55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.

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55 ILCS 5/6-18001

(55 ILCS 5/6-18001) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-18001)

Sec. 6-18001.

Bonds for medical services and law enforcement.

For the purpose of improving hospital, medical, and health services and
for improving law enforcement, any county with a population of 1,000,000 or
more inhabitants may, prior to December 1, 1970, by resolution of its
County Board, incur an indebtedness and issue bonds therefor in amounts not
exceeding in the aggregate of $12,000,000. Such bonds shall bear interest
at a rate of not more than the maximum rate authorized by the Bond
Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract,
and shall mature within 20 years from the date thereof. The resolution
authorizing this issuance of bonds may be made effective without the
submission thereof to the voters of the county for approval.

The resolution authorizing such bonds shall provide for the levy of a
direct annual tax upon all the taxable property in the county sufficient to
pay and discharge the principal of such bonds at maturity and to pay the
interest thereon as it falls due. This tax shall be levied with the general
taxes of the county and shall be in addition to the maximum of all other
taxes and tax rates which the county is or may be authorized to levy.

With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section or its predecessor either before, on, or after the effective date
of Public Act 86-4, it is and always has been the intention of the General
Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been
supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the
Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act or "An Act to
revise the law in relation to counties", approved March 31, 1874, that may
appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that
the provisions of this Section or its predecessor are not a limitation on
the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii)
that instruments issued under this Section or its predecessor within the
supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid
because of any provision of this Act or "An Act to revise the law in
relation to counties", approved March 31, 1874, that may appear to be or to
have been more restrictive than those Acts.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-19

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-19 heading) Division 6-19.

Appropriations for Farmers' Institutes

55 ILCS 5/6-19001

(55 ILCS 5/6-19001) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-19001)

Sec. 6-19001.

Appropriation; purpose.

The county board may
appropriate not more than $300 per annum for use of county farmers'
institutes in their efforts to promote the adoption of the latest approved
methods of crop production, the improvement of live stock, the conservation
of soil fertility, and the improvement of agricultural conditions generally.

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

55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-20

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-20 heading) Division 6-20.

Appropriations for Soil and Crop Improvement

55 ILCS 5/6-20001

(55 ILCS 5/6-20001) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-20001)

Sec. 6-20001.

Appropriation; purpose.

The county boards of the
several counties of this State are hereby authorized and empowered to
make appropriations to and for the use of county soil and crop improvement
associations and home improvement associations, or any other like
associations organized for the improvement of general agricultural or
home conditions, annually, which is hereby declared to be for county
purposes, and to be paid to the treasurer of such association as soon as
the annual taxes shall have been collected in like manner as all other
expenditures are authorized and expended by said boards.

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

55 ILCS 5/6-20002

(55 ILCS 5/6-20002) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-20002)

Sec. 6-20002.

Statement of expenditures.

It shall be the duty of the
treasurer of such association receiving said money to prepare at least
annually a complete and detailed statement or report of the manner in which
said money shall have been expended, which said statement shall be signed
by the president of said association, attested by its secretary, and sealed
with its seal, if it have one, and file said report with the said county board.

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

55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-21

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-21 heading) Division 6-21.

Appropriations and Taxes for County Fairs

55 ILCS 5/6-21001

(55 ILCS 5/6-21001) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-21001)

Sec. 6-21001.

Appropriation; purpose.

The county board may
appropriate not more than $300 per annum to be used for educational or
agricultural exhibits at the county fair held in its county.

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

55 ILCS 5/6-21002

(55 ILCS 5/6-21002) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-21002)

Sec. 6-21002.

Tax for county fair purposes.

Whenever a petition
signed by 100 taxpayers of any county is presented to the county board of
such county of less than 1,000,000 population requesting the submission of
a proposition whether or not, an annual tax of not to exceed .05 per cent
of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all
taxable property in such county shall be levied upon all the taxable
property of such county for the purpose of creating and maintaining a fund
for county fair purposes, such county board shall adopt a resolution for
the submission of such proposition at the next regular election held in
such county. The county board shall certify the resolution and the
proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the
proposition at said election in accordance with the general election law.
The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be increased or decreased
under the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.

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

55 ILCS 5/6-21003

(55 ILCS 5/6-21003) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-21003)

Sec. 6-21003.

Referendum.

Upon the adoption of such resolution and
the certification thereof to the county clerk of such county such
proposition shall be submitted at the next regular election held in such
county.

Such proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

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    Shall an annual tax of not
to exceed .05 per cent be                  YES
levied in  ...... county for            ----------------------
county fair purposes in such                NO
county?
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If a majority of the legal voters of such county voting on such
proposition vote in favor thereof, such proposition shall be deemed
adopted.

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

55 ILCS 5/6-21004

(55 ILCS 5/6-21004) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-21004)

Sec. 6-21004.

Tax levy.

Upon the adoption of such proposition the
county board shall cause an  annual tax of not to exceed .05% of value, as
equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property
of such county to be levied upon all the taxable property in such county
for county fair purposes therein. Such tax shall be in addition to all
other taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in such county and
shall be in addition to the maximum of taxes authorized by law for county
purposes. The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be increased or
decreased according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.

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

55 ILCS 5/6-21005

(55 ILCS 5/6-21005) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-21005)

Sec. 6-21005.

County fair fund.

The proceeds of
the tax herein authorized shall be paid into the
county treasury in a fund to be known as the county fair fund. Such fund
may be used by the county board for the maintenance and repair of the
property and buildings of a county fair selected by such county board as
the county fair of such county, in the acquisition of property for such
county fair and for the retirement of the indebtedness of such county fair.
Such fund shall be expended in the same manner and subject to the same
requirements as other county expenditures.

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