SB2526sam003 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

Filed: 3/2/2012

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2526

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2526, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 5-115 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/5-115 new)

Sec. 5-115. Minority, female, veterans, small business reports and spending. The Commission shall require all regulated gas and electric utilities with at least 100,000 customers under its authority to submit an annual report on all procurement goals and actual spending for minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises. These goals shall be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the regulated utility, and the actual spending for all minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the regulated utility.

Each regulated gas and electric utility with at least 100,000 customers shall submit the rules, regulations, and definitions used for their procurement goals in their annual report.

The Commission shall publish each annual report on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at least 5 years.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".