Full Text of HB1473 102nd General Assembly
HB1473 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB1473 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 220 ILCS 5/2-101 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
Illinois Commerce Commission.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 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
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 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | 23 | | contrary, the term of
office of each member of the Commission |
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| 1 | | is terminated on the effective date of
this amendatory Act of | 2 | | 1995, but the incumbent members
shall continue to exercise all | 3 | | of the powers and be subject to all of the
duties of members of | 4 | | the Commission until their respective successors are
appointed | 5 | | and qualified. Of the members initially appointed under the
| 6 | | provisions of this amendatory Act of 1995, one member shall be | 7 | | appointed for a
term of office which shall expire on the third | 8 | | Monday of January, 1997; 2
members shall be appointed for | 9 | | terms of office which shall expire on the third
Monday of | 10 | | January, 1998; one member shall be appointed for a term of | 11 | | office
which shall expire on the third Monday of January, | 12 | | 1999; and one member shall
be appointed for a term of office | 13 | | which shall expire on the third Monday of
January, 2000. Each | 14 | | respective successor shall be appointed for a term of
5 years | 15 | | from the third Monday of January of the year in which his
| 16 | | predecessor's term expires in accordance with the provisions | 17 | | of the first
paragraph of this Section.
| 18 | | Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed | 19 | | and qualified,
except that if the Senate refuses to consent to | 20 | | the appointment of any
member, such office shall be deemed | 21 | | vacant, and within 2 weeks of the date
the Senate refuses to | 22 | | consent to the reappointment of any member, such
member shall | 23 | | vacate such office. The Governor shall from time to time
| 24 | | designate the member of the Commission who shall be its | 25 | | chairman.
Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the | 26 | | Chairman shall be the chief
executive officer of the |
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| 1 | | Commission for the purpose of ensuring that the
Commission's | 2 | | policies are properly executed.
| 3 | | If there is no vacancy on the Commission, 4 members of the | 4 | | Commission shall
constitute a quorum to transact business; | 5 | | otherwise, a majority of the
Commission shall constitute a | 6 | | quorum to transact business,
and no vacancy shall impair the | 7 | | right of the remaining
commissioners to
exercise all of the | 8 | | powers of the Commission. Every finding,
order, or
decision | 9 | | approved by a majority of the members of the Commission shall | 10 | | be
deemed to be the finding, order, or decision of the | 11 | | Commission.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 92-22, eff. 6-30-01.)
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