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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5280 Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new | | 30 ILCS 105/6z-149 new | |
| Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Municipal Water Infrastructure Sustainability Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to provide dedicated, ongoing financial support to water and wastewater systems owned by municipalities to allow the water and wastewater systems to make capital repairs, upgrades, and improvements with the goal of preserving public ownership of the water and wastewater systems and preventing forced privatization due to unaffordable infrastructure costs. |
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB5280 | | LRB104 20201 RTM 33652 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
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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 State Finance Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 5.1038 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5.1038. The Municipal Water Infrastructure |
| 8 | | Sustainability Fund.
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| 9 | | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
| 10 | | Section 6z-149 as follows:
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| 11 | | (30 ILCS 105/6z-149 new) |
| 12 | | Sec. 6z-149. The Municipal Water Infrastructure |
| 13 | | Sustainability Fund. The Municipal Water Infrastructure |
| 14 | | Sustainability Fund is created as a special fund in the State |
| 15 | | treasury. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Municipal |
| 16 | | Water Infrastructure Sustainability Fund shall be used by the |
| 17 | | Environmental Protection Agency to provide dedicated, ongoing |
| 18 | | financial support to water and wastewater systems owned by |
| 19 | | municipalities to allow the water and wastewater systems to |
| 20 | | make capital repairs, upgrades, and improvements with the goal |
| 21 | | of preserving public ownership of the water and wastewater |