Full Text of HB0876 101st General Assembly
HB0876 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB0876 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 220 ILCS 5/5-101 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 5-101 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires a public utility to disclose certain property and rate information to a customer.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 5-101 as follows:
| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/5-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 5-101)
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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
| 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.
| 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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