Bill Text: IL HB5009 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, on April 1 of each year beginning the year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, privately held public water utilities shall provide annual reports to the Illinois Commerce Commission with specified information for each district served by the utility. Provides that privately held public water utilities shall provide to the local emergency services disaster agency any reports discussing the condition of the system in each district for the previous calendar year with information relevant to public safety. Provides that the utilities shall certify the accuracy of the information provided in the reports. Provides that the provisions do not apply to nonprofit water utilities that are exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(12) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5009 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5009-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5009 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/5-118 new
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, on April 1 of each year beginning the year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, privately held public water utilities shall provide annual reports to the Illinois Commerce Commission with specified information for each district served by the utility. Provides that privately held public water utilities shall provide to the local emergency services disaster agency any reports discussing the condition of the system in each district for the previous calendar year with information relevant to public safety. Provides that the utilities shall certify the accuracy of the information provided in the reports. Provides that the provisions do not apply to nonprofit water utilities that are exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(12) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
Section 5-118 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/5-118 new)
Sec. 5-118. Water utility pricing reports by district.
(a) Privately held public water utilities shall provide to
the Commission annual reports on April 1 of each year beginning
the year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
100th General Assembly containing the following information
for the previous calendar year:
(1) the information included in the Statement of
Operating Income with Adjustments, including total
operating revenue, total operating expenses, net operating
income, as well as expenses related to labor, fuel and
power, chemicals, waste disposal, management fees, group
insurance, pensions, customer accounting, maintenance,
depreciation and amortization, state income tax, and
federal income tax;
(2) the actual cost of capital improvement projects
completed during the reporting year;
(3) planned capital improvements for each of the coming

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5 reporting years;
(4) usage and revenue data by customer class within the
district;
(5) any available and applicable water quality
reports;
(6) reports of any major water leaks;
(7) a summary of water loss in the water distribution
system for the reporting year;
(8) a list of boil orders;
(9) a report on water sources divided by surface water
and ground water;
(10) a summary of revenue and cost information that
indicates how common costs to the privately held public
water utility are allocated across communities; and
(11) techniques and practices for allocated costs.
(b) Privately held public water utilities shall provide to
the local emergency services disaster agency any reports
discussing the condition of the system in each district with
information relevant to public safety for the previous calendar
year.
(c) The privately held water utilities shall provide a
report or reports containing the information specified in
subsection (a) of this Section for each district served by the
utilities. The privately held public water utilities shall
certify the accuracy of the information provided under this
Section.

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(d) The requirements of this Section do not apply to
nonprofit water utilities that are exempt from federal income
taxation under Section 501(c)(12) of the federal Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.