101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4221

 

Introduced 1/22/2020, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-150-2

    Amends the Waterworks and Sewerage Connection Charge Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. In provisions regarding billing requirements for municipalities that operate a waterworks or combined waterworks and sewerage system, provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the provisions apply to home rule municipalities. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-150-2 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-150-2)
7    Sec. 11-150-2. Billing for services.
8    (a) On or after August 18, 2017 (the effective date of
9Public Act 100-178) this amendatory Act of the 100th General
10Assembly, the corporate authorities of any municipality
11operating a waterworks or combined waterworks and sewerage
12system:
13        (1) shall bill for any utility service, including
14    previously unbilled service: (A) within 12 months after the
15    provision of that service to the customer if the service is
16    supplied to a residential customer; or (B) within 24 months
17    after the provision of that service to that customer if the
18    service is supplied to a non-residential customer;
19    however, the corporate authorities of a municipality may
20    bill for unpaid amounts that were billed to a customer or
21    if the customer was notified that there is an unpaid amount
22    before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
23    100th General Assembly for service that was supplied to the

 

 

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1    customer before January 1, 2016;
2        (2) shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the
3    normal billing cycle;
4        (3) shall label any amount attributed to previously
5    unbilled service as such on the customer's bill and include
6    the beginning and ending dates for the period during which
7    the previously unbilled amount accrued;
8        (4) shall issue the makeup billing amount calculated on
9    a prorated basis to reflect the varying rates for
10    previously unbilled service accrued over a period of time
11    when the rates for service have varied; and
12        (5) shall provide the customer with the option of a
13    payment arrangement to retire the makeup bill for
14    previously unbilled service by periodic payments, without
15    interest or late fees, over a time equal to the amount of
16    time the billing was delayed.
17    (b) The time limit of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall
18not apply to previously unbilled service attributed to
19tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing
20the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading of
21the meter.
22    (c) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
23of the 101st General Assembly, a home rule municipality
24operating a waterworks or combined waterworks and sewerage
25system may not bill customers in a manner inconsistent with
26this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i)

 

 

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1of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
2concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
3exercised by the State.
4(Source: P.A. 100-178, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.