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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Illinois Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
7context clearly indicates otherwise:
8    "County" means a county in Illinois having a population of
93,000,000 or more, and any county that is contiguous to that
10county.
11    "Hauler" means any person who engages in the business of
12collecting or hauling garbage, municipal waste, recyclable
13material, landscape waste, brush, or other refuse on a
14continuous and regular basis, and makes multiple scheduled
15collections per month within a county.
16    "Landscape waste" means all accumulations of grass or
17shrubbery cuttings, leaves, tree limbs, and other materials
18accumulated as the result of the care of lawns, shrubbery,
19vines, and trees.
20    "Municipal waste" means garbage, general household
21institutional and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or
22office waste, and landscape waste. "Municipal waste" also
23includes "garbage", "refuse", and "ashes", as those terms are

 

 

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1defined in Section 11-19-2 of the Municipal Code.
2    "Municipality" means a municipality, as defined in Section
31 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, that is located
4either partially or wholly within the boundaries of a county as
5defined in this Section. "Municipality" does not include a
6municipality with a population of 2,000,000 or more.
7    "Person" means any business, public or private
8corporation, partnership, association, government agency,
9municipality, unit of local government, or other legal entity.
10    "Recycling" means a method, technique, or process designed
11to remove any contaminant from waste so as to render that waste
12reusable, or any process by which materials that would
13otherwise be disposed of or discarded are collected, separated,
14or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the
15form of raw materials or products.
16    "Recyclable material" means material that is separated
17from municipal waste for the purpose of recycling, including,
18but not limited to, ferrous metal cans, aluminum containers,
19glass, plastics including HDPE or PET containers and plastics
20#3 through #7, newsprint, corrugated paper, junk mail,
21magazines, office paper, and boxboard.
 
22    Section 10. Collection of recyclable materials.
23    (a) Each hauler operating in a county or municipality shall
24offer, either as part of basic service, or alternatively as an
25additional service, the collection of recyclable materials

 

 

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1from any commercial business, commercial property, or
2institutional facility within that county or municipality.
3Haulers shall provide information on how and what materials to
4recycle at least once every other year to customers with
5recycling service. Haulers shall provide a written offer to
6provide recycling services to commercial businesses, owners or
7operators of commercial property, and institutional facilities
8that are not recycling. Those offers shall be made at least
9once during the term of the contract or at least once every 2
10years, whichever is shorter. The hauler's written offer shall
11include a request that the commercial business, owner or
12operator of the commercial business, or institutional facility
13respond to the hauler's request to provide recycling services
14in writing.
15    (b) Recyclable materials collected by a hauler within a
16county or municipality shall not be deposited into a landfill
17or incinerator unless all reasonable efforts have been made by
18the hauler to sell those recyclable materials to a processor or
19end user.
20    (c) Ownership of recyclable materials set out for
21collection shall remain with the commercial business,
22commercial property owner, or institutional facility that set
23out the material for collection until the material is removed
24by the hauler.
 
25    Section 15. Compliance. Nothing in this Act shall exempt a

 

 

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1hauler from obtaining a license or permit required by other
2applicable laws or regulations. The hauler shall at all times
3operate in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
4    In the event of a conflict between this Act and any other
5law, including, but not limited to, the Solid Waste Planning
6and Recycling Act, the Counties Code, and the Illinois
7Municipal Code, this Act shall control.
 
8    Section 20. Applicability. Nothing in this Act shall apply
9to a contract or franchise awarded pursuant to Section 11-19-1
10of the Municipal Code, entered into before the effective date
11of this Act.
 
12    Section 25. Home Rule. No home rule municipality or home
13rule county may provide for the collection of recyclable
14materials in a manner less restrictive than the provisions of
15this Act. This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of
16Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
17concurrent exercise by home rule municipalities or home rule
18counties of powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
19    Section 90. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
20changing Section 11-19-1 as follows:
 
21    (65 ILCS 5/11-19-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19-1)
22    Sec. 11-19-1. Contracts.

 

 

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1    (a) Any city, village or incorporated town may make
2contracts with any other city, village, or incorporated town or
3with any person, corporation, or county, or any agency created
4by intergovernmental agreement, for more than one year and not
5exceeding 30 years relating to the collection and final
6disposition, or relating solely to either the collection or
7final disposition of garbage, refuse and ashes. A municipality
8may contract with private industry to operate a designated
9facility for the disposal, treatment or recycling of solid
10waste, and may enter into contracts with private firms or local
11governments for the delivery of waste to such facility. In
12regard to a contract involving a garbage, refuse, or garbage
13and refuse incineration facility, the 30 year contract
14limitation imposed by this Section shall be computed so that
15the 30 years shall not begin to run until the date on which the
16facility actually begins accepting garbage or refuse. The
17payments required in regard to any contract entered into under
18this Division 19 shall not be regarded as indebtedness of the
19city, village, or incorporated town, as the case may be, for
20the purpose of any debt limitation imposed by any law.
21    (a-5) If a municipality with a population of less than
221,000,000 located in a county as defined in the Illinois Solid
23Waste and Recycling Program Act has never awarded a franchise
24to a private entity for the collection of waste from
25non-residential locations, then the municipality may not award
26a franchise unless:

 

 

