Public Act 095-0772
 
HB5086 Enrolled LRB095 18179 MJR 44262 b

    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
    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 changing
Section 8-205 as follows:
 
    (220 ILCS 5/8-205)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 8-205)
    Sec. 8-205. (a) Termination of gas and electric utility
service to all residential users, including all tenants of
mastermetered apartment buildings, for nonpayment of bills,
where gas or electricity is used as the only source of space
heating or to control or operate the only space heating
equipment at the residence is prohibited,
        (1) 1. on any day when the National Weather Service
    forecast for the following 24 hours covering the area of
    the utility in which the residence is located includes a
    forecast that the temperature will be 32 degrees Fahrenheit
    or below; or
        (2) 2. on any day preceding a holiday or a weekend when
    such a forecast indicated that the temperature will be 32
    degrees Fahrenheit or below during the holiday or weekend.
    (b) If gas or electricity is used as the only source of
space cooling or to control or operate the only space cooling
equipment at a residence, then a utility with over 100,000
residential customers may not terminate gas or electric utility
service to the residential user, including all tenants of
mastermetered apartment buildings:
        (1) on any day when the National Weather Service
    forecast for the following 24 hours covering the area of
    the utility in which the residence is located includes a
    forecast that the temperature will be 95 degrees Fahrenheit
    or above; or
        (2) on any day preceding a holiday or weekend when a
    forecast indicates that the temperature will be 95 degrees
    Fahrenheit or above during the holiday or weekend.
(Source: P.A. 84-617.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.