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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/11-19-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-3)
    Sec. 11-19-3. Whenever a city, village or incorporated town makes a contract that is authorized by this Division 19, the corporate authorities shall include in the annual appropriation ordinance for each fiscal year, an appropriation of a sum of money sufficient to pay the amount which, by the terms of the contract, is to become due and payable during the current fiscal year.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-19-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-4)
    Sec. 11-19-4. The corporate authorities of each city, village and incorporated town, whether organized under the general law or special charter, with a population of less than 500,000, may establish and maintain systems or plants, by contract or by direct provision, for the collection and disposal, treatment or recycling or solely for the collection or solely for the disposal, treatment or recycling of garbage, refuse and ashes in the city, village or incorporated town and for this purpose may levy a tax. In municipalities with a population of less than 25,001, the tax rate may not exceed .20% or the rate limit in effect on July 1, 1967, whichever is greater, of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, on all of the taxable property in the city or village for the current year. In municipalities with a population of more than 25,000 the tax rate may not exceed .10% or the rate limit in effect on July 24, 1969, whichever is greater, of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue on all of the taxable property in the city or village for the current year. The annual garbage tax shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by Section 8-3-1.
    The foregoing limitations upon tax rates, insofar as they are applicable to cities, villages and incorporated towns of less than 500,000 population, may be increased or decreased under the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
    The corporate authorities may, in addition to the levy of a garbage tax, finance the establishment and maintenance of systems or plants, by contract or by direct provision, for the collection and disposal, treatment or recycling or solely for the collection or solely for the disposal, treatment or recycling of garbage, refuse and ashes by service charges to be collected from persons, firms and corporations receiving service. Such service charges shall be established as can reasonably be expected to yield revenues not in excess of contract obligations and the costs of operation, maintenance, and an adequate depreciation fund. If a city, village or incorporated town assesses a service charge, the schedule of charges shall be adopted by ordinance, and a copy of the schedule shall be furnished to each customer.
(Source: P.A. 84-963.)

65 ILCS 5/11-19-5

    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-5)
    Sec. 11-19-5. Every city, village or incorporated town may provide such method or methods as shall be approved by the corporate authorities for the disposition of garbage, refuse and ashes. Any municipality may provide by ordinance that such method or methods shall be the exclusive method or methods for the disposition of garbage, refuse and ashes to be allowed within that municipality. Such ordinance may be enacted notwithstanding the fact that competition may be displaced or that such ordinance may have an anti-competitive effect. Such methods may include, but need not be limited to land fill, feeding of garbage to hogs, incineration, reduction to fertilizer, or otherwise. Salvage and fertilizer or other matter or things of value may be sold and the proceeds used for the operation of the system. Material that is intended or collected to be recycled is not garbage, refuse or ashes. A municipality with a population of less than 1,000,000 shall not provide by ordinance for any methods that award a franchise for the collection or final disposition of general construction or demolition debris, except as allowed under Section 11-19-1.
(Source: P.A. 100-316, eff. 1-1-18.)

65 ILCS 5/11-19-6

    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-6)
    Sec. 11-19-6. Any city, village or incorporated town may exercise the powers granted by this Division 19 individually or jointly and cooperatively with any other one or more than one city, village or incorporated town or one or more than one county provided the conditions under which the powers are exercised are not in conflict with Sections 11-19-7 through 11-19-10.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-19-7

    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-7)
    Sec. 11-19-7. When the corporate authorities of 2 or more cities, villages, or incorporated towns each declare by ordinance that it is in the best interests of such cities, villages, or incorporated towns to join with each other or with any one or more than one county in the collection and disposal or solely in the collection or solely in the disposal of garbage, refuse and ashes, they shall cause a contract to be prepared which shall set forth: (a) Whether the cities, villages or incorporated towns shall participate in a joint garbage department to be operated as an inter-municipal function; or whether the cities, villages or incorporated towns shall enter into a contract or contracts with a private party or parties for the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse and ashes; (b) The financial responsibilities and contributions of the respective cities, villages and incorporated towns and counties; (c) The personnel responsibilities and contributions of the respective cities, villages and incorporated towns and counties; (d) Whether the financing shall be by service charges to be collected from persons, firms, and corporations receiving service, by tax levies, or both; (e) The term of the contract which shall be not less than one year nor more than 30 years: Provided, such contract may be modified from time to time as conditions may warrant, may be extended for periods not exceeding 30 years, may be opened to admit additional cities, villages, incorporated towns or counties and may be changed to permit the withdrawal of any participant on such conditions as shall be agreed to by all of the participants; (f) If the contracting parties so desire, an undertaking that they will provide by ordinance, license, contract or other means that the methods of disposal employed within any municipality with more than 130,000 but less than 2,000,000 population, or within any municipality which is a signatory to a plan providing for the management of solid waste generated by more than one municipality or county, shall be the exclusive methods of disposal to be allowed within their respective jurisdictions, notwithstanding the fact that competition may be displaced or that such ordinance or agreement may have an anti-competitive effect; and (g) Such other provisions as shall be deemed necessary to effectuate a workable system of collection and disposal or solely of collection or solely of disposal of garbage, refuse, and ashes.
    The corporate authorities of any city, village, or incorporated town and the governing body of any county entering into any such joint exercise of powers shall appoint a committee of no more than 3 of its own members to make continuing studies of the operations of such joint exercise of powers. This committee shall also meet as necessary with the committees appointed by the other contracting parties and all of such committees shall together constitute a joint committee on garbage and refuse disposal. Such joint committee shall make recommendations necessary for the improvement of the garbage, refuse and ashes collection and disposal services or collection service or disposal service alone as the case may be, and shall prepare such rules and regulations as it may from time to time deem necessary. The corporate authorities may adopt such rules and regulations by ordinance and may provide penalties for the violation thereof. The committee chosen by each of the contracting parties shall have a single vote in all activities of the joint committee.
(Source: P.A. 84-963.)