Section 280.150  Disconnection of Master-Metered Apartment Buildings

Reference to Governing Statute: The Rental Property Utility Service Act [765 ILCS 735] governs procedures for disconnection of service to accounts affecting master-metered apartment buildings when a landlord or property manager has not paid the utility bill for the master-metered account. These procedures include requirements for a utility to:

a)         Inform tenants of the pending disconnection of their utility service; and

b)         Set out their remedies, including the right to petition a court for appointment of a receiver to collect rents and remit a portion of the rents to the utility for payment of utility bills.