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90_HB2398
55 ILCS 5/5-1096.1 new
55 ILCS 5/11-42-11.5 new
220 ILCS 5/8-101.1 new
220 ILCS 5/13-101 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101
Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code,
and the Public Utilities Act in relation to fees imposed for
late payment of cable television, telephone, and utility
bills. Requires the bill to be post-marked at least 21 days
before the due date. Limits delinquent fees to 1.5% of the
amount past due.
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1 AN ACT concerning late payment charges, amending named
2 Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding
6 Section 5-1096.1 as follows:
7 (55 ILCS 5/5-1096.1 new)
8 Sec. 5-1096.1. Fees; delinquent payment for cable
9 television service. No provider of cable television service
10 shall impose a fee on a residential customer for delinquent
11 payment for the provision of cable television service, unless
12 the provider complies with the following provisions:
13 (1) the customer has first been provided with
14 written notice that it is the policy of the seller to
15 impose a late fee on delinquent accounts;
16 (2) the customer has at least 21 days from the
17 post-marked date on the bill before the due date;
18 (3) payment is received after the due date,
19 provided that payment received by mail shall be
20 considered past due if the payment envelope is
21 post-marked after the due date printed on the bill; and
22 (4) the fee is assessed no earlier than 27 days
23 after issuance of the previous bill.
24 Delinquent fees shall be limited to 1.5% of the total amount
25 past due.
26 Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
27 adding Section 11-42-11.5 as follows:
28 (55 ILCS 5/11-42-11.5 new)
29 Sec. 11-42-11.5. Fees; delinquent payment for cable
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1 television service. No provider of cable television service
2 shall impose a fee on a residential customer for delinquent
3 payment for the provision of cable television service, unless
4 the provider complies with the following provisions:
5 (1) the customer has first been provided with
6 written notice that it is the policy of the seller to
7 impose a late fee on delinquent accounts;
8 (2) the customer has at least 21 days from the
9 post-marked date on the bill before the due date;
10 (3) payment is received after the due date,
11 provided that payment received by mail shall be
12 considered past due if the payment envelope is
13 post-marked after the due date printed on the bill; and
14 (4) the fee is assessed no earlier than 27 days
15 after issuance of the previous bill.
16 Delinquent fees shall be limited to 1.5% of the total amount
17 past due.
18 Section 15. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
19 adding Section 8-101.5 and amending Section 13-101 as
20 follows:
21 (220 ILCS 5/8-101.1 new)
22 Sec. 8-101.1. Fees; delinquent payment for electric,
23 gas, water, and local exchange telecommunications service.
24 No provider of electric, gas, water, or local exchange
25 telecommunications services shall impose a fee on a
26 residential customer for delinquent payment for the provision
27 of the aforementioned services, unless the provider complies
28 with the following provisions:
29 (1) the customer has first been provided with
30 written notice that it is the policy of the seller to
31 impose a late fee on delinquent accounts;
32 (2) the customer has at least 21 days from the
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1 post-marked date on the bill before the due date;
2 (3) payment is received after the due date,
3 provided that payment received by mail shall be
4 considered past due if the payment envelope is
5 post-marked after the due date printed on the bill; and
6 (4) the fee is assessed no earlier than 27 days
7 after issuance of the previous bill.
8 Delinquent fees shall be limited to 1.5% of the total amount
9 past due.
10 (220 ILCS 5/13-101) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 13-101)
11 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2001)
12 Sec. 13-101. Except to the extent modified or
13 supplemented by the specific provisions of this Article, the
14 Sections of this Act pertaining to public utilities, public
15 utility rates and services, and the regulation thereof, are
16 fully and equally applicable to noncompetitive
17 telecommunications rates and services, and the regulation
18 thereof, except where the context clearly renders such
19 provisions inapplicable. Except to the extent modified or
20 supplemented by the specific provisions of this Article,
21 Articles I through V, Sections 8-101.1, 8-301, 8-505, 9-221,
22 9-222, 9-222.1, 9-222.2, 9-250, and 9-252.1, and Articles X
23 and XI of this Act are fully and equally applicable to
24 competitive telecommunications rates and services, and the
25 regulation thereof.
26 (Source: P.A. 90-38, eff. 6-27-97.)