Public Act 097-1041
 
SB2526 EnrolledLRB097 14603 CEL 59469 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 adding 
Section 5-115 as follows:
 
    (220 ILCS 5/5-115 new)
    Sec. 5-115. Minority, female, veterans, small business 
reports and spending. The Commission shall require all 
regulated gas and electric utilities with at least 100,000 
customers  under its authority to submit an annual  report by 
February 1, 2013 and each February 1 thereafter, in a 
searchable Adobe PDF format, on all procurement goals and 
actual spending for minority-owned, women-owned, 
veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous 
calendar year. These goals shall be expressed as a percentage 
of the total work performed by the regulated utility, and the 
actual spending for all minority-owned, women-owned, 
veteran-owned, and small business enterprises shall also be 
expressed as a percentage of the total work performed by the 
regulated utility.
    Each regulated gas and electric  utility with at least 
100,000 customers shall submit the rules, regulations, and 
definitions used for their procurement goals in their annual  
report. 
    The Commission shall publish each annual  report on its 
website and shall maintain each annual report for at least 5 
years. 
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  

Effective Date:  8/20/2012