35 Ill. Adm. Code 661.407
User Charges
Section 661
Section 661.407 User Charges
a) Each applicant must develop a system of user charges prior to
grant approval. The system of user charges must be enacted and enforced prior
to initiation of operation of the project for which the grant was awarded.
b) The user charge system shall be consistent with the following
criteria:
1) The user charge system must generate sufficient revenue to
offset the cost of all public water supply operation, maintenance and
replacement of all equipment with a replacement life of less than 20 years
required to be provided by the grantee.
2) The user charge system must be enacted into law.
3) For the first year of operation of new facilities, operation,
maintenance and replacement costs shall be based upon experience for the
existing public water supply or shall be based upon a cost estimate provided by
the grantee's engineer.
4) The grantee shall review user charges annually and revise the
rates periodically to reflect actual public water supply operation, maintenance
and replacement costs.
c) Upon a written determination by the Agency that the grantee's
system of user charges complies with the conditions of the grant and this Part,
the implementation and maintenance of the approved system and the
implementation schedules shall become a condition of the grant subject to the
provisions of Section 661.201.
d) The grantee must maintain such records as are necessary to
document compliance. The grantee shall maintain records in accordance with the
provisions of the Local Records Act [50 ILCS 205], except that no records may
be destroyed for a period of 30 years unless microfilm reproduction is made.
e) The Agency or any authorized representative shall have access
to any books, documents, papers, and records of the grantee that are applicable
to the grantee's systems of user charges for the purpose of making audit,
examination, excerpts, and transcriptions to ensure compliance with the
provisions of subsection (b).