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 1        AN ACT concerning townships.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Township  Code  is amended by changing
 5    Section 210-15 as follows:

 6        (60 ILCS 1/210-15)
 7        Sec.  210-15.  Contract  for  collection  and   disposal;
 8    special district; tax.
 9        (a)  The  township board, when authorized by the electors
10    of the unincorporated area of the township  to  exercise  the
11    powers conferred by this Article, may make contracts with any
12    municipality  city, village, or incorporated town or with any
13    person, corporation, or county for more than one year and not
14    more  than  15  years  (i)  relating  to  the  composting  or
15    recycling  of  garbage,  refuse,   and   ashes   within   the
16    unincorporated  area  of the township or (ii) relating to the
17    collection and  final  disposition,  or  relating  solely  to
18    either  the  collection or the final disposition, of garbage,
19    refuse, and ashes  within  the  unincorporated  area  of  the
20    township.
21        (b)  For  this  purpose, the township board shall perform
22    one of the following:
23             (1)  Declare the unincorporated area of the township
24        a special refuse collection and disposal district for tax
25        purposes. Proof of the declaration authorizes the  county
26        clerk  to extend a tax upon the special refuse collection
27        and disposal district in  the  amount  specified  in  the
28        annual  township  tax  levy,  but not more than a rate of
29        0.15% of the value of taxable property  as  equalized  or
30        assessed  by  the Department of Revenue.  The maximum tax
31        rate of 0.15% authorized by this Section may be increased
 
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 1        to not more  than  0.20%   according  to  the  referendum
 2        provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
 3             (2)  Provide  in  the contract that the users of the
 4        services described in items (i) and  (ii)  of  subsection
 5        (a)  shall  pay the costs of the services directly to the
 6        service provider.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-751, eff. 1-1-99.)

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