(70 ILCS 3705/23) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 210)
Sec. 23.
Rules and regulations governing the maintenance and operation of
the waterworks properties, and sewerage properties of the district shall
be established from time to
time by ordinance, and rates and charges for use and service for all
purposes, except for charges or rates established by contract for a
wholesale supply of water as herein authorized shall be established,
revised, maintained, be due and payable, and be in force as the board of
trustees may determine by ordinance, and rates or charges established by
the board of trustees shall not be subject to any statutory regulations
covering rates and charges or similar service by privately owned
waterworks. The board of trustees of the water district may establish a
rate classification schedule for the use and service of the waterworks
properties and sewerage properties which differentiates in rates and
charges between users currently served by the district after its creation
and new users who are served after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1982 by the acquisition, improvement, construction,
or extension of waterworks properties and sewerage properties under Sections
12, 23a or 23e of this Act. Such rate differentiation shall be made only
(1) if the cost for servicing the new users is greater than the cost for
servicing the current users or (2) if necessary to defray a proportionate
share of the payment of the
principal of and interest on any revenue bonds issued under Sections 16,
23b or 23e of this Act. Such rates shall be in proportion to the cost of
providing service and shall be imposed fairly on all new users.
Any ordinance establishing rules and regulations or rates or charges for
the use and service shall be published within 30 days after its
adoption in a newspaper published in the
district, and if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper
published in the county and having general circulation in the district, and
shall become effective 10 days after such publication.
(Source: P.A. 83-532.)
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