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1        (1) the municipality provides prior written notice to
2    all haulers licensed to provide waste hauling service in
3    that municipality of the municipality's intent to issue a
4    request for proposal under this Section;
5        (2) the municipality adopts an ordinance requiring
6    each licensed hauler, for a period of no less than 36
7    continuous months commencing on the first day of the month
8    following the effective date of such ordinance, to report
9    every 6 months to the municipality the number of
10    non-residential locations served by the hauler in the
11    municipality and the number of non-residential locations
12    contracting with the hauler for the recyclable materials
13    collection service pursuant to Section 10 of the Solid
14    Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act; and
15        (3) the report to the municipality required under
16    paragraph (2) of this subsection (a-5) for the final 6
17    months of that 36-month period establishes that less than
18    50% of the non-residential locations in the municipality
19    contract for recyclable material collection services
20    pursuant to Section 10 of the Solid Waste Hauling and
21    Recycling Program Act.
22    All such reports shall be filed with the municipality by
23the hauler on or before the last day of the month following the
24end of the 6-month reporting period. Within 15 days after the
25last day for licensed haulers to file such reports, the
26municipality shall post on its website: (i) the information

 

 

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1provided by each hauler pursuant to paragraph (2) of this
2subsection (a-5), without identifying the hauler; and (ii) the
3aggregate number of non-residential locations served by all
4licensed haulers in the municipality and the aggregate number
5of non-residential locations contracting with all licensed
6haulers in the municipality for the recyclable materials
7collection service under Section 10 of the Solid Waste Hauling
8and Recycling Program Act.
9    (a-10) Beginning at the conclusion of the 36-month
10reporting period and thereafter, and upon written request of
11the municipality, each licensed hauler shall, for every 6-month
12period, report to the municipality the number of
13non-residential locations served by the hauler in the
14municipality and the number of non-residential locations
15contracting with the hauler for the recyclable materials
16collection service pursuant to Section 10 of the Solid Waste
17Hauling and Recycling Program Act. All reports for that 6-month
18period shall be filed with the municipality by the hauler on or
19before the last day of the month following the end of the
206-month reporting period. Within 15 days after the last day for
21licensed haulers to file such reports, the municipality shall
22post on its website: (i) the information provided by each
23hauler pursuant to this subsection (a-10), without identifying
24the hauler; and (ii) the aggregate number of non-residential
25locations served by all licensed haulers in the municipality
26and the aggregate number of non-residential locations

 

 

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1contracting with all licensed haulers in the municipality for
2the recyclable materials collection service under Section 10 of
3the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act.
4    A municipality subject to subsection (a-5) of this Section
5may not award a franchise unless 3 consecutive 6-month reports
6determine that less than 50% of the non-residential locations
7within the municipality contract for recyclable material
8collection service pursuant to Section 10 of the Solid Waste
9Hauling and Recycling Program Act.
10    (b) If a municipality with a population of less than
111,000,000 has never awarded a franchise to a private entity for
12the collection of waste from non-residential locations, then
13that municipality may not award such a franchise without
14issuing a request for proposal. The municipality may not issue
15a request for proposal without first: (i) holding at least one
16public hearing seeking comment on the advisability of issuing a
17request for proposal and awarding a franchise; (ii) providing
18at least 30 days' written notice of the hearing, delivered by
19first class mail to all private entities that provide
20non-residential waste collection services within the
21municipality that the municipality is able to identify through
22its records; and (iii) providing at least 30 days' public
23notice of the hearing.
24    After issuing a request for proposal, the municipality may
25not award a franchise without first: (i) allowing at least 30
26days for proposals to be submitted to the municipality; (ii)

 

 

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1holding at least one public hearing after the receipt of
2proposals on whether to award a franchise to a proposed
3franchisee; and (iii) providing at least 30 days' public notice
4of the hearing. At the public hearing, the municipality must
5disclose and discuss the proposed franchise fee or calculation
6formula of such franchise fee that it will receive under the
7proposed franchise.
8    (b-5) If no request for proposal is issued within 120 days
9after the initial public hearing required in subsection (b),
10then the municipality must hold another hearing as outlined in
11subsection (b).
12    (b-10) If a municipality has not awarded a franchise within
13210 days after the date that a request for proposal is issued
14pursuant to subsection (b), then the municipality must adhere
15to all of the requirements set forth in subsections (b) and
16(b-5).
17    (b-15) The franchise fee and any other fees, taxes, or
18charges imposed by the municipality in connection with a
19franchise for the collection of waste from non-residential
20locations must be used exclusively for costs associated with
21administering the franchise program.
22    (c) If a municipality with a population of less than
231,000,000 has never awarded a franchise to a private entity for
24the collection of waste from non-residential locations, then a
25private entity may not begin providing waste collection
26services to non-residential locations under a franchise

 

 

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1agreement with that municipality at any time before the date
2that is 15 months after the date the ordinance or resolution
3approving the award of the franchise is adopted.
4    (d) For purposes of this Section, "waste" means garbage,
5refuse, or ashes as defined in Section 11-19-2.
6    (e) A home rule unit may not award a franchise to a private
7entity for the collection of waste in a manner contrary to the
8provisions of this Section. This Section is a limitation under
9subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
10Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
11powers and functions exercised by the State.
12(Source: P.A. 95-856, eff. 10-1-08; 96-1215, eff. 7-22-10.)
 
13    Section 95. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is
14amended by adding Section 13 as follows:
 
15    (415 ILCS 15/13 new)
16    Sec. 13. Illinois Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program
17Act. This Act is subject to the provisions of the Illinois
18Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act.
 
19    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.