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Full Text of HB5025  97th General Assembly

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1    AN ACT concerning utilities.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5Section 8-209 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 5/8-209 new)
7    Sec. 8-209. Utility credit reporting. If a public utility
8reports a customer to a credit reporting agency for non-payment
9of an outstanding utility bill, then a public utility shall
10notify the credit reporting agency within 5 business days of
11any full payment made with certified funds or cash. For the
12purposes of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly,
13certified funds means instruments that are guaranteed by the
14issuing institution or have cleared the issuing institution.