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HB0318 Engrossed |
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LRB095 04589 LCT 24646 b |
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| AN ACT concerning business.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
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| Practices Act is amended by changing Section 2HH as follows:
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| (815 ILCS 505/2HH)
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| Sec. 2HH. Billing and collection practices of utility
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| electric
service providers. Each person selling generation,
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| transmission, distribution, metering, or billing of any |
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| utility
electric
service shall display the name, the toll-free |
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| telephone number
of such service provider, and a description of |
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| the services
provided on all bills submitted to subscribers of |
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| such
services. All personal information relating to the
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| subscriber of generation, transmission, distribution, |
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| metering,
or billing of any utility
electric service shall be |
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| maintained by the
service providers solely for the purpose of |
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| generating the
bill for such services, and shall not be |
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| divulged to any
other persons with the exception of credit |
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| bureaus,
collection agencies, and persons licensed to market |
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| utility services
electric
service in the State of Illinois, |
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| without the written consent
of the subscriber. Credit bureaus |
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| that receive personal consumer information from a utility |
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| service provider may not use that information to determine |