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90_HB1790
220 ILCS 5/4-201 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-201
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds a caption to a
Section concerning the enforcement of laws affecting public
utilities.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing
2 Section 4-201.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
6 changing Section 4-201 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/4-201) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-201)
8 Sec. 4-201. Enforcement of laws; electronic trespass. It
9 is hereby made the duty of the Commission to see that the
10 provisions of the Constitution and statutes of this State
11 affecting public utilities, the enforcement of which is not
12 specifically vested in some other officer or tribunal, are
13 enforced and obeyed, and that violations thereof are promptly
14 prosecuted and penalties due the State therefor recovered and
15 collected, and to this end it may sue in the name of the
16 People of the State.
17 It shall be the duty of the Commission, at the direction
18 and discretion of the Chairman, to assemble and maintain an
19 electronic trespass enforcement assistance staff consisting
20 of experts in computer systems, electronics and other
21 professional disciplines to aid public utilities, businesses,
22 individuals and law enforcement agencies in detecting and
23 preventing electronic trespass violations and enforcing the
24 provisions of Section 16-9 of the "Criminal Code of 1961",
25 approved July 28, 1961, as amended or any other relevant
26 statute.
27 No cause of action shall exist and no liability may be
28 imposed either civil or criminal, against the State, the
29 Chairman of the Commission or any of its members, or any
30 employee of the Commission, for any act or omission by them
31 in the performance of any power or duty authorized by this
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1 Section, unless such act or omission was performed in bad
2 faith and with intent to injure a particular person.
3 (Source: P.A. 84-617.)