(65 ILCS 5/11-112-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-2)
Sec. 11-112-2.
The county clerk of the county in which the municipality
specified in Section 11-112-1 is located shall extend each year the taxes
specified in Section 11-112-1, when the ordinance making the levy of the
tax is certified to him. The tax shall be extended at the rate fixed in the
ordinance, not exceeding .1666% for a period not exceeding 7 years. The
county clerk shall extend the tax in a separate column designated the
"Seven Year Levee Tax."
The collector of state and county taxes, when he receives the money
collected from this levee tax, shall pay it to the municipal treasurer,
every 2 weeks, informing the treasurer that this money is from the 7 year
levee tax; and he shall take the treasurer's receipt for the money as 7
year levee tax paid over.
The municipal treasurer shall receive the money so paid over by the
collector and shall pay the money out as rapidly as possible on warrants
issued on the 7 year levee tax only, so long as such warrants remain
unpaid.
This tax shall be levied in addition to taxes for general purposes
authorized by Section 8-3-1.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 76-845.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-112-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-3)
Sec. 11-112-3.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11-112-7, every
municipality, whether incorporated under general law or special charter,
which is subject to overflow or inundation from a river or other sources
may construct, widen, raise, strengthen, improve, and maintain levees,
protective embankments and structures and has the power for any of these
purposes to levy and collect annually a tax of not exceeding .1666% of
the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of
all the taxable property within its corporate
limits.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-112-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-4)
Sec. 11-112-4.
This annual tax provided for in Section 11-112-3 shall be
designated as the levee tax and shall be levied and collected in the same
manner as are the general taxes of that municipality. This tax shall be in
addition to and exclusive of all other taxes which that municipality is now
or hereafter authorized to levy and collect.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-112-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-5)
Sec. 11-112-5.
All taxes collected by virtue of Sections 11-112-3 through
11-112-8 shall be deposited in the municipal treasury to the credit of what
shall be called the levee fund. This fund shall be kept separate and apart
from all other funds or money of the municipality and shall be used and
paid out only for the purpose specified in those sections. The money in
this levee fund, as far as possible, shall be kept at interest by the
municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-112-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-112-6)
Sec. 11-112-6.
Such a municipality specified in Section 11-112-3 may
purchase or condemn, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, all
real estate needed for the purpose of constructing thereon levees,
protective embankments, and structures, and also for the purpose of
obtaining earth or other materials, either within or without the corporate
limits of the municipality, with which to construct, widen, raise,
strengthen, improve, or maintain those levees, protective embankments, and
structures.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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