$HB5682 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT concerning appropriations.

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

ARTICLE 1

Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated for the ordinary and contingent expenses to the Illinois Commerce Commission:

CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE

Payable from Transportation Regulatory Fund:

For Personal Services............................. 84,000

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer..................................... 0

For State Contributions to State

Employees' Retirement System..................... 9,700

For State Contributions to

Social Security.................................. 6,400

For Group Insurance............................... 14,500

For Contractual Services............................. 400

For Travel......................................... 2,100

For Equipment...................................... 5,800

For Telecommunications............................. 7,200

For Operation of Auto Equipment.................... 1,100

Total $131,200

Payable from Public Utility Fund:

For Personal Services............................ 810,000

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer..................................... 0

For State Contributions to State

Employees' Retirement System.................... 93,200

For State Contributions to

Social Security................................. 62,000

For Group Insurance.............................. 174,000

For Contractual Services.......................... 22,700

For Travel........................................ 64,900

For Commodities.................................... 2,100

For Equipment...................................... 2,300

For Telecommunications............................ 20,000

For Operation of Auto Equipment...................... 800

Total $1,252,000

Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated for ordinary and contingent expenses to the Illinois Commerce Commission, as follows:

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Payable from Public Utility Fund:

For Personal Services......................... 14,010,000

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer..................................... 0

For State Contributions to State

Employees' Retirement System................. 1,611,200

For State Contributions to

Social Security.............................. 1,071,800

For Group Insurance............................ 3,045,000

For Contractual Services....................... 1,650,000

For Travel....................................... 240,000

For Commodities................................... 46,700

For Printing...................................... 35,500

For Equipment..................................... 80,000

For Electronic Data Processing................... 841,800

For Telecommunications........................... 425,000

For Operation of Auto Equipment................... 40,000

For Refunds....................................... 17,000

Total $23,114,000

Section 15. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Illinois Commerce Commission:

TRANSPORTATION

Payable from Transportation Regulatory Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 4,772,500

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer..................................... 0

For State Contributions to State

Employees' Retirement System................... 550,000

For State Contributions to

Social Security................................ 365,100

For Group Insurance............................ 1,000,500

For Contractual Services......................... 634,400

For Travel....................................... 177,100

For Commodities................................... 20,000

For Printing...................................... 20,000

For Equipment.................................... 109,400

For Electronic Data Processing................... 376,200

For Telecommunications........................... 387,900

For Operation of Auto Equipment.................. 115,200

For Refunds....................................... 25,000

Total $8,553,300

Section 20. The sum of $7,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Transportation Regulatory Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for disbursing funds collected for the Single State Insurance Registration Program to be distributed to: (1) participating states, provided that no distributions exceed funds made available from registration collections; (2) for refunds for overpayments; and (3) for administrative expenses.

Section 22. The sum of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Transportation Regulatory Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for railroad crossing improvement initiatives.

Section 25. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Digital Divide Elimination Infrastructure Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for grants and awards for the construction of high-speed data transmission facilities.

Section 30. The sum of $74,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for a grant to the Statewide One-call Notice System, as required in the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act.

The sum of $1,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for refunds.

Section 35. The sum of $42,900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wireless Service Emergency Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for grants to emergency telephone system boards, qualified government entities, or the Department of State Police for the design, implementation, operation, maintenance, or upgrade of wireless 9-1-1 or E9-1-1 emergency services and public safety answering points and for reimbursement of the Communications Revolving Fund for administrative costs incurred by the Illinois Commerce Commission related to administering the program.

Section 40. The sum of $27,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund to the Illinois Commerce Commission for reimbursement of wireless carriers for costs incurred in complying with the applicable provisions of Federal Communications Commission wireless enhanced 9-1-1 services mandates and for reimbursement of the Communications Revolving Fund for administrative costs incurred by the Illinois Commerce Commission related to administering the program.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2006.