(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 142 heading) DIVISION 142.
SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL
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(65 ILCS 5/11-142-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-142-1)
Sec. 11-142-1.
Subject to the provisions of Section 11-142-2,
whenever a municipality which is not in a sanitary district has
constructed a sewage treatment or disposal plant or plants, the
municipality may levy an annual tax of not to exceed .075% of the value,
as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
of all taxable property therein for the operation and maintenance of the
plant or plants. The tax shall be in addition to all other taxes
authorized by law to be levied and collected in the municipality and
shall be in addition to taxes levied for general purposes as authorized
by Section 8-3-1.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rates may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-142-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-142-2)
Sec. 11-142-2.
Section 11-142-1 shall be in force in any municipality
in which "An Act to provide for a tax for the operation and maintenance
of sewage treatment and disposal plants in municipalities which are not
in any sanitary district," approved May 2, 1932, has been heretofore
adopted and was in force immediately prior to January 1, 1942. Section
11-142-1 shall not be in force in any other municipality until the
question of its adoption is certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of the
municipality at an election in accordance with the general election law,
and approved by a majority of those voting thereon.
The question shall be in substantially the
following form:
Shall Section 11-142-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, providing YES for a tax for the operation and maintenance of sewage treatment
and disposal plants in municipalities which are not in any sanitary NO district, be adopted?
If a majority of the electors of the municipality voting on the
question vote in favor of adopting Section 11-142-1, it shall become
operative in that municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489 .)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-142-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-142-3)
Sec. 11-142-3.
In addition to all other taxes now or hereafter
authorized, the corporate authorities of each municipality may levy and
collect, without referendum, a tax for the purpose of paying the
expenses of the chlorination of sewage, or other means of disinfection
or additional treatment as may be required by water quality standards
approved or adopted by the Pollution Control Board or by the court,
which tax may be extended at a rate not to exceed .02% of the value of
all taxable property within the municipality as equalized or assessed by
the Department of Revenue.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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