Full Text of SB3018 102nd General Assembly
SB3018 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB3018 Introduced 1/5/2022, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 220 ILCS 5/8-202 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-202 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that provisions concerning notice to terminate or cut off service or supply apply to any public utility, two or more public utilities, or broadband service providers (rather than any public utility or two or more public utilities furnishing electricity or gas for space heating during specified months). Provides that specified notice shall be delivered at least 7 calendar days prior to the termination of service or supply. Provides that no public official to whom notice is given shall be liable for death, injury, or damages resulting from cut-off of public utility (rather than electricity or gas) service or supply. Effective August 1, 2022.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 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 changing | 5 | | Section 8-202 as follows:
| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/8-202) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-202)
| 7 | | Sec. 8-202.
Any public utility, or two or more public | 8 | | utilities, or broadband service provider, must which
furnishes | 9 | | electricity or gas for space heating shall, during the | 10 | | calendar
months of November, December, January, February, and | 11 | | March :
| 12 | | (a) give written notice of its intention to terminate or | 13 | | cut off such
service or supply for any reason, other than by | 14 | | request of the customer,
to the customer. Such notice shall be | 15 | | sent by U.S. Mail at least 8 days
prior to termination of | 16 | | service or supply or delivered by other means to
the customer 5 | 17 | | days prior to such termination; and
| 18 | | (b) deliver written notice of intention to terminate or | 19 | | cut off such service
or supply for any reason, other than by | 20 | | request of the customer, to the
Director of the local | 21 | | department of public health or, if there is no local
| 22 | | department of public health, then to the township supervisor | 23 | | or, if there
is no township supervisor, then to the county |
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| 1 | | sheriff where the premises
receiving such service or supply is | 2 | | located; and
| 3 | | (c) send, by certified mail, prior written notice of its | 4 | | intention to
terminate or cut off such service or supply for | 5 | | any reason, other than by
request of the customer, to the owner | 6 | | of record and/or the mortgagee of
the premises receiving such | 7 | | service or supply, should the owner of record
or mortgagee | 8 | | make request to the public utility for any such notice.
| 9 | | The notice required by paragraph (b) of this Section shall | 10 | | be delivered at least 7 calendar days prior to the termination | 11 | | of service or supply. | 12 | | The notice required by paragraph paragraphs (b) and (c) of | 13 | | this Section shall be
delivered or mailed at least 24 hours and | 14 | | not more than 48 hours prior to
the termination of service or | 15 | | supply.
| 16 | | Any termination notice delivered or mailed to a customer | 17 | | shall include a
statement advising said customer that the | 18 | | township supervisor, local department
of public health, or | 19 | | county sheriff, and the owner and/or the mortgagee,
if | 20 | | applicable, will be notified of the termination action at | 21 | | least 24 hours
prior to the termination of service or supply.
| 22 | | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the power | 23 | | of the Commission
to adopt other rules and regulations | 24 | | pursuant to service termination notices.
| 25 | | No public official to whom notice is given pursuant to | 26 | | subparagraph (b)
of this Section shall be liable for death, |
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| 1 | | injury or damages resulting from
cut-off of public utility | 2 | | electricity or gas service or supply.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August | 5 | | 1, 2022.
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