55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.

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55 ILCS 5/6-4008

(55 ILCS 5/6-4008) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-4008)

Sec. 6-4008.

Petition for referendum.

If a petition is filed with the
county clerk not later than 28 days after the first publication or the
posting of the resolution, signed by not less than 5% of the number of
legal voters who voted at the last general election in such county,
requesting that the question of establishing an annual tax levy for the
purpose of obtaining funds to construct, reconstruct or remodel a
courthouse be submitted to the electors of the county, the county clerk
shall certify the question to the proper election officials for submission
at the next regular scheduled election in accordance with the general
election law.

The question shall be substantially in the following form:

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    Shall .............. county issue bond     YES
in the amount of $........ to construct   --------------------
(or reconstruct or remodel a courthouse)?      NO
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The election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election
law, at the nonpartisan election in 1981.

If a majority of the voters voting upon the aforesaid question vote in
favor of it, the bonds may be issued by such county, but if a majority of
the voters voting upon the question vote against the question the county
may not issue bonds for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, or
remodeling a courthouse under the provisions of this Division.

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

55 ILCS 5/6-4009

(55 ILCS 5/6-4009) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-4009)

Sec. 6-4009.

When resolution effective.

If no petition
is filed within the time herein provided, the resolution shall
be in full force and effect at the expiration of such period,
and such county may proceed to incur the indebtedness and may
issue and sell its bonds.  If a petition is filed, the resolution
shall be in abeyance until the election and it shall only be
effective if the question of incurring the indebtedness and the
issuance of bonds in the amount described, receives the favorable
vote of a majority of the voters of the county voting on the question.

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

55 ILCS 5/6-4010

(55 ILCS 5/6-4010) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-4010)

Sec. 6-4010.

County under 300,000.

(a) Any county having a population under 300,000 may, by resolution of
its county board, incur an indebtedness for the reconstruction and
remodeling of an existing courthouse or the construction of a new
courthouse and related facilities at the same or a new location and for the
acquisition of land and fixtures for the courthouse and related facilities and
may issue and sell its bonds and levy taxes upon all the taxable property of
the county sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds at maturity and to
pay interest on the bonds as it falls due upon approval of the issuance of
the bonds at a referendum held in accordance with the general election law.

(b) The total amount of the bonds, together with existing indebtedness,
shall not exceed the limitation provided by law for indebtedness of the county.

(c) Upon adoption of the resolution, the county board shall certify the
question of the issuance of the bonds to the appropriate election
officials.  The question shall be submitted to the electors of the county
in substantially the following form:

Shall (name of county) issue bonds in the amount of

$(amount) to reconstruct and remodel the county courthouse (or construct a new county courthouse and related facilities at (state location) and acquire land and fixtures for the courthouse and related facilities, as the case may be)?

The question is approved if a majority of the electors voting on the
question vote in favor of it.

(d) Taxes levied for the payment of the principal of and interest on the
bonds shall be in addition to the maximum of taxes provided by statute for
counties and shall not be subject to the limitation for county taxes
provided in Section 5-1014.

(Source: P.A. 87-320.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-5

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-5 heading) Division 6-5.

Bonds for Voting Machines

55 ILCS 5/6-5001

(55 ILCS 5/6-5001) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-5001)

Sec. 6-5001.

Referendum.

For the purpose of purchasing voting
machines, the county board of any county having more than 500,000
inhabitants and in which county there has been a favorable vote on the
proposition of adopting voting machines as provided by Article 24 of "The
Election Code", as amended, may, by resolution, incur an indebtedness and
issue bonds therefor in the aggregate of not more than $500,000 in addition
to all bonded indebtedness authorized for that purpose prior to July 1, 1949.

However, no resolution providing for the issuance of bonds as authorized
by Sections 6-5001 through 6-5005 shall be effective until it has been
submitted to referendum of the electors of that county.  The board shall
certify the resolution and the proposition to the proper election officials
who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the
general election law. In addition to the requirements of the general
election law, notice of the referendum shall also set forth the substance of
the resolution. If a majority of those voting upon the proposition at such
referendum vote in favor of issuing such bonds, then the resolution shall
immediately become effective.

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