97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3539

 

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Sen. John J. Millner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-19-1  from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-1

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that contracts entered into by any city, village, or incorporated town relating to the collection and final disposition of garbage, refuse, and ashes shall not include material that is intended to be recycled, except in the case of residential curbside recycling.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-19-1 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-1)
7    Sec. 11-19-1. Contracts.
8    (a) Any city, village or incorporated town may make
9contracts with any other city, village, or incorporated town or
10with any person, corporation, or county, or any agency created
11by intergovernmental agreement, for more than one year and not
12exceeding 30 years relating to the collection and final
13disposition, or relating solely to either the collection or
14final disposition of garbage, refuse and ashes, other than
15material that is intended or collected to be recycled, except
16for residential curbside recycling. A municipality may
17contract with private industry to operate a designated facility
18for the disposal, treatment or recycling of solid waste, and
19may enter into contracts with private firms or local
20governments for the delivery of waste to such facility. In
21regard to a contract involving a garbage, refuse, or garbage
22and refuse incineration facility, the 30 year contract
23limitation imposed by this Section shall be computed so that

 

 

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1the 30 years shall not begin to run until the date on which the
2facility actually begins accepting garbage or refuse. The
3payments required in regard to any contract entered into under
4this Division 19 shall not be regarded as indebtedness of the
5city, village, or incorporated town, as the case may be, for
6the purpose of any debt limitation imposed by any law.
7    (b) If a municipality with a population of less than
81,000,000 has never awarded a franchise to a private entity for
9the collection of waste from non-residential locations, then
10that municipality may not award such a franchise without
11issuing a request for proposal. The municipality may not issue
12a request for proposal without first: (i) holding at least one
13public hearing seeking comment on the advisability of issuing a
14request for proposal and awarding a franchise; (ii) providing
15at least 30 days' written notice of the hearing, delivered by
16first class mail to all private entities that provide
17non-residential waste collection services within the
18municipality that the municipality is able to identify through
19its records; and (iii) providing at least 30 days' public
20notice of the hearing.
21    After issuing a request for proposal, the municipality may
22not award a franchise without first: (i) allowing at least 30
23days for proposals to be submitted to the municipality; (ii)
24holding at least one public hearing after the receipt of
25proposals on whether to award a franchise to a proposed
26franchisee; and (iii) providing at least 30 days' public notice

 

 

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1of the hearing. At the public hearing, the municipality must
2disclose and discuss the proposed franchise fee or calculation
3formula of such franchise fee that it will receive under the
4proposed franchise.
5    (b-5) If no request for proposal is issued within 120 days
6after the initial public hearing required in subsection (b),
7then the municipality must hold another hearing as outlined in
8subsection (b).
9    (b-10) If a municipality has not awarded a franchise within
10210 days after the date that a request for proposal is issued
11pursuant to subsection (b), then the municipality must adhere
12to all of the requirements set forth in subsections (b) and
13(b-5).
14    (b-15) The franchise fee and any other fees, taxes, or
15charges imposed by the municipality in connection with a
16franchise for the collection of waste from non-residential
17locations must be used exclusively for costs associated with
18administering the franchise program.
19    (c) If a municipality with a population of less than
201,000,000 has never awarded a franchise to a private entity for
21the collection of waste from non-residential locations, then a
22private entity may not begin providing waste collection
23services to non-residential locations under a franchise
24agreement with that municipality at any time before the date
25that is 15 months after the date the ordinance or resolution
26approving the award of the franchise is adopted.

 

 

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1    (d) For purposes of this Section, "waste" means garbage,
2refuse, or ashes as defined in Section 11-19-2.
3    (e) A home rule unit may not award a franchise to a private
4entity for the collection of waste in a manner contrary to the
5provisions of this Section. This Section is a limitation under
6subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
7Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
8powers and functions exercised by the State.
9(Source: P.A. 95-856, eff. 10-1-08; 96-1215, eff. 7-22-10.)