Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
Filed: 3/21/2023
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 558
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 558 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 17-1000 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/17-1000 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 17-1000. Inspection of connections to residential | ||||||
| 8 | rental properties and individual rental units. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) A unit of local government may request that an | ||||||
| 10 | electric cooperative or municipal system inspect the | ||||||
| 11 | connection to a meter in a specified residential rental | ||||||
| 12 | property or the submeter in an individual rental unit to which | ||||||
| 13 | it delivers utility services to ensure that the billing of the | ||||||
| 14 | property or unit is accurate. The electric cooperative or | ||||||
| 15 | municipal system shall inspect the property or unit within 60 | ||||||
| 16 | days after receipt of the request. | ||||||
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| 1 | (b) An electric cooperative or municipal system shall post | ||||||
| 2 | on its publicly available website any residential rental | ||||||
| 3 | properties or individual rental units that are revealed to | ||||||
| 4 | have a discrepancy between the service provided and the cost | ||||||
| 5 | billed to the customer. | ||||||
| 6 | (c) An electric cooperative or municipal system shall | ||||||
| 7 | report to the Attorney General any residential rental | ||||||
| 8 | properties or individual rental units that are revealed to | ||||||
| 9 | have a discrepancy between the service provided and the cost | ||||||
| 10 | billed to the customer.".
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