(60 ILCS 1/150-40)

Sec. 150-40. Maintenance tax; referendum.

(a) Any township that acquires community buildings by dedication, gift, purchase, or erection may levy annually a maintenance tax of not more than 0.05% of the value of all taxable property in the township, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.

(b) The board of managers shall ascertain as soon as practicable, annually, how much money must be raised for maintenance purposes for the next ensuing year and shall, on or before the first Tuesday in September, file a written request with the county clerk to extend a tax sufficient to produce that sum. The county clerk shall annually, upon a written request signed by a majority of the board of managers, extend against the taxable property in the township a maintenance tax of not more than 0.05% of the value of all taxable property in the township as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.

(c) If the board of managers desire to levy a maintenance tax at a rate in excess of 0.05% but not in excess of 0.10% of the value of all taxable property within the township as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, they shall order a referendum on that proposition at the next annual township meeting or at an election in accordance with the general election law. If the referendum is ordered to be held at the township meeting, the township clerk shall give notice that at the next annual township meeting the proposition shall be voted upon. The notice shall set forth the proposition and shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the township and by posting notices in at least 10 of the most public places in the township at least 10 days before the annual meeting. If the referendum is ordered to be held at an election, the board of managers shall certify that proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition in accordance with the general election law.

(d) The vote at the referendum shall be by a separate ballot, and the proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the maximum allowable tax rate for community building maintenance purposes of (name of township) be increased to not more than 0.10% of the value of all taxable property in the township as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?

The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

(e) If a majority of all votes cast is in favor of the proposition, the board of managers may annually levy a tax of not more than 0.10% of the value of all taxable property of the township as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for community building maintenance purposes.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 88-62.)