Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3725 Compare Versions

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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3725 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Local Government Billing Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of a unit of local government shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, within 12 months (for residential customers) or 24 months (for non-residential customers) after the provision of the utility service. Provides exceptions to the time limits for billing when the customer prevented the utility from accurately reading the meter. Provides that the corporate authorities shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal billing cycle, shall label amounts attributed to previously unbilled service as such, shall prorate previously unbilled service amounts to reflect varying rates during the unbilled time, and shall provide the customer with a payment arrangement option for previously unbilled service amounts. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts that were billed to a customer before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts if the customer was notified that there is an unpaid amount before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that there is no time limit for the corporate authorities of a unit of local government to collect previously unbilled service attributed to tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading of the meter. LRB104 10905 RTM 20987 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3725 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Local Government Billing Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of a unit of local government shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, within 12 months (for residential customers) or 24 months (for non-residential customers) after the provision of the utility service. Provides exceptions to the time limits for billing when the customer prevented the utility from accurately reading the meter. Provides that the corporate authorities shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal billing cycle, shall label amounts attributed to previously unbilled service as such, shall prorate previously unbilled service amounts to reflect varying rates during the unbilled time, and shall provide the customer with a payment arrangement option for previously unbilled service amounts. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts that were billed to a customer before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts if the customer was notified that there is an unpaid amount before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that there is no time limit for the corporate authorities of a unit of local government to collect previously unbilled service attributed to tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading of the meter. LRB104 10905 RTM 20987 b LRB104 10905 RTM 20987 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3725 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Creates the Local Government Billing Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of a unit of local government shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, within 12 months (for residential customers) or 24 months (for non-residential customers) after the provision of the utility service. Provides exceptions to the time limits for billing when the customer prevented the utility from accurately reading the meter. Provides that the corporate authorities shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal billing cycle, shall label amounts attributed to previously unbilled service as such, shall prorate previously unbilled service amounts to reflect varying rates during the unbilled time, and shall provide the customer with a payment arrangement option for previously unbilled service amounts. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts that were billed to a customer before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts if the customer was notified that there is an unpaid amount before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that there is no time limit for the corporate authorities of a unit of local government to collect previously unbilled service attributed to tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading of the meter.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning local government.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
7	15		5 Government Billing Act.
8	16		6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9	17		7 "Corporate authorities" includes, but is not limited to:
10	18		8 (1) the county board of a county;
11		-	9 (2) the corporate ~~authorities~~ of a municipality;
	19	+	9 (2) the corporate of a municipality;
12	20		10 (3) the township officials of a township; and
13	21		11 (4) the board of trustees of a special district.
14	22		12 Section 10. Billing for services.
15		-	13 (a) ~~Beginning on~~ the effective date of ~~this~~ Act, the
16		-	14 corporate authorities of any unit of ~~local government~~
17		-	15 operating a waterworks, sewerage system, ~~combined waterworks~~
18		-	16 and sewerage system, or electric utility:
	23	+	13 (a) On or after the effective date of the Act of the 104th
	24	+	14 General Assembly, the corporate authorities of any unit of
	25	+	15 local government operating a waterworks, sewerage system,
	26	+	16 combined waterworks and sewerage system, or electric utility:
19	27		17 (1) shall bill for any utility service, including
20	28		18 previously unbilled service: (A) within 12 months after
21	29		19 the provision of that service to the customer if the
22	30		20 service is supplied to a residential customer; or (B)
23	31		21 within 24 months after the provision of that service to
24	32		22 that customer if the service is supplied to a
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	36	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3725 Introduced , by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	37	+	New Act New Act
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	39	+	Creates the Local Government Billing Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of a unit of local government shall bill for any utility service, including previously unbilled service, within 12 months (for residential customers) or 24 months (for non-residential customers) after the provision of the utility service. Provides exceptions to the time limits for billing when the customer prevented the utility from accurately reading the meter. Provides that the corporate authorities shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the normal billing cycle, shall label amounts attributed to previously unbilled service as such, shall prorate previously unbilled service amounts to reflect varying rates during the unbilled time, and shall provide the customer with a payment arrangement option for previously unbilled service amounts. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts that were billed to a customer before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that customers may be billed for unpaid amounts if the customer was notified that there is an unpaid amount before the effective date of the Act for service that was supplied to the customer before January 1, 2026. Provides that there is no time limit for the corporate authorities of a unit of local government to collect previously unbilled service attributed to tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading of the meter.
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33	67		1 non-residential customer; however, the corporate
34	68		2 authorities of the unit of government may bill for unpaid
35	69		3 amounts that were billed to a customer or if the customer
36	70		4 was notified that there is an unpaid amount before the
37	71		5 effective date of this Act for service that was supplied
38	72		6 to the customer before January 1, 2026;
39	73		7 (2) shall not intentionally delay billing beyond the
40	74		8 normal billing cycle;
41	75		9 (3) shall label any amount attributed to previously
42	76		10 unbilled service as such on the customer's bill and
43	77		11 include the beginning and ending dates for the period
44	78		12 during which the previously unbilled amount accrued;
45	79		13 (4) shall issue the makeup billing amount calculated
46	80		14 on a prorated basis to reflect the varying rates for
47	81		15 previously unbilled service accrued over a period of time
48	82		16 when the rates for service have varied; and
49	83		17 (5) shall provide the customer with the option of a
50	84		18 payment arrangement to retire the makeup bill for
51	85		19 previously unbilled service by periodic payments, without
52	86		20 interest or late fees, over a time equal to the amount of
53	87		21 time the billing was delayed.
54	88		22 (b) The time limit of paragraph (1) of subsection (a)
55	89		23 shall not apply to previously unbilled service attributed to
56	90		24 tampering, theft of service, fraud, or the customer preventing
57	91		25 the utility's recorded efforts to obtain an accurate reading
58	92		26 of the meter.
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69		-	1 Section 15. Home rule. A home rule unit of local
70		-	2 government may not regulate utilities in a manner inconsistent
71		-	3 with this Act. This Section is a limitation under subsection
72		-	4 (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on
73		-	5 the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and
74		-	6 functions exercised by the State.
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