Bill Text: IL HB5025 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered
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-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 097-0821 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning utilities.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding | ||||
Section 8-209 as follows:
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(220 ILCS 5/8-209 new) | ||||
Sec. 8-209. Utility credit reporting. If a public utility | ||||
reports a customer to a credit reporting agency for non-payment | ||||
of an outstanding utility bill, then a public utility shall | ||||
notify the credit reporting agency within 5 business days of | ||||
any full payment made with certified funds or cash. For the | ||||
purposes of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, | ||||
certified funds means instruments that are guaranteed by the | ||||
issuing institution or have cleared the issuing institution.
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