HB1343ham003 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Filed: 4/26/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1343

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1343, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 8-205.5 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/8-205.5 new)

Sec. 8-205.5. Termination of utilities prior to December 1, 2007. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law to the contrary, a public utility that, on December 31, 2005, served at least 100,000 electric customers in Illinois may not terminate electric service to a residential customer for nonpayment prior to December 1, 2007.

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