55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.

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55 ILCS 5/5-23040

(55 ILCS 5/5-23040) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23040)

Sec. 5-23040.

Additional taxes.

Whenever 100
legal voters of any county shall present a petition to
the county board of such county asking that there be levied, in excess
of the statutory limit, an additional annual tax of not to exceed .075
per cent of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue, of all taxable property of the county, for the
care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis, such county
board shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who
shall submit the proposition at an election
in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in
substantially the following form:

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    Shall.... County levy, in
excess of the statutory limit, an              YES
additional annual tax of not to          ---------------------
exceed .075 per cent for the care
and treatment of persons afflicted             NO
with tuberculosis?
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If a majority of all votes cast upon the proposition is in favor
thereof, the county board of such county shall thereafter levy annually,
in excess of the statutory limit, a tax of not to exceed .075 per cent
of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for the
care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis, which tax shall
be collected in like manner with the other general taxes in the county and
shall be known as the "Tuberculosis Care and Treatment Fund", and
thereafter the county board of such county shall in the annual
appropriation bill, appropriate from such fund such sum or sums of money as
may be deemed necessary to defray the necessary cost and expense of
providing care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis. Such
tax, when so voted, shall be an additional annual tax in excess of the
statutory limit without any further authority or vote of any kind.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-23041

(55 ILCS 5/5-23041) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23041)

Sec. 5-23041.

Appointment of board of directors.

When in any
county a proposition for the levy of an additional annual tax in excess of
the statutory limit for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with
tuberculosis has been adopted as authorized by Sections 5-23039 and
5-23040, a board of directors shall be appointed and the provisions of
Section 5-23007 shall govern the appointment, Section
5-23008 shall govern the terms of office and removal
of such directors; and vacancies in the board of directors, occasioned by
removal, resignation or otherwise, shall be reported to the county board,
and be filled in like manner as original appointments; and no director
shall receive compensation as such, or be interested, either directly or
indirectly, financially, in any contract or purchase or sale of any
supplies in connection with the care and treatment of persons afflicted
with tuberculosis.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-23042

(55 ILCS 5/5-23042) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23042)

Sec. 5-23042.

Powers and duties of board.

All provisions in Sections
5-23034 and 5-23036 shall be applicable to the boards of directors in
counties where a proposition for levy of an additional annual tax in excess
of the statutory limit for care and treatment of persons afflicted with
tuberculosis has been adopted and such boards shall have all the powers and
authority therein contained.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-23043

(55 ILCS 5/5-23043) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23043)

Sec. 5-23043.

Effect of vote to levy tax.

A vote
under Sections 5-23029 and 5-23030, in favor of the levying of the tax for
the purpose stated, shall not prevent a subsequent vote to levy an
additional tax in excess of the statutory limit under Sections 5-23039
and 5-23040 for the purpose stated in said
Sections, but if the vote shall be in favor of levy of such additional tax
in excess of the statutory limit, the tax under Sections 5-23029 and
5-23030 shall be discontinued without submission of
question of discontinuance to the electors.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-24

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-24 heading) Division 5-24.

Cancer and Tumor Relief

55 ILCS 5/5-24001

(55 ILCS 5/5-24001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24001)

Sec. 5-24001.

Funds for treatment of persons unable to pay.

Each county of this State shall provide funds, in the manner hereinafter
provided, for the treatment of persons in their respective counties
afflicted with cancer or tumor who are unable to pay for such treatment.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-24002

(55 ILCS 5/5-24002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24002)

Sec. 5-24002.

Applications for benefits.

It shall be the duty of the
presiding officer of the county board of each county, with the advice and
consent of that county board, to appoint a duly licensed physician,
hereinafter called the examiner, who is familiar with cancer and tumor
cases, who shall maintain an office in some convenient place during the
entire year for the purpose of examining applicants for the benefits of the
provisions of this Division.

Such examiner shall examine all applicants desiring to receive the
benefits of the provisions of this Division, referred to him by
the county board and shall endorse on each such application a certificate
to each such applicant, stating whether or not in his opinion such
applicant is entitled to receive the benefits of the provisions of this
Division.

Such application may be filed with the county board by the person
afflicted with cancer or tumor, and whenever it shall come to the notice of
any public health nurse, any public health officer, or any physician of
such county, that any person entitled to the benefits of this Division
has not applied therefor, it shall be the duty of such nurse,
health officer or physician to file such an application with such board on
behalf of such afflicted person.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)