|
|
|
|
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3965
Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Deborah L. Graham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
|
|
|
|
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Changes provisions concerning the billing and collection practices of electric
service providers so that they apply to "utility service providers" rather than "electric service providers". Provides that credit bureaus that receive personal consumer information from a utility service provider may not use that information to determine credit scores.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
A BILL FOR
|
|
|
|
|
HB3965 |
|
LRB096 11687 KTG 22367 b |
|
|
| 1 |
| AN ACT concerning business.
|
| 2 |
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
|
| 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
|
| 4 |
| Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 5 |
| Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2HH as follows:
|
| 6 |
| (815 ILCS 505/2HH)
|
| 7 |
| Sec. 2HH. Billing and collection practices of utility |
| 8 |
| electric
service providers. Each person selling generation,
|
| 9 |
| transmission, distribution, metering, or billing of any |
| 10 |
| utility electric
service shall display the name, the toll-free |
| 11 |
| telephone number
of such service provider, and a description of |
| 12 |
| the services
provided on all bills submitted to subscribers of |
| 13 |
| such
services. All personal information relating to the
|
| 14 |
| subscriber of generation, transmission, distribution, |
| 15 |
| metering,
or billing of any utility electric service shall be |
| 16 |
| maintained by the
service providers solely for the purpose of |
| 17 |
| generating the
bill for such services, and shall not be |
| 18 |
| divulged to any
other persons with the exception of credit |
| 19 |
| bureaus,
collection agencies, and persons licensed to market |
| 20 |
| utility services electric
service in the State of Illinois, |
| 21 |
| without the written consent
of the subscriber. Credit bureaus |
| 22 |
| that receive personal consumer information from a utility |
| 23 |
| service provider may not use that information to determine |