(a) In this section:
(1) “Active duty” means active duty pursuant to an executive order of the President of the United States, an act of the Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.
(2) “Service member” means a member of the armed services or reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois National Guard.
(b) The City shall not stop gas from entering the residential premises of which a service member was a primary occupant immediately before the service member was deployed on active duty for nonpayment for gas supplied to the residential premises.
(c) Upon the return from active duty of a residential consumer who is a service member, the City shall offer the residential consumer a period equal to at least the period of the residential consumer’s deployment on active duty to pay any arrearages incurred during the period of the residential consumer’s deployment. The City shall inform the residential consumer that, if the period the City offers presents a hardship to the consumer, the consumer may request a longer period to pay the arrearages.
(d) In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to service members under this section, a service member must provide the City with a copy of the military or gubernatorial orders calling the service member to active duty and of any orders further extending the service member’s period of active duty.
(Ord. 64-6-1. Passed 6-11-64; Ord. 2002-3-1. Passed 3-13-02; Ord. 2007-2-4. Passed 2-14-07; Ord. 2016-01-1. Passed 1-13-15.)
Statutory reference:
65 ILCS 5/11-117-12.2