Bill Text: IL HB5025 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility must release an account hold on a customer's account within 48 hours after the customer has made a payment in full to the public utility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0821 [HB5025 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5025-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5025 Introduced 2/7/2012, by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/8-209 new
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility must release an account hold on a customer's account within 48 hours after the customer has made a payment in full to the public utility.
LRB097 20011 CEL 65319 b
A BILL FOR
HB5025 LRB097 20011 CEL 65319 b
AN ACT concerning utilities.
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 8-209 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/8-209 new)
Sec. 8-209. Customer account holds. A public utility must
release an account hold on a customer's account within 48 hours
after the customer has made a payment in full to the public
utility.