Section 415 ILCS 5/16.1 - Permit fees(a) Except as provided in subsection (f), the Agency shall collect a fee in the amount set forth in subsection (d) from: (1) each applicant for a construction permit under this Title, or regulations adopted hereunder, to install or extend water main; and (2) each person who submits as-built plans under this Title, or regulations adopted hereunder, to install or extend water main. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), each applicant or person required to pay a fee under this Section shall submit the fee to the Agency along with the permit application or as-built plans. The Agency shall deny any construction permit application for which a fee is required under this Section that does not contain the appropriate fee. The Agency shall not approve any as-built plans for which a fee is required under this Section that do not contain the appropriate fee. (c) Each applicant for an emergency construction permit under this Title, or regulations adopted hereunder, to install or extend a water main shall submit the appropriate fee to the Agency within 10 calendar days from the date of issuance of the emergency construction permit. (d) The amount of the fee is as follows: (1) $240 if the construction permit application is to install or extend water main that is more than 200 feet, but not more than 1,000 feet in length; (2) $720 if the construction permit application is to install or extend water main that is more than 1,000 feet but not more than 5,000 feet in length; (3) $1200 if the construction permit application is to install or extend water main that is more than 5,000 feet in length. (e) Prior to a final Agency decision on a permit application for which a fee has been paid under this Section, the applicant may propose modifications to the application in accordance with this Act and regulations adopted hereunder without any additional fee becoming due unless the proposed modifications cause the length of water main to increase beyond the length specified in the permit application before the modifications. If the modifications cause such an increase and the increase results in additional fees being due under subsection (d), the applicant shall submit the additional fee to the Agency with the proposed modifications. (f) No fee shall be due under this Section from (1) any department, agency or unit of State government for installing or extending a water main; (2) any unit of local government with which the Agency has entered into a written delegation agreement under Section 4 of this Act which allows such unit to issue construction permits under this Title, or regulations adopted hereunder, for installing or extending a water main; or (3) any unit of local government or school district for installing or extending a water main where both of the following conditions are met: (i) the cost of the installation or extension is paid wholly from monies of the unit of local government or school district, State grants or loans, federal grants or loans, or any combination thereof; and (ii) the unit of local government or school district is not given monies, reimbursed or paid, either in whole or in part, by another person (except for State grants or loans or federal grants or loans) for the installation or extension. (g) The Agency may establish procedures relating to the collection of fees under this Section. The Agency shall not refund any fee paid to it under this Section. (h) For the purposes of this Section, the term "water main" means any pipe that is to be used for the purpose of distributing potable water which serves or is accessible to more than one property, dwelling or rental unit, and that is exterior to buildings. (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Agency shall, not later than 45 days following the receipt of both an application for a construction permit and the fee required by this Section, either approve that application and issue a permit or tender to the applicant a written statement setting forth with specificity the reasons for the disapproval of the application and denial of a permit. If there is no final action by the Agency within 45 days after the filing of the application for a permit, the applicant may deem the permit issued.Amended by P.A. 093-0032, § 75-52, eff. 6/20/2003.