55 ILCS 5/5-15010
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-15010)Sec. 5-15010.         Disposal of sewage, refuse and wastes; service  contracts. The county board shall have authority to control and regulate  the disposal of sewage, refuse, and any other wastes from any premises  within the borders of the county, except with respect to waste management in a  municipality that has severed itself from county jurisdiction under Section  5-15006, and to this end may adopt suitable ordinances.An owner of property (i) who is denied a permit for an individual  sewerage disposal system and (ii) who on or after January 1, 1976, had been  granted permission for an individual sewerage disposal system by the  issuance of a permit, letter, or other written approval, whether expressed  or implied, by an appropriate governmental entity with jurisdiction for  individual sewerage disposal systems may reapply for a permit and be  reviewed and the permit issued using the standards in effect at the time  the original permission was given.For the purpose of controlling and regulating the disposal of wastes  throughout the county, the county board may appoint a county solid waste  committee to develop and implement a solid waste management plan.  The  committee shall be composed of members of the county board and  representatives of the municipalities throughout the county.  The county solid waste committee shall adopt by-laws,  by a majority vote of the county and municipal members, to govern the  functions of the committee and its subcommittees.  Any  resolution establishing a county solid waste committee or any amendment  to that resolution shall be adopted by 2/3 of the county  board members present and voting at the session in which the resolution is  considered.  This Section shall apply to any resolution establishing a solid  waste committee approved any time after March 1, 1987.The county is authorized to prepare a solid waste management plan,  as that term is described by the Local Solid Waste Disposal Act.  After the  preparation of the plan, the county board shall hold hearings on the plan and  shall afford interested persons an opportunity to be heard.  The hearing shall  be held in the county seat.  Notice of any hearing shall be published at least  15 days in advance of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation  published in the county.  The notice shall state the time and place of the  hearing and the place where copies of the proposed plan will be accessible for  examination by interested parties.  Within 30 days after the hearing the county  board may approve the plan.The county board is further authorized to adopt any procedures necessary  to implement the plan and provide by ordinance, license, contract, or  other means that the methods of disposal of solid waste shall be the  exclusive methods of disposal to be allowed anywhere within the borders of  the county, notwithstanding the fact that competition may be displaced or  that the ordinance, license, contract, or other measure may have an  anti-competitive effect.  Notwithstanding the granted authority, the  county shall not have the authority to control or regulate the collection  of waste within the corporate boundaries of any municipality.The county is authorized to construct or purchase and operate a  waterworks system, a sewerage system, a combined waterworks and  sewerage system, or a waste management system to improve or  extend any such system so acquired from  time to time, as provided in this Division. The county may furnish water,  sewerage service, combined water and sewerage service, or waste  management service to individuals, municipal corporations, or other  corporations, and may impose and collect charges or rates for furnishing  water, sewerage service, combined water and sewerage service, or waste  management service, as provided in this Division. Any county that owns and  operates or may hereafter own and operate a waterworks system, a  sewerage system, a combined waterworks and sewerage system, or a waste  management system may enter into and perform contracts, whether long-term  or short-term, with any municipal, public utility, or other corporation or  any person or firm for the furnishing by the county of water, sewerage  service, combined water and sewerage service, or waste management service.  The contracts may provide for periodic payments to the  county of a share of the amounts necessary to pay or provide for the  expenses of operation and maintenance of the waterworks system, sewerage  system, combined waterworks and sewerage system, or waste  management system (including insurance), to pay the principal of and  interest on any revenue bonds issued under this Division, to provide an  adequate depreciation fund as provided in this Division, and to maintain other  reserves and sinking funds as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the  county for the payment of the bonds or the extension or improvement of the  waterworks properties, sewerage facilities, combined waterworks and sewerage  system, or waste management system, as the case may be. Any  county may also enter into and perform contracts, whether long-term or  short-term, with any such corporation, person, or firm for the leasing,  management, or operation of a waterworks system, a sewerage system, a  combined waterworks and sewerage system, or a waste management system.    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1191; 87-1049.)