SB1807 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1807

 

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-19-1  from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-1
65 ILCS 5/11-19-2  from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-2
65 ILCS 5/11-19-5  from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-5

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality shall not enter into any new contracts, but may extend a contract or renew a contract, with any other unit of local government, by intergovernmental agreement or otherwise, or with any business or person relating to the collecting and final disposition of general construction or demolition debris. Provides that a municipality shall not provide by ordinance for any methods that award a franchise for the collection or final disposition of general construction or demolition debris. Provides that, in municipalities with a population under 1,000,000, a franchise shall not be awarded to any private entity for the collection of general construction or demolition debris from residential or non-residential locations. Provides that a franchise entered into before the effective date of the amendatory Act may be renewed or extended irrespective of whether the franchise or contract automatically renews or is amended.


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Sections 11-19-1, 11-19-2, and 11-19-5 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-1)
7    Sec. 11-19-1. Contracts.
8    (a) Any city, village or incorporated town may make
9contracts with any other city, village, or incorporated town or
10with any person, corporation, or county, or any agency created
11by intergovernmental agreement, for more than one year and not
12exceeding 30 years relating to the collection and final
13disposition, or relating solely to either the collection or
14final disposition of garbage, refuse and ashes. A municipality
15may contract with private industry to operate a designated
16facility for the disposal, treatment or recycling of solid
17waste, and may enter into contracts with private firms or local
18governments for the delivery of waste to such facility. In
19regard to a contract involving a garbage, refuse, or garbage
20and refuse incineration facility, the 30 year contract
21limitation imposed by this Section shall be computed so that
22the 30 years shall not begin to run until the date on which the
23facility actually begins accepting garbage or refuse. The

 

 

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1payments required in regard to any contract entered into under
2this Division 19 shall not be regarded as indebtedness of the
3city, village, or incorporated town, as the case may be, for
4the purpose of any debt limitation imposed by any law. On and
5after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
6General Assembly, a municipality shall not enter into any new
7contracts with any other unit of local government, by
8intergovernmental agreement or otherwise, or with any
9corporation or person relating to the collecting and final
10disposition of general construction or demolition debris.
11However, a municipality may renew or extend a contract entered
12into before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
13100th General Assembly with any other unit of local government,
14by intergovernmental agreement or otherwise, or with any
15corporation or person relating to the collection and final
16disposition of general construction or demolition debris.
17    (a-5) If a municipality with a population of less than
181,000,000 located in a county as defined in the Solid Waste and
19Recycling Program Act has never awarded a franchise to a
20private entity for the collection of waste from non-residential
21locations, then the municipality may not award a franchise
22unless:
23        (1) the municipality provides prior written notice to
24    all haulers licensed to provide waste hauling service in
25    that municipality of the municipality's intent to issue a
26    request for proposal under this Section;

 

 

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1        (2) the municipality adopts an ordinance requiring
2    each licensed hauler, for a period of no less than 36
3    continuous months commencing on the first day of the month
4    following the effective date of such ordinance, to report
5    every 6 months to the municipality the number of
6    non-residential locations served by the hauler in the
7    municipality and the number of non-residential locations
8    contracting with the hauler for the recyclable materials
9    collection service pursuant to Section 10 of the Solid
10    Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act; and
11        (3) the report to the municipality required under
12    paragraph (2) of this subsection (a-5) for the final 6
13    months of that 36-month period establishes that less than
14    50% of the non-residential locations in the municipality
15    contract for recyclable material collection services
16    pursuant to Section 10 of the Solid Waste Hauling and
17    Recycling Program Act.
18    All such reports shall be filed with the municipality by
19the hauler on or before the last day of the month following the
20end of the 6-month reporting period. Within 15 days after the
21last day for licensed haulers to file such reports, the
22municipality shall post on its website: (i) the information
23provided by each hauler pursuant to paragraph (2) of this
24subsection (a-5), without identifying the hauler; and (ii) the
25aggregate number of non-residential locations served by all
26licensed haulers in the municipality and the aggregate number

 

 

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1of non-residential locations contracting with all licensed
2haulers in the municipality for the recyclable materials
3collection service under Section 10 of the Solid Waste Hauling
4and Recycling Program Act.
5    (a-10) Beginning at the conclusion of the 36-month
6reporting period and thereafter, and upon written request of
7the municipality, each licensed hauler shall, for every 6-month
8period, report to the municipality (i) the number of
9non-residential locations served by the hauler in the
10municipality and the number of non-residential locations
11contracting with the hauler for the recyclable materials
12collection service pursuant to Section 10 of the Solid Waste
13Hauling and Recycling Program Act, (ii) an estimate of the
14quantity of recyclable materials, in tons, collected by the
15hauler in the municipality from non-residential locations
16contracting with the hauler for recyclable materials
17collection service pursuant to Section 10 of the Solid Waste
18Hauling and Recycling Program Act, and (iii) an estimate of the
19quantity of municipal waste, in tons, collected by the hauler
20in the municipality from those non-residential locations. All
21reports for that 6-month period shall be filed with the
22municipality by the hauler on or before the last day of the
23month following the end of the 6-month reporting period. Within
2415 days after the last day for licensed haulers to file such
25reports, the municipality shall post on its website: (i) the
26information provided by each hauler pursuant to this subsection

 

 

