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 1        AN ACT in relation to the administration and  funding  of
 2    the Illinois Commerce Commission.

 3        Be it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
 6    Section 2-301 as follows:

 7        (220 ILCS 5/2-301 new)
 8        Sec. 2-301.  Filing fees.
 9        (a)  In  addition  to  any  other  fees and taxes imposed
10    pursuant  to  this  Act,  the  Commission  is  authorized  to
11    establish by rule filing  fees  for  the  following  filings,
12    irrespective  of whether those filings are made by electronic
13    means or otherwise:
14             (1)  the filing of any rate;
15             (2)  the filing of contracts with customers when the
16        filing is required or permitted by this Act or by a  rate
17        on file pursuant to this Act;
18             (3)  the filing with a public utility's rates of any
19        municipal  ordinance,  as required by this Act or by rule
20        of the Commission;
21             (4)  the filing of any petition or  application  for
22        special  permission  for  the  filing  of  such  tariffs,
23        contracts, or ordinances;
24             (5)  the  filing  of  any  annual report required by
25        this Act or by rule of the Commission;
26             (6)  the filing of any annual certification required
27        by this Act or by rule of the Commission; and
28             (7)  the  filing  of  any   application,   petition,
29        complaint, negotiated agreement, arbitrated agreement, or
30        any other pleading, document, or writing that initiates a
31        contested  case,  licensing  proceeding, rulemaking, rate
 
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 1        proceeding,  declaratory  ruling  proceeding,  or   other
 2        formal   Commission   proceeding,   except  a  proceeding
 3        initiated by the Commission itself.
 4        The Commission may provide by rule for reasonable waivers
 5    of, or reductions  in,  these  fees.   All  such  waivers  or
 6    reductions  must  apply  equally  to all public utilities and
 7    telecommunications carriers.  The Commission shall provide by
 8    rule that no filing fees shall be charged under this  Section
 9    to   any   municipality,   county,   or  "statutory  consumer
10    protection agency" as that term is defined in Section 9-102.1
11    of this Act.
12        (b)  The initial fees established by the Commission shall
13    be set at amounts reasonably  calculated,  on  the  basis  of
14    reasonable  projections  based  upon information for the most
15    recent 12-month period available at the time the Commission's
16    rules are proposed, to produce revenues equal to $500,000 per
17    year.  The Commission may amend the  rules  as  necessary  to
18    adjust  the fees to reflect reasonable projections based upon
19    newer information as it becomes available to produce revenues
20    of $500,000 per year. This shall not be a limitation  on  the
21    amount  of  fees  actually  collected by the Commission under
22    this Section. All fees collected by the Commission under this
23    Section shall be deposited in the Public Utility Fund in  the
24    State  treasury.  The Commission shall account separately for
25    all moneys received under  this  Section,  and  shall  expend
26    those   moneys   only   for  the  purposes  of  creating  and
27    maintaining  one or more electronic systems for  the  filing,
28    maintenance,   storage,   and   retrieval  of  documents  and
29    information, including without limitation  rates,  contracts,
30    ordinances, reports, certifications, petitions, applications,
31    complaints,  negotiated  agreements,  arbitrated  agreements,
32    pleadings,  writings, and all evidence and documents that are
33    part of the Commission's record in formal proceedings. Moneys
34    received by the Commission under this Section  shall  not  at
 
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 1    any  time  be  appropriated  or  diverted to any other use or
 2    purpose.
 3        (c)  Upon failure to pay an applicable filing fee for any
 4    document under this Section,  the  Commission  shall  neither
 5    allow  the  filing  nor entertain a proceeding concerning the
 6    document. No prescribed time limit imposed on the  Commission
 7    or  its proceedings begins to run until the applicable filing
 8    fee is paid. In addition, and without limiting any  power  of
 9    the Commission under any other Section of this Act to revoke,
10    rescind, or reconsider any certificate issued under this Act,
11    failure  to pay any filing fee for an annual report or annual
12    certification required by this  Act  or  by  Commission  rule
13    shall  be  grounds  for  the  revocation or suspension of the
14    non-paying entity's certificate  of  public  convenience  and
15    necessity,  certificate  of  service  authority,  certificate
16    authorizing  operations  as  a common carrier by pipeline, or
17    other franchise, license, permit, or right to  own,  operate,
18    manage,  or  control  any  public utility, telecommunications
19    carrier, common carrier by pipeline,  or  alternative  retail
20    electric supplier.
21        (d)  This Section is repealed effective July 1, 2008.  If
22    the Commission has collected fees in an aggregate amount that
23    equals  or  exceeds  $2,500,000 before July 1, 2008, it shall
24    cease to collect fees  under  this  Section  as  soon  as  is
25    practicable,  but  in  no  event later than 45 days after the
26    aggregate amount collected equals or exceeds $2,500,000.

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

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