(55 ILCS 5/5-24012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24012)
Sec. 5-24012.
Adoption of Division.
This Division shall not be
effective in any county unless the proposition of its adoption is submitted
to the voters of the county at any regular election and unless a majority
of the votes cast at such election upon the proposition are in favor of
its adoption.
Whenever a petition signed by 200 or more legal voters of any
county is presented to the county board requesting the submission of the
proposition of whether or not the county should provide for the treatment
of persons afflicted with cancer or tumor, the county board shall adopt
a resolution for the submission of the proposition at the next regular
election held in the 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 proposition shall be in substantially the
following form:
-------------------------------------------------------------- For the adoption of Division 5-24of the Counties Code(Cancer and Tumor Relief).-------------------------------------------------------------- Against the adoption of Division 5-24of the Counties Code(Cancer and Tumor Relief).--------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the legal voters of the county voting on the
proposition vote in favor thereof, the proposition shall be deemed
adopted.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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