96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5195

 

Introduced 2/1/2010, by Rep. Dan Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/8-307 new

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission must require that a public utility that serves a contract with a third party for a property must notify the owner of record and the tenant of the property if excess water usage is detected by the public utility. Effective immediately.


LRB096 16481 MJR 31751 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5195 LRB096 16481 MJR 31751 b

1     AN ACT concerning utilities.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5 Section 8-307 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 5/8-307 new)
7     Sec. 8-307. Excess water usage; landlord notification. The
8 Commission must require that a public utility that serves a
9 contract with a third party for a property must notify the
10 owner of record and the tenant of the property if excess water
11 usage is detected by the public utility.
 
12     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.