2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › 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 1/210-7)
Sec. 210-7. Disposal of brush and leaves. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article to the contrary, the corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, provide for the collection, transport, disposal, and recycling of brush, wood chips, and leaves within the unincorporated areas of the township without referendum approval. The corporate authorities of the township may use funds authorized under Section 30-117 to provide for the collection, transport, and disposal of brush and leaves.
(Source: P.A. 100-56, eff. 8-11-17.)
(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.
"Recycling" means the transfer of brush, wood chips, or leaves by employees of the township to a facility or place that will utilize the product without charge.
"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. 100-56, eff. 8-11-17.)
(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.)