Full Text of SB1240 100th General Assembly
SB1240 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB1240 Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires all local exchange telecommunications carriers with at least 35,000 subscriber access lines, any person or entity providing cable service or video service, and any wireless telephone carrier and internet service provider serving Illinois residents to submit an annual report concerning procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises. Effective immediately.
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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 5-117 as follows: | 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/5-117) | 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-906 ) | 8 | | Sec. 5-117. Supplier diversity goals. | 9 | | (a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively | 10 | | work with companies that serve Illinois residents to improve | 11 | | their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner. | 12 | | (b) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, and | 13 | | water companies with at least 100,000 customers under its | 14 | | authority to submit an annual report by April 15, 2015 and | 15 | | every April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on | 16 | | all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, | 17 | | minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises | 18 | | in the previous calendar year. These goals shall be expressed | 19 | | as a percentage of the total work performed by the entity | 20 | | submitting the report, and the actual spending for all | 21 | | female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small | 22 | | business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of | 23 | | the total work performed by the entity submitting the report. |
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| 1 | | The provisions of this subsection (b) regarding the submission | 2 | | of an annual report on procurement goals and actual spending | 3 | | shall also apply to all local exchange telecommunications | 4 | | carriers with at least 35,000 subscriber access lines, any | 5 | | person or entity providing cable service or video service, as | 6 | | defined in Section 21-201 of this Act, and any wireless | 7 | | telephone carrier and internet service provider serving | 8 | | Illinois residents. | 9 | | (c) Each participating company in its annual report shall | 10 | | include the following information: | 11 | | (1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to | 12 | | increase participation; | 13 | | (2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals; | 14 | | (3) the areas of procurement each company shall be | 15 | | actively seeking more participation in in the next year; | 16 | | (4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage | 17 | | potential vendors in that area to seek business from the | 18 | | company; | 19 | | (5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding | 20 | | quality vendors and offer any suggestions for what the | 21 | | Commission could do to be helpful to identify those | 22 | | vendors; | 23 | | (6) a list of the certifications the company | 24 | | recognizes; | 25 | | (7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who | 26 | | wishes to do business with the company and explain the |
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| 1 | | process for a vendor to enroll with the company as a | 2 | | minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned company; and | 3 | | (8) any particular success stories to encourage other | 4 | | companies to emulate best practices. | 5 | | (d) Each annual report shall include as much State-specific | 6 | | data as possible. If the submitting entity does not submit | 7 | | State-specific data, then the company shall include any | 8 | | national data it does have and explain why it could not submit | 9 | | State-specific data and how it intends to do so in future | 10 | | reports, if possible. | 11 | | (e) Each annual report shall include the rules, | 12 | | regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in | 13 | | the company's annual report. | 14 | | (f) The Commission and all participating entities shall | 15 | | hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every | 16 | | year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to | 17 | | collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to | 18 | | achieving stated goals, including testimony from each | 19 | | participating entity as well as subject matter experts and | 20 | | advocates. The Commission shall publish a database on its | 21 | | website of the point of contact for each participating entity | 22 | | for supplier diversity, along with a list of certifications | 23 | | each company recognizes from the information submitted in each | 24 | | annual report. The Commission shall publish each annual report | 25 | | on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at | 26 | | least 5 years.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1056, eff. 8-26-14.) | 2 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-906 ) | 3 | | Sec. 5-117. Supplier diversity goals. | 4 | | (a) The public policy of this State is to collaboratively | 5 | | work with companies that serve Illinois residents to improve | 6 | | their supplier diversity in a non-antagonistic manner. | 7 | | (b) The Commission shall require all gas, electric, and | 8 | | water companies with at least 100,000 customers under its | 9 | | authority, as well as suppliers of wind energy, solar energy,
| 10 | | hydroelectricity, nuclear energy, and any other supplier of
| 11 | | energy within this State, to submit an annual report by April | 12 | | 15, 2015 and every April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe | 13 | | PDF format, on all procurement goals and actual spending for | 14 | | female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small | 15 | | business enterprises in the previous calendar year. These goals | 16 | | shall be expressed as a percentage of the total work performed | 17 | | by the entity submitting the report, and the actual spending | 18 | | for all female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small | 19 | | business enterprises shall also be expressed as a percentage of | 20 | | the total work performed by the entity submitting the report. | 21 | | The provisions of this subsection (b) regarding the submission | 22 | | of an annual report on procurement goals and actual spending | 23 | | shall also apply to all local exchange telecommunications | 24 | | carriers with at least 35,000 subscriber access lines, any | 25 | | person or entity providing cable service or video service, as |
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| 1 | | defined in Section 21-201 of this Act, and any wireless | 2 | | telephone carrier and internet service provider serving | 3 | | Illinois residents. | 4 | | (c) Each participating company in its annual report shall | 5 | | include the following information: | 6 | | (1) an explanation of the plan for the next year to | 7 | | increase participation; | 8 | | (2) an explanation of the plan to increase the goals; | 9 | | (3) the areas of procurement each company shall be | 10 | | actively seeking more participation in in the next year; | 11 | | (4) an outline of the plan to alert and encourage | 12 | | potential vendors in that area to seek business from the | 13 | | company; | 14 | | (5) an explanation of the challenges faced in finding | 15 | | quality vendors and offer any suggestions for what the | 16 | | Commission could do to be helpful to identify those | 17 | | vendors; | 18 | | (6) a list of the certifications the company | 19 | | recognizes; | 20 | | (7) the point of contact for any potential vendor who | 21 | | wishes to do business with the company and explain the | 22 | | process for a vendor to enroll with the company as a | 23 | | minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned company; and | 24 | | (8) any particular success stories to encourage other | 25 | | companies to emulate best practices. | 26 | | (d) Each annual report shall include as much State-specific |
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| 1 | | data as possible. If the submitting entity does not submit | 2 | | State-specific data, then the company shall include any | 3 | | national data it does have and explain why it could not submit | 4 | | State-specific data and how it intends to do so in future | 5 | | reports, if possible. | 6 | | (e) Each annual report shall include the rules, | 7 | | regulations, and definitions used for the procurement goals in | 8 | | the company's annual report. | 9 | | (f) The Commission and all participating entities shall | 10 | | hold an annual workshop open to the public in 2015 and every | 11 | | year thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to | 12 | | collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to | 13 | | achieving stated goals, including testimony from each | 14 | | participating entity as well as subject matter experts and | 15 | | advocates. The Commission shall publish a database on its | 16 | | website of the point of contact for each participating entity | 17 | | for supplier diversity, along with a list of certifications | 18 | | each company recognizes from the information submitted in each | 19 | | annual report. The Commission shall publish each annual report | 20 | | on its website and shall maintain each annual report for at | 21 | | least 5 years.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1056, eff. 8-26-14; 99-906, eff. 6-1-17.) | 23 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 24 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 25 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section |
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| 1 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 2 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 3 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 4 | | Public Act.
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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