(65 ILCS 5/11-23-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-1)
Sec. 11-23-1.
Whenever at least 100 electors of a city with a population of less
than 100,000 present a petition to the city clerk of the city asking
that an annual tax, not to exceed .06% of the value, as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue, be levied each
year on all taxable property of the city for the establishment and
maintenance of a public hospital, or for the purchase and maintenance of
an existing nonsectarian public hospital, within the city, the city clerk
shall certify the proposition for submission at an election in accordance
with the general
election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: "Shall a
....% tax, for establishing and maintaining (or for purchasing and
maintaining) a public hospital be levied against the taxable property of
the city of ....?" and shall specify the rate
of taxation mentioned in the petition. If a majority of all votes cast
on the proposition are in favor of the proposition, the tax specified in
the notice shall be levied and collected annually in the same manner as
are other general taxes in the city, and shall be known as the hospital
fund. However, municipalities authorized to levy this tax on July 1,
1967, shall have a rate limit of .06%, or the limit in effect on July 1,
1967, whichever is greater. Thereafter, the city council shall include
an appropriation in the annual appropriation ordinance of such sums of
money as may be necessary to defray all necessary expenses and
liabilities of the hospital. This annual hospital tax shall be in
addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes
under Section 8-3-1 and shall be exclusive thereof and not included
within any limitation of rate or amount for other municipal purposes.
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. 81-1489; 81-1509.)
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