the proposed rent reduction, if any, that is offered to compensate for the tenant's payments for utility usage outside of the tenant's unit.
(b) No landlord shall request or cause to be effected a change
(i) from landlord-paid master metered utilities to tenant-paid
individually metered utilities or (ii) from landlord-paid to tenant-paid
utilities, regardless of the metering arrangement, during the term
of a lease. The landlord shall provide a minimum of 30 days
notice to each affected tenant before effecting such a change in
service; for tenants under a lease, the notice shall be provided to the
tenants no less than 30 days before the expiration of the lease term.
This subsection does not prohibit the landlord and tenant from agreeing to
amend the lease to effect such a change; the amendment must be in writing
and subscribed by both parties.
(c) Any term or condition in a rental agreement between the landlord and
the tenant that is inconsistent with this Section is void and unenforceable.
(d) Nothing in this Section affects the relationship between a utility
company and its customers.
(Source: P.A. 87-178.)