Bill Text: IL SB3111 | 2015-2016 | 99th 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 municipality served by the utility. Provides that the utility shall certify the accuracy of the information provided in the reports. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-13 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3111 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB3111-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB3111 Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Chuck Weaver 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 municipality served by the utility. Provides that the utility shall certify the accuracy of the information provided in the reports. 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.
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
99th General Assembly containing the following information for
each district for the previous calendar year:
(1) Statement of Operating Income with Adjustments in
the same form and detail used in rate case filings with the
Illinois Commerce Commision;
(2) the actual cost of capital improvement projects
with a detail description and cost incurred for each
improvement expected to exceed $250,000;
(3) description and projected costs of planned capital
improvements for each of the coming reporting years;
(4) usage, customer accounts and revenue data by
customer class within the district;
(5) any available and applicable water quality

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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) for each expenditure in the Statement of Operating
Income as described in (1) above which includes an
allocation of common costs across communities, the amount
of allocated cost and a description of the methodology used
in determining such allocation; and
(11) techniques and practices for allocated costs.
The privately held water utility shall provide a report
containing this information for each district served by the
utility. The privately held public water utilities shall
certify the accuracy of the information provided under this
Section.