Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
Filed: 3/25/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1629




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1629 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Energy Assistance Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 11 as follows:
 



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    (305 ILCS 20/11)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 1411)



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    Sec. 11. Payments to Energy Providers. 
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    (a) When an energy provider
supplies winter energy to a 
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participant and customer, the provider shall be
compensated by 
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the State of Illinois pursuant to rules promulgated by the

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Department. 

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    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if a 
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participant in the energy assistance program under this Act 
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resides in housing subsidized or developed with funds provided 
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under the Rental Housing Support Program Act or under a similar 
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locally funded rent subsidy program, the compensation paid 
 


 






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under this Act to the energy provider who supplied winter 
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energy to the participant shall be paid on behalf of the 
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participant or, if the owner is responsible for providing 
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winter energy, on behalf of the owner of the housing
unit 
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providing winter energy to the participant under the rent 
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subsidy program. 
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(Source: P.A. 86-127; 87-14.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".