Full Text of HB1225 103rd General Assembly
HB1225 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB1225 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State shall fund the construction of 5 employment training centers at a cost to be determined by the utility. Provides that the employment training centers shall be located in: the west side of Chicago; Ford Heights; Waukegan; Bloomington; and Peoria.
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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 16-108.12 as follows: | 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/16-108.12) | 7 | | Sec. 16-108.12. Utility job training program. | 8 | | (a) An electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 | 9 | | customers in the State shall spend $10,000,000 per year in | 10 | | 2017, 2021, and 2025 to fund the programs described in this | 11 | | Section. | 12 | | (1) The utility shall fund a solar training pipeline | 13 | | program in the amount of $3,000,000. The utility may | 14 | | administer the program or contract with another entity to | 15 | | administer the program. The program shall be designed to | 16 | | establish a solar installer training pipeline for projects | 17 | | authorized under Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency | 18 | | Act and to establish a pool of trained installers who will | 19 | | be able to install solar projects authorized under | 20 | | subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power | 21 | | Agency Act and otherwise. The program may include single | 22 | | event training programs. The program described in this | 23 | | paragraph (1) shall be designed to ensure that entities |
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| 1 | | that offer training are located in, and trainees are | 2 | | recruited from, the same communities that the program aims | 3 | | to serve and that the program provides trainees with the | 4 | | opportunity to obtain real-world experience. The program | 5 | | described in this paragraph (1) shall also be designed to | 6 | | assist trainees so that they can obtain applicable | 7 | | certifications or participate in an apprenticeship | 8 | | program. The utility or administrator shall include | 9 | | funding for programs that provide training to individuals | 10 | | who are or were foster children or that target persons | 11 | | with a record who are transitioning with job training and | 12 | | job placement programs. The program shall include an | 13 | | incentive to facilitate an increase of hiring of qualified | 14 | | persons who are or were foster children and persons with a | 15 | | record. It is a goal of the program described in this | 16 | | paragraph (1) that at least 50% of the trainees in this | 17 | | program come from within environmental justice communities | 18 | | and that 2,000 jobs are created for persons who are or were | 19 | | foster children and persons with a record. | 20 | | (2) The utility shall fund a craft apprenticeship | 21 | | program in the amount of $3,000,000. The program shall be | 22 | | an accredited or otherwise recognized apprenticeship | 23 | | program over a period not to exceed 4 years, for | 24 | | particular crafts, trades, or skills in the electric | 25 | | industry that may, but need not, be related to solar | 26 | | installation. |
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| 1 | | (3) The utility shall fund multi-cultural jobs | 2 | | programs in the amount of $4,000,000. The funding shall be | 3 | | allocated in the applicable year to individual programs as | 4 | | set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of this | 5 | | paragraph (3) and may, but need not, be related to solar | 6 | | installation, over a period not to exceed 4 years, by | 7 | | diversity-focused community organizations that have a | 8 | | record of successfully delivering job training. | 9 | | (A) $1,000,000 to a community-based civil rights | 10 | | and human services not-for-profit organization that | 11 | | provides economic development, human capital, and | 12 | | education program services. | 13 | | (B) $500,000 to a not-for-profit organization that | 14 | | is also an education institution that offers training | 15 | | programs approved by the Illinois State Board of | 16 | | Education and United States Department of Education | 17 | | with the goal of providing workforce initiatives | 18 | | leading to economic independence. | 19 | | (C) $500,000 to a not-for-profit organization | 20 | | dedicated to developing the educational and leadership | 21 | | capacity of minority youth through the operation of | 22 | | schools, youth leadership clubs and youth development | 23 | | centers. | 24 | | (D) $1,000,000 to a not-for-profit organization | 25 | | dedicated to providing equal access to opportunities | 26 | | in the construction industry that offer training |
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| 1 | | programs that include Occupational Safety and Health | 2 | | Administration 10 and 30 certifications, Environmental | 3 | | Protection Agency Renovation, Repair and Painting | 4 | | Certification and Leadership in Energy and | 5 | | Environmental Design Accredited Green Associate Exam | 6 | | preparation courses. | 7 | | (E) $500,000 to a non-profit organization that has | 8 | | a proven record of successfully implementing utility | 9 | | industry training programs, with expertise in creating | 10 | | programs that strengthen the economics of communities | 11 | | including technical training workshops and economic | 12 | | development through community and financial partners. | 13 | | (F) $500,000 to a nonprofit organization that | 14 | | provides family services, housing education, job and | 15 | | career education opportunities that has successfully | 16 | | partnered with the utility on electric industry job | 17 | | training. | 18 | | (4) The utility shall fund the construction of 5 | 19 | | employment training centers at a cost to be determined by | 20 | | the utility. The employment training centers shall be | 21 | | located in the following Illinois cities or areas: (A) the | 22 | | west side of Chicago; (B) Ford Heights; (C) Waukegan; (D) | 23 | | Bloomington; and (E) Peoria. | 24 | | For the purposes of this Section, "person with a record" | 25 | | means any person who (1) has been convicted of a crime in this | 26 | | State or of an offense in any other jurisdiction, not |
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| 1 | | including an offense or attempted offense that would subject a | 2 | | person to registration under the Sex Offender Registration | 3 | | Act; (2) has a record of an arrest or an arrest that did not | 4 | | result in conviction for any crime in this State or of an | 5 | | offense in any other jurisdiction; or (3) has a juvenile | 6 | | delinquency adjudication. | 7 | | (b) Within 60 days after the effective date of this | 8 | | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, an electric | 9 | | utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State | 10 | | shall file with the Commission a plan to implement this | 11 | | Section. Within 60 days after the plan is filed, the | 12 | | Commission shall enter an order approving the plan if it is | 13 | | consistent with this Section or, if the plan is not consistent | 14 | | with this Section, the Commission shall explain the | 15 | | deficiencies, after which time the utility shall file a new | 16 | | plan. The utility shall use the funds described in | 17 | | subparagraph (O) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section | 18 | | 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act to pay for the Commission | 19 | | approved programs under this Section.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-906, eff. 6-1-17 .)
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