102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3013
 
Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
65 ILCS 5/11-150-2

     Amends the Waterworks and Sewerage Connection Charge Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. In provisions regarding billing requirements for municipalities that operate a waterworks or combined waterworks and sewerage system, provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the provisions apply to home rule municipalities. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 11-150-2 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-150-2)
7    Sec. 11-150-2. Billing for services.
8    (a) On or after August 18, 2017 (the effective date of 
9Public Act 100-178) this amendatory Act of the 100th General 
10Assembly, the corporate authorities of any municipality 
11operating a waterworks or combined waterworks and sewerage 
12system:
13        (1) shall bill for any utility service, including 
14    previously unbilled service: (A) within 12 months after 
15    the provision of that service to the customer if the 
16    service is supplied to a residential customer; or (B) 
17    within 24 months after the provision of that service to 
18    that customer if the service is supplied to a 
19    non-residential customer; however, the corporate 
20    authorities of a municipality may bill for unpaid amounts 
21    that were billed to a customer or if the customer was 
22    notified that there is an unpaid amount before the 
23    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General 
 
 
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1    Assembly for service that was supplied to the customer 
2    before January 1, 2016;
3        (2) shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the 
4    normal billing cycle;
5        (3) shall label any amount attributed to previously 
6    unbilled service as such on the customer's bill and 
7    include the beginning and ending dates for the period 
8    during which the previously unbilled amount accrued;
9        (4) shall issue the makeup billing amount calculated 
10    on a prorated basis to reflect the varying rates for 
11    previously unbilled service accrued over a period of time 
12    when the rates for service have varied; and
13        (5) shall provide the customer with the option of a 
14    payment arrangement to retire the makeup bill for 
15    previously unbilled service by periodic payments, without 
16    interest or late fees, over a time equal to the amount of 
17    time the billing was delayed. 
18    (b) The time limit of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
19shall not apply to previously unbilled service attributed to 
20tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing 
21the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading 
22of the meter.
23    (c) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
24of the 102nd General Assembly, a home rule municipality 
25operating a waterworks or combined waterworks and sewerage 
26system may not bill customers in a manner inconsistent with 
 
 
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1this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection 
2(i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on 
3the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and 
4functions exercised by the State. 

5(Source: P.A. 100-178, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.