(605 ILCS 5/5-604.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-604.1)
Sec. 5-604.1.
In any county not under township organization, the
county board may levy by ordinance, for a period not exceeding 5 years,
an annual tax at a rate not to exceed .05% of the value, as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in the
county for the purpose of constructing or maintaining gravel, rock, macadam
or other hard roads, or for improving, maintaining or repairing earth roads
by draining, grading, oil treating or dragging. A notice of the passage of
the ordinance, stating that the ordinance was passed and stating (a) the
particular county highway or highways to be constructed, improved, repaired
or maintained, (b) the annual tax rate specified in the ordinance, (c) the
number of years specified in the ordinance for the levy of the tax, (d) 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 county, (e) the time in which the petition must be filed, and (f) the
date of the prospective referendum, shall be published once in a paper
having a general circulation in the county. The county clerk shall provide
a petition form to any individual requesting one.
The ordinance takes effect 30 days after publication of that notice
unless within that time a petition, signed by the
registered voters of the county equal to 10% or more of the registered
voters in the county, is filed with the county clerk requesting the
submission to a referendum of the question of whether to levy the tax
provided for by this Section. If no such petition is filed within that
time, or if all such petitions filed within that time are determined to be
invalid or insufficient, the county clerk shall extend the tax levied by
the county board for the number of years stated in the ordinance and the
proceeds of that tax shall be used for the purpose or purposes stated in
the ordinance.
If, however, such a petition is filed within that time, the county
clerk shall submit at the next general election for county officers, or
at a regular election, the question of whether the tax provided for in this
Section should be levied. The county clerk shall give notice of the
referendum and shall submit the question in accordance with the general
election law. Both the petition and the notice of election must designate
(1) the particular county highway or highways to be constructed, improved,
repaired or maintained, (2) the maximum annual rate per cent not exceeding
.05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
at which the tax may be extended, and (3) the number of years, not
exceeding 5 years, during which the tax may be levied.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- Shall a special tax YESfor highway purposes be -----------------------------levied in.... County? NO--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of all ballots cast on that question is in favor of the
tax levy, the county board shall levy and the county clerk shall extend
the tax for the number of years stated in the petition and the proceeds
of that tax shall be used for the purpose or purposes stated in the
petition.
(Source: P.A. 87-767.)
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