Bill Text: IL HB5025 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility must release an account hold on a customer's account within 48 hours after the customer has made a payment in full to the public utility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0821 [HB5025 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5025-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility must release an account hold on a customer's account within 48 hours after the customer has made a payment in full to the public utility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0821 [HB5025 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5025-Amended.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5025
| ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5025 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| ||||||
4 | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 8-209 as follows:
| ||||||
6 | (220 ILCS 5/8-209 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 8-209. Utility credit reporting. If a public utility | ||||||
8 | reports a customer to a credit reporting agency for non-payment | ||||||
9 | of an outstanding utility bill, then a public utility shall | ||||||
10 | notify the credit reporting agency within 5 business days of | ||||||
11 | any mutual agreement to make full payment or full payments made | ||||||
12 | with certified funds or cash. For the purposes of this | ||||||
13 | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, certified funds | ||||||
14 | means instruments that are guaranteed by the issuing | ||||||
15 | institution or have cleared the issuing institution. ".
|