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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5113
Introduced 02/05/04, by Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning fire protection charges imposed by water utilities.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5113 |
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LRB093 15625 AMC 41233 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to utilities.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 9-223 as
follows:
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| (220 ILCS 5/9-223) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-223)
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| Sec. 9-223. Fire protection charge. The Commission may |
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| authorize any
public utility engaged in
the production, |
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| storage, transmission, sale, delivery or furnishing of water
to |
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| impose a fire protection charge, in addition to any rate |
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| authorized by
this Act, sufficient to cover a reasonable |
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| portion of the cost of providing
the capacity, facilities and |
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| the water necessary to meet the fire protection
needs of any |
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| municipality or public fire protection district. Such fire
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| protection charge shall be in the form of a fixed amount per |
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| bill and shall
be shown separately on the utility bill of each |
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| customer of the municipality
or fire protection district. Any |
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| filing by a public utility to impose such a
fire protection |
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| charge or to modify a charge shall be made pursuant to Section
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| 9-201 of this Act. Any fire protection charge imposed shall |
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| reflect the
costs associated with providing fire protection |
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| service for each municipality
or fire protection district. No |
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| such charge shall be imposed directly on
any municipality or |
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| fire protection district for a reasonable level of fire
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| protection services unless provided for in a separate agreement |
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| between the
municipality or the fire protection district and |
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| the utility.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
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