(65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-45.1-4)
Sec. 11-45.1-4.
Any municipality may levy a tax annually not to exceed .25% of the
value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all
the taxable property in the municipality for the purpose
of acquiring, operating and maintaining a cultural center, provided that
no such tax shall be levied in any such municipality until the question
of levying the tax has first been submitted to the electors of that
municipality at any election, and the tax has been approved by a majority of the
electors voting thereon. Such question shall be certified by the municipal
clerk and submitted by the proper election authority. If a majority of
the electors of the
municipality voting thereon vote for the levy of the tax, the
municipality is authorized to levy and collect the tax. This tax shall
be in addition to all other taxes which that municipality is now or
hereafter may be authorized to levy on the taxable property within the
municipality and shall be in addition to taxes for general purposes
authorized to be levied, as provided by Section 8-3-1 of this Code. This
tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the general taxes
for that municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509.)
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