HB4584 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 15711 MJR 41718 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4584

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/8-307 new

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility that overcharges a residential customer $500 or more, based on estimated meter reading, in any given billing period, including, but not limited to, monthly, bi-monthly, and semi-annual billing, must refund the overcharge, plus 5% interest, to the customer within 30 days after that billing period. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 8-307 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/8-307 new)

Sec. 8-307. Estimated billing for public utility service; penalties for overcharge. A public utility that overcharges a residential customer $500 or more, based on estimated meter reading, in any given billing period, including, but not limited to, monthly, bi-monthly, and semi-annual billing, must refund the overcharge, plus 5% interest, to the customer within 30 days after that billing period.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.