Bill Title: Amends the Energy Assistance Act. Provides that if a participant in the energy assistance program resides in publicly supported housing, the compensation paid under the Act to the energy provider who supplied winter energy to the participant shall be paid on behalf of the owner of that publicly supported housing. Provides that "publicly supported housing" includes housing subsidized or developed with public funds provided under the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0157 [SB1629 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Iris Martinez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-020	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kwame Raoul [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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