Full Text of HB0961 95th General Assembly
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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 Township Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 85-13 as follows:
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| (60 ILCS 1/85-13)
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| Sec. 85-13. Township services, generally.
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| (a) The township board may either expend funds directly or | 9 |
| may enter into
any cooperative agreement or contract with any | 10 |
| other governmental entity,
not-for-profit corporation, | 11 |
| non-profit community service association, or any
for-profit | 12 |
| business entity as provided in subsection (b) with respect to | 13 |
| the
expenditure of township funds, or funds made available to | 14 |
| the township under
the federal State and Local Fiscal | 15 |
| Assistance Act of 1972, to provide any of
the following | 16 |
| services to the residents of the township:
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| (1) Ordinary and necessary maintenance and operating | 18 |
| expenses for the
following:
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| (A) Public safety (including law enforcement, fire | 20 |
| protection, and
building code enforcement).
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| (B) Environmental protection (including sewage | 22 |
| disposal, sanitation,
and pollution abatement).
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| (C) Public transportation (including transit |
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| systems, paratransit
systems, and streets and roads).
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| (D) Health.
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| (E) Recreation.
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| (F) Libraries.
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| (G) Social services for the poor and aged.
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| (2) Ordinary and necessary capital expenditures | 7 |
| authorized by law.
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| (3) Development and retention of business, industrial, | 9 |
| manufacturing,
and tourist facilities within the township.
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| (b) To be eligible to receive funds from the township under | 11 |
| this Section, a
private not-for-profit corporation or | 12 |
| community service association shall have
been in existence at | 13 |
| least one year before receiving the funds. The township
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| may, however, for the purpose of providing day care services, | 15 |
| contract
with day care facilities licensed under the Child Care | 16 |
| Act of 1969, regardless
of whether the facilities are organized | 17 |
| on a for-profit or not-for-profit
basis.
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| (c) Township governments that directly expend or contract | 19 |
| for day care
shall use the standard of need established by the | 20 |
| Department of Children and
Family Services in determining | 21 |
| recipients of subsidized day care and shall use
the rate | 22 |
| schedule used by the Department of Children and Family Services | 23 |
| for
the purchase of subsidized day care.
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| (d) Township governments that directly expend or contract | 25 |
| for senior
citizen services may contract with for-profit (or | 26 |
| not-for-profit) and
non-sectarian organizations as provided in |
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| Sections 220-15 and 220-35.
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| (e) Those township supervisors or other elected township | 3 |
| officials who are
also members of a county board shall not vote | 4 |
| on questions before the township
board or the county board that | 5 |
| relate to agreements or contracts between the
township and the | 6 |
| county under this Section or agreements or contracts between
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| the township and the county that are otherwise authorized by | 8 |
| law.
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| (f) The township board may enter into direct agreements | 10 |
| with for-profit
corporations or other business entities to | 11 |
| carry out recycling programs in
unincorporated areas of the | 12 |
| township.
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| The township board may by ordinance administer a recycling | 14 |
| program or adopt rules and regulations relating to
recycling | 15 |
| programs in unincorporated areas of the township that it from | 16 |
| time to
time deems necessary and may provide penalties for | 17 |
| violations of those rules
and regulations.
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| (g) For purposes of alleviating high unemployment, | 19 |
| economically depressed
conditions, and lack of moderately | 20 |
| priced housing, the trustees of a
township that includes all or | 21 |
| a portion of a city that is a "financially
distressed city" | 22 |
| under the Financially Distressed City Law may contract with
one | 23 |
| or more not-for-profit or for-profit organizations to | 24 |
| construct and operate
within the boundaries of the township a | 25 |
| factory designed to manufacture housing
or housing components. | 26 |
| The contract may provide for the private organization or
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| organizations to manage some or all operations of the factory | 2 |
| and may provide
for (i) payment of employee compensation and | 3 |
| taxes; (ii) discharge of other
legal responsibilities; (iii) | 4 |
| sale of products; (iv) disposition of the
factory, equipment, | 5 |
| and other property; and (v) any other matters the township
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| trustees consider reasonable.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-475; 86-580; 86-1028; 86-1194; 87-708; | 8 |
| 87-810; 87-895;
87-999; 88-62.)
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| Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding | 10 |
| Section 6-132 as follows: | 11 |
| (605 ILCS 5/6-132 new)
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| Sec. 6-132. Recycling. A road district may organize, | 13 |
| administer, or participate in one or more recycling programs.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 |
| becoming law.
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