Rep. Renée Kosel
Filed: 4/12/2011
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2831
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2831, AS AMENDED, as | ||||||
| 3 | follows:
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| 4 | in Section 5, in the introductory clause, by replacing | ||||||
| 5 | "Sections 2-107 and 8-306" with "Sections 2-107, 8-306, and | ||||||
| 6 | 9-223"; and | ||||||
| 7 | in Section 5, immediately below the end of Sec. 8-306, by | ||||||
| 8 | inserting the following:
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| 9 | "(220 ILCS 5/9-223) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-223)
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| 10 | Sec. 9-223. Fire protection charge.
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| 11 | (a) The Commission may authorize any public utility engaged | ||||||
| 12 | in
the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or | ||||||
| 13 | furnishing of water
to impose a fire protection charge, in | ||||||
| 14 | addition to any rate authorized by
this Act, sufficient to | ||||||
| 15 | cover a reasonable portion of the cost of providing
the | ||||||
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| 1 | capacity, facilities and the water necessary to meet the fire | ||||||
| 2 | protection
needs of any municipality or public fire protection | ||||||
| 3 | district. Such fire
protection charge shall be in the form of a | ||||||
| 4 | fixed amount per bill and shall
be shown separately on the | ||||||
| 5 | utility bill of each customer of the municipality
or fire | ||||||
| 6 | protection district. Any filing by a public utility to impose | ||||||
| 7 | such a
fire protection charge or to modify a charge shall be | ||||||
| 8 | made pursuant to Section
9-201 of this Act. Any fire protection | ||||||
| 9 | charge imposed shall reflect the
costs associated with | ||||||
| 10 | providing fire protection service for each municipality
or fire | ||||||
| 11 | protection district. No such charge shall be imposed directly | ||||||
| 12 | on
any municipality or fire protection district for a | ||||||
| 13 | reasonable level of fire
protection services unless provided | ||||||
| 14 | for in a separate agreement between the
municipality or the | ||||||
| 15 | fire protection district and the utility.
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| 16 | Additionally, all revenue from cell phone towers operating | ||||||
| 17 | on water utility property, and all revenue from all other | ||||||
| 18 | contracts or arrangements for use of water utility property, | ||||||
| 19 | shall be used to directly offset the fire protection charge in | ||||||
| 20 | the fire district where the water utility property is located. | ||||||
| 21 | Any filing by a water utility to change a fire protection | ||||||
| 22 | charge, a water rate, or a sewer rate shall separately identify | ||||||
| 23 | all revenues described in this Section, including the total | ||||||
| 24 | amount of revenue received for use of water utility property in | ||||||
| 25 | each fire district. | ||||||
| 26 | (b) (Blank). By December 31, 2007, the Commission shall | ||||||
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| 1 | conduct at least 3 public forums to evaluate the purpose and | ||||||
| 2 | use of each fire protection charge imposed under this Section. | ||||||
| 3 | At least one forum must be held in northern Illinois, at least | ||||||
| 4 | one forum must be held in central Illinois, and at least one | ||||||
| 5 | forum must be held in southern Illinois. The Commission must | ||||||
| 6 | invite a representative from each municipality and fire | ||||||
| 7 | protection district affected by a fire protection charge under | ||||||
| 8 | this Section to attend a public forum. The Commission shall | ||||||
| 9 | report its findings concerning recommendations concerning the | ||||||
| 10 | purpose and use of each fire protection charge to the General | ||||||
| 11 | Assembly no later than the last day of the veto session in | ||||||
| 12 | 2008.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 94-950, eff. 6-27-06.)".
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