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90_HB3369
220 ILCS 5/9-222.4 new
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires public
utilities and alternative electric suppliers to charge
persons over the age of 64 years whose income is less than
125% of the poverty level a rate for electricity that is 10%
lower than the rate charged to other residential retail
customers.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by adding
2 Section 9-222.4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
6 Section 9-222.4 as follows:
7 (220 ILCS 5/9-222.4 new)
8 Sec. 9-222.4. Senior citizen rates. Beginning January
9 1, 1999, a public utility and an alternative electric
10 supplier shall charge persons over the age of 64 years whose
11 income is less than 125% of the federal nonfarm poverty level
12 as established by the federal Office of Management and Budget
13 a rate for electricity that is 10% lower than the rate
14 charged to other residential retail customers.