103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2147

 

Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/8-4-27

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Extends the date that the Municipal Water and Wastewater Funding Study Committee is required to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly to September 30, 2023 (from January 31, 2023). 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 8-4-27 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/8-4-27)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
8    Sec. 8-4-27. Municipal Water and Wastewater Funding Study
9Committee.
10    (a) The Municipal Water and Wastewater Funding Study
11Committee is established.
12    (b) The Committee shall be comprised of the following
13members, and the appointed members of the Committee shall be
14appointed to the Committee no later than 30 days after May 13,
152022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-865) this
16amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly:
17        (1) 1) The Governor, or his or her designee, who shall
18    serve as chairperson.
19        (2) The Director of the Illinois Environmental
20    Protection Agency, or his or her designee.
21        (3) One member appointed by the President of the
22    Senate.
23        (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the

 

 

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1    Senate.
2        (5) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House
3    of Representatives.
4        (6) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
5    House of Representatives.
6        (7) Members appointed by the Director of the Illinois
7    Environmental Protection Agency as follows:
8            (A) one member who is a representative of a
9        publicly owned publicly-owned drinking water or
10        wastewater utility with a service population of 25,000
11        or less;
12            (B) one member who is a representative of a
13        publicly owned publicly-owned drinking water or
14        wastewater utility with a service population over
15        25,000 people to 125,000 people;
16            (C) one member who is a representative of a
17        publicly owned publicly-owned drinking water or
18        wastewater utility with a service population over
19        125,000 people;
20            (D) one member who is a representative of a
21        statewide organization representing wastewater
22        agencies; and
23            (E) one member who is a representative of a
24        statewide organization representing drinking water
25        agencies.
26The Committee shall meet at the call of the chair. Committee

 

 

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1members shall serve without compensation. If a vacancy occurs
2in the Committee membership, the vacancy shall be filled in
3the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder
4of the Committee.
5    (c) The Committee shall study and make recommendations
6concerning any needed modifications to Illinois Environmental
7Protection Agency and Illinois Pollution Control Board
8regulations and policies as they relate to municipal water and
9wastewater funding to ensure that the State's revolving loan
10fund programs account for and prioritize the following
11principles, to the fullest extent allowed by federal law:
12        (1) A community shall not be deemed ineligible for
13    disadvantaged community status based on size or service
14    area of any size, with regard to special rates, loan
15    terms, and eligibility for loan or grant funds.
16        (2) In determining whether a community is
17    disadvantaged, consideration should be given to impacts of
18    funding on water and wastewater expenses for low-income
19    populations.
20        (3) In determining whether a community is eligible for
21    funds and special rates or loan terms, environmental
22    justice concepts should be considered.
23        (4) In determining how funding is allocated, a
24    community facing water supply shortages should be
25    considered a high priority based on urgency of need.
26        (5) The funding programs should promote formation and

 

 

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1    implementation of regional water partnerships.
2        (6) Targeted funding should be provided for addressing
3    emerging contaminants, including PFAS.
4        (7) In determining eligibility for assistance, the
5    role that the State revolving fund programs play for small
6    communities should be understood and fully considered.
7        (8) Any recommendations for changes to the programs
8    must be fully consistent with federal law and must not
9    adversely affect any community's eligibility for loans
10    under federal law.
11    (d) The Committee shall prepare a report that summarizes
12its work and makes recommendations resulting from its study.
13The Committee shall submit the report of its findings and
14recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no
15later than September 30 January 31, 2023. Once the Committee
16has submitted the report to the General Assembly and Governor,
17the Committee is dissolved.
18    (e) (f) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2024.
19(Source: P.A. 102-865, eff. 5-13-22; revised 8-23-22.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.