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90_HB3369 220 ILCS 5/9-222.4 new Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires public utilities and alternative electric suppliers to charge persons over the age of 64 years whose income is less than 125% of the poverty level a rate for electricity that is 10% lower than the rate charged to other residential retail customers. LRB9010833JSmg LRB9010833JSmg 1 AN ACT to amend the Public Utilities Act by adding 2 Section 9-222.4. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding 6 Section 9-222.4 as follows: 7 (220 ILCS 5/9-222.4 new) 8 Sec. 9-222.4. Senior citizen rates. Beginning January 9 1, 1999, a public utility and an alternative electric 10 supplier shall charge persons over the age of 64 years whose 11 income is less than 125% of the federal nonfarm poverty level 12 as established by the federal Office of Management and Budget 13 a rate for electricity that is 10% lower than the rate 14 charged to other residential retail customers.