republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-41.md

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Bill	TWP CD/HWY CD-LEAF DISPOSAL	Amends the Township Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, provide for the collection, transport, and disposal of brush and leaves within the unincorporated areas of the township (now, referendum approval is required). Provides that the corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, authorize the use of permanent road funds, general road and bridge funds, or town funds for the purpose of collecting, transporting, and disposing of brush and leaves generated from specified properties (now, referendum approval is required). Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Authorizes the highway commissioner of each road district to provide for the collection, transport, and disposal of brush and leaves that have been properly placed for collection along the road district rights-of-way in accordance with local guidelines in those townships or counties that regulate by ordinance open burning of brush or leaves.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 41	Illinois SB 41 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2011-01-27	2011-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/52c9ce54-e80b-482e-974c-ae87b96f8a17	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=41&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=54562&SessionID=84&GA=97	906bb028cdbc483c790e6eec4865eea90f07dfb58bb53fb117ace560ad70a62e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 41 (97th) — TWP CD/HWY CD-LEAF DISPOSAL

Amends the Township Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, provide for the collection, transport, and disposal of brush and leaves within the unincorporated areas of the township (now, referendum approval is required). Provides that the corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, authorize the use of permanent road funds, general road and bridge funds, or town funds for the purpose of collecting, transporting, and disposing of brush and leaves generated from specified properties (now, referendum approval is required). Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Authorizes the highway commissioner of each road district to provide for the collection, transport, and disposal of brush and leaves that have been properly placed for collection along the road district rights-of-way in accordance with local guidelines in those townships or counties that regulate by ordinance open burning of brush or leaves.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 64–51 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Susan Garrett — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2011-01-27 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett filing
• 2011-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-09 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2011-02-16 Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 17, 2011
• 2011-02-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett amendment-introduction
• 2011-02-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-03 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2011-03-03 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2011-03-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
• 2011-03-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-03-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Garrett amendment-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2011
• 2011-04-08 Third Reading - Passed; 051-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-08 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2011-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-002-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-06 Third Reading - Consideration Postponed reading-3
• 2011-05-06 Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
• 2011-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 064-051-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0417 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52c9ce54-e80b-482e-974c-ae87b96f8a17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).