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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |  Section 2. The Wireless Emergency Telephone Safety Act is  | 
| 5 |  | amended by changing Section 85 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (50 ILCS 751/85) | 
| 7 |  |  (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2014) | 
| 8 |  |  Sec. 85. 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board. There is hereby  | 
| 9 |  | created the 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board. The Board shall work  | 
| 10 |  | with the Commission to determine the 9-1-1 costs necessary for  | 
| 11 |  | every 9-1-1 system to adequately function and shall submit, by  | 
| 12 |  | May February 1, 2014, recommendations on whether there is a  | 
| 13 |  | need to consolidate 9-1-1 functions to the General Assembly.  | 
| 14 |  | The Board shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor  | 
| 15 |  | as follows: | 
| 16 |  |   (1) the Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce  | 
| 17 |  |  Commission, or his or her designee; | 
| 18 |  |   (2) one member representing the Illinois chapter of the  | 
| 19 |  |  National Emergency Number Association; | 
| 20 |  |   (3) one member representing the Illinois chapter of the  | 
| 21 |  |  Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials; | 
| 22 |  |   (4) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system from  | 
| 23 |  |  a county with a population of 50,000 or less; | 
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| 1 |  |   (5) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system from  | 
| 2 |  |  a county with a population between 50,000 and 250,000; | 
| 3 |  |   (6) one member representing a county 9-1-1 system from  | 
| 4 |  |  a county with a population of 250,000 or more; | 
| 5 |  |   (7) one member representing an incumbent local  | 
| 6 |  |  exchange 9-1-1 system provider;  | 
| 7 |  |   (8) one member representing a non-incumbent local  | 
| 8 |  |  exchange 9-1-1 system provider;  | 
| 9 |  |   (9) one member representing a large wireless carrier; | 
| 10 |  |   (10) one member representing a small wireless carrier;  | 
| 11 |  |  and | 
| 12 |  |   (11) one member representing the Illinois  | 
| 13 |  |  Telecommunications Association. | 
| 14 |  |  The Board is abolished on July 1, 2014. 
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| 15 |  | (Source: P.A. 98-45, eff. 6-28-13.)
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| 16 |  |  Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing  | 
| 17 |  | Section 2-203 as follows:
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| 18 |  |  (220 ILCS 5/2-203)
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| 19 |  |  (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2014)
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| 20 |  |  Sec. 2-203. Public Utility Fund base maintenance  | 
| 21 |  | contribution. Each electric
utility as defined in Section  | 
| 22 |  | 16-102 of this Act providing service to more than
12,500  | 
| 23 |  | customers in this State on January 1, 1995 shall contribute  | 
| 24 |  | annually a
pro rata share of a total amount of $5,500,000 based  | 
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| 1 |  | upon the number of
kilowatt-hours delivered to retail customers  | 
| 2 |  | within this State by each such
electric utility in the 12  | 
| 3 |  | months preceding the year of contribution. On or
before May 1  | 
| 4 |  | of each year, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall determine  | 
| 5 |  | and
notify the Illinois Department of Revenue of the pro rata  | 
| 6 |  | share owed by each
electric utility based upon information  | 
| 7 |  | supplied annually to the Commission. On
or before June 1 of  | 
| 8 |  | each year, the Department of Revenue shall send written
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| 9 |  | notification to each electric utility of the amount of pro rata  | 
| 10 |  | share they owe.
These contributions shall be remitted to the  | 
| 11 |  | Department of Revenue no earlier than
July 1 and no later than  | 
| 12 |  | July 31 of each year the contribution is due on a
return  | 
| 13 |  | prescribed and
furnished by the Department of Revenue showing  | 
| 14 |  | such information as the
Department of Revenue may reasonably  | 
| 15 |  | require. The Department of Revenue shall
place the funds  | 
| 16 |  | remitted under this Section in the Public Utility Fund in the
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| 17 |  | State treasury. The funds received pursuant to this Section  | 
| 18 |  | shall be subject to
appropriation by the General Assembly. If  | 
| 19 |  | an electric utility does
not remit its pro rata share to the  | 
| 20 |  | Department of Revenue, the Department of
Revenue must inform  | 
| 21 |  | the Illinois Commerce Commission of such failure. The
Illinois  | 
| 22 |  | Commerce Commission may then revoke the certification of that  | 
| 23 |  | electric
utility. This Section is repealed on April 1, 2015  | 
| 24 |  | January 1, 2014.
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| 25 |  | (Source: P.A. 96-250, eff. 8-11-09; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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| 26 |  |  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon  |