Bill Text: IL HB5459 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that in the case of a public utility that provides drinking water services, upon the request of a municipal wastewater agency or unit of local government organized under specified Acts, such public utility shall provide timely and accurate water usage data, in a format identifiable to the requester, for purposes of calculating wastewater billings. Provides that the public utility shall be entitled to collect its reasonable costs incurred to provide such data.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0716 [HB5459 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5459-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5459 Introduced , by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/5-106 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 5-106
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that in the case of a public utility that provides drinking water services, upon the request of a municipal wastewater agency or unit of local government organized under specified Acts, such public utility shall provide timely and accurate water usage data, in a format identifiable to the requester, for purposes of calculating wastewater billings. Provides that the public utility shall be entitled to collect its reasonable costs incurred to provide such data.
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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 changing
Section 5-106 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/5-106) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 5-106)
Sec. 5-106. Each public utility shall have an office in
one of the cities, villages or incorporated towns in this
State in which its property or some part thereof is located,
and shall keep in said office all such books, accounts,
papers, records and memoranda as shall be ordered by the
Commission to be kept within the State. The address of such
office shall be filed with the Commission. No books, accounts,
papers, records or memoranda ordered by the Commission to be
kept within the State shall be at any time removed from the
State, except upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the
Commission.
Each public utility shall be liable for, and upon proper
invoice from the Commission shall promptly reimburse the
Commission for, the reasonable costs and expenses associated
with the audit or inspection of any books, accounts, papers,
records and memoranda kept outside the State.
In the case of a public utility that provides drinking

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