Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 220 ILCS 5/3-120

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
     As used in Section 3-121 of this Act, the term “intrastate public utility business” includes all that portion of the business of the public utilities designated in Section 3-105 of this Act and over which this Commission has jurisdiction under the provisions of this Act.