HB0558ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

Filed: 3/21/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 558

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 558 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 17-1000 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/17-1000 new)

Sec. 17-1000. Inspection of connections to residential rental properties and individual rental units.

(a) A unit of local government may request that an electric cooperative or municipal system inspect the connection to a meter in a specified residential rental property or the submeter in an individual rental unit to which it delivers utility services to ensure that the billing of the property or unit is accurate. The electric cooperative or municipal system shall inspect the property or unit within 60 days after receipt of the request.

(b) An electric cooperative or municipal system shall post on its publicly available website any residential rental properties or individual rental units that are revealed to have a discrepancy between the service provided and the cost billed to the customer.

(c) An electric cooperative or municipal system shall report to the Attorney General any residential rental properties or individual rental units that are revealed to have a discrepancy between the service provided and the cost billed to the customer.".