(815 ILCS 505/2FF)
Sec. 2FF. Electric service fraud; elderly persons or
persons with disabilities; additional penalties.
With respect to the advertising, sale, provider
selection, billings, or collections relating to the provision
of electric service, where the consumer is an elderly person
or person with a disability, a civil penalty of $50,000 may be imposed
for each violation.
For purposes of this
Section:
(1) "Elderly person" means a person 60 years of age
or older.
(2) "Person with a disability" means a person who suffers
from a permanent physical or mental impairment resulting
from disease, injury, functional disorder or congenital
condition.
(3) "Electric service" shall have the meaning given
that term in Section 6.5 of
the Attorney General
Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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