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91_SB1654
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by changing
2 Section 2-101.
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 2-101 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 2-101)
8 Sec. 2-101. Commerce Commission created. There is
9 created an Illinois Commerce Commission consisting of 5
10 members not more than 3 of whom shall be members of the same
11 political party at the time of appointment. The Governor
12 shall appoint the members of such Commission by and with the
13 advice and consent of the Senate. In case of a vacancy in
14 such office during the recess of the Senate the Governor
15 shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of
16 the Senate, when he shall nominate some person to fill such
17 office; and any person so nominated who is confirmed by the
18 Senate, shall hold his office during the remainder of the
19 term and until his successor shall be appointed and
20 qualified. Each member of the Commission shall hold office
21 for a term of 5 years from the third Monday in January of the
22 year in which his predecessor's term expires.
23 Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
24 contrary, the term of office of each member of the Commission
25 is terminated on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
26 1995, but the incumbent members shall continue to exercise
27 all of the powers and be subject to all of the duties of
28 members of the Commission until their respective successors
29 are appointed and qualified. Of the members initially
30 appointed under the provisions of this amendatory Act of
31 1995, one member shall be appointed for a term of office
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1 which shall expire on the third Monday of January, 1997; 2
2 members shall be appointed for terms of office which shall
3 expire on the third Monday of January, 1998; one member shall
4 be appointed for a term of office which shall expire on the
5 third Monday of January, 1999; and one member shall be
6 appointed for a term of office which shall expire on the
7 third Monday of January, 2000. Each respective successor
8 shall be appointed for a term of 5 years from the third
9 Monday of January of the year in which his predecessor's term
10 expires in accordance with the provisions of the first
11 paragraph of this Section.
12 Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed
13 and qualified, except that if the Senate refuses to consent
14 to the appointment of any member, such office shall be
15 deemed vacant, and within 2 weeks of the date the Senate
16 refuses to consent to the reappointment of any member, such
17 member shall vacate such office. The Governor shall from time
18 to time designate the member of the Commission who shall be
19 its chairman. Consistent with the provisions of this Act, the
20 Chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the
21 Commission for the purpose of ensuring that the Commission's
22 policies are properly executed.
23 If there is no vacancy on the Commission, 4 members of
24 the Commission shall constitute a quorum to transact
25 business; otherwise, a majority of the Commission shall
26 constitute a quorum to transact business, and but no vacancy
27 shall impair the right of the remaining commissioners to
28 exercise all of the powers of the Commission.; and Every
29 finding, order or decision approved by a majority of the
30 members of the Commission shall be deemed to be the finding,
31 order or decision of the Commission.
32 (Source: P.A. 89-429, eff. 12-15-95.)
33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.