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SB1354 93rd General Assembly


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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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 Sections
 5    210-5, 210-15 and 210-25 as follows:

 6        (60 ILCS 1/210-5)
 7        Sec. 210-5.  Application of Article; referendum.
 8        (a)  This Article applies  only  in  those  townships  in
 9    which   the  electors  of  the  unincorporated  area  of  the
10    township, at any regularly scheduled election held within the
11    township, by majority vote, authorize the township  board  to
12    exercise the powers conferred by this Article.
13        (b)  Whenever  the township board, by a resolution passed
14    by a majority of its  members,  requests  that  the  question
15    whether  it shall be allowed to exercise the powers conferred
16    by  this  Article  be  submitted  to  the  electors  of   the
17    unincorporated area of the township, and upon the delivery of
18    a  certified  copy  of  the resolution to the proper election
19    official, the election official shall submit the question  to
20    the  electors  at  any regular scheduled election held within
21    the township.
22        (c)  The question submitted  to  the  electors  shall  be
23    printed  in  plain,  prominent type upon a ballot in the form
24    required by the general election law.  If a majority  of  the
25    electors  voting  on  the question are in favor of conferring
26    powers under this Article, the proper election official shall
27    certify the results of the referendum to the  township  clerk
28    within  10  days  after  the election.  The certificate shall
29    include (i)  the date of the referendum and a summary of  the
30    proposition  submitted,  (ii)  the  number of electors for or
31    against the proposition, and (iii) a description of the  area
 
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 1    of  the township within which the township board may exercise
 2    the powers conferred by this Article.
 3        (d)  This Article does not apply in any township in which
 4    a county ordinance  or resolution is in effect regulating the
 5    collection and disposal of refuse, garbage, and ashes.
 6    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

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

 7        (60 ILCS 1/210-25)
 8        Sec.  210-25.  Rules  and  regulations;  penalties.   The
 9    township  board,  by a resolution passed by a majority of its
10    members,   when   authorized   by   the   electors   of   the
11    unincorporated area of the township to  exercise  the  powers
12    conferred  by  this Article, may adopt by ordinance rules and
13    regulations relating to the collection and final disposition,
14    or relating solely to either  the  collection  or  the  final
15    disposition,   of  garbage,  refuse,  and  ashes  within  the
16    unincorporated area of the township as it from time  to  time
17    deems  necessary  and may provide penalties for the violation
18    of those rules and regulations.
19    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)