Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act, a municipality shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, supplied to a customer within 24 months after providing the service to the customer. Provides exceptions for billing within 24 months attributed to tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading of the meter. Further provides that a municipality may not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal bill cycle. Amends the Public Water District Act, the Water Service District Act, the Water Authorities Act, and the Water Commission Act making similar changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-30 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5711 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Joe Sosnowski [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-069	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jack Franks [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-063	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carol Ammons [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Pamela Althoff [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Steve Stadelman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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