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[ Engrossed ][ House Amendment 001 ]

90_SB0055

      220 ILCS 5/8-302          from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-302
          Amends the Public Utilities Act.  Adds a Section  caption
      and  makes  stylistic  changes  to  a  Section concerning the
      reading of meters.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the  Public  Utilities  Act  by  changing
 2    Section 8-302.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.   The  Public  Utilities  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 8-302 as follows:
 7        (220 ILCS 5/8-302) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-302)
 8        Sec.  8-302.  Reading  of  meters.   The Commission shall
 9    require that  every  public  utility  furnishing  natural  or
10    artificial  gas,  electricity,  or water to the public, where
11    the individual consumption is measured by meter, shall,  upon
12    written  request  of  any consumer, cause the meter reader at
13    the time of reading the such consumer's meter to leave at the
14    such meter a card showing the present reading of  the  meter,
15    the  last  previous  reading,  and  the dates of the such two
16    readings.
17    (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
18        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
19    becoming law.

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