(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 18 heading) DIVISION 18.
COMMUNITY NURSES IN MUNICIPALITIES OF FROM 5,000 TO 100,000
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(65 ILCS 5/11-18-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-1)
Sec. 11-18-1.
When a municipality with a population of more than 5,000 and
less than 100,000 has adopted this Division 18 in the manner provided by
Section 11-18-3, the mayor or president shall appoint, upon the
recommendation of the municipal board of health, one or more registered
nurses, to be known as community nurses. These nurses shall perform such
duties as may be assigned to them by the health officer of the
municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-18-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-2)
Sec. 11-18-2.
A municipality which adopts this Division 18 may levy, annually, a
tax of not more than .0075% of the value, as equalized or assessed by
the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property
therein, for the current year, to provide revenue for the salaries of
and expenses incident to the performance of the duties of the community
nurses. This tax shall be in addition to all taxes authorized by law to
be levied and collected in that municipality and shall be in addition to
the taxes authorized to be levied for general purposes under Section
8-3-1.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rate 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 5/11-18-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-3)
Sec. 11-18-3.
Whenever at least 100 electors of a specified
municipality present a petition to the municipal clerk,
asking that the question of the adoption of this Division 18 be
submitted to the electors of the municipality
the question shall be certified by the clerk and submitted to the electors of the
municipality at an election in accordance with the general election law.
The question shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall the city (or village or incorporated town) of............ YES adopt Division 18 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code
providing for community nurses in certain municipalities and permit a tax of not to exceed .0075% NO therefor?
If a majority of the votes cast on the question
are in favor of the
adoption of this Division 18, such division is adopted and in force
thereafter in that municipality.
(Source: P.A. 81-1535 .)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-18-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-18-4)
Sec. 11-18-4.
Any municipality which has heretofore adopted "An Act
providing for community nurses in certain cities, villages and incorporated
towns, and permitting a tax therefor," approved June 30, 1925, as amended,
shall be treated as having adopted this Division 18. The registered nurses
appointed to act as community nurses under that Act, who were so acting
immediately prior to January 1, 1942, shall continue to so act under this
Division 18.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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