Illinois § 25

§ 25.

Stoppage of gas or electricity; arrearage; municipality; electric company or cooperative. (a) The stoppage of gas or electricity from entering the residential premises of which a service member was a primary occupant immediately before the service member entered military service for nonpayment of service shall be subject to Section 11-117-12.2 of the Illinois Municipal Code when the entity providing the gas or electrical service is a municipality owning a public utility, or shall be subject to Section 8-201.5 of the Public Utilities Act when the entity providing the gas or electrical service is a company or electric cooperative. (b) Payment periods offered to a residential consumer who is a service member upon his or her return from military service to pay off any arrearages incurred during the period of the residential consumer's service period shall be subject to Section 11-117-12.2 of the Illinois Municipal Code when the entity offering the payment period is a municipality owning a public utility, or shall be subject to Section 8-201.5 of the Public Utilities Act when the entity offering the payment period is a company or electric cooperative. (c) In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to service members under this Section, a service member must provide the company or electric cooperative with a copy of the orders calling the service member to military service, or copies of orders further extending the service member's period of service, and provide documentation of hardship. Further, in the event the service member no longer claims to be the primary occupant of the residential premises or the customer account of record changes, then the company or electric cooperative may enforce all applicable rules, regulations, and tariffs. (Source: P.A. 97-913, eff. 1-1-13.)