Date	Chamber	Action
8/18/2017	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0178

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

65 ILCS 5/11-150-2 new

70 ILCS 3705/7.4 new

70 ILCS 3710/5.3 new

70 ILCS 3715/6

from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 228

70 ILCS 3720/0.001b

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, within 12 months (for residential customers) or 24 months (for non-residential customers) after the provision of the utility service. Provides exceptions to the time limits for billing when the customer prevented the utility from accurately reading the meter. Provides that the corporate authorities shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal billing cycle, shall label amounts attributed to previously unbilled service as such, shall prorate previously unbilled service amounts to reflect varying rates during the unbilled time, and provide the customer with a payment arrangement option for previously unbilled service amounts. Amends the Public Water District Act, the Water Service District Act, the Water Authorities Act, and the Water Commission Act making similar changes. Effective immediately.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts that were billed to a customer before the effective date of the amendatory Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2016.

House Committee Amendment No. 2
Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts if the customer was notified that there is an unpaid amount before the effective date of the amendatory Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2016.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2017	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski
2/10/2017	House	First Reading
2/10/2017	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2017	House	Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee
3/20/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski
3/20/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/21/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
3/24/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski
3/24/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/27/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
3/28/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote
3/28/2017	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote
3/28/2017	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 014-000-000
3/29/2017	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/5/2017	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/5/2017	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/7/2017	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000
4/20/2017	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/20/2017	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 25, 2017
5/4/2017	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
5/4/2017	Senate	First Reading
5/4/2017	Senate	Referred to Assignments
5/5/2017	Senate	Assigned to Local Government
5/12/2017	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2017
5/17/2017	Senate	Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000
5/17/2017	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 18, 2017
5/19/2017	Senate	Second Reading
5/19/2017	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2017
5/25/2017	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
5/25/2017	House	Passed Both Houses
6/23/2017	House	Sent to the Governor
8/18/2017	House	Governor Approved
8/18/2017	House	Effective Date August 18, 2017
8/18/2017	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0178

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