Bill Text: IL HB5255 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall have the authority after notice and hearing on the complaint or on the Commission's own motion to investigate into any complaints with regard to door-to-door sales practices and impose financial certificate of service authority penalties for such complaints.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5255 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5255-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning utilities.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 19-120 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/19-120)
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| 7 | Sec. 19-120. Commission oversight of services provided by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | gas
suppliers. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) The provisions of this Section shall apply only to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | alternative gas
suppliers
serving or seeking to serve | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | residential or small commercial customers and
only to the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | extent such
alternative gas suppliers provide services to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | residential or small
commercial customers.
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| 14 | (b) The Commission shall have jurisdiction in accordance | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | with the provisions
of Article X of this Act either to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | investigate on its own motion in order to determine whether or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | to entertain and dispose of any complaint against any
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| 18 | alternative
gas supplier alleging that:
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| 19 | (1) the alternative gas supplier has violated or is
in
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| 20 | nonconformance with any applicable provisions of Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 19-110, 19-111, 19-112, or Section
19-115;
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| 22 | (2) an alternative gas supplier has failed to provide | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | service in
accordance with the
terms of its contract or | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | contracts with a customer or customers;
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| 2 | (3) the
alternative
gas supplier has violated or is in | ||||||
| 3 | nonconformance with the transportation
services tariff
of, | ||||||
| 4 | or any of its agreements relating to transportation | ||||||
| 5 | services with, the gas
utility or
municipal system | ||||||
| 6 | providing transportation services; or
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| 7 | (4) the
alternative gas
supplier has violated or failed | ||||||
| 8 | to comply with the requirements of Sections
8-201
through | ||||||
| 9 | 8-207, 8-301, 8-505, or 8-507 of this Act as made | ||||||
| 10 | applicable to
alternative gas
suppliers.
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| 11 | (c) The Commission shall have authority after notice and | ||||||
| 12 | hearing held on
the complaint or on the Commission's own motion | ||||||
| 13 | to order any or all of the following remedies, penalties, or | ||||||
| 14 | forms of relief:
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| 15 | (1) order an alternative gas supplier to cease and | ||||||
| 16 | desist, or correct,
any violation of or nonconformance with | ||||||
| 17 | the provisions of Section
19-110, 19-111, 19-112, or | ||||||
| 18 | 19-115;
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| 19 | (2) impose financial penalties for violations of or | ||||||
| 20 | nonconformances
with the provisions of Section 19-110, | ||||||
| 21 | 19-111, 19-112, or 19-115, not to exceed (i)
$10,000 per | ||||||
| 22 | occurrence or (ii) $30,000 per day for those violations or
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| 23 | nonconformances which continue after the Commission issues | ||||||
| 24 | a
cease-and-desist order; and
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| 25 | (3) alter, modify, revoke, or suspend the certificate | ||||||
| 26 | of service
authority
of an alternative gas supplier for | ||||||
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| 1 | substantial or repeated violations of
or nonconformances | ||||||
| 2 | with the provisions of Section 19-110, 19-111, 19-112, or | ||||||
| 3 | 19-115; and .
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| 4 | (4) investigate any complaints with regard to | ||||||
| 5 | door-to-door sales practices and impose financial | ||||||
| 6 | certificate of service authority penalties for such | ||||||
| 7 | complaints as provided in paragraphs (1) through (3) of | ||||||
| 8 | this subsection. | ||||||
| 9 | (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit, | ||||||
| 10 | restrict, or
mitigate
in
any way the power and authority of the | ||||||
| 11 | State's Attorneys or the Attorney
General under the Consumer | ||||||
| 12 | Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 95-1051, eff. 4-10-09.)
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