Full Text of SB2297 95th General Assembly
SB2297 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2297
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/11-19-1 |
from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-1 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that no municipality with a population of less than 1,000,000 may award a franchise to a private entity for the collection of waste from non-residential locations without first: (i) holding at least one public hearing; (ii) providing at least 45 days' written notice of the hearing to all private entities that provide non-residential waste collection services within the municipality; and (iii) providing public notice of the hearing. Requires the municipality to provide at least 3 years' notice to all private entities then providing waste collection services to non-residential locations within the municipality before awarding a franchise to a private entity for the collection of waste from non-residential locations. Preempts home rule powers.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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LRB095 19075 RCE 45266 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 11-19-1 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/11-19-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-1)
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| Sec. 11-19-1. Contracts. | 8 |
| (a) Any city, village or incorporated town may make | 9 |
| contracts
with any other city, village, or incorporated town or | 10 |
| with any person,
corporation, or county, or any agency created | 11 |
| by intergovernmental
agreement, for more than one year and not | 12 |
| exceeding 30 years
relating to the collection and final | 13 |
| disposition, or relating solely to
either the collection or | 14 |
| final disposition of garbage, refuse and ashes.
A municipality | 15 |
| may contract with private industry to operate a
designated | 16 |
| facility for the disposal, treatment or recycling of solid
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| waste, and may enter into contracts with private firms or
local | 18 |
| governments for the delivery of waste to such facility.
In | 19 |
| regard to a contract involving a garbage, refuse, or garbage | 20 |
| and refuse
incineration facility, the 30 year contract | 21 |
| limitation imposed by this
Section shall be computed so that | 22 |
| the 30 years shall not begin to run until
the date on which the | 23 |
| facility actually begins accepting garbage or refuse.
The |
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| payments required in regard to any contract entered into under
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| this Division 19 shall not be regarded as indebtedness of the | 3 |
| city,
village, or incorporated town, as the case may be, for | 4 |
| the purpose of any
debt limitation imposed by any law.
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| (b) No municipality with a population of less than | 6 |
| 1,000,000 may award a franchise to a private entity for the | 7 |
| collection of waste from non-residential locations without | 8 |
| first: (i) holding at least one public hearing seeking comment | 9 |
| on the advisability of awarding such a franchise; (ii) | 10 |
| providing at least 45 days' written notice of the hearing, | 11 |
| delivered by first class mail to all private entities that | 12 |
| provide non-residential waste collection services within the | 13 |
| municipality that the municipality is able to identify through | 14 |
| local government records; and (iii) providing public notice of | 15 |
| the hearing. | 16 |
| (c) Before a municipality with a population of less than | 17 |
| 1,000,000 awards a franchise to a private entity for the | 18 |
| collection of waste from non-residential locations, the | 19 |
| municipality must provide at least 3 years' notice to all | 20 |
| private entities then providing waste collection services to | 21 |
| non-residential locations within the municipality. | 22 |
| (d) For purposes of this Section, "waste" means garbage, | 23 |
| refuse, or ashes as defined in Section 11-19-2. | 24 |
| (e) A home rule unit may not award a franchise to a private | 25 |
| entity for the collection of waste, or terminate or decline to | 26 |
| issue any license, in a manner contrary to the provisions of |
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| this Section; this Section is a limitation under subsection (i) | 2 |
| of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the | 3 |
| concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions | 4 |
| exercised by the State. | 5 |
| (Source: P.A. 86-1023; 86-1025; 86-1039; 86-1475.)
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