Bill Text: IL SB1645 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires a utility to waive the utility's initial credit and deposit requirements for a period of 60 days for a residential customer or applicant who is a victim of domestic violence. Provides that the domestic violence must be certified by treating medical personnel, law enforcement personnel, a State's Attorney, the Attorney General, or a domestic violence shelter. The certification letter must be printed on the certifying entity's letterhead or accompanied by a letter on the certifying entity's letterhead that identifies the certifying individual.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-7)
Status: (Passed) 2015-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0420 [SB1645 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1645-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 099-0420 | ||||
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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 adding | ||||
Section 8-201.6 as follows:
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(220 ILCS 5/8-201.6 new) | ||||
Sec. 8-201.6. Deferral of deposit; victims of domestic | ||||
violence. For the purposes of this Section, "domestic violence" | ||||
means abuse by a family or household member, as "abuse" and | ||||
"family or household members" are defined in Section 103 of the | ||||
Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. | ||||
A utility shall defer the utility's initial credit and | ||||
deposit requirements for a period of 60 days for a residential | ||||
customer or applicant who is a victim of domestic violence. To | ||||
be eligible for the deferral under this Section, the domestic | ||||
violence must (1) have been the basis for the issuance of an | ||||
order of protection or (2) be certified by treating medical | ||||
personnel, law enforcement personnel, a State's Attorney, the | ||||
Attorney General, or a domestic violence shelter. The | ||||
certification letter must be printed on the certifying entity's | ||||
letterhead or accompanied by a letter on the certifying | ||||
entity's letterhead that identifies the certifying individual.
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