Illinois Senate Bill 1597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a utility, when establishing service for a customer, must ask for the name and address, in addition to the service address, of the owner of the property. Provides that a customer may refuse to provide the information to the utility; however, the utility must still present the question to the customer. Provides that within 5 calendar days after a request for termination of service is made, or if service is to be terminated at a customer's service address for any other reason, then the utility must notify the owner of the property in writing (1) of the termination, and (2) whether the owner of the property will be billed for service. Provides that the written notification must be provided to the owner at the service address and any other address that is on record for the owner. Provides that a utility must obtain an actual reading of the utility meter at the service address within 48 hours after the actual termination at the service address. Effective immediately.

UTILITIES-TERMINATION-RENTERS

Sen. Dave Syverson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-13		Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2009-03-12		To Consumer Protection Subcommittee on Special Issues
2009-03-06		Postponed - Consumer Protection
2009-02-25		Assigned to Consumer Protection
2009-02-19		Referred to Assignments
2009-02-19		First Reading
2009-02-19		Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1597&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=76&GA=96
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/09600SB1597.htm