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Rep. Renée Kosel
Filed: 3/23/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5631
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5631 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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.
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| (a) The Commission may authorize any public utility engaged |
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the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or |
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| furnishing of water
to impose a fire protection charge, in |
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| addition to any rate authorized by
this Act, sufficient to |
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| cover a reasonable portion of the cost of providing
the |
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| capacity, facilities and the water necessary to meet the fire |
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| protection
needs of any municipality or public fire protection |
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| district. Such fire
protection charge shall be in the form of a |
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| fixed amount per bill and shall
be shown separately on the |
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| utility bill of each customer of the municipality
or fire |
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| protection district. Any filing by a public utility to impose |
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| such a
fire protection charge or to modify a charge shall be |
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| made pursuant to Section
9-201 of this Act. Any fire protection |
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| charge imposed shall reflect the
costs associated with |
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| providing fire protection service for each municipality
or fire |
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| protection district. No such charge shall be imposed directly |
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| on
any municipality or fire protection district for a |
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| reasonable level of fire
protection services unless provided |
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| for in a separate agreement between the
municipality or the |
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| fire protection district and the utility. A utility company |
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| shall not require a separate fire service connection when a |
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| domestic service shall adequately supply both. |
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| (b) By December 31, 2007, the Commission shall conduct at |
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| least 3 public forums to evaluate the purpose and use of each |
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| fire protection charge imposed under this Section. At least one |
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| forum must be held in northern Illinois, at least one forum |
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| must be held in central Illinois, and at least one forum must |
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| be held in southern Illinois. The Commission must invite a |
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| representative from each municipality and fire protection |
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| district affected by a fire protection charge under this |
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| Section to attend a public forum. The Commission shall report |
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| its findings concerning recommendations concerning the purpose |
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| and use of each fire protection charge to the General Assembly |
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| no later than the last day of the veto session in 2008.
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| (c) In this Section: |