Bill Text: IL HB0876 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires a public utility to disclose certain property and rate information to a customer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0876 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0876-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 5-101 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/5-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 5-101)
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7 | Sec. 5-101. Required disclosures. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Every public utility shall furnish to the Commission | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | all
information required by it to carry into effect the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | provisions of this Act,
and shall make specific answers to all | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | questions submitted by the Commission.
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12 | (b) Any public utility receiving from the Commission any | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | blanks with
directions to fill the same, shall cause the same | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | to be properly filled out
so as to answer fully and correctly | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | each question therein propounded, and
in case it is unable to | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | answer any question, it shall give a good and
sufficient reason | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | for such failure; and said answer shall be verified under
oath | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | by the president, secretary, superintendent or general manager | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | of such
public utility and returned to the Commission at its | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | office within the
period fixed by the Commission.
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21 | (c) Whenever required by the Commission, every public | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | utility shall deliver
to the Commission, any or all maps, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | profiles, reports, documents, books,
accounts, papers and |
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1 | records in its possession, or in any way relating to
its | ||||||
2 | property or affecting its business, and inventories of its | ||||||
3 | property, in
such form as the Commission may direct, or | ||||||
4 | verified copies of any or all of
the same.
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5 | (d) Every public utility shall obey and comply with each | ||||||
6 | and every requirement
of this Act and every order, decision, | ||||||
7 | direction, rule or regulation made or
prescribed by the | ||||||
8 | Commission in the matters herein specified, or any other
matter | ||||||
9 | in any way relating to or affecting its business as a public
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10 | utility, and shall do everything necessary or proper in order | ||||||
11 | to secure
compliance with and observance of this Act and every | ||||||
12 | such order, decision,
direction, rule or regulation by all of | ||||||
13 | its officers, agents and employees.
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14 | (e) Upon a reasonable request by one of its customers, a | ||||||
15 | public utility shall provide the customer with documents or | ||||||
16 | other information related to: | ||||||
17 | (1) the information provided in subsection (c) of this | ||||||
18 | Section as it relates to reports, documents, papers, and | ||||||
19 | records in its possession in any way relating to its | ||||||
20 | property and inventories of its property; or | ||||||
21 | (2) rates as last reported to the Commission as | ||||||
22 | required under Section 9-102. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
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