(55 ILCS 5/5-2002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2002)
Sec. 5-2002.
Raising tax in addition to constitutional limit.
Whenever the county board shall deem it necessary to assess
taxes the aggregate of which shall exceed the constitutional limit of
75¢ per $100 valuation of the property of the county, the
county board may, by an order entered of record, set forth substantially
the amount of such excess required, the purpose for which the same shall
be required, and, if for a limited time, the number of years such excess
shall be required to be levied, and if for the payment of principal or
interest, or both, upon bonds, shall, in a general way, designate the
bonds, and provide for the submission of the question of assessing the
additional rate in excess of the constitutional limit of 75¢ per $100
valuation of the property of the county to a vote of the people at any
election held in such county. The board shall certify the question to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the question at an election
in accordance with the general election law.
In addition to the requirements of the general election law, it shall be
the duty of the county clerk in his election notice to give notice to the
voters of the county that the additional tax is in excess of the
constitutional limitation of 75¢ per $100 valuation, setting forth
substantially the amount of such excess to be required, the number of years
such expense shall be required to be levied, and the purpose for which the
tax is to be levied, with such particularity that the tax payer may know
what expenditure the tax is intended to cover. The proposition shall be
"For additional tax in excess of constitutional limit of 75¢ per $100
valuation," and "Against additional tax in excess of constitutional limit
of 75¢ per $100 valuation." If the vote on the proposition receives a
majority of all voters voting at the election at which such proposition is
submitted, the county board shall have the power to cause additional tax to
be levied and collected in accordance with the terms of such resolution,
and the moneys so collected shall be kept as a separate fund and disbursed
only for the purpose for which the same was raised.
Provided, any surplus that may remain after the payment of all demands
against said fund, may be used for other purposes.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/5-2003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2003)
Sec. 5-2003.
Duration of excess levy; submission to vote of
question of discontinuing additional tax. In the event an
excess tax has been voted as provided by Section 5-2001 and the order of the
county board shall not have limited the time such excess will be required
to be levied, the county board may thereafter levy such excess tax until
such authority is revoked in manner hereinafter provided. However, no tax
so voted for the payment of interest or principal or both of any bonds
shall be discontinued by virtue of any of the provisions of this Division.
The authority to levy such excess tax (except taxes to pay bonds) may be
discontinued in the following manner: The County board may, by an order
entered of record, and shall, by an order entered of record whenever five
hundred legal voters of the County present petition to it asking that said
excess tax be discontinued, provide for the submission of the question of
discontinuing the additional tax at the next general election held in such
county after the adoption of the resolution. The board shall certify the
resolution and the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit
the question at such election in accordance with the general election law.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: "For
discontinuing additional tax in excess of statutory limit of.... cents per
$100 valuation" and "Against discontinuing additional tax in excess of
statutory limit of.... cents per $100 valuation." The votes shall be
canvassed and returned the same as those for county officers, and if a
majority of the votes cast upon the question are for the discontinuing of
the additional tax, then such additional tax shall not be levied thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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