HB6791 Summary

• Appropriates $117,104,500 to the Illinois Commerce Commission for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, for ordinary and contingent expenses.

• Funds distributed across multiple accounts: Chairman and Commissioner's Office ($1,673,500 from Transportation Regulatory and Public Utility Funds), Public Utilities ($26,958,000), Transportation ($11,346,600), and various emergency and regulatory programs.

• Allocates $64,000,000 from the Wireless Service Emergency Fund for administrative costs and grants to emergency telephone system boards and public safety answering points for wireless 9-1-1 and E9-1-1 services.

• Appropriates $8,500,000 from the Wireless Carrier Reimbursement Fund for reimbursing wireless carriers' Federal Communications Commission enhanced 9-1-1 compliance costs and related administrative expenses.

• Provides $150,000 from the Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Fund for a grant to the Statewide One-call Notice System and $4,450,700 from the Transportation Regulatory Fund for carrier registration programs and refunds.

• Takes effect July 1, 2010.