HB5492ham001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Dave Winters

Filed: 4/2/2004

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5492

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5492 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 5-1048 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1048) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1048)

Sec. 5-1048. Contracts for garbage disposal or recycling. A county board may contract with any city, village, incorporated town, or any person, corporation, or other county, or any agency created by intergovernmental agreement, for a period of not less than one and not more than 30 years, in relation to the collection and final disposition or to the collection alone or final disposition alone of garbage, waste refuse, and ashes. The county board may also contract with an organization or institution organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis for the purpose of recycling garbage and refuse. The governing body shall authorize the execution of the contract by resolution, and shall appoint a committee of no more than three of its own members to serve with committees from the other contracting parties as a joint subcommittee on garbage and refuse disposal, or collection, or collection and disposal, as the case may be. If the contract is with a non-profit entity, the governing body shall appoint a committee of not more than three of its own members to oversee fulfillment of the contract.

Any county may contract with a private company to be the exclusive provider for waste hauling services in the unincorporated areas of the county. If a county enters into a contract for exclusive waste hauling services, residents of unincorporated areas of the county shall pay a fee directly to the exclusive provider of waste hauling services.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)

Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-19-1.5 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-19-1.5 new)

Sec. 11-19-1.5. Contract with county for exclusive waste hauling services. Any municipality within a county that has entered into a contract for waste hauling services, in accordance with Section 5-1048 of the Counties Code, may enter into a contract with the county for the private company to be the exclusive provider for waste hauling services in the municipality. If a municipality enters into a contract with a county for exclusive waste hauling services, residents of the municipality shall pay a fee directly to the exclusive provider of waste hauling services.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".