Illinois Senate Bill 556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-12-31 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act. Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement Fund to be used to finance and administer programs and activities specified under the Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and shall allocate moneys on the basis of priorities established by the Agency. Makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Requires a lead in drinking water protection fee to be imposed on billed water usage in specified amounts to be collected by all community water supplies. Requires the owner or operator of each community water supply to perform specified activities. Creates the Lead Service Line Replacement Advisory Board within the Agency to perform specified duties. Contains other provisions. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish a comprehensive low-income water assistance policy and program with specified requirements. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may allow or direct a water utility to establish a customer assistance program that provides financial relief to residential customers who qualify for income-related assistance. Makes other changes. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires specified entities to provide to the Environmental Protection Agency by December 31, 2023, and again by December 31, 2025, specified information as it relates to the cost of providing water service. Provides that the Agency shall publish the information on the Agency's website. Provides that the Agency may adopt rules setting forth the general requirements for submittal of the information. Repeals the provisions regarding the information on January 1, 2026. Repeals a Section regarding lead in drinking water notifications and inventories.

LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT

Sen. Don Harmon [D]	Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sen. Karina Villa [D]	Sen. Robert Peters [D]
Sen. Laura Murphy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-12-31	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
2021-04-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-03-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2021-03-25	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2021-03-24	Senate	To Executive- Special Issues
2021-03-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
2021-03-03	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2021-02-23	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-23	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-23	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	605	605-870	New Code	See Bill Text
220	5	8-306	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	105	5.935	New Code	See Bill Text
415	5	17.11	Repealed Code	Citation Text
415	5	17.12	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=556&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB0556.htm