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1(a-10), without identifying the hauler; and (ii) the aggregate
2number of non-residential locations served by all licensed
3haulers in the municipality and the aggregate number of
4non-residential locations contracting with all licensed
5haulers in the municipality for the recyclable materials
6collection service under Section 10 of the Solid Waste Hauling
7and Recycling Program Act.
8    A municipality subject to subsection (a-5) of this Section
9may not award a franchise unless 2 consecutive 6-month reports
10determine that less than 50% of the non-residential locations
11within the municipality contract for recyclable material
12collection service pursuant to Section 10 of the Solid Waste
13Hauling and Recycling Program Act.
14    (b) If a municipality with a population of less than
151,000,000 has never awarded a franchise to a private entity for
16the collection of waste from non-residential locations, then
17that municipality may not award such a franchise without
18issuing a request for proposal. The municipality may not issue
19a request for proposal without first: (i) holding at least one
20public hearing seeking comment on the advisability of issuing a
21request for proposal and awarding a franchise; (ii) providing
22at least 30 days' written notice of the hearing, delivered by
23first class mail to all private entities that provide
24non-residential waste collection services within the
25municipality that the municipality is able to identify through
26its records; and (iii) providing at least 30 days' public

 

 

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1notice of the hearing.
2    After issuing a request for proposal, the municipality may
3not award a franchise without first: (i) allowing at least 30
4days for proposals to be submitted to the municipality; (ii)
5holding at least one public hearing after the receipt of
6proposals on whether to award a franchise to a proposed
7franchisee; and (iii) providing at least 30 days' public notice
8of the hearing. At the public hearing, the municipality must
9disclose and discuss the proposed franchise fee or calculation
10formula of such franchise fee that it will receive under the
11proposed franchise.
12    (b-5) If no request for proposal is issued within 120 days
13after the initial public hearing required in subsection (b),
14then the municipality must hold another hearing as outlined in
15subsection (b).
16    (b-10) If a municipality has not awarded a franchise within
17210 days after the date that a request for proposal is issued
18pursuant to subsection (b), then the municipality must adhere
19to all of the requirements set forth in subsections (b) and
20(b-5).
21    (b-15) The franchise fee and any other fees, taxes, or
22charges imposed by the municipality in connection with a
23franchise for the collection of waste from non-residential
24locations must be used exclusively for costs associated with
25administering the franchise program.
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11,000,000 has never awarded a franchise to a private entity for
2the collection of waste from non-residential locations, then a
3private entity may not begin providing waste collection
4services to non-residential locations under a franchise
5agreement with that municipality at any time before the date
6that is 15 months after the date the ordinance or resolution
7approving the award of the franchise is adopted.
8    (d) For purposes of this Section, "waste" means garbage,
9refuse, or ashes as defined in Section 11-19-2.
10    (e) A home rule unit may not award a franchise to a private
11entity for the collection of waste in a manner contrary to the
12provisions of this Section. This Section is a limitation under
13subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
14Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
15powers and functions exercised by the State.
16    (f) A municipality shall not award a franchise to any
17private entity for the collection of general construction or
18demolition debris from residential or non-residential
19locations. This subsection does not invalidate, render
20unenforceable, or otherwise apply to the provisions of any
21franchise or contract between a municipality and a private
22entity for the collection of general construction or demolition
23debris entered into before the effective date of this
24amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. A franchise or
25contract entered into before the effective date of this
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1extended irrespective of whether the franchise or contract
2automatically renews or is amended. This subsection does not
3apply to a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more.
4(Source: P.A. 98-1079, eff. 8-26-14.)
 
5    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-2)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-2)
6    Sec. 11-19-2. As used in this Division 19, the words
7"garbage", "refuse", and "ashes" have the following meanings:
8(1) "Garbage". Wastes resulting from the handling,
9preparation, cooking and consumption of food; wastes from the
10handling, storage and sale of produce. (2) "Refuse".
11Combustible trash, including, but not limited to, paper,
12cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard
13trimmings, wood furniture, bedding; noncombustible trash,
14including, but not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal
15furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of
16concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral waste; street
17rubbish, including, but not limited to, street sweepings, dirt,
18leaves, catch-basin dirt, contents of litter receptacles, but
19refuse does not mean earth and wastes from building operations,
20nor shall it include solid wastes resulting from industrial
21processes and manufacturing operations such as food processing
22wastes, boiler-house cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings. (3)
23"Ashes". Residue from fires used for cooking and for heating
24buildings. (4) "General construction or demolition debris" has
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1Environmental Protection Act.
2(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
 
3    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-5)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-5)
4    Sec. 11-19-5. Every city, village or incorporated town may
5provide such method or methods as shall be approved by the
6corporate authorities for the disposition of garbage, refuse
7and ashes. Any municipality may provide by ordinance that such
8method or methods shall be the exclusive method or methods for
9the disposition of garbage, refuse and ashes to be allowed
10within that municipality. Such ordinance may be enacted
11notwithstanding the fact that competition may be displaced or
12that such ordinance may have an anti-competitive effect. Such
13methods may include, but need not be limited to land fill,
14feeding of garbage to hogs, incineration, reduction to
15fertilizer, or otherwise. Salvage and fertilizer or other
16matter or things of value may be sold and the proceeds used for
17the operation of the system. Material that is intended or
18collected to be recycled is not garbage, refuse or ashes. A
19municipality shall not provide by ordinance for any methods
20that award a franchise for the collection or final disposition
21of general construction or demolition debris, except as allowed
22under Section 11-19-1.
23(Source: P.A. 84-794.)