HB5195 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 16481 MJR 31751 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5195

Introduced 2/1/2010, by Rep. Dan Brady

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

220 ILCS 5/8-307 new

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission must require that a public utility that serves a contract with a third party for a property must notify the owner of record and the tenant of the property if excess water usage is detected by the public utility. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning utilities.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding Section 8-307 as follows:

(220 ILCS 5/8-307 new)

Sec. 8-307. Excess water usage; landlord notification. The Commission must require that a public utility that serves a contract with a third party for a property must notify the owner of record and the tenant of the property if excess water usage is detected by the public utility.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.