(70 ILCS 1205/9-2b) (from Ch. 105, par. 9-2b)
Sec. 9-2b.
Upon the petition signed by voters equal in number to not
less than 2% of the votes received by the park commissioners who received
the greatest number of votes at the last election of any park
district or upon the order of the board of any park district, the
question of the levy of an additional annual tax to provide revenue for
the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining and operating
airports and landing fields for aircraft shall be submitted to the
voters of the park district at a regular election in the
district.
The proposition for the levy of an additional annual tax in the park
district shall be substantially in the following form:
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For an additional annual tax levy for the .... Park District (naming
it) to the amount of .... per cent of the value of all taxable property
in the district for purposes of acquiring, constructing, maintaining,
and operating airports, and landing fields for aircraft.
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Against an additional annual tax levy for the .... Park District
(naming it) to the amount of .... per cent of the value of all taxable
property in the district for the purposes of acquiring, constructing,
maintaining, and operating airports, and landing fields for aircraft.
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Notice of the referendum shall be given and the referendum conducted in
the manner provided by the general election law. If a majority of the
votes cast upon such proposition are in favor of the additional tax levy
as stated in the proposition, the tax shall be levied and collected in
the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected. The tax shall
not exceed the rate of .075% of the value, as equalized or assessed by
the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in
such district.
The tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law to
be levied and collected in the district and shall not be included in any
limitation of rate contained in this code or any other law but shall be
excluded therefrom and be in addition thereto and in excess thereof. The
board of a park district whose power to levy taxes for the purposes of
acquiring, constructing, maintaining and operating airports and landing
fields for aircraft on July 1, 1967, is set at a rate less than .05%
may, without referendum, increase that rate by not more than .03%
applicable after July 1, 1967, but the maximum rate may not be raised
above .05%. However after July 28, 1969, the board of any park district
having the power to levy a tax under this Section may, without
referendum, increase the rate of that tax to .075% when it considers
that increase necessary for the purpose of financing such maintenance,
improvement or replacement of its airport facilities and landing fields
as are required to conform to the standards of the Department of
Transportation or of any appropriate federal agency relating to a State or
federal airports plan or airways system.
(Source: P.A. 81-1550.)
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