Local Government Committee
Filed: 3/23/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3046




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3046, AS AMENDED, 
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immediately after Section 10, by inserting the following:
 
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    "Section 13. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 7-213 as follows:
 
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    (220 ILCS 5/7-213 new)

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    Sec. 7-213. Limitations on the transfer of water systems.
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    (a) In the event of a sale, purchase, or any other transfer 
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of ownership, including, without limitation, the acquisition 
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by eminent domain, of a water system, as defined under Section 
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11-124-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, operated by a 
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privately-held public water utility, the water utility's 
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contract or agreements with the acquiring entity (or, in the 
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case of an eminent domain action, the court order) must require 
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that the acquiring entity hire a sufficient number of 
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non-supervisory employees to operate and maintain the water 
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system by initially making offers of employment to the 
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non-supervisory workforce of the water system at no less than 
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the wage rates, and substantially equivalent fringe benefits 
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and terms and conditions of employment that are in effect at 
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the time of transfer of ownership of the water system. The wage 
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rates and substantially equivalent fringe benefits and terms 
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and conditions of employment must continue for at least 30 
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months after the time of the transfer of ownership unless the 
 


 






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parties mutually agree to different terms and conditions of 
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employment within that 30-month period.
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    (b) The privately-held public water utility shall offer a 
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transition plan to those employees who are not offered jobs by 
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the acquiring entity because that entity has a need for fewer 
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workers. The transition plan shall mitigate employee job losses 
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to the extent practical through such means as offers of 
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voluntary severance, retraining, early retirement, out 
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placement, or related benefits. Before any reduction in the 
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workforce during a water system transaction, the 
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privately-held public water utility shall present to the 
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employees, or their representatives, a transition plan 
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outlining the means by which the utility intends to mitigate 
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the impact of the workforce reduction of its employees.".