UTILITY-WATER/SEWER REFERENDUM House SponsorsRep. Thaddeus Jones 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die 220 ILCS 5/9-210.5 Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning procedures for a large public utility to acquire a water or sewer utility, provides that if the water or sewer utility being acquired is owned by the State or a political subdivision of the State, a referendum will be required to approve the acquisition of the water or sewer utility by the large public utility (rather than only requiring a public meeting and publication of the terms of acquisition in a newspaper of general circulation in the area that the water or sewer utility operates). Effective immediately. 1/18/2023HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones 1/31/2023HouseFirst Reading 1/31/2023HouseReferred to Rules Committee 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die