Full Text of SB3626 100th General Assembly
SB3626 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB3626 Introduced 7/25/2018, by Sen. Andy Manar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
|
220 ILCS 5/2-101 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101 |
|
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the members of the Illinois Commerce Commission shall be appointed to establish and maintain the following pattern of regional representation: 2 members from those counties other than Cook County and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County, one member from Cook County, one member from one of the 5 counties that are contiguous to Cook County, and one member at-large. The pattern of regional representation shall be established by the third Monday of January, 2023. Effective immediately.
|
| |
| | A BILL FOR |
|
| | | SB3626 | | LRB100 22597 JWD 41570 b |
|
| 1 | | AN ACT concerning utilities.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-101. Commerce Commission created. There is created | 8 | | an Illinois
Commerce Commission consisting of 5 members not | 9 | | more than 3 of whom shall be
members of the same political
| 10 | | party at the time of appointment. The Governor shall appoint | 11 | | the members
of such Commission by and with the advice and | 12 | | consent of the Senate. In
case of a vacancy in such office | 13 | | during the recess of the Senate the Governor
shall make a | 14 | | temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate,
| 15 | | when he shall nominate some person to fill such office; and any
| 16 | | person so nominated who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold | 17 | | his office
during the remainder of the term and until his | 18 | | successor shall be appointed
and qualified. Each member of the | 19 | | Commission shall hold office for a term
of 5 years from the | 20 | | third Monday in January of the year in which his
predecessor's | 21 | | term expires.
| 22 | | Appointments made on and after the effective date of this | 23 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be made to |
| | | SB3626 | - 2 - | LRB100 22597 JWD 41570 b |
|
| 1 | | establish and maintain a pattern of regional representation as | 2 | | follows: 2 appointees shall be selected from among those | 3 | | counties of the State other than Cook County and the 5 counties | 4 | | contiguous to Cook County; one appointee shall be selected from | 5 | | Cook County; one appointee shall be selected from among the 5 | 6 | | counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook County; and | 7 | | one appointee shall be selected at-large. The pattern of | 8 | | regional representation shall be established by the third | 9 | | Monday of January, 2023. | 10 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | 11 | | contrary, the term of
office of each member of the Commission | 12 | | is terminated on the effective date of
this amendatory Act of | 13 | | 1995, but the incumbent members
shall continue to exercise all | 14 | | of the powers and be subject to all of the
duties of members of | 15 | | the Commission until their respective successors are
appointed | 16 | | and qualified. Of the members initially appointed under the
| 17 | | provisions of this amendatory Act of 1995, one member shall be | 18 | | appointed for a
term of office which shall expire on the third | 19 | | Monday of January, 1997; 2
members shall be appointed for terms | 20 | | of office which shall expire on the third
Monday of January, | 21 | | 1998; one member shall be appointed for a term of office
which | 22 | | shall expire on the third Monday of January, 1999; and one | 23 | | member shall
be appointed for a term of office which shall | 24 | | expire on the third Monday of
January, 2000. Each respective | 25 | | successor shall be appointed for a term of
5 years from the | 26 | | third Monday of January of the year in which his
predecessor's |
| | | SB3626 | - 3 - | LRB100 22597 JWD 41570 b |
|
| 1 | | term expires in accordance with the provisions of the first
| 2 | | paragraph of this Section.
| 3 | | Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed | 4 | | and qualified,
except that if the Senate refuses to consent to | 5 | | the appointment of any
member, such office shall be deemed | 6 | | vacant, and within 2 weeks of the date
the Senate refuses to | 7 | | consent to the reappointment of any member, such
member shall | 8 | | vacate such office. The Governor shall from time to time
| 9 | | designate the member of the Commission who shall be its | 10 | | chairman.
Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the | 11 | | Chairman shall be the chief
executive officer of the Commission | 12 | | for the purpose of ensuring that the
Commission's policies are | 13 | | properly executed.
| 14 | | If there is no vacancy on the Commission, 4 members of the | 15 | | Commission shall
constitute a quorum to transact business; | 16 | | otherwise, a majority of the
Commission shall constitute a | 17 | | quorum to transact business,
and no vacancy shall impair the | 18 | | right of the remaining
commissioners to
exercise all of the | 19 | | powers of the Commission. Every finding,
order, or
decision | 20 | | approved by a majority of the members of the Commission shall | 21 | | be
deemed to be the finding, order, or decision of the | 22 | | Commission.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.
|
|