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Article 210 - Township Refuse Collection And Disposal

      (60 ILCS 1/Art. 210 heading)ARTICLE 210. TOWNSHIP REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL

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

(60 ILCS 1/210‑10)     Sec. 210‑10. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:     "Ashes" means residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings.     "Garbage" means wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food and wastes from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.     "Refuse" means (i) combustible trash, including but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, and bedding; (ii) noncombustible trash, including but not limited to metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, and other mineral waste; and (iii) street rubbish, including but not limited to street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch‑basin dirt, and contents of litter receptacles. "Refuse" does not mean earth and wastes from building operations, nor does it include solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations such as food processing wastes, boiler‑house cinders, lumber, scraps, and shavings. (Source: P.A. 77‑1827; 88‑62.)

(60 ILCS 1/210‑15)     Sec. 210‑15. Contract for collection and disposal; special district; tax.     (a) The township board, when authorized by the electors of the unincorporated area of the township to exercise the powers conferred by this Article, may make contracts with any city, village, or incorporated town or with any person, corporation, or county for more than one year and not more than 15 years (i) relating to the composting or recycling of garbage, refuse, and ashes within the unincorporated area of the township or (ii) relating to the collection and final disposition, or relating solely to either the collection or the final disposition, of garbage, refuse, and ashes within the unincorporated area of the township.     (b) For this purpose, the township board shall perform one of the following:         (1) Declare the unincorporated area of the township

a special refuse collection and disposal district for tax purposes. Proof of the declaration authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the special refuse collection and disposal district in the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but not more than a rate of 0.15% of the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue. The maximum tax rate of 0.15% authorized by this Section may be increased to not more than 0.20% according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.

(2) Provide in the contract that the users of the

services described in items (i) and (ii) of subsection (a) shall pay the costs of the services directly to the service provider.

(Source: P.A. 90‑751, eff. 1‑1‑99.)

(60 ILCS 1/210‑20)     Sec. 210‑20. Annual budget and appropriation ordinance. Whenever the township board makes a contract under this Article that requires the declaration of a special refuse collection and disposal district, the board shall include in the annual budget and appropriation ordinance for each fiscal year an appropriation of a sum of money, to be derived from taxation extended upon the special refuse collection and disposal district, sufficient to pay the amount that, by the terms of the contract, is to become due and payable. (Source: P.A. 90‑751, eff. 1‑1‑99.)

(60 ILCS 1/210‑25)     Sec. 210‑25. Rules and regulations; penalties. The township board, when authorized by the electors of the unincorporated area of the township to exercise the powers conferred by this Article, may adopt by ordinance rules and regulations relating to the collection and final disposition, or relating solely to either the collection or the final disposition, of garbage, refuse, and ashes within the unincorporated area of the township as it from time to time deems necessary and may provide penalties for the violation of those rules and regulations. (Source: P.A. 82‑783; 88‑62.)