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                                     LRB093 03177 JLS 03194 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to utilities.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.   The  Public  Utilities  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing 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.  The Commission may
 8    authorize any  public  utility  engaged  in  the  production,
 9    storage,  transmission, sale, delivery or furnishing of water
10    to impose a fire protection charge, in addition to  any  rate
11    authorized  by  this  Act,  sufficient  to cover a reasonable
12    portion of the cost of providing the capacity, facilities and
13    the water necessary to meet the fire protection needs of  any
14    municipality  or  public fire protection district.  Such fire
15    protection charge shall be in the form of a fixed amount  per
16    bill  and  shall  be  shown separately on the utility bill of
17    each  customer  of  the  municipality  or   fire   protection
18    district.   Any  filing  by a public utility to impose such a
19    fire protection charge or to modify a charge  shall  be  made
20    pursuant  to  Section 9-201 of this Act.  Any fire protection
21    charge  imposed  shall  reflect  the  costs  associated  with
22    providing fire protection service for  each  municipality  or
23    fire  protection  district.   No such charge shall be imposed
24    directly on any municipality or fire protection district  for
25    a   reasonable  level  of  fire  protection  services  unless
26    provided for in a separate agreement between the municipality
27    or the fire protection district and the utility.
28    (Source: P.A. 84-617.)