Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1225 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1225 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 220 ILCS 5/16-108.12 Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State shall fund the construction of 5 employment training centers at a cost to be determined by the utility. Provides that the employment training centers shall be located in: the west side of Chicago; Ford Heights; Waukegan; Bloomington; and Peoria. LRB103 24798 AMQ 51127 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1225 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 220 ILCS 5/16-108.12 220 ILCS 5/16-108.12 Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State shall fund the construction of 5 employment training centers at a cost to be determined by the utility. Provides that the employment training centers shall be located in: the west side of Chicago; Ford Heights; Waukegan; Bloomington; and Peoria. LRB103 24798 AMQ 51127 b LRB103 24798 AMQ 51127 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State shall fund the construction of 5 employment training centers at a cost to be determined by the utility. Provides that the employment training centers shall be located in: the west side of Chicago; Ford Heights; Waukegan; Bloomington; and Peoria.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 16-108.12 as follows:
16	16	6 (220 ILCS 5/16-108.12)
17	17	7 Sec. 16-108.12. Utility job training program.
18	18	8 (a) An electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000
19	19	9 customers in the State shall spend $10,000,000 per year in
20	20	10 2017, 2021, and 2025 to fund the programs described in this
21	21	11 Section.
22	22	12 (1) The utility shall fund a solar training pipeline
23	23	13 program in the amount of $3,000,000. The utility may
24	24	14 administer the program or contract with another entity to
25	25	15 administer the program. The program shall be designed to
26	26	16 establish a solar installer training pipeline for projects
27	27	17 authorized under Section 1-56 of the Illinois Power Agency
28	28	18 Act and to establish a pool of trained installers who will
29	29	19 be able to install solar projects authorized under
30	30	20 subsection (c) of Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
31	31	21 Agency Act and otherwise. The program may include single
32	32	22 event training programs. The program described in this
33	33	23 paragraph (1) shall be designed to ensure that entities
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40	40	Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that an electric utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State shall fund the construction of 5 employment training centers at a cost to be determined by the utility. Provides that the employment training centers shall be located in: the west side of Chicago; Ford Heights; Waukegan; Bloomington; and Peoria.
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68	68	1 that offer training are located in, and trainees are
69	69	2 recruited from, the same communities that the program aims
70	70	3 to serve and that the program provides trainees with the
71	71	4 opportunity to obtain real-world experience. The program
72	72	5 described in this paragraph (1) shall also be designed to
73	73	6 assist trainees so that they can obtain applicable
74	74	7 certifications or participate in an apprenticeship
75	75	8 program. The utility or administrator shall include
76	76	9 funding for programs that provide training to individuals
77	77	10 who are or were foster children or that target persons
78	78	11 with a record who are transitioning with job training and
79	79	12 job placement programs. The program shall include an
80	80	13 incentive to facilitate an increase of hiring of qualified
81	81	14 persons who are or were foster children and persons with a
82	82	15 record. It is a goal of the program described in this
83	83	16 paragraph (1) that at least 50% of the trainees in this
84	84	17 program come from within environmental justice communities
85	85	18 and that 2,000 jobs are created for persons who are or were
86	86	19 foster children and persons with a record.
87	87	20 (2) The utility shall fund a craft apprenticeship
88	88	21 program in the amount of $3,000,000. The program shall be
89	89	22 an accredited or otherwise recognized apprenticeship
90	90	23 program over a period not to exceed 4 years, for
91	91	24 particular crafts, trades, or skills in the electric
92	92	25 industry that may, but need not, be related to solar
93	93	26 installation.
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104	104	1 (3) The utility shall fund multi-cultural jobs
105	105	2 programs in the amount of $4,000,000. The funding shall be
106	106	3 allocated in the applicable year to individual programs as
107	107	4 set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of this
108	108	5 paragraph (3) and may, but need not, be related to solar
109	109	6 installation, over a period not to exceed 4 years, by
110	110	7 diversity-focused community organizations that have a
111	111	8 record of successfully delivering job training.
112	112	9 (A) $1,000,000 to a community-based civil rights
113	113	10 and human services not-for-profit organization that
114	114	11 provides economic development, human capital, and
115	115	12 education program services.
116	116	13 (B) $500,000 to a not-for-profit organization that
117	117	14 is also an education institution that offers training
118	118	15 programs approved by the Illinois State Board of
119	119	16 Education and United States Department of Education
120	120	17 with the goal of providing workforce initiatives
121	121	18 leading to economic independence.
122	122	19 (C) $500,000 to a not-for-profit organization
123	123	20 dedicated to developing the educational and leadership
124	124	21 capacity of minority youth through the operation of
125	125	22 schools, youth leadership clubs and youth development
126	126	23 centers.
127	127	24 (D) $1,000,000 to a not-for-profit organization
128	128	25 dedicated to providing equal access to opportunities
129	129	26 in the construction industry that offer training
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140	140	1 programs that include Occupational Safety and Health
141	141	2 Administration 10 and 30 certifications, Environmental
142	142	3 Protection Agency Renovation, Repair and Painting
143	143	4 Certification and Leadership in Energy and
144	144	5 Environmental Design Accredited Green Associate Exam
145	145	6 preparation courses.
146	146	7 (E) $500,000 to a non-profit organization that has
147	147	8 a proven record of successfully implementing utility
148	148	9 industry training programs, with expertise in creating
149	149	10 programs that strengthen the economics of communities
150	150	11 including technical training workshops and economic
151	151	12 development through community and financial partners.
152	152	13 (F) $500,000 to a nonprofit organization that
153	153	14 provides family services, housing education, job and
154	154	15 career education opportunities that has successfully
155	155	16 partnered with the utility on electric industry job
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157	157	18 (4) The utility shall fund the construction of 5
158	158	19 employment training centers at a cost to be determined by
159	159	20 the utility. The employment training centers shall be
160	160	21 located in the following Illinois cities or areas: (A) the
161	161	22 west side of Chicago; (B) Ford Heights; (C) Waukegan; (D)
162	162	23 Bloomington; and (E) Peoria.
163	163	24 For the purposes of this Section, "person with a record"
164	164	25 means any person who (1) has been convicted of a crime in this
165	165	26 State or of an offense in any other jurisdiction, not
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176	176	1 including an offense or attempted offense that would subject a
177	177	2 person to registration under the Sex Offender Registration
178	178	3 Act; (2) has a record of an arrest or an arrest that did not
179	179	4 result in conviction for any crime in this State or of an
180	180	5 offense in any other jurisdiction; or (3) has a juvenile
181	181	6 delinquency adjudication.
182	182	7 (b) Within 60 days after the effective date of this
183	183	8 amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, an electric
184	184	9 utility that serves more than 3,000,000 customers in the State
185	185	10 shall file with the Commission a plan to implement this
186	186	11 Section. Within 60 days after the plan is filed, the
187	187	12 Commission shall enter an order approving the plan if it is
188	188	13 consistent with this Section or, if the plan is not consistent
189	189	14 with this Section, the Commission shall explain the
190	190	15 deficiencies, after which time the utility shall file a new
191	191	16 plan. The utility shall use the funds described in
192	192	17 subparagraph (O) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section
193	193	18 1-75 of the Illinois Power Agency Act to pay for the Commission
194	194	19 approved programs under this Section.
195	195	20 (Source: P.A. 99-906, eff. 6-1-17.)
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