(65 ILCS 5/11-17-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-17-2)
Sec. 11-17-2.
When 100 electors of any municipality specified in
Section 11-17-1 present a petition to the clerk of the
municipality asking that an annual tax be levied for the establishment
and maintenance of a public health board in the municipality, the
municipal clerk shall certify the proposition for submission to the voters
of the municipality at an election in accordance with the general election
law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the municipality of.... YESestablish and maintain a public health ----------------------board and levy an annual tax therefor? NO--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the electors voting upon the question are in favor
of the proposition, the corporate authorities of the municipality shall
proceed as provided in Section 11-17-1. Thereafter, the corporate
authorities shall include in the annual appropriation ordinance an
appropriation from the public health board fund of such amount as may be
necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of the public
health board.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
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