(70 ILCS 2805/26d) (from Ch. 42, par. 437d)
Sec. 26d.
Any ordinance adopted pursuant to the preceding section
shall be published in a newspaper published and having a general
circulation in the district undertaking the project or, if there is no
such newspaper, it shall be posted in at least 3 of the most public
places in the district. The publication or posting of the ordinance shall
include a notice of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a
petition requesting that the question of the adoption of the ordinance be
submitted to the electors of the district; (2) the time in which such petition
must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum. The Clerk
of district shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.
If no petition for an election is filed with the Clerk of the
district within 30 days after such publication or posting, then, at the
expiration of the 30 days, the ordinance shall be in full force and
effect. If, however, within the period of 30 days a petition is filed
with the clerk, signed by a number of the legal voters within the
district equal to 10% or more of the registered voters in the district,
asking that the question of acquiring, constructing,
purchasing, improving or extending the drainage system, and the issuance
of revenue bonds therefor, as provided in the ordinance, be submitted to
the electors of the district, the trustees shall certify the ordinance and
question to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question
at an election in accordance with the general election law to decide
whether the project and issuance of bonds of the district, as set forth in
the ordinance, should be approved.
If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor thereof, the
ordinance shall be in effect. But if a majority of the votes cast on the
question are unfavorable, the trustees shall proceed no further and the
ordinance shall not take effect.
(Source: P.A. 87-767.)
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