Full Text of SB1724 101st General Assembly
SB1724sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Napoleon Harris, III Filed: 3/15/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1724
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1724 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 105 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/105 new) | 7 | | Sec. 105. Water rates report. | 8 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, no later than December 1, | 9 | | 2020, the Government Finance Research Center at the University | 10 | | of Illinois at Chicago, in coordination with an | 11 | | intergovernmental advisory committee, must issue a report | 12 | | evaluating the setting of water rates throughout the Lake | 13 | | Michigan service area of northeastern Illinois and, no later | 14 | | than December 1, 2021, for the remainder of Illinois. The | 15 | | report must provide recommendations for policy and regulatory | 16 | | needs at the State and local level based on its findings. The |
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| 1 | | report shall, at a minimum, address all of the following areas: | 2 | | (1) The components of a water bill. | 3 | | (2) Reasons for increases in water rates. | 4 | | (3) The definition of affordability throughout the | 5 | | State and any variances to that definition. | 6 | | (4) Evidence of rate-setting that utilizes | 7 | | inappropriate practices. | 8 | | (5) The extent to which State or local policies drive | 9 | | cost increases or variations in rate-settings. | 10 | | (6) Challenges within economically disadvantaged | 11 | | communities in setting water rates. | 12 | | (7) Opportunities for increased intergovernmental | 13 | | coordination for setting equitable water rates. | 14 | | (b) In developing the report under this Section, the | 15 | | Government Finance Research Center shall form an advisory | 16 | | committee, which shall be composed of all of the following | 17 | | members: | 18 | | (1) The Director of the Environmental Protection | 19 | | Agency, or his or her designee. | 20 | | (2) The Director of Natural Resources, or his or her | 21 | | designee. | 22 | | (3) The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, | 23 | | or his or her designee. | 24 | | (4) The Attorney General, or his or her designee. | 25 | | (5) At least 2 members who are representatives of | 26 | | private water utilities operating in Illinois, appointed |
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| 1 | | by the Director of Public Health. | 2 | | (6) At least 4 members who are representatives of | 3 | | municipal water utilities, appointed by the Director of | 4 | | Public Health. | 5 | | (7) One member who is a representative of an | 6 | | environmental justice advocacy organization, appointed by | 7 | | the Director of Public Health. | 8 | | (8) One member who is a representative of a consumer | 9 | | advocacy organization, appointed by the Director of Public | 10 | | Health. | 11 | | (9) One member who is a representative of an | 12 | | environmental planning organization that serves | 13 | | northeastern Illinois, appointed by the Director of Public | 14 | | Health. | 15 | | (10) The Director of the Illinois State Water Survey, | 16 | | or his or her designee. | 17 | | (11) The Chairperson of the Illinois Commerce | 18 | | Commission, or his or her designee. | 19 | | (c) After all members are appointed, the committee shall | 20 | | hold its first meeting at the call of the Director of the | 21 | | Government Finance Research Center, at which meeting the | 22 | | members shall select a chairperson from among themselves. After | 23 | | its first meeting, the committee shall meet at the call of the | 24 | | chairperson. Members of the committee shall serve without | 25 | | compensation but may be reimbursed for their reasonable and | 26 | | necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties. The |
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| 1 | | Department of Public Health shall provide administrative and | 2 | | other support to the committee. | 3 | | (d) No later than 60 days after the effective date of this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Department of | 5 | | Public Health must provide an opportunity for public comment on | 6 | | the questions to be addressed in the report, the metrics to be | 7 | | used, and the recommendations that need to be issued. | 8 | | (e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2022.
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.".
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