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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0717 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 220 ILCS 5/9-223 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-223 |
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning fire protection charges imposed by water utilities.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB0717 | | LRB101 03447 JRG 48455 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 9-223 as follows:
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| 6 | | (220 ILCS 5/9-223) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-223)
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| 7 | | Sec. 9-223. Fire protection charge.
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| 8 | | (a) The
The Commission may authorize any public utility |
| 9 | | engaged in
the production, storage, transmission, sale, |
| 10 | | delivery or furnishing of water
to impose a fire protection |
| 11 | | charge, in addition to any rate authorized by
this Act, |
| 12 | | sufficient to cover a reasonable portion of the cost of |
| 13 | | providing
the capacity, facilities and the water necessary to |
| 14 | | meet the fire protection
needs of any municipality or public |
| 15 | | fire protection district. Such fire
protection charge shall be |
| 16 | | in the form of a fixed amount per bill and shall
be shown |
| 17 | | separately on the utility bill of each customer of the |
| 18 | | municipality
or fire protection district. Any filing by a |
| 19 | | public utility to impose such a
fire protection charge or to |
| 20 | | modify a charge shall be made pursuant to Section
9-201 of this |
| 21 | | Act. Any fire protection charge imposed shall reflect the
costs |
| 22 | | associated with providing fire protection service for each |
| 23 | | municipality
or fire protection district. No such charge shall |