibilities,
then, upon request and payment of fees in | ||||||
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| 1 | conformance with the requirements
of Section 2605-400 of the | ||||||
| 2 | Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS
2605/2605-400), the | ||||||
| 3 | Department of State Police is authorized to furnish,
pursuant | ||||||
| 4 | to positive identification, such information contained in | ||||||
| 5 | State
files as is necessary to fulfill the request. | ||||||
| 6 | The Commission shall require all electric public utilities | ||||||
| 7 | to establish a security policy that includes on-site safeguards | ||||||
| 8 | to restrict physical or electronic access to critical | ||||||
| 9 | infrastructure and computerized control and data systems by | ||||||
| 10 | personnel employed by or under contract with the electric | ||||||
| 11 | public utility company or by personnel of any entity regulated | ||||||
| 12 | by the Commission that supplies power to wholesale or | ||||||
| 13 | residential markets. The Commission shall maintain a record of | ||||||
| 14 | and each regulated entity that supplies power to wholesale or | ||||||
| 15 | residential markets shall provide to the Commission an annual | ||||||
| 16 | affidavit signed by a representative of the regulated entity | ||||||
| 17 | that states:
that the entity follows, at a minimum, the most | ||||||
| 18 | current security standards set forth by the North American | ||||||
| 19 | Electric Reliability Council.
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| 20 | (1) that the entity has a security policy in place; | ||||||
| 21 | (2) that the entity has conducted at least one practice | ||||||
| 22 | exercise based on the security policy within the 12 months | ||||||
| 23 | immediately preceding the date of the affidavit; and | ||||||
| 24 | (3) with respect to any entity that is an electric | ||||||
| 25 | public utility, that the entity follows, at a minimum, the | ||||||
| 26 | most current security standards set forth by the North | ||||||
| 27 | American Electric Reliability Council.
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| 28 | (Source: P.A. 94-480, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| 29 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 30 | becoming law.".
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