95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5664


 
Introduced , by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that no account for a utility service by a public utility that serves over 2,000,000 residential customers shall be in the name of  a person under the age of 18, unless that person is an emancipated minor. Provides that such a utility is not entitled to any payment on a service account transferred into the name of a person
under the age of 18, unless that person is an emancipated minor. Provides that any utility that serves over 2,000,000 residential customers that unknowingly opens a service account in the name of or transfers a service account to a person under the age of
18 who is not an emancipated minor and reports a delinquent debt on the account to  a credit reporting agency, collection agency, or person licensed to market utility services in the State of Illinois shall request that the delinquent debt report on the service account be removed from the minor's credit history as soon as possible after the utility discovers the error.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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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 
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Section 8-515 as follows:
 
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    (220 ILCS 5/8-515  new)
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    Sec. 8-515. Prohibition against a utility account in a 
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minor's name.
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    (a) No account for a utility service by a public utility 
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that serves over 2,000,000 residential customers shall be in 
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the name of  a person under the age of 18, unless that person is 
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an emancipated minor.
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    (b) A utility that serves over 2,000,000 residential 
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customers is not entitled to any payment on a service account 
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transferred into the name of a person
under the age of 18, 
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unless that person is an emancipated minor.
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    (c) Any utility that serves over 2,000,000 residential 
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customers that unknowingly opens a service account in the name 
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of or transfers a service account to a person under the age of

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18 who is not an emancipated minor and reports a delinquent 
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debt on the account to  a credit reporting agency, collection 
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agency, or person licensed to market utility services in the 
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State of Illinois shall request that the delinquent debt report 
 


 






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on the service account be removed from the minor's credit 
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history as soon as possible after the utility discovers the 
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error.