(65 ILCS 5/11-70-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-70-1)
Sec. 11-70-1.
In any municipality, whether incorporated under general
law or special charter, in which the municipal hall, or any municipal
jail or police station, fire department house, or public library is
destroyed or seriously impaired by storm or fire, the corporate
authorities, in order to rebuild or restore any such building, thus
destroyed or seriously impaired, may levy an annual tax for not
exceeding 10 successive years of not exceeding .08333% of the value, as
equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, on
all of the taxable property in the municipality. This tax shall be
levied and collected in the same manner as the general taxes of that
municipality and shall be known as the public building restoration fund
tax. This tax shall not be included in the aggregate amount of taxes as
limited by Section 8-3-1, or by any provision of any special charter
under which such a municipality is now operating.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rates in municipalities of less
than 1,000,000 population 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 5/11-70-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-70-2)
Sec. 11-70-2.
Whenever the corporate authorities of any municipality
designated in Section 11-70-1 decides to rebuild or restore any of the
specified buildings, it shall make provision therefor by an ordinance. This
ordinance shall also state the number of years, not exceeding 10, that this
annual public building restoration fund tax shall be levied, and the per
cent, not exceeding .08333 on all of the taxable property in the
municipality. This tax shall be included in the annual appropriation and
tax levy ordinances of such a municipality for the years that it can be
levied under the provisions of this section and Section 11-70-1.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rates in municipalities of less than
1,000,000 population may be increased or decreased according to the
referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 76-1236.)
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