Bill Text: IL SB0704 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning termination notices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0704 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB0704-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 8-202 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/8-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-202)
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| 7 | 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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| 17 | (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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| 22 | 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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| 1 | (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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| 7 | 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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| 11 | 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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| 17 | 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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| 20 | 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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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
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