Full Text of HB1739 96th General Assembly
HB1739 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB1739
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - George Scully, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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220 ILCS 5/8-202 |
from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-202 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning termination notices.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1739 |
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LRB096 05373 MJR 15439 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 8-202 as follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/8-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-202)
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| Sec. 8-202.
Any public utility, or two or more public | 8 |
| utilities, which
furnishes electricity or gas for space heating | 9 |
| shall, during the
the calendar
months of November, December, | 10 |
| January, February, and March: | 11 |
| (a) give written notice of its intention to terminate or | 12 |
| cut off such
service or supply for any reason, other than by | 13 |
| request of the customer,
to the customer. Such notice shall be | 14 |
| sent by U.S. Mail at least 8 days
prior to termination of | 15 |
| service or supply or delivered by other means to
the customer 5 | 16 |
| days prior to such termination; and
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| (b) deliver written notice of intention to terminate or cut | 18 |
| off such service
or supply for any reason, other than by | 19 |
| request of the customer, to the
Director of the local | 20 |
| department of public health or, if there is no local
department | 21 |
| of public health, then to the township supervisor or, if there
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| is no township supervisor, then to the county sheriff where the | 23 |
| premises
receiving such service or supply is located; and
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| (c) send, by certified mail, prior written notice of its | 2 |
| intention to
terminate or cut off such service or supply for | 3 |
| any reason, other than by
request of the customer, to the owner | 4 |
| of record and/or the mortgagee of
the premises receiving such | 5 |
| service or supply, should the owner of record
or mortgagee make | 6 |
| request to the public utility for any such notice.
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| The notice required by paragraphs (b) and (c) of this | 8 |
| Section shall be
delivered or mailed at least 24 hours and not | 9 |
| more than 48 hours prior to
the termination of service or | 10 |
| supply.
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| Any termination notice delivered or mailed to a customer | 12 |
| shall include a
statement advising said customer that the | 13 |
| township supervisor, local department
of public health, or | 14 |
| county sheriff, and the owner and/or the mortgagee,
if | 15 |
| applicable, will be notified of the termination action at least | 16 |
| 24 hours
prior to the termination of service or supply.
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| Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the power | 18 |
| of the Commission
to adopt other rules and regulations pursuant | 19 |
| to service termination notices.
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| No public official to whom notice is given pursuant to | 21 |
| subparagraph (b)
of this Section shall be liable for death, | 22 |
| injury or damages resulting from
cut-off of electricity or gas | 23 |
| service or supply.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
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