(60 ILCS 1/185-5)
Sec. 185-5.
Facilities and services; tax.
(a) A township may provide facilities or services for the benefit of its
residents who are persons with a developmental disability
and
who are not eligible to participate in any program conducted under Article 14
of the School Code, or a township may contract for those facilities or services
with any privately or publicly operated entity that provides facilities or
services either in or outside the township.
(b) For the purpose described in subsection (a), the township board may,
pursuant to the referendum requirements in Section 185-10, levy an annual tax
of not more than 0.1% of the value of all the taxable property in the township,
as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, upon that property. The
tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other township taxes
but shall not be included in any limitation otherwise prescribed as to the rate
or amount of township taxes and shall be in addition to and in excess of other
township taxes. When collected, the tax shall be paid into a special fund in
the township treasury, designated the "Fund for Persons with a Developmental
Disability", and shall, together with any interest earned,
be
used only for the purpose specified in this Article.
(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
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