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      220 ILCS 5/8-204          from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-204
          Amends the Public Utilities Act.  Adds a Section  caption
      and  makes  stylistic changes to a Section concerning the use
      of life-support equipment.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the  Public  Utilities  Act  by  changing
 2    Section 8-204.
 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
 6    changing Section 8-204 as follows:
 7        (220 ILCS 5/8-204) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-204)
 8        Sec.  8-204.  Life-support  equipment  registry.    Every
 9    public  utility  company  that which furnishes electricity to
10    residential customers shall (a) maintain a registry of  those
11    individuals  who  are  dependent  on an electrically operated
12    respirator,  dialysis  machine,  or  any  other  electrically
13    operated life-support equipment,  and  (b)  identify  with  a
14    special tag each meter used in conjunction with the provision
15    of  electric  service  to such individuals.  The existence of
16    the registry shall be reasonably  publicized  by  the  public
17    utility  to its residential customers and the general public.
18    It shall be the responsibility, however,  of  any  individual
19    relying  on  any  life-support equipment to notify the public
20    utility providing electrical service of his or her dependency
21    on such life-support equipment.
22    (Source: P.A. 86-1424.)
23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
24    becoming law.

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