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1 AN ACT concerning 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
5 Section 210-15 as follows:
6 (60 ILCS 1/210-15)
7 Sec. 210-15. Contract for collection and disposal;
8 special district; tax.
9 (a) The township board, when authorized by the electors
10 of the unincorporated area of the township to exercise the
11 powers conferred by this Article, may make contracts with any
12 municipalitycity, village, or incorporated town or with any
13 person, corporation, or county for more than one year and not
14 more than 15 years (i) relating to the composting or
15 recycling of garbage, refuse, and ashes within the
16 unincorporated area of the township or (ii) relating to the
17 collection and final disposition, or relating solely to
18 either the collection or the final disposition, of garbage,
19 refuse, and ashes within the unincorporated area of the
20 township.
21 (b) For this purpose, the township board shall perform
22 one of the following:
23 (1) Declare the unincorporated area of the township
24 a special refuse collection and disposal district for tax
25 purposes. Proof of the declaration authorizes the county
26 clerk to extend a tax upon the special refuse collection
27 and disposal district in the amount specified in the
28 annual township tax levy, but not more than a rate of
29 0.15% of the value of taxable property as equalized or
30 assessed by the Department of Revenue. The maximum tax
31 rate of 0.15% authorized by this Section may be increased
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1 to not more than 0.20% according to the referendum
2 provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
3 (2) Provide in the contract that the users of the
4 services described in items (i) and (ii) of subsection
5 (a) shall pay the costs of the services directly to the
6 service provider.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-751, eff. 1-1-99.)
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.