Rep. Renée Kosel
Filed: 3/23/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5631
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5631 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 9-223 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (220 ILCS 5/9-223) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-223) | ||||||
| 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 any municipality or public fire protection | ||||||
| 15 | district. Such fire
protection charge shall be in the form of a | ||||||
| 16 | fixed amount per bill and shall
be shown separately on the | ||||||
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| 1 | utility bill of each customer of the municipality
or fire | ||||||
| 2 | protection district. Any filing by a public utility to impose | ||||||
| 3 | such a
fire protection charge or to modify a charge shall be | ||||||
| 4 | made pursuant to Section
9-201 of this Act. Any fire protection | ||||||
| 5 | charge imposed shall reflect the
costs associated with | ||||||
| 6 | providing fire protection service for each municipality
or fire | ||||||
| 7 | protection district. No such charge shall be imposed directly | ||||||
| 8 | on
any municipality or fire protection district for a | ||||||
| 9 | reasonable level of fire
protection services unless provided | ||||||
| 10 | for in a separate agreement between the
municipality or the | ||||||
| 11 | fire protection district and the utility. A utility company | ||||||
| 12 | shall not require a separate fire service connection when a | ||||||
| 13 | domestic service shall adequately supply both. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) By December 31, 2007, the Commission shall conduct at | ||||||
| 15 | least 3 public forums to evaluate the purpose and use of each | ||||||
| 16 | fire protection charge imposed under this Section. At least one | ||||||
| 17 | forum must be held in northern Illinois, at least one forum | ||||||
| 18 | must be held in central Illinois, and at least one forum must | ||||||
| 19 | be held in southern Illinois. The Commission must invite a | ||||||
| 20 | representative from each municipality and fire protection | ||||||
| 21 | district affected by a fire protection charge under this | ||||||
| 22 | Section to attend a public forum. The Commission shall report | ||||||
| 23 | its findings concerning recommendations concerning the purpose | ||||||
| 24 | and use of each fire protection charge to the General Assembly | ||||||
| 25 | no later than the last day of the veto session in 2008.
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| 26 | (c) In this Section: | ||||||
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| 1 | "Domestic service" means a water main that supplies all | ||||||
| 2 | of the water to a building. | ||||||
| 3 | "Fire service connection" means a water main that | ||||||
| 4 | supplies water to automatic fire suppression systems. | ||||||
| 5 | (Source: P.A. 94-950, eff. 6-27-06.)".
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