Bill Text: IL HB2735 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that any city, village, or incorporated town located in the district shall furnish water to any city, village, township, incorporated town, or other municipal corporation within or outside its boundaries at "a price or charge that reflects the actual cost of service for the city, village, incorporated town, or other municipal corporation". Further provides that the charge for service shall be no greater than the city, village, incorporated town, or municipal corporation charges for consumers within its limits for similar quantities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2735 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB2735-Introduced.html


98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2735

Introduced , by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 2605/26 from Ch. 42, par. 348

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that any city, village, or incorporated town located in the district shall furnish water to any city, village, township, incorporated town, or other municipal corporation within or outside its boundaries at "a price or charge that reflects the actual cost of service for the city, village, incorporated town, or other municipal corporation". Further provides that the charge for service shall be no greater than the city, village, incorporated town, or municipal corporation charges for consumers within its limits for similar quantities.
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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 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act
5is amended by changing Section 26 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 2605/26) (from Ch. 42, par. 348)
7 Sec. 26. Any city, village or incorporated town located in
8any such sanitary district which owns a system of waterworks
9and procures its supply of water from a lake or other source
10which will be saved from sewage pollution by the construction
11of the sewage facilities provided by this Act shall furnish
12water to any city, village, township, incorporated town or
13other municipal corporation within or outside the boundaries of
14any such sanitary district in such quantities as may be
15required to supply consumers within or outside said territory
16at a price or charge that reflects the actual cost of service
17for the city, village, incorporated town, or other municipal
18corporation; provided, however, that the price or charge shall
19be no greater price or charge than said city, village,
20municipal corporation, or incorporated town charges and
21collects of consumers within its limits through meters for like
22large quantities. ; provided, however, that any
23 Any such city, village, township, incorporated town or

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1other municipal corporation making application for the sale of
2water to it shall be required to build or cause to be built
3suitable and sufficient water mains to the corporate limits of
4such city, incorporated town or village so owning a system of
5waterworks and supplying water as aforesaid to connect with the
6water mains and receive the water from such city, incorporated
7town or village.
8 However, where such a city, village or incorporated town
9constructs and operates waterworks facilities such as supply
10mains, pumping stations, reservoirs and other facilities
11outside of its corporate limits and within 35 miles of the
12limits thereof, for the purpose of supplying improved water
13service to municipalities, townships and water system
14authorities which request such service, such city, village or
15incorporated town may enter into contracts with such
16municipalities, townships and water system authorities at a
17higher water rate than the existing metered rate for like
18consumers within such city, village or incorporated town to
19allow such city, village or incorporated town to obtain a fair
20return to cover the costs of financing, constructing, operating
21and maintaining the said improved facilities, and in the event
22that thereafter such rates are not agreed upon by the parties
23or are not otherwise provided for by contract, such rates shall
24be fixed and determined by the Circuit Court of Cook County
25upon petition filed therein; provided that the right of any
26municipal corporation within or outside the sanitary district

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1to obtain water from such a city, village or incorporated town
2at its corporate limits at the existing metered rate for like
3consumers within the corporate limits of such city, village or
4incorporated town shall remain unimpaired.
5(Source: P.A. 83-835.)
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