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Senator McClure Passes WasteWater Legislation

State Senator Steve McClure is advancing legislation in an effort to reduce costs for customers of non-profit wastewater treatment utilities. Senator McClure says this is a common-sense bill that will provide consistency in how water and waste-water facilities are treated, which could help offset rate increases. 

 

Senate Bill 2356 updates how not-for-profit wastewater treatment facilities are valued.  Under current law, those facilities are assessed with higher values, which leads to higher tax assessments, and typically those costs are passed on to utility customers. 

 

Senator McClure’s legislation m akes the assessment process the same for both types of facilities, which could help save money for customers of the utilities. The change would help customers statewide but was intentionally filed for customers in Effingham and Jasper Counties. 

 

Bill Teichmiller, CEO of EJ Water Cooperative says that wastewater infrastructure requires a high amount of capital to maintain and by reducing taxes, the savings can be used for operations and maintenance expenses. He thanked Senator McClure for the bi-partisan effort to help wastewater facilities reduce costs and provide affordable services to customers.

 

Senator McClure’s bill passed the Illinois Senate on March 24th and now awaits action in the house. 

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