HB6108 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6108

 

Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Robert F. Flider

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 5/8-515 new

    Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission shall require that if a customer elects to suspend gas service for a portion of the year, then the gas utility may not charge that customer a gas meter fee or penalty during the period that service is suspended. Effective July 1, 2010.


LRB096 19134 MJR 36561 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB6108 LRB096 19134 MJR 36561 b

1     AN ACT concerning utilities.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
5 Section 8-515 as follows:
 
6     (220 ILCS 5/8-515 new)
7     Sec. 8-515. Voluntary suspension of gas service; fees
8 prohibited. The Commission shall require that if a customer
9 elects to suspend gas service for a portion of the year, then
10 the gas utility may not charge that customer a gas meter fee or
11 penalty during the period that service is suspended.
 
12     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
13 2010.