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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.)