Public Act 098-1056
 
HB3635 EnrolledLRB098 12280 JLS 46507 b

    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
Section 5-117 as follows:
 
    (220 ILCS 5/5-117 new)
    Sec. 5-117. Supplier diversity goals.
    (a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively
work with companies that serve Illinois residents to improve
their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner.
    (b) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, and
water companies with at least 100,000 customers under its
authority to submit an annual report by April 15, 2015 and
every April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on
all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned,
minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises
in the previous calendar year. These goals shall be expressed
as a percentage of the total work performed by the entity
submitting the report, and the actual spending for all
female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small
business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of
the total work performed by the entity submitting the report.
    (c) Each participating company in its annual report shall
include the following information:
        (1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to
    increase participation;
        (2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals;
        (3) the areas of procurement each company shall be
    actively seeking more participation in in the next year;
        (4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage
    potential vendors in that area to seek business from the
    company;
        (5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding
    quality vendors and offer any suggestions for what the
    Commission could do to be helpful to identify those
    vendors;
        (6) a list of the certifications the company
    recognizes;
        (7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who
    wishes to do business with the company and explain the
    process for a vendor to enroll with the company as a
    minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned company; and
        (8) any particular success stories to encourage other
    companies to emulate best practices.
    (d) Each annual report shall include as much State-specific
data as possible. If the submitting entity does not submit
State-specific data, then the company shall include any
national data it does have and explain why it could not submit
State-specific data and how it intends to do so in future
reports, if possible.
    (e) Each annual report shall include the rules,
regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in
the company's annual report.
    (f) The Commission and all participating entities shall
hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every
year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to
collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to
achieving stated goals, including testimony from each
participating entity as well as subject matter experts and
advocates. The Commission shall publish a database on its
website of the point of contact for each participating entity
for supplier diversity, along with a list of certifications
each company recognizes from the information submitted in each
annual report. The Commission shall publish each annual report
on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at
least 5 years.
 
    (220 ILCS 5/5-115 rep.)
    Section 10. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
repealing Section 5-115.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.