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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local |
| 5 | | Government Billing Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
| 7 | | "Corporate authorities" includes, but is not limited to: |
| 8 | | (1) the county board of a county; |
| 9 | | (2) the corporate authorities of a municipality; |
| 10 | | (3) the township officials of a township; and |
| 11 | | (4) the board of trustees of a special district.
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| 12 | | Section 10. Billing for services. |
| 13 | | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this Act, the |
| 14 | | corporate authorities of any unit of local government |
| 15 | | operating a waterworks, sewerage system, combined waterworks |
| 16 | | and sewerage system, or electric utility: |
| 17 | | (1) shall bill for any utility service, including |
| 18 | | previously unbilled service: (A) within 12 months after |
| 19 | | the provision of that service to the customer if the |
| 20 | | service is supplied to a residential customer; or (B) |
| 21 | | within 24 months after the provision of that service to |
| 22 | | that customer if the service is supplied to a |
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| 1 | | non-residential customer; however, the corporate |
| 2 | | authorities of the unit of government may bill for unpaid |
| 3 | | amounts that were billed to a customer or if the customer |
| 4 | | was notified that there is an unpaid amount before the |
| 5 | | effective date of this Act for service that was supplied |
| 6 | | to the customer before January 1, 2026; |
| 7 | | (2) shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the |
| 8 | | normal billing cycle; |
| 9 | | (3) shall label any amount attributed to previously |
| 10 | | unbilled service as such on the customer's bill and |
| 11 | | include the beginning and ending dates for the period |
| 12 | | during which the previously unbilled amount accrued; |
| 13 | | (4) shall issue the makeup billing amount calculated |
| 14 | | on a prorated basis to reflect the varying rates for |
| 15 | | previously unbilled service accrued over a period of time |
| 16 | | when the rates for service have varied; and |
| 17 | | (5) shall provide the customer with the option of a |
| 18 | | payment arrangement to retire the makeup bill for |
| 19 | | previously unbilled service by periodic payments, without |
| 20 | | interest or late fees, over a time equal to the amount of |
| 21 | | time the billing was delayed. |
| 22 | | (b) The time limit of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) |
| 23 | | shall not apply to previously unbilled service attributed to |
| 24 | | tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing |
| 25 | | the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading |
| 26 | | of the meter.
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