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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0318
Introduced 1/22/2007, by Rep. Deborah L. Graham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Removes the exception allowing credit bureaus to divulge personal information relating to a subscriber of an electric service without the written consent of the subscriber.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0318 |
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LRB095 04589 LCT 24646 b |
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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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 Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
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| Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2HH as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2HH)
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| Sec. 2HH. Billing and collection practices of electric
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| service providers. Each person selling generation,
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| transmission, distribution, metering, or billing of electric
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| service shall display the name, the toll-free telephone number
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| of such service provider, and a description of the services
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| provided on all bills submitted to subscribers of such
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| services. All personal information relating to the
subscriber |
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| of generation, transmission, distribution, metering,
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| billing of electric service shall be maintained by the
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| providers solely for the purpose of generating the
bill for |
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| such services, and shall not be divulged to any
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| with the exception of credit bureaus,
collection agencies, and |
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| persons licensed to market electric
service in the State of |
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| Illinois, without the written consent
of the subscriber.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)
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