Public Act 094-0735
 		





HB4419 Enrolled
LRB094 17136 MKM 52424 b






    AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

 
    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended  by changing 
Section 4-101 as follows:
 



    (220 ILCS 5/4-101)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-101)


    Sec. 4-101. The Commerce Commission shall have general 
supervision of all
public utilities, except as otherwise 
provided in this Act, shall inquire into
the management of the 
business thereof and shall keep itself informed as to the

manner and method in which the business is conducted. It shall 
examine those
public utilities and keep informed as to their 
general condition, their
franchises, capitalization, rates and 
other charges, and the manner in which
their plants, equipment 
and other property owned, leased, controlled or
operated are 
managed, conducted and operated, not only with respect to the

adequacy, security and accommodation afforded by their service 
but also with
respect to their compliance with this Act and any 
other law, with the orders
of the Commission and with the 
charter and franchise requirements.

    Whenever the Commission is authorized or required
by law to 
consider some aspect of criminal history record information for

the purpose of carrying out its statutory powers and 
responsibilities,
then, upon request and payment of fees in 
conformance with the requirements
of Section 2605-400 of the 
Department of State Police Law (20 ILCS
2605/2605-400), the 
Department of State Police is authorized to furnish,
pursuant 
to positive identification, such information contained in 
State
files as is necessary to fulfill the request.
    The Commission shall require all electric public utilities 
to establish a security policy that includes on-site safeguards 
to restrict physical or electronic access to critical 
infrastructure and computerized control and data systems by 
personnel employed by or under contract with the electric 
public utility company or by personnel of any entity regulated 
by the Commission that supplies power to wholesale or 
residential markets. The Commission shall maintain a record of 
and each regulated entity that supplies power to wholesale or 
residential markets shall provide to the Commission an annual 
affidavit signed by a representative of the regulated entity 
that states:
that the entity follows, at a  minimum, the most 
current security standards set forth by the North American 
Electric Reliability Council.

        (1) that the entity has a security policy in place;
        (2) that the entity has conducted at least one practice 
    exercise based on the security policy within the 12 months 
    immediately preceding the date of the affidavit; and
        (3) with respect to any entity that is an electric 
    public utility, that the entity follows, at a minimum, the 
    most current security standards set forth by the North 
    American Electric Reliability Council.


(Source: P.A. 94-480, eff. 1-1-06.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.





Effective Date:  05/01/2006