95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0961

 

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Rep. Michael Tryon - Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. - Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
60 ILCS 1/85-13
605 ILCS 5/6-132 new

    Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township may administer a recycling program in unincorporated areas of the township. Amends the Highway Code. Provides that a road district may organize, administer, or participate in one or more recycling programs. Effective immediately.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
5 85-13 as follows:
 
6     (60 ILCS 1/85-13)
7     Sec. 85-13. Township services, generally.
8     (a) The township board may either expend funds directly or
9 may enter into any cooperative agreement or contract with any
10 other governmental entity, not-for-profit corporation,
11 non-profit community service association, or any for-profit
12 business entity as provided in subsection (b) with respect to
13 the expenditure of township funds, or funds made available to
14 the township under the federal State and Local Fiscal
15 Assistance Act of 1972, to provide any of the following
16 services to the residents of the township:
17         (1) Ordinary and necessary maintenance and operating
18     expenses for the following:
19             (A) Public safety (including law enforcement, fire
20         protection, and building code enforcement).
21             (B) Environmental protection (including sewage
22         disposal, sanitation, and pollution abatement).
23             (C) Public transportation (including transit

 

 

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1         systems, paratransit systems, and streets and roads).
2             (D) Health.
3             (E) Recreation.
4             (F) Libraries.
5             (G) Social services for the poor and aged.
6         (2) Ordinary and necessary capital expenditures
7     authorized by law.
8         (3) Development and retention of business, industrial,
9     manufacturing, and tourist facilities within the township.
10     (b) To be eligible to receive funds from the township under
11 this Section, a private not-for-profit corporation or
12 community service association shall have been in existence at
13 least one year before receiving the funds. The township board
14 may, however, for the purpose of providing day care services,
15 contract with day care facilities licensed under the Child Care
16 Act of 1969, regardless of whether the facilities are organized
17 on a for-profit or not-for-profit basis.
18     (c) Township governments that directly expend or contract
19 for day care shall use the standard of need established by the
20 Department of Children and Family Services in determining
21 recipients of subsidized day care and shall use the rate
22 schedule used by the Department of Children and Family Services
23 for the purchase of subsidized day care.
24     (d) Township governments that directly expend or contract
25 for senior citizen services may contract with for-profit (or
26 not-for-profit) and non-sectarian organizations as provided in

 

 

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1 Sections 220-15 and 220-35.
2     (e) Those township supervisors or other elected township
3 officials who are also members of a county board shall not vote
4 on questions before the township board or the county board that
5 relate to agreements or contracts between the township and the
6 county under this Section or agreements or contracts between
7 the township and the county that are otherwise authorized by
8 law.
9     (f) The township board may enter into direct agreements
10 with for-profit corporations or other business entities to
11 carry out recycling programs in unincorporated areas of the
12 township.
13     The township board may by ordinance administer a recycling
14 program or adopt rules and regulations relating to recycling
15 programs in unincorporated areas of the township that it from
16 time to time deems necessary and may provide penalties for
17 violations of those rules and regulations.
18     (g) For purposes of alleviating high unemployment,
19 economically depressed conditions, and lack of moderately
20 priced housing, the trustees of a township that includes all or
21 a portion of a city that is a "financially distressed city"
22 under the Financially Distressed City Law may contract with one
23 or more not-for-profit or for-profit organizations to
24 construct and operate within the boundaries of the township a
25 factory designed to manufacture housing or housing components.
26 The contract may provide for the private organization or

 

 

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1 organizations to manage some or all operations of the factory
2 and may provide for (i) payment of employee compensation and
3 taxes; (ii) discharge of other legal responsibilities; (iii)
4 sale of products; (iv) disposition of the factory, equipment,
5 and other property; and (v) any other matters the township
6 trustees consider reasonable.
7 (Source: P.A. 86-475; 86-580; 86-1028; 86-1194; 87-708;
8 87-810; 87-895; 87-999; 88-62.)
 
9     Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
10 Section 6-132 as follows:
 
11     (605 ILCS 5/6-132 new)
12     Sec. 6-132. Recycling. A road district may organize,
13 administer, or participate in one or more recycling programs.
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.