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On July 1, 2027 and each July 1 thereafter, the filing fees charged under this subsection shall each be increased by an amount equal to the annual unadjusted percentage increase in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the March preceding each July 1, including all previous adjustments. In this subsection, "consumer price index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84=100. (b) A person who has filed a petition for a variance from a water quality standard and paid the filing fee set forth in subsection (a) of this Section for that petition and whose variance petition is thereafter converted into a petition for a time-limited water quality standard under Section 38.5 of this Act shall not be required to pay a separate filing fee upon the conversion of the variance petition into a petition for a time-limited water quality standard. (Source: P.A. 99-937, eff. 2-24-17.) ARTICLE 30 Section 30-5. The Illinois Coal Technology Development Assistance Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows: SB3019 Enrolled LRB104 20255 HLH 33706 b Public Act 104-0468