Illinois House Bill 5605 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipal waterworks system, water supply system, or combined waterworks and sewerage system may not charge consumers for the provision of water service in an amount that is determined by a court to be unconscionably extreme or represents a gross disparity between the cost to the municipality of providing the water service and the cost charged to the consumer. Limits home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act requiring implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

MUNI-UNCONSCIONABLE WATER RATE

Rep. Thaddeus Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-04-13	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-10	House	To Local Government Subcommittee
2018-03-21	House	Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee
2018-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-16	House	First Reading
2018-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	805	8.42	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	11-129-6.5	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	11-130-3.5	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	11-139-8.5	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5605&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5605.htm