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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 9-223 as follows:
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| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/9-223) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-223)
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| 7 | Sec. 9-223. Fire protection charge.
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| 8 | (a) The Commission may authorize any public utility engaged | ||||||
| 9 | in
the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or | ||||||
| 10 | furnishing of water
to impose a fire protection charge, in | ||||||
| 11 | addition to any rate authorized by
this Act, sufficient to | ||||||
| 12 | cover a reasonable portion of the cost of providing
the | ||||||
| 13 | capacity, facilities and the water necessary to meet the fire | ||||||
| 14 | protection
needs of customers
any municipality or public fire | ||||||
| 15 | protection district. Such fire
protection charge shall be in | ||||||
| 16 | the form of a fixed amount per bill and shall
be shown | ||||||
| 17 | separately on the utility bill of each customer of the | ||||||
| 18 | municipality
or fire protection district. Any filing by a | ||||||
| 19 | public utility to impose such a
fire protection charge or to | ||||||
| 20 | modify a charge shall be made pursuant to Section
9-201 of this | ||||||
| 21 | Act. Any fire protection charge imposed shall reflect the
costs | ||||||
| 22 | associated with providing fire protection service as | ||||||
| 23 | determined by the Commission for each service area of the | ||||||
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| 1 | public utility for which the Commission determines a separate | ||||||
| 2 | revenue requirement
municipality
or fire protection district. | ||||||
| 3 | No such charge shall be imposed directly on
any municipality or | ||||||
| 4 | fire protection district for a reasonable level of fire
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| 5 | protection services unless provided for in a separate agreement | ||||||
| 6 | between the
municipality or the fire protection district and | ||||||
| 7 | the utility.
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| 8 | (b) By December 31, 2007, the Commission shall conduct at | ||||||
| 9 | least 3 public forums to evaluate the purpose and use of each | ||||||
| 10 | fire protection charge imposed under this Section. At least one | ||||||
| 11 | forum must be held in northern Illinois, at least one forum | ||||||
| 12 | must be held in central Illinois, and at least one forum must | ||||||
| 13 | be held in southern Illinois. The Commission must invite a | ||||||
| 14 | representative from each municipality and fire protection | ||||||
| 15 | district affected by a fire protection charge under this | ||||||
| 16 | Section to attend a public forum. The Commission shall report | ||||||
| 17 | its findings concerning recommendations concerning the purpose | ||||||
| 18 | and use of each fire protection charge to the General Assembly | ||||||
| 19 | no later than the last day of the veto session in 2008.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 94-950, eff. 6-27-06.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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