(55 ILCS 5/5-23037) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23037)
Sec. 5-23037.
Discontinuance of treatment; referendum.
Any
county which has adopted the provisions of this Division under Sections
5-23028 and 5-23029 or Sections 5-23039 and 5-23040
for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis may
discontinue it by a referendum initiated by a petition signed by not less
than 5% of the registered voters in each of at least 2/3 of the townships
or road districts within the county and presented to the county board. The
board shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who
shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general
election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following
form:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the tax for care and YEStreatment of persons afflicted ---------------------------------------------------------------------------with tuberculosis be discontinued? NO---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition are for the
discontinuance, the board of directors shall proceed at once to close up
the affairs of the board. After the payment of all obligations the
moneys in the tuberculosis care and treatment fund shall become a part
of the general funds in the county treasury and the county board shall
take over all property and equipment in the custody and under the
control of the board of directors. The county board may sell such
property or make such other disposition as is for the best interests of
the county.
The terms of the board of directors shall terminate when their duties
in connection with closing up the affairs of the Board have ended.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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