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Sen. John G. Mulroe
Filed: 4/19/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5025
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5025 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 8-209 as follows:
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| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/8-209 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8-209. Utility credit reporting. If a public utility |
| 8 | | reports a customer to a credit reporting agency for non-payment |
| 9 | | of an outstanding utility bill, then a public utility shall |
| 10 | | notify the credit reporting agency within 5 business days of |
| 11 | | any mutual agreement to make full payment or full payments made |
| 12 | | with certified funds or cash. For the purposes of this |
| 13 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, certified funds |
| 14 | | means instruments that are guaranteed by the issuing |
| 15 | | institution or have cleared the issuing institution.".
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