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Rep. Renée Kosel
Filed: 4/12/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2831
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2831, AS AMENDED, as |
| 3 | | follows:
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| 4 | | in Section 5, in the introductory clause, by replacing |
| 5 | | "Sections 2-107 and 8-306" with "Sections 2-107, 8-306, and |
| 6 | | 9-223"; and
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| 7 | | in Section 5, immediately below the end of Sec. 8-306, by |
| 8 | | inserting the following:
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| 9 | | "(220 ILCS 5/9-223) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-223)
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| 10 | | Sec. 9-223. Fire protection charge.
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| 11 | | (a) The Commission may authorize any public utility engaged |
| 12 | | in
the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or |
| 13 | | furnishing of water
to impose a fire protection charge, in |
| 14 | | addition to any rate authorized by
this Act, sufficient to |
| 15 | | cover a reasonable portion of the cost of providing
the |
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| 1 | | capacity, facilities and the water necessary to meet the fire |
| 2 | | protection
needs of any municipality or public fire protection |
| 3 | | district. Such fire
protection charge shall be in the form of a |
| 4 | | fixed amount per bill and shall
be shown separately on the |
| 5 | | utility bill of each customer of the municipality
or fire |
| 6 | | protection district. Any filing by a public utility to impose |
| 7 | | such a
fire protection charge or to modify a charge shall be |
| 8 | | made pursuant to Section
9-201 of this Act. Any fire protection |
| 9 | | charge imposed shall reflect the
costs associated with |
| 10 | | providing fire protection service for each municipality
or fire |
| 11 | | protection district. No such charge shall be imposed directly |
| 12 | | on
any municipality or fire protection district for a |
| 13 | | reasonable level of fire
protection services unless provided |
| 14 | | for in a separate agreement between the
municipality or the |
| 15 | | fire protection district and the utility.
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| 16 | | Additionally, all revenue from cell phone towers operating |
| 17 | | on water utility property, and all revenue from all other |
| 18 | | contracts or arrangements for use of water utility property, |
| 19 | | shall be used to directly offset the fire protection charge in |
| 20 | | the fire district where the water utility property is located. |
| 21 | | Any filing by a water utility to change a fire protection |
| 22 | | charge, a water rate, or a sewer rate shall separately identify |
| 23 | | all revenues described in this Section, including the total |
| 24 | | amount of revenue received for use of water utility property in |
| 25 | | each fire district. |
| 26 | | (b) (Blank). By December 31, 2007, the Commission shall |
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| 1 | | conduct at least 3 public forums to evaluate the purpose and |
| 2 | | use of each fire protection charge imposed under this Section. |
| 3 | | At least one forum must be held in northern Illinois, at least |
| 4 | | one forum must be held in central Illinois, and at least one |
| 5 | | forum must be held in southern Illinois. The Commission must |
| 6 | | invite a representative from each municipality and fire |
| 7 | | protection district affected by a fire protection charge under |
| 8 | | this Section to attend a public forum. The Commission shall |
| 9 | | report its findings concerning recommendations concerning the |
| 10 | | purpose and use of each fire protection charge to the General |
| 11 | | Assembly no later than the last day of the veto session in |
| 12 | | 2008.
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| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 94-950, eff. 6-27-06.)".
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