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Rep. David S. Olsen
Filed: 3/6/2017
| | 10000HB2427ham001 | | LRB100 08212 AWJ 22444 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2427
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2427 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Sections 210-7 and 210-10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/210-7) |
| 7 | | Sec. 210-7. Disposal of brush and leaves. Notwithstanding |
| 8 | | any provision of this Article to the contrary, the corporate |
| 9 | | authorities of a township may, by ordinance, provide for the |
| 10 | | collection, transport, and disposal, and recycling of brush, |
| 11 | | wood chips, and leaves within the unincorporated areas of the |
| 12 | | township without referendum approval. The corporate |
| 13 | | authorities of the township may use funds authorized under |
| 14 | | Section 30-117 to provide for the collection, transport, and |
| 15 | | disposal of brush and leaves.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-417, eff. 1-1-12.)
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| 1 | | (60 ILCS 1/210-10)
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| 2 | | Sec. 210-10. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless |
| 3 | | the context
clearly requires otherwise:
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| 4 | | "Ashes" means residue from fires used for cooking and for |
| 5 | | heating
buildings.
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| 6 | | "Garbage" means wastes resulting from the handling, |
| 7 | | preparation, cooking,
and consumption of food and wastes from |
| 8 | | the handling, storage, and sale of
produce.
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| 9 | | "Recycling" means the transfer of brush, wood chips, or |
| 10 | | leaves by employees of the township to a facility or place that |
| 11 | | will utilize the product without charge. |
| 12 | | "Refuse" means (i) combustible trash, including but not |
| 13 | | limited to paper,
cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, |
| 14 | | tree branches, yard trimmings,
wood furniture, and bedding; |
| 15 | | (ii) noncombustible trash, including but not
limited to metals, |
| 16 | | tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock
and |
| 17 | | pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, and other mineral waste; |
| 18 | | and
(iii) street rubbish, including but not limited to street |
| 19 | | sweepings, dirt,
leaves, catch-basin dirt, and contents of |
| 20 | | litter receptacles. "Refuse" does not
mean earth and wastes |
| 21 | | from building operations, nor does it include solid
wastes |
| 22 | | resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing |
| 23 | | operations such as
food processing wastes, boiler-house |
| 24 | | cinders, lumber, scraps, and shavings.
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| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 77-1827; 88-62.)